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Five Women Artists: Kay WalkingStick

March 22, 2018 •
Kay WalkingStick, the fourth artist featured in our blog series, is an American landscape painter and print maker. As a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, WalkingStick often makes artwork inspired by her indigenous ancestry. After being raised in a White ... More

Five Women Artists: Carrie Mae Weems

March 13, 2018 • Alexander Clark Johnston
Carrie Mae Weems is the third artist featured in our blog series. This photograph comes from her Kitchen Table Series, which explores the dynamics of relationships in the domestic setting of her kitchen. Weems’s work is in part autobiographical and in ... More

Five Women Artists: Selma Hortense Burke

March 8, 2018 •
Selma Hortense Burke is the second artist featured in this blog series. She may be an artist whose name is unfamiliar to you, but it is likely you encounter her artwork everyday. She is most famous for sculpting the relief ... More

Five Women Artists: robin holder

March 1, 2018 •
The first artist featured in our Five Women Artists series is robin holder. Two of her prints are included in the exhibition, Problem Solving: Highlights from the Experimental Printmaking Institute, on view in Mechanical Hall Gallery. This print by robin holder ... More

Can You Name Five Women Artists?

February 28, 2018 •
    In union with the National Museum of Women in the Arts and countless other museums across the country, we are participating in the third annual #5WomenArtists campaign. This March, we are highlighting work by female-identifying artists in the Museums ... More