Women Artists
Women have pushed the envelope in a number of art forms including painting, photography, sculpture, architecture, and more.
Alternative Crafts and Craft Communities - Creating, Sharing, Buying …
Many of us have a need to create. Our grandmothers quilted, knitted, crocheted. Our moms tried decorative painting, stenciling, decoupage. And who hasn't made a popsicle stick box or a macramé friendship bracelet at Girl Scouts or summer camp? [p]"Arts and crafts" was the genteel label given to all these efforts. But today, crafting has taken on an edgier attitude. "DIY" is the battle cry of thos…
Many of us have a need to create. Our grandmothers quilted, knitted, crocheted. Our moms tried decorative painting, stenciling, decoupage. And who hasn't made a popsicle stick box or a macramé friendship bracelet at Girl Scouts or summer camp? [p]"Arts and crafts" was the genteel label given to all these efforts. But today, crafting has taken on an edgier attitude. "DIY" is the battle cry of thos…
Frida Kahlo, Mexican Painter
An intriguing artist whose self-portraits have recently become an icon of the women's movement, Kahlo's work was not recognized for decades.
An intriguing artist whose self-portraits have recently become an icon of the women's movement, Kahlo's work was not recognized for decades.