“I’m getting to like you so tremendously that it some times scare me,” O’Keeffe writes from Canyon, Texas, on Nov. 4, 1916.
Faith Ringgold: Mastering the Intersection of Art and Activism
In the 1970s, Ringgold became increasingly interested in performance art, collaborating with other artists and musicians to create elaborate spectacles that combined music, dance, and political commentary. Her most famous work in this vein is “The Flag is Bleeding” (1967)
Tuesdays Retrospective of MAYDAY !EAARTH: 13 Artists Declare A Climate Emergency at Ceres Gallery
Human production and consumption have rapidly degraded the ecosystems of our major communities over the past several decades; Earth at present is in a state of chaos. Moreover, humankind’s attempt at reversing existing ecological damages does not keep up with the prevailing and accelerated rates of destruction impacting the globe exponentially. We have thus been made painfully aware of immanent climate change despite hereunto efforts at intervention. MAYDAY !EAARTH is a global distress call to signal that time is running out.
Evolutionary Expressions: A Brief Compendium of Women’s Written Contributions to Art History
Essentially, Nochlin posed a question that planted a seed of reflection within the reader. You might hear the question and immediately become defensive, dismiss it as a feminist complaint, or you may begin a line of questioning that leads you to an obvious answer. However you choose to investigate the argument the truth remains: Women are underrepresented in the mainstream art world. Instead of simply bringing awareness to the issue (which is also significant) or throwing money at the problem, we should endeavor to understand why this is.
Digital Transformations: How Women Are Forming Networks In The Metaverse And Shaping The Cultural Landscape
Have you ever considered making an NFT? At the height of the NFT craze, some looked a bit cartoonish and unpolished, but today artists are merging their creativity with tech and creating ephemeral, thought-provoking works that offer a glimpse into futuristic exploration.
Feminist speculative fiction: inventing foremothers
Convening the Women’s Caucus for Art Panel, Patti Jordan asked: “What are optimal means to transcend histories and advance intersectional feminist art and social justice issues in our given climate?” In response, I explored how visual art strategies associated with feminist speculative fiction in art serve as creative catalysts for social and political change. Encompassing science fiction, fantasy, and Afrofuturism, speculative fiction (SF) is a literary genre of conjecture, in which authors imagine alternative realities in order to question current norms.
The Brown Dot Project
By LINDA VALLEJO "The Brown Dot Project" keynote presented for the panel Transhistorical Feminist Agency: A Matter of Gender, Race, Time, and Place as a part of the College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference 2021 Data pictographs that illustrate the advancement...
Envisioning Cross-Temporal Collectivity in Indigenous Women’s Labor Activism through Contemporary Artistic Practice
In 1971, three white Americans opened the Muckamuck restaurant in Vancouver, advertising Northwest Coast First Nations cuisine.[1] The owners hired mainly Indigenous staff.
Friend or Foe? Access, Art and the Perfunctory Nature of Artificial Intelligence on Creative Process
Friend or Foe? Access, Art and the Perfunctory Nature of Artificial Intelligence on Creative Process Written By: Chiara Atoyebi Featured Image : AI-Generated Portrait of Me from Lensa, 2022 Last year marked the 50th anniversary for the National Women’s Caucus for Art...
Selma Burke: A Story of Overcoming Adversity And Becoming One of America’s Most Celebrated Sculptors
Selma Hortense Burke is one of the few African-American women sculptors who achieved a high level of national recognition during her lifetime. She received national recognition for her relief portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt which was the model for his image on the dime. She was committed to teaching art to others, so she established the Selma Burke Art School in New York City and opened the Selma Burke Art Center in Pittsburgh, PA.
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