Lectures + Workshops

 LECTURES + WORKSHOPS

• The Cornwall Library | Collage Workshop
  August 4, 2023, Cornwall, CT

  Gave an artist talk on my collage work in the “Life and the Memory of it” exhibition and then a workshop on making collages from pieces of your life.

• The Capital Jewish Museum | Make Your Own Dissent Collar Workshop
  July 12, 2023, Washington, DC

  Gave an artist talk on my Dissent Collar series, a tour and talk of my work in the “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg” exhibition showing at the Museum, and then a workshop on how to make a dissent collar.

• The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center | Sewing and Learning Workshops
  January and February 2023, Virtual

  Lectured on Craftivism and the work of Dr. Chawne Kimber, Diana Weymar and myself

• 2021 | The Good Chat Podcast | Guest
  March 2021

  Discussed history, use and meaning of textiles with curator Camille Ann Brewer, artist Chloe Bensahel and moderator Joelle Firzli

• 2020 | Makers and Creators Interview Series | Interviewed by Woodlawn Pope-Leighey House director Amanda Phillips
  Woodlawn and Pope-Leighey House video series

  Discussed the work in my solo show at Woodlawn, “Poplin, Lawn and Whipcord: The Textile Art of Roxana Alger Geffen”

• 2020 | TRACES Artist Talk: Part II
  The Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC
  

• 2020 | Mothering in a World Turned Upside Down: Artist and Curator Talk

  The Brentwood Art Exchange, Brentwood, MD
  

• 2018 | She Opened the Door: Columbia University Women’s Conference | Panelist
  February 11, 2018, Columbia University, NY, NY

  Panelist on the "Art, Resistance and Responsibility” Panel
  

• 2017 | Now Be Here: The Nasty Woman Art Talks
  October 21, 2017, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA

  Talked about my experience as a woman artist as part of a lecture program in collaboration with the National Museum of Women in the Arts
  

• 2017 | The College of the Atlantic | Summer Event Series Lecturer 
  July 6, 2017, Bar Harbor, ME

  Delivered lecture on my body of work, Dissent Collars
  

• 2017 | Washington College | Visiting Artist Lecturer 
  February 2017, Chestertown, MD

  Lectured on my work and met with students in their studios to discuss their final projects
  

• 2016 | Luce Foundation Center for American Art | Luce Center Artist Talks
  November 5, 2016, , Washington, D.C.

  Delivered lecture on my solo show, “Motherload”