Artist Spotlight: Ruth Orkin on the Scene
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Ruth Orkin (1921–1985) approached her work with the aim of telling a story in a single frame.
Praise Song – after the Arbery verdict
by Barbara Crooker Praise the light of late November, the thin sunlight that goes deep in the bones.
Fanny Mendelssohn – The Year
Fanny Mendelssohn (1799 – 1847) began composing Jahr in August of 1841 as a twelve-part piano suite based on the months of the year. In 1846 she wrote to her brother Felix Mendelssohn to inform him…
Julia Alvarez – Contemporary Author
Julia Alvarez was born in New York City on March 17, 1950, the second of four daughters. Three months later, her parents returned to their native Dominican Republic after a self-imposed exile from G…
The MASS model of community-focused architecture
A project in Rwanda convinced a group of Harvard-trained architects to rethink their building methods, material and labor sources, and the end-use of their buildings.
CLARISSA SLIGH Transforming Hate: An Artist’s Book
photo-text images, artists’ books and installations.
Excerpt from the foreword: I am a black woman. I am an artist. For many years I have been creating work to bring issues of social justice into…
Honey Has Numerous Health Benefits for Bees
From pesticide detox to increased longevity, the pros of the sweet stuff go well beyond simply nourishing the hardworking insects in the hive
Harriet Tubman – The Journey to Freedom
Wesley Wofford Sculpture Studio
The sculpture is currently on tour, and in downtown Sylva, North Carolina
Emmy and Academy Award winning sculptor Wesley Wofford works from his private studio i…
Re-inventing Work: An Interview with Matthew Fox
–by Leslee Goodman, syndicated from moonmagazine.org, Nov 12, 2020
An Episcopalian priest and theologian, Matthew Fox began his career as a member of the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church b…
Women Orchestral Conductors in America: The Struggle for Acceptance—An Historical View from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
By Shelley M. Jagow
Orchestral conducting has been the latest door of opportunity to open for women in the field of music.
UNSPINNING THE SPIN
Unspinning the Spin is a guide on the background, current uses, accuracy, nonbiased alternatives, and best practices for choosing and de-coding commonly used words and phrases.
at The Women’s Me…
Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize
Campaigning journalists from the Philippines and Russia have won the 2021 Nobel peace prize as the Norwegian committee recognised the vital importance of an independent media to democracy…