Women Artists

The advantages of being a woman artist with list of ironic advantages

The advantages of being a woman artist (from Portfolio Compleat: 1985-2012)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2014 1988

 

Candid color photo of Audre Lorde from the shoulders up standing at a microphone and podium.   
 Learn More about LGBTQ+ Women with these Podcasts, Paintings, and Portraits  
June 7, 2024
Color photograph of a mature woman dressed in black and wearing glasses in front of a mural of collaged images.
Amalia Mesa-Bains Creates Sacred Space for Women and Memory
November 24, 2023
Map print of the Chicago area with neighborhoods in shown in red, yellow and green.
Artist Amanda Williams Reimagines 1930s Chicago in a World without Redlining
Two-panel artwork, first panel with text "You're an Indian? I thought you were a Jewish girl from Queens who changed her name" and the second panel with a painting of an Indigenous woman wearing a hat and earrings with a red and yellow rainbow over her head
Painter Maia Cruz Palileo Explores Artist Kay Walkingstick’s Career in New Podcast
Comic of ten different women artists all drawn in different styles
Drawn to Art, New Comics About Women Artists
Three bronze statues of women - one holding her hand to protect her face, one with a child on her lap, and one holding a book
Elizabeth Catlett Showcased Issues Through Her Art
Abstract painting of two women painted in saturated contrasting colors
Kay WalkingStick and the Indigenous Presence in American Landscape Painting
Photograph of a woman wearing a face mask with beaded flowers
Pandemic Face Masks by Native Women Artists
Illustration of a collage of an African American woman with glasses posing seated. Collage is made up of strips of illustrated paper with several patterns.
Portrait: A Webcomic about Artist Mickalene Thomas
A screenprint of a dress with beading and ribbons. This print is mostly yellow with blue and red accents.
Artist Dyani White Hawk Honors Women Leaders and Nurturers
A red tablecloth with a circle in the middle and different designs around it
Sisíthuŋwaŋ Dakhóta artist's Tablecloth
National Museum of the American Indian

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Pastel portrait of Serena Williams similing with bare shoulders and long hair. She is framed by green foliage.
Four New Portraits Honor Black Women at the Smithsonian
April 6, 2023