Her life has been full of difficulties but she has made or forced her way through, never using excuses, always questioning why the art world, which has been so cruel to her until very recently, diminishes the importance of women’s art.
Blog Posts on Art
I Speak for Democracy
I, along with thousands of other teenagers, did “speak for democracy” in a laboriously fashioned essay, presented on the radio, and winning me a prize—a black and white TV set my parents insisted that I return.
Murder in Mississippi
I know what to expect of Rockwell’s art, or I thought I did: homey sentimental depictions of an America that no longer exists and perhaps never did.
How History Is
I was delighted to visit, yesterday morning, Nikesha Breeze’s astonishing show, “Four Sites of Return: Ritual, Remembrance, Reparation, Reclamation” at form & concept gallery.
May Stevens: A Life Well Lived
We met one summer in the 1980’s when we were both artists in residence at the remarkable Blue Mountain Center, situated on 1600 acres of woods in the Adirondacks in New York State.
My Dinner Guest
My dinner guest sits quietly as the sun sinks in the west behind her, but her quietness is temporary.
Pink Seesaws and My Birthday
I just passed a most delightful birthday with my Santa Fe family, outdoors, in 45 degrees, with coats and coconut cake baked by my eldest granddaughter.
The Meaning of Art
A group of our local artists on their own initiative, without official permission or sponsorship, built an altar in the Railyard Park.
Down Town
During the early years of the last century, American girls were shipped to England to find husbands lured by their family dollars… Winston Churchill’s mother was one of these so-called “Dollar Princesses.”
Some Remarkable Women
I give you several women who have been seen as remarkable; they stand for a multitude of others who through timing, luck or geography are never given the accolades they deserve.