TFAP@CAA 2026 Special Session | OUTCRY: ALCHEMISTS OF RAGE

TFAP@CAA 2026 Special Session
OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage
Short documentary film screening & conversation with the film subject, producer, and creator of OUTCRY, Whitney Bradshaw
Chair: Kathleen Wentrack, The City University of New York, Queensborough CC
Moderator: Rachel Middleman, California State University, Chico

Saturday, February 21, 2026, 11:00am-12:30pm
Boulevard A/B (2nd Floor), Hilton Chicago
*Free and open to the public.

College Art Association 114th Annual Conference | New York City, February 18–21, 2026

The Feminist Art Project is thrilled to host a special screening of OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage, an impactful short documentary film that highlights the power of art to drive social change. On Saturday, February 21, TFAP will host an in-person screening of the 30-minute film during the 2026 CAA conference followed by a conversation with the film subject, producer, and creator of OUTCRY, Whitney Bradshaw and Kathleen Wentrack, TFAP Managing Committee member.

OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage follows artist and former social worker Whitney Bradshaw as she photographs women, non-binary, and genderqueer people mid-scream in cathartic group sessions where long-silenced stories conjure rage, sorrow, and joy. The film offers a visceral rallying cry for the revolutionary power of women and non-binary people’s voices.

The film is directed by Clare Major and produced by Whitney Bradshaw and Frankly Speaking Films. The score was composed by Paris Hurley of Object as Subject. Paris Hurley also did the score for Kristen Stewart’s new film The Chronology of Water. An adaptation of Lidia Yuknovitch’s acclaimed memoir. Out in theaters now. OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage made the International Documentary Association (IDA) 2024 Shortlist for Best Short Documentary Film.

Join us to watch and discuss this powerful film!

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Whitney Bradshaw (she/her) is an artist, activist, educator, curator, former social worker and the subject and producer of OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage (2024). Her work has been shown widely across the United States including solo shows at Atlanta Contemporary, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, the DePaul Art Museum, Wave Pool Contemporary Art Fulfillment Center, and the 21c Museum Hotel Louisville. The Museum of Contemporary Photography, the DePaul Art Museum, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Hall Art and Technology Foundation, and Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell collect her work, which has been published in Ms. Magazine, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Vogue. In 2023, Bradshaw was named one of NewCity Magazine’s 50 Chicago Artists’ Artists. She is currently the curator at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City, Indiana.