artists
Talking About Women’s History: Four Answers and a Whole Bunch of Questions with Joanne Mulcahy
Joanne B. Mulcahy is an essayist, biographer, and teacher of creative non-fiction. Her studies in anthropology and folklore inspired travels to the Arctic, Northern Ireland, Australia, and Latin America. Her travels, in turn, inspired three books, include the prize-winning Writing Abroad: a Guide for Travelers. In 2013, while teaching at La Universidad Latina de America,…
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Alice Barber Stephens, Illustrator (Yes, Another One)
You may have noticed that I’ve been sharing the stories of women artists and illustrators over the last few months. I didn’t set out to look for them, but one woman led to another. Like women warriors, women journalists and women inventors, even women artists who were well known and successful in their time are…
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Master Crewe as Henry VIII
A recent rabbit hole in the peculiar world of “Cute Studies” led me to this unlikely and delightful eighteenth century painting by Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792),[1] which was inspired by Hans Holbein’s sixteenth century portrait of Henry VIII. I was temped to share the two images with no commentary, but one rabbit hole led to another.…
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