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Conference explores fat attitudes
In "Fat Attitudes: A Celebra-tion of Large Women," curator, artist and 麻豆原创 instructor brought together 14 contemporary artists whose work celebrates the beauty of the "fat" female body for a conference that explored what it means to be a large woman.
Artists were selected based on the manner in which their work reflected the lived experiences of large women, Levan said. Photography-much of which originated from personal projects focusing on the large female body-made up a majority of the show's work.
At the conference, speakers included Art Education Professors and , as well as some of the artists included in the show, such as Laurie Toby Edison, Andi Bray, Christine Berkey, Aimee Cegelka, Meredith Miller and a number of authors and performing artists.
The conference was co-sponsored by the .
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Published Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005