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CALL TO FLORIDA WOMEN ARTISTS

kpeterson — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:01:47 +0000

American Orchid Society – Illustrating Orchids

kpeterson — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:41:25 +0000

The exhibition Illustrating Orchids at the Florida Museum for Women Artists presents 80 works by two botanical illustrators whose work is the epitome, not only of scientific illustration, but also of the creative perfection that makes these works great art. Blanche Ames Ames (1878 – 1969) and Marion Ruff Sheehan (1924 – 1998) used their extensive artistic abilities to document the form and structure of numerous orchid genera. With ink and graphite drawings and detailed watercolor paintings, the artists made precise renderings of the dissected orchids before them. Collaborating with their husbands – Dr. Oakes Ames of Harvard and Dr. Thomas Sheehan of the University of Florida who are prominent scholars of orchid study – they continued and extended the standard for the technical rendering of flower and plant structure that defines each genus and species.

Deland and finding Alice

kpeterson — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:26:53 +0000

We bounded up the stairs at The Fish building to the second floor. I had been here once before this place was viable, it was in construction phase with no defining rooms, just framing wood to map out space. The Florida Museum For Women Artists is all about promoting women’s art, simple as that. So simple I joined while I was there. The volunteer greeted us and gave us instruction about voting for very

Paper Painting visits Florida Museum for Women Artists

kpeterson — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:10:04 +0000

Over the weekend I went up to DeLand, FL to visit the Florida Museum for Women Artists, this wonderful museum is 7,000 square feet of newly remodeled space upstairs in the historic Fish Building. The mission of the museum is to promote women artists and to educate the public about women in the arts. The current exhibition is a collection of work called "Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor" it's open through May 2 and I'd highly recommend it.

Mad Hatter’s Ball – Orlando Sentinel

kpeterson — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:22:08 +0000

Post Cards – Orlando Sentinel

kpeterson — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:11:16 +0000

Posted by jimabbott on March, 22 2010 – It was Stetson homecoming weekend in DeLand… My stroll offered the opportunity to finally venture upstairs to the Florida Museum for Women Artists…

Channel 9 Family Special: State of the Arts

kpeterson — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:46:15 +0000

The Florida Museum for Women Artists participated in the Channel 9 Family Special: State of the Arts. If you missed the March 24, 2010 airing, you may view online.

HiKOOL Arts – Women’s art museum looks to Alice

kpeterson — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:41:21 +0000

The next show at the Florida Museum for Women Artists, in DeLand, is an Alice in Wonderland-themed show, with illustrations by Maggie Taylor. Organized by the Samuel P. Harn Museum of ArtUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, Tom Southall,
Curator.

Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor
On Exhibit: February 20 – May 3, 2010

The work of women

kpeterson — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:08:04 +0000

There was a time, not too long ago, that you might hear someone say, “that’s women’s work” as a disparagement directed to a man or a woman. The underlying idea was that what women do is somehow less important and not to be taken seriously. If a man were to put a urinal in a gallery (like Marcel Duchamp), it was “art,” and if a woman painted a beautiful landscape it was “cute.” It was difficult for women artists to get gallery representation.

Wandering Educators

kpeterson — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:36:28 +0000

Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor opens Saturday, February 20, 2010 at the Florida Museum for Women Artists