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Hollyhock House Revisited

July 22, 2015 By Karen Schifman 5 Comments

Art is the soul of the people. One cannot look on visions like this without having visions of one’s own. Without visions, we are only ants, and our communities only ant hills. –Aline Barnsdall  The city of Los Angeles has certainly changed over the last several decades. I have lived here my entire life and […]

Filed Under: Architecture

Women Around Town, June 2015

June 11, 2015 By Karen Schifman 2 Comments

Here are my selections of exhibitions of work by women artists in So. California for the month of June. I want to begin by recommending this month’s edition of Artnews  it is a “must-read” as it is dedicated to women in the art world. *Spotlight on Cheryl Dullabaun in “Western Dreams” Exhibition at Groundspace Projects Groundspace Projects in downtown […]

Filed Under: Women Around Town Tagged With: Ann Chamberlin, Cheryl Dullabaun, Corita Kent, Freyda Miller, Ruth Weisberg, Sandra Lauterbach, Seda Saar

Oh Mama!

May 7, 2015 By Karen Schifman 166 Comments

  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 3 Comments

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 2 Comments

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 4 Comments

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

IN THE STUDIO with Nancy Worthington

March 2, 2015 By Karen Schifman 1 Comment

I visited Nancy Worthington and her longtime partner Judith Fein, in their Palm Desert home/studio where they have lived since 2013. Their wonderful sprawling desert abode is filled with her art, mostly 3-dimensional mixed-media pieces with some less cumbersome works on the walls. Worthington has also made videos, collage, assemblage, a wine label and more. […]

Filed Under: IN THE STUDIO Tagged With: Nancy Worthington

Women Around Town

February 24, 2015 By Karen Schifman 2 Comments

   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

In the Studio with…Patricia Terrell-O’Neal

February 1, 2015 By Karen Schifman Leave a Comment

I was not surprised at all when I entered the nicely lit and tidy well-appointed space of Patricia Terrell-O’Neal’s Santa Monica Studio. It seemed well-suited to the soft-spoken woman who inhabits it nearly every day. Terrell-O’Neal knew she was going to be an artist since she was a young girl growing up in Tennessee where […]

Filed Under: IN THE STUDIO Tagged With: Myth of Frankenstein, Patricia Terrell-O'Neal

Here Comes the Bride and Other Nightmares

January 26, 2015 By Karen Schifman Leave a Comment

Last year the very talented visual artist Freyda Miller released a book of her photographs. In conjunction with this event, she requested that I write about her work from the art historical perspective and that is what I am sharing with you here. Freyda Miller’s photography combines historical references with contemporary art making practices as […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Freyda Miller, Here Comes the Bride and Other Nightmares

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