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Women Around Town, June/July 2018

June 25, 2018 By Karen Schifman

I always want to share any recent art exhibits that have wowed me. Most recently I visited the Marciano Art Foundation to see Olafur Eliasson: Reality Projector. It does not disappoint. This spectacular site-specific light installation reminds us how we can truly have an experience with a work of art. This projection is a kaleidoscopic and ever-changing […]

Filed Under: Art Exhibitions, Commentary, Women Around Town

Oh Mama!

May 7, 2015 By Karen Schifman

  I recently received a catalogue in the mail for an art exhibition “Through A Mother’s Eye: The Lifeline Work of Feminist Artist, Helen Redman.” I was so intrigued that I read it cover to cover. When this show opened at the Women’s Museum of California at San Diego’s Liberty Station at Point Loma, I […]

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: Helen Redman, Women's Museum of California

Tête-à-Tête

April 20, 2015 By Karen Schifman

In my profession sharing my knowledge and passion of art with others is commonplace. However there are those times of sharing that stand out, and it was this morning in reflection of a recent visit to the Getty center with students that spurred this writing. I had just read a note from a student about […]

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: Getty Center, Norton Simon Museum, Robert Motherwell, San Diego Museum of Art

A Nod to Women Artists of the Past

March 23, 2015 By Karen Schifman

Today I am sharing a list that was printed in a Huffington Post article on historical women artists. (Image: Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron) The list is comprised of ten women artists who have been part of the curriculum of several of the courses I have taught over the years. These women artists have rarely been […]

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: L.A. Artcore, So.Calif. Women's Caucus for Art, Women Artists

Palm Springs Modernism

March 17, 2015 By Karen Schifman

Last month, I attended Modernism Week in Palm Springs, something I have wanted to do for a few years. I began with a stroll in the Uptown Design District, where many of the furnishings looked so familiar. It was as if they were plucked from the Jetsons, or from my family home in the early […]

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: Kaufmann House, Mid-Century Modernism, Palm Springs, Richard Neutra

Women Around Town

February 24, 2015 By Karen Schifman

   In 2009, I was asked by So. Calif. Women’s Caucus for Art President, Sandra Mueller if I would like to write the Women Around Town column for the organization’s monthly e-newsletter. As an art historian who had been teaching and researching women artists for several years it seemed like a wonderful opportunity and  responsibility. […]

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: Artemisia Gentileschi, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Sandra Mueller, So.Calif. Women's Caucus for Art, Women Artists

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