Pictures of Women created by Female Artists using a variety of mostly found, all natural materials. Many of theses are collaborative creations by a duo of artists known as Sister Golden, while others seem to be from different artists. Vicki Rawlins, part of Sister Golden explains some of their creative technique
Nothing taped, nothing glued, just Mother Nature balancing delicately on itself. The actual act of creating each piece, for me, is therapeutic, spending lots of time outside walking and foraging, truly in the moment … There’s a freedom in knowing everything I’m doing is temporary … After I finish the piece, I document it with a photograph … The last step is to recycle it all back into the earth or into my next piece.
We were saddened to learn of Kate Millett’s passing on September 6, 2017. As many people have been writing and speaking about her legacy, we realized we are not alone in trying to grapple with the significance of her contributions to the feminist movement, to the creation of feminist theory, to the art world, to writing, to LGBTQ activism, to advocacy for mental health reform, and to many, many other realms. Here at the Rubenstein Library, her papers have been at the heart of the Bingham Center’s collections since 2000, and have inspired much scholarship, enhancing our understanding of the world. Read more.
One of my favorite German artists from the Weimar era is Jeanne Mammen. My favorite painting from her is this 1928 watercolor of lesbians at a masked ball.
Anne Kingsbury Wollstonecraft, sister-in-law of Mary Wollstoncraft and aunt of author Mary Shelly, was a US botanist, naturalist, botanical illustrator & women’s rights advocate. Her manuscript with artworks on plant specimens (1828) was rediscovered recently ♀️
Eunice Newton Foote (1819-1888) US scientist/women’s rights campaigner who was the first scientist known to have theorized on global warming, yet her work was ignored or appropriated ♀️
Alice Kilroy, UK banner maker, socialist activist, who created countless banners, such as this (LGSM) design to commemorate 30 years since an alliance of lesbians and gay men supported the National Union of Mineworkers during the year-long strike of 1984–1985 ♀️️
Tove Jansson, Finnish artist and Moomins creator, who shared a summer home on a remote island with her partner, graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä, for almost 30 years ♀️️
‘The Graphic artist’, 1975, Tove Jansson’s portrait of her life partner, graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä, who she based her androgynous character Too-Ticky on (right) ♀️️
