News from The National Museum of Womem in the Arts

June 18, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) today announced that Susan Fisher Sterling, the Alice West Director, will retire at the close of 2026, after nearly four decades of se…

A Slow and Steady Journey Home -This is no ordinary Brews & Bears season; this is our 10th anniversary of putting the FUN in fundraising!

June 1, 2026

During a hurricane, Asheville North Carolina seniors formed a POD that may help them age in place

May 24, 2026

by Jessica Blough CNN Asheville, North Carolina 2026 Members of an Asheville pod gather weekly for communal dinners, a tradition that they started in the wake of Hurricane Helene…

TOWARD THE CLEARING

From the foreground we see the clearing as it emerges in the distance through the canvas, a lifetime away. Beyond in mist the future is alluring. Rippling water and stepping stones show the way, smooth, strategic at start, but the climb slumbers in the distance. READ MORE

ON ART, AND FINDING A WAY HOME

I think art of any kind has to do with finding one’s way home, that is, back to oneself perhaps for the first time. Art connects heart and mind, to find the story I’m searching for. READ MORE

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Published by Main Street Rag, Charlotte, North Carolina 2014 Price: &17.95

Jean’s work has previously been published in It’s All Relative – Tales from the Tree, in The Great Smokies Review, in Speckled Trout Review and in These Trees by Ruthie Rosauer,