Margaret Parker grew up in an art making family and continues that path with artwork that invites viewers to interact with the complex issues of our day.
Margaret Parker: The Castine Quilt
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Tomur Atagök: A Life Long Feminist Artist in Turkey
Tomur Atagök in front of Çatalhöyük Goddess, 1996 in her home Part I Biography Tomur Atagök a leading feminist artist from Turkey, was born in Istanbul. After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, she trained in the United States from 1960-1973, first at...
Amalia Mesa-Bains
Amalia Mesa-Bains is an internationally renowned artist, scholar, and curator. Throughout her career, Mesa-Bains has expanded understandings of Latina/o artists’ references to spiritual practices and vernacular traditions through her altar installations, articles and exhibitions. In 1992 she was awarded a Distinguished Fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation. Her work has been shown at institutions that include: the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris, and the New Museum, as well as international venues in Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Ireland, Sweden, England, France and Spain.
Blanca Santander Testimonios
Testimonios, Blanca Santander’s poignant digital installation about migrant children forcibly separated from their parents and put into cages by the US government, speaks directly to our hearts. The artist created seven soft sculptures representing children, often in ragged clothes, each inscribed with words of the children who were placed into insufferable conditions in what is known as the Ursula Processing Center. Santander then arranged them in a digital exhibition, so one after another seems to come and speak to us. Friends and students of the artist spoke the words written on the sculpture.
Nazanin Hedayat Munroe
Nazanin Hedayat Munroe is an artist, designer and historian specializing in textiles and costume.