American Women Artists
articles and essays about exhibitions concerning
groups of women artists
(above: Eva Watson-Schütze, Desert roses, c. 1920, color woodcut print, 9.4 ? 9.4 inches, Swann Galleries. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
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Resource Library articles and essays honoring the American experience through its art:
2010-
Directory of Women Artists Active in Arizona Before 1945, directory by Lonnie Pierson Dunbier (February, 2016)
A Timeless Legacy - Women Artists of Glacier National Park (5/30/15)
Beautiful Things: Still Life Paintings by American Women 1880-1940 (1/15/14)
Masters of Vermont: Five Women Artists; essay by Mickey Myers (5/30/13)
Arizona's Pioneering Women Artists (2/19/13)
Skirting Convention: Illinois Women Artists 1840 to 1940; article by Channy Lyons (4/20/12)
Breaking Down Barriers: 300 Years of Women in Art (11/7/11)
Contemporary Women Artists; essay by Sherry Buckberrough (1/13/11)
WomenArtists@NewBritainMuseum (1/13/11)
Women Only: Folk Art by Female Hands (8/2/10)
Remember the Ladies: Women Artists of the Hudson River School (5/17/10)
2005-2009
Surviving Hard Times: WPA Artists; essay by Sue Ann Robinson (11/10/09)
The Sellars Collection: Art by American Women; article by Jean Woods (9/28/09)
Women Artists in Louisiana, 1825-1965: A Place of Their Own; article by Judith Bonner (6/1/09)
A Parallel Presence: National Association of Women Artists, 1889-2009 (5/6/09)
A Century of Arizona Women Artists; article by Carolyn C. Robbins (2/28/09)
Early Nebraska Women Artists, 1880-1950; essay by Sharon L.Kennedy (1/16/09)
Indiana Women Artists: Then and Now; essay by Rachel Berenson Perry (7/7/08)
Georgia O'Keeffe and the Women of the Stieglitz Circle (3/6/08)
Women Only! In Their Studios (3/3/08)
Western Women Artists: An Overview; text by Phil Kovinick and Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick (9/22/05)
American Women: A Selection from the National Portrait Gallery (1/28/05)
2001-2004
Creating History: Indiana's Historic Women Artists (11/26/04)
Women Artists of Santa Fe; essay by Michael R. Grauer (11/26/04)
A Woman's Touch: Selected Women Artists in California (4/14/04)
Women Portray the West (1890-1940) (3/4/04)
Ten Vermont Women: Sculpture, Painting, Craft (6/25/03)
Almost Forgotten: Delaware Women Artists of the Early 20th Century (4/15/02)
Daring From Within: The Art of American Women from the Sellars Collection (9/17/01)
Women's Work: Early Wisconsin Women Artists (9/26/01)
Daring From Within: The Art of American Women from the Sellars Collection (9/17/01)
A Studio of Her Own: Boston Women Artists, 1870 - 1940 (2/16/01)
1998-2000
A Woman's View: Paintings by Women Artists (12/6/00)
In Celebration: A Century of Arizona Women Artists (12/4/00)
Feminine Visions: Women of the California School 1890-1930s (11/21/00)
Crafting Utopia, The Art of Shaker Women (10/22/00)
Legacy III: Contemporary Women Artists (7/20/00)
Imágenes e Historias/Images and Histories: Chicana Altar-Inspired Art (5/19/00)
Photographs and Prints by Women from the DIA's Collection (7/6/99)
Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists (6/8/99)
The Frye Art Museum Celebrates Contemporary and Historical Women Artists (3/17/99)
Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists (3/9/99)
Crossing Boundaries: Contemporary Art Quilts (11/6/98)
The Philadelphia Ten: A Women's Artist Group 1917-1945 (5/98)
(above: Edith White, Navel Oranges, blouinartinfo.com. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: Catherine Wiley (1879-1958), Self-portrait, 1910s. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
(above: Catherine Wiley (1879-1958), Lady with Parasol, 1915, The Johnson Collection. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
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