Petah Coyne: From Dickens to Dutch Still-life Painting
Posted: January 30, 2013
Category: Artist Spotlight
Disturbingly alluring, Petah Coyne’s Untitled #781 certainly packs a visual punch. The wax-work evokes a plethora of associations, both pleasant and disconcerting. Viewers may be surprised to learn, however, that...
A Harmony of Opposites: Jiha Moon’s Floating Landscapes
Posted: January 23, 2013
Category: Artist Spotlight
As a “cartographer of cultures,” Jiha Moon strives to be “a visual interpreter of the mixed cultural worlds of [her] generation.” The Atlanta-based artist creates kaleidoscopic works of art that...
Fabulous! Portraits by Michele Mattei: Betye Saar
Posted: October 25, 2012
Category: Artist Spotlight
NMWA’s exhibition Fabulous! Portraits by Michele Mattei presents a selection of Michele Mattei’s photographs of women who have shaped contemporary culture. Mattei, who began her career as a journalist before moving...
Fabulous! Portraits by Michele Mattei: Bette Bao Lord
Posted: October 19, 2012
Category: Artist Spotlight
NMWA’s exhibition Fabulous! Portraits by Michele Mattei presents a selection of Michele Mattei’s photographs of women who have shaped contemporary culture. Mattei, who began her career as a journalist before...
Fabulous! Portraits by Michele Mattei: Beatrice Wood
Posted: October 12, 2012
Category: Artist Spotlight
Opening today, NMWA’s exhibition Fabulous! Portraits by Michele Mattei presents a selection of Michele Mattei’s photographs of women who have shaped contemporary culture. Mattei, who began her career as a...
Her vision is to “move beyond the construct of femininity into the un-gendered and free space that should be available for every human being”; her means of achieving it is...
Royalists to Romantics: Spotlight on Marie-Amelie Cogniet
Posted: July 13, 2012
Category: Artist Spotlight
In Royalists to Romantics: Women Artists from the Louvre, Versailles, and Other French National Collections, 77 works by 35 artists display the talents of French Revolution-era women artists. Their paintings...
Today, on her 105th birthday, we celebrate Frida Kahlo, whose 143 finished paintings focused on Mexican culture, gender identity, social justice, and often pain. Born on July 6, 1907, to...
Sister Mary Corita (later Corita Kent, 1918–1986) created some serigraph screen-prints that were very broad in their allusions and themes, although some of her work embraced specific historical events or...
“Productive.” “Energetic.” “Joyous.” “Selfless.” “Creative.” These words have often been used to describe Sister Mary Corita (later Corita Kent, 1918–1986). A deeply spiritual woman, she used art as a platform...
