Adding insult to injury, the judge requires Artemisia to undergo humiliating, invasive and tortuous tests to prove she isn’t lying. Despite the strong possibility of being shamed as a result, the teen seeks justice in court. Instead of guiding Artemisia, he rapes her, and although she calls out to the house servant, Tuzia, no one comes to her aid. She soon realizes that women are dismissed as “beauty for consumption.” Artemisia’s most troubling observations are confirmed when her father, in the guise of procuring a high-profile commission, hires fellow artist Agostino Tassi to tutor her. She ponders her own talent (she paints better than her father yet receives no proper credit), her role and identity as a woman, and her sexuality. Set in 1610, the story begins with 17-year-old Artemisia assisting her father in his painting studio. In her debut novel, Blood Water Paint, Joy McCullough recounts in fictionalized free verse a pivotal time in Artemisia’s life. She became a masterful Baroque artist in her own right, with paintings that reflected feminist concerns and employed an eye-opening realism during a time when art-like the entire world-was dominated by men.
Berg (Stage Manager), Kirk Vande Brake (Stage Manager).Centuries before the #MeToo movement entered the cultural landscape, there was Artemisia Gentileschi.īorn in Rome at the turn of the 17th century, Artemisia was introduced to painting by her artist father after she showed more talent than her brothers. Production Team: Amy Poisson (Director), Anna Ly (Associate Director), Tanya Gagne (Aerial Director), Parmida Ziaei (Set Design), Jocelyne Fowler (Costume Design), Johanna Melamed (Sound Design), Dani Norberg (Lighting Design), Natalie H. Playwright and author Joy McCullough has also adapted Blood Water Paint into a young adult novel in verse.Ĭast: Bianca Raso, Alysha Curry, Meredith Armstrong, Leah Jarvik, Tim Gagne, and Michael D. Refusing to stay silent about the assault, Artemisia takes her rapist to trial.īased on true events, Blood Water Paint unfolds lyrically through interactions with the women featured in Artemisia’s most famous paintings, and culminates in her fierce battle to rise above the most devastating event in her life and fight for justice despite horrific consequences. Her father, Tuscan painter Orazio Gentileschi, hires a colleague to tutor his daughter. At a time when female artists were afforded no opportunities, Artemisia’s extraordinary talent earns her the recognition of Rome’s elite. Blood Water Paint by Joy MCcullough, directed by Amy Poisson macha theatre works 2019-2020 seasonīlood Water Paint is an audaciously imaginative and unflinching portrayal of Artemisia Gentileschi, an Italian Baroque painter now considered one of the most accomplished of her generation.
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