by Camille Wall | Sep 1, 2021 | Rediscovered Women Artists
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member The lost stories of women artists cease to surprise me any longer, but Edith Lake Wilkinson’s journey is uniquely sad. Born in Wheeling, WV, to a banker and art teacher, she and her sister enjoyed comfortable childhoods.... 
by Camille Wall | Jul 1, 2021 | Rediscovered Women Artists
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Most of us know the names of women painters of the mid-twentieth century Abstract Expressionism movement in New York, such as Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, and Helen Frankenthaler, but Nell Blaine is almost unknown.... 
by Sandra | Mar 31, 2021 | Lifting the Sky: National Online Juried Show, Virtual Events
American Women Artists is pleased to host several virtual events in celebration of our 2021 National Online Show Lifting the Sky. All of our events will be presented on AWA’s Facebook Page and YouTube channel. Links will be added before the event. View the Show.... 
by Camille Wall | Mar 31, 2021 | Rediscovered Women Artists
I am still surprised when I dig deeply into the narrative of a well-known male artist and discover a revelatory role that his wife played in the couple’s overall story. This is the case of Augusta Fisher Homer Saint-Gaudens, who was married to the most famous American... 
by Camille Wall | Dec 1, 2020 | Rediscovered Women Artists
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member When I began collecting art by American women artists in the 1980s, there were few resources for research. One was awed by a woman artist’s talent but it was quite difficult to find biographical...