Astri Wright, Art Historian On the Loose

Please read the other two posts, above (pinned) and below, as they are linked, for this International Women's Day. New boundaries for me to push forward, new knowledge to embrace, and new women artists' names to become known to me and perhaps you, as well.

How 12 Female Ukrainian Artists Capture the Experience of Conflict, From Outraged Poems on Bedsheets to Photos of Women Workers | Artnet News Curator Monika Fabijanska's important show at Fridman Gallery shows how 'the political is personal.'

I am delighted to discover this museum: the Museum of the Palestinian People. And here are several wonderful Palestinian Women artists featured.
As someone who visits museums of all national, ethnic and religious mandates, this museum should be on all of our radars. How sad that it took the Holocaust to stimulate Europeans' and European-descent peoples' support for and understanding of Jewish and Romani peoples and others. How sad that it took these current wars to stimulate so many people's awareness and support of the Ukrainian and Palestinian peoples.
Let us learn to wake up through more peaceful means.

Art of Palestinian Women - Museum of the Palestinian People Premier Exhibit Art of Palestinian Women Opening March 6 – September 13, 2020 An Exhibition of Sculpture, Photography, Painting, Mixed Media, Video and Performance. By: Dana Barqawi, Manal Deeb, Lux Eterna, Samar Hussaini, and Malak Mattar. Curated by Nancy Nesvet. Five women artists of Palestinia...

This International Women's Day, I want to share some wonderful artists from places in the world that are highly embattled today, so we can share our solidarity along with our interest in artists globally. May peace descend and creativity win over all rigid, life-denying stances in all areas of life, for all of us, as well as all species on this planet.

This International Women's Day, I want to share some wonderful artists from places in the world that are highly embattled today, so we can share our solidarity along with our interest in artists globally. May peace descend and creativity win over all rigid, life-denying stances in all areas of life, for all of us, as well as all species on this planet.

Choosing to be a Palestinian female artist | Lina Sleibi | TEDxAlQudsUniversity Lina Sleibi is a Palestinian artist who aspires to convey artistic and humanitarian messages through her voice, songs, and the events she takes part in. She ...