Full Description
This book presents the work of more than 150 women artists of the 19th and 20th centuries from west of the Mississippi River. The first half of the book consists of fifteen interpretive essays examining artists in a broad range of media (photography, quiltmaking, painting, printmaking, clay art, sculpture, digital art and more). Concepts of community, identity, spirituality, and locality are explored in interdisciplinary contexts.
The second half of the book is an alphabetical directory of the artists discussed in the essays, with biographical information, notes on exhibitions and collections, and the artists' own statements about their work and their visions. The text is lavishly illustrated with 342 reproductions, including 62 in color.
The essays were written by Dorothy R. Zopf, Kate M. O'Neill, Susan R. Ressler, Margaret D. Jacobs, Susan Peterson, Tee A. Corinne, Gail E. Tremblay, Tiska Blankenship, Peter E. Palmquist, Martha A. Sandweiss, Joan M. Jensen, Terri Cohn, Corinne Whitaker, and Betty LaDuke. There is an afterword by Phoebe Farris.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface 1
Introduction
The Essays
Section I: Community
1 Surviving the Winter: The Evolution of Quiltmaking Among Two Cultures in New Mexico
Dorothy R. Zopf
2 Barbara Zaring and Alyce Frank: The Confluence of Creativity and Relationships
Kate M. O'Neill
3 Asian American Women Artists: Community Networks and Cultural Autonomy
Susan R. Ressler
Section II: Identity
4 Shaping a New Way: White Women and the Movement to Promote Pueblo Indian
Arts and Crafts, 1900-1935
Margaret D. Jacobs
5 The Legacy of Generations: Pottery by Contemporary American Indian Women
Susan Peterson
6 Lesbian Photography on the U.S. West Coast, 1970-2000
Tee A. Corinne
7 Indigenous Identities: Diverse Visions
Gail E. Tremblay
Between pages 150 and 151 are 32 color plates (A-FF) containing 62 photographs
Section III: Spirituality
8 Agnes Pelton and Florence Miller Pierce: The Two Women Artists in the Transcendental Painting Group, 1938-1945
Tiska Blankenship
9 It's All About the Apple, or Is It? Spirituality and Contemporary Women's Art of the American West
Susan R. Ressler
Section IV: Locality
10 100 Years of California Photography: Women Innovators and Their Contributions, 1850-1950
Peter E. Palmquist
11 The Historical Landscape: Laura Gilpin and the Tradition of American Landscape Photography
Martha A. Sandweiss
12 Women on the Pacific Rim: Cultural Border Crossings
Joan M. Jensen
13 In Which It Stands: Nature, Culture, Public Space
Terri Cohn
Section V: Telling Visions
14 Unfolding: A Memoir
Corinne Whitaker
15 An Artist's Journey: From Oregon to Timbuktu
Betty LaDuke
Afterword: Coming Together: Women Artists and Writers
Phoebe Farris
The Biographies
Artists' Biographies
About the Contributors
Bibliography
Index
