Gardens for April
I’m pretty sure we all need some artistic diversions right now with the way things are in the world. April is not only National Garden Month, but it is also National Landscape Architecture Month ...
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Women's (Art) History Month: Pablita Velarde, Barbara Crane, and Star of Bethlehem Quilts
I'm wrapping up Women’s History Month 2020 with a First Nations artist, a pioneering photographer, and an art form that was finally acknowledged as such in the late 1900s. ...
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Women's (Art) History Month: Tomoe Yokoi, Anna Atkins, and Agnes Northrop
This week of Women’s Art History Month, we’ll look at a printmaker, a pioneer photographer, and one of the secrets to Tiffany’s success in stained glass. ...
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Women's (Art) History Month: Trude Fleischmann, Eugenie Silverman Baizerman, Amanda Means
I dare say the role of women artists in the history of art has always been a strong presence, even if major art histories do not record all of them faithfully. ...
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Women's (Art) History Month: Sarah Wyman Whitman, Sabina Elliott Wells, Seikō Okuhara
Women’s (Art) History Month continues with tributes to three more interesting artists I have encountered in my art historical travels. ...
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Women's (Art) History Month: Françoise Duparc, Mary Moser, Skokomish
Since this year is the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted women the right to vote, it is especially fitting to observe Women’s History ...
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African American History Month: Theaster Gates and Mickalene Thomas
It is certainly true that, in the 21st century, more African American artists than ever before—in a wider range of expression—are participating in the American “art world.” As ...
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African American History Month: Martin Puryear and Margo Humphrey
Contemporary African American artists use diverse techniques, ideas, and the history of African Americans in works of art that speak in new and exciting ways, including these works from the 1980s and ...
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African American History Month: Howardena Pindell
This year’s African American (Art) History Month series continues with Howardena Pindell and her work from the 1970s. ...
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African American History Month: Dindga McCannon
Today my series celebrating African American (Art) History Month 2020 continues with another artist who was part of groundbreaking African American artist collectives: Dindga McCannon. ...
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