“All the whiteness was getting on my nerves.” — Howardena Pindell on why she made “Free, White and 21.” (1980), New York Times, 2025 Howardena Pindell is almost 83 years old and still making art in her New York studio. The first Black curator at the Museum of Modern Art, she also co-founded A.I.R. Gallery in New York, the first all-female artists’ cooperative gallery … [Read more...] about Autobiography: Redacted – Studies After Howardena Pindell
Fellow Makers
Courage/Ometz Lev
Want to find Courage? Let compassion be your compass. Don’t go looking for the one yelling the loudest at the front of the crowd, Courage isn’t always some powerhouse full of fire and fury. Courage is often a quiet thing who visits us in daily decisions and unsung moments. Courage is the girl sold on the street by one of her mother’s boyfriends before she was … [Read more...] about Courage/Ometz Lev
Handwork – The Blues
🧵Stitching The Blues🪡 Mixed media experiments — stitched and felted hand dyed wool, remnants of my Nana Ana Brom’s hand dyed silks (and her thread scissors), beads & a tiny message in a bottle sealed with beeswax. … [Read more...] about Handwork – The Blues
Allegory of the Long Spoons
Imagine that hell is a dinner party. There is a long table in a grand hall filled with delicious food but the guests are miserable. No one is able to eat because they are forced to use long spoons that cannot reach their mouths. They have so much but they are still starving and suffering. Imagine that heaven it’s a dinner party. There is a long table winding … [Read more...] about Allegory of the Long Spoons
The #EtsyStrike begins today July 16, 2018. Learn Why!
The #EtsyStrike begins today July 16, 2018 when new tiered plans and rate increases go into effect for sellers across Etsy. This action is not in retaliation for seller fee increases but in response to radical values and culture change at Etsy. Those with concerns about these changes are taking action on and offline to inform our communities about the hostile shareholder … [Read more...] about The #EtsyStrike begins today July 16, 2018. Learn Why!
