Before we close out Women’s History Month 2025, I’d like to highlight an exhibit I recently experienced at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA. It illustrates—literally and definitively—groundbreaking contributions by women from ancient times to the present. The exhibit features 287 portraits by Anita Kunz, an award-winning illustrator, who conceived the project during the […]
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As Women’s History Month wraps up, I think it’s as important to recognize the women who aren’t necessarily activists, artists, dancers, musicians, and scholars, but contribute nevertheless toward making a difference in our lives. These are the women who probably won’t be well-known, or among those who have made a mark globally. Instead, they step
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Discovering, then immersing oneself in a compelling, engaging story is one of the incomparable joys of reading. For me, this often leads to further exploring the “back story” or on to a path that expands the original content beyond its face value. After recently finishing Julia Alvarez’s novel, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
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As Women’s History Month winds down, once again it’s compelling to revisit how far we’ve traveled. The road leading to The Art World is one such subject of much discussion, and inevitably, the touchstone essay, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” is referenced. Written by art historian and critic Linda Nochlin in 1971
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