Category: Artists

Welcome, Controversy. We’ve been expecting you.

Welcome, Controversy. We’ve been expecting you.

Posted by | Dec 22, 2020 |

We’ve been waiting months for the delayed unveiling of Maggi Hambling’s sculpture honoring Mary Wollstonecraft, “foremother of feminism.” Here’s our post about this sculpture from February 2020, Visibility Matters: A Statue for Mary Wollstonecraft, and one about Mary Wollstonecraft posted earlier, Mary Wollstonecraft: A Wild Wish. This sculpture was finally unveiled in London on November 10, 2020, and, as anticipated, ignited fiery debate. Bee Rowlatt, chair of Mary on the Green, an organization involved in fundraising for over a decade, had this to say following the 2018 selection of Hambling’s work: “This mould-breaking work of art will provoke debate,...

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Edmonia Lewis(1844-1907): An American Sculptor Trapped in Structures Harder Than Marble

Edmonia Lewis(1844-1907): An American Sculptor Trapped in Structures Harder Than Marble

Posted by | Dec 15, 2020 |

Edmonia Lewis had two problems. One: that she was not white and two: that she was not male. She defies classification while at the same time has been classified over and over again. If she can’t be classified, then she is demonized and if she can’t be demonized then she is erased and if she can’t be erased then she is blamed when all this woman wanted was to pursue her art, be taken seriously, be free to compete on a level playing field with other people: meaning white people — and people who were taken seriously by the...

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Shattering Ceilings: Glass and Bronze!

Shattering Ceilings: Glass and Bronze!

Posted by | Nov 10, 2020 | ,

Little by little, we move closer to a new year. (I’ve always been noted for stating the obvious!) I don’t like to rush time, but I’m not sorry to see this year begin to give way to the next one. 2021 is already sprinkled with exciting events, one being the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States on January 20, 2021, and another event that I learned about a while back, one that will take place on March 15, 2021. Over the past couple of years, I’ve written several posts about a phenomenon slowly and steadily sweeping our...

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Breaking the Bronze Ceiling: One Inspiring Public Sculpture at a Time!

Breaking the Bronze Ceiling: One Inspiring Public Sculpture at a Time!

Posted by | Aug 4, 2020 | ,

We have entered a monumental month: August 2020. August 26, 2020, is the centennial of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which guarantees women the right to vote. On May 19, 1919, the 19th amendment proposed to the Constitution extended the right of suffrage to women. The article reads: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” On August 18, 1920, the needed 36th state (Thank you, Tennessee!) signed on to the amendment and it was officially certified a...

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May Alcott Nieriker: Littlest Woman, Biggest Ambition, American (1840-1879)

May Alcott Nieriker: Littlest Woman, Biggest Ambition, American (1840-1879)

Posted by | Aug 27, 2019 | ,

The youngest sister of Little Women author Louisa May Alcott, May Alcott Nieriker was a successful artist in her own right. Yet, while her accomplishments were many,  her unflappable relationship with her sister Louisa made it all possible. I am currently home in New Hampshire preparing to celebrate my daughter’s wedding and will soon be surrounded by my three sisters, without whom I would not be the woman I am today. Here’s to sisterhood of all sorts, where unwavering love and support make all things possible. If you didn’t get to read this post when it appeared in April,...

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