Lectures + Workshops

 LECTURES + WORKSHOPS

• “Craftivism” | Lecture | Salisbury University
  March 31, 2026, Salisbury, MD

• “Collage Workshop” | Workshop | The Cornwall Library
  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.

• “Make Your Own Dissent Collar Workshop” | Workshop | The Capital Jewish Museum
  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.

• “Craftivism” | Lecture | 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

• Podcast guest | The Good Chat Podcast
  March 2021
  Discussed history, use and meaning of textiles with curator Camille Ann Brewer, artist Chloe Bensahel and moderator Joelle Firzli

• Interview | Makers and Creators Interview Series | Interviewed by Woodlawn Pope-Leighey House director Amanda Phillips
  Woodlawn and Pope-Leighey House video series, 2020
  Discussed the work in my solo show at Woodlawn, “Poplin, Lawn and Whipcord: The Textile Art of Roxana Alger Geffen

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

• Artist and Curator talk |The Brentwood Art Exchange
  Brentwood, MD
  Mothering in a World Turned Upside Down: Artist and Curator Talk

• "Art, Resistance and Responsibility” | Panelist | She Opened the Door: Columbia University Women’s Conference
  February 11, 2018, Columbia University, NY, NY

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

• “Dissent” | Lecture | Summer Event Series Lecturer | The College of the Atlantic 
  July 6, 2017, Bar Harbor, ME
  Delivered lecture on my body of work, Dissent Collars

• Visiting Artist Lecturer | Washington College
  February 2017, Chestertown, MD
  Lectured on my work and met with students in their studios to discuss their final projects

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

  Delivered lecture on my solo show, “Motherload”