Marian Lopez Fernandez-Cao facts for kids
Marian Lopez Fernandez-Cao was born in 1964 in Vigo, Spain. She is a Spanish university professor, researcher, and curator. She is an expert in art, feminism, art therapy, and helping people feel included in society. Since 1992, she has been a professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. She is also a specialist on the artist Sonia Delaunay.
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Marian's Education and Early Work
Marian Fernandez-Cao studied a lot to become an expert in art. She earned her Ph.D. in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1991. Before that, in 1987, she got her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the same university. She also has a Master's degree in Psychotherapeutic Intervention from 2009. This means she learned how to use therapy to help people.
From 1988 to 2001, Marian was part of the team for a magazine called En Pie de Paz.
Leading Important Projects
Marian has led many important projects. From 2007 to 2011, she was the director of the Spanish Institute of Feminist Investigations. This institute studies how women's rights and roles have changed over time.
She also helped start and directed a special Master's program at the Complutense University of Madrid. This program, from 2010 to 2014, taught about art therapy and how art can help people feel included in society.
Helping Women in Art
From 2012 to 2017, Marian was the President of the Asociación de Mujeres en las Artes Visuales (MAV). This group works to make sure women artists have a better place in the art world in Spain.
She also leads a research group called EARTDI. This group is well-known for its work on how art can help people feel included in society.
Art and Community Projects
Marian is the main researcher for a big European project called Divercity. The Complutense University of Madrid created this project with help from places like the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Intermediae, and other museums.
Since 2009, Marian Cao has also been involved in a project about gender and museums. She worked with the Institute of Feminist Investigations, the Spanish Ministry of Culture, and the eMujeres association. This project created a website called Museos en Femenino (Museums in Feminine). It helps museum staff learn about art from a gender perspective. It also provides educational tours that look at art through the lens of gender. These tours are used at famous museums like the Museo del Prado, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, and Museo del Traje.
Marian has also created projects about art and feminism, art therapy, and how art can help people in society. She has organized workshops for migrants and people who are at risk of being left out of society. She worked with researcher Noemí Martínez Díez on workshops about inclusion. She also worked with artist Marisa González on workshops about feminism, organized by MAV.
See also
In Spanish: Marian López Fernández-Cao para niños