Female Artists have much to say - some of them whisper, some shout

It's been an interesting few days learning about female artists from the late 1800's through the 1960's.  The Gibbes Museum new show Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection is thought provoking.  Art Historian Martha Severens presented a lecture today followed by a gallery tour. The work spans impressionism to cubism and shows the artists' grit and determination. Hard to imagine what they went through to study and create their work. Here are some close ups. Their personal journeys beg to be explored. 

Have you seen the challenge on social media to name six female artists?

​Piece of cake. 

Detail of an Alice Neel portrait at the Walker Art Center

​What a week. I also discovered a podcast that is the spirit sister of  the Gibbes Museum show.  Like peas and carrots.

​Thank you Hyperallergic!! The article is  entitled A Podcast on Radical Women Unearths Rare Interviews With Alice Neel, Betye Saar, and More. I'm hooked and can't wait to hear the interviews with these 20th century women. 

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