I draw the curtain. I could show you other pictures more pathetic in their hopelessness, but refrain. Lessons in making home neat and attractive; lessons in making family life stronger, sweeter, and purer by personal efforts of the woman; lessons in tidiness of appearance among women; lessons of clean and pure habits of everyday life in the home, and thus bringing to the women self-respect and getting for them the respect of others; how to keep the girls near the mother, and many other kindred subjects, need to be given to this class of women to-day ..read more

In recognition of the importance and interconnectivity of the experiences and voices of everyday people. The 2024 theme "Reel Stories. Real Change” features ..read more

This Autism Acceptance Month is a great opportunity to explore the concepts of nature, spirituality, color, and even how to think about dis-ability in our society. The latter is a personal quest of mine. I have been giving great consideration to what it means to be “normal” or even to be “marginalized," and what will the womb-men of the world do to raise their voices in humanity's defense. How will visual culture, art, and text, shape the rhetoric of tomorrow ..read more

I fell in love while taking a ceramics class at a local community college. I immediately felt the power of working with clay and connected with its ability to bring out a deep understanding of the stories and history that had been imprinted on it over time ..read more

The evolution of Women's art over time is a reflection of the shifting roles and perceptions of women in society. From the early days when women artists were often overshadowed by their male counterparts, Women's art has grown to become a vital part of the art world ..read more

For well over a hundred years now, we have relied heavily on the combustion of fossil fuels as the primary source of energy to propel our cars, run our businesses and homes, and provide the electricity to power up our homes ..read more

Coretta Scott King was an equally impassioned activist in her own right, as well as a staunch supporter of her husband’s politics. During many of Dr. King's marches, she was often found working right alongside her husband during the fight for civil rights. Many African American women who are in traditional marriages and relationships that support equal rights struggle to prioritize their creative endeavors ..read more

"I lay my burdens and my flowers down together  mixing them quickly and quietly against my colander  fixing coriander and culantro I serve for my nerves  set under the Sirius & this is where I'll fix my problems I'll be cooking up good smells, and good trouble  in the age of Aquarius & quiet the problems that plague me."-- Lay It Down The Drum, Chiara Atoyebi ..read more

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed it where you are but the moon has been so iradescent and beautiful in my part of the world. Late at night I’ve gone ..read more

Gwendolyn Knight was an American painter who painted her entire life, but did not come into her own as an artist until the late 1970s and didn't have her first retrospective until the age of 90 ..read more