Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
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Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women
May 31, 2024 - January 5, 2025. This digital project is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art as a companion to the exhibition Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women. Support for this digital project has been provided by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative.
What is Feminist Art? - Archives of American Art
November 26, 2019 - December 31, 2021. Feminist art resists easy definitions. In 1977, feminist activists Ruth Iskin, Lucy Lippard, and Arlene Raven organized an exhibition centered on the question, “What is Feminist Art?”. They invited artists to answer this question on a letter-sized piece of paper. Hundreds of artists responded in the ...
Alma’s Stripes: Finding Fashion in the Alma Thomas papers
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Joseph Cornell | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Joseph Cornell created assemblages and collages from evocative objects he found in antique shops and secondhand stores. The deeply romantic artist was drawn to the symbolism found in a wide range of ephemeral materials. He maintained dossiers and portfolios on numerous people and celebrities with whom he felt a special connection (real or ...
On Alma Thomas’s Observations of Negro History Week
Feb 20, 2013 · Alma Thomas, ca. 1958 / unidentified photographer. Alma Thomas papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.. Painter Alma Thomas is perhaps best known for her participation in the Washington Color School. Yet, for generations of African American families in Washington, D.C., she was better known as Miss Thomas, the art teacher at Shaw Junior High School where she taught between ...
Oral history interview with Wendy Red Star, 2020 July 28
Transcript Preface. The following oral history transcript is the result of a recorded interview with Wendy Red Star on July 28, 2020. The interview took place at Red Star's home in Portland, Oregon, and was conducted by Josh T. Franco for the …
Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women - Archives of …
Cotton, wool, polyester, silk—fiber is felt in every aspect of our lives and has long inspired women artists. This digital project highlights the work of eight artists. Their artworks from the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery are placed alongside the artist's words and primary sources from the Archives of ...
Oral history interview with Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, 2021 August …
How to Use This Collection. This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information. The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions.