by Elaine Luther | Jul 29, 2021 | Artists
This post was written for kids. Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, (which was right after the Renaissance) who painted stories from the Bible as well as portraits. To be an artist back in the 1500s and 1600s, as a woman, was really...
by Elaine Luther | Dec 15, 2020 | Shop News
It’s not too late to shop for the holidays! Our Sticker of the Month Club ships same day! Want the first envelope to arrive in January, stuffed with a customized letter, patent drawings, vinyl decal, and customized word search that includes your child’s...
by Elaine Luther | Oct 13, 2020 | Arts and Crafts for Kids
Women Artists as Allegories Women artists in the Renaissance period (14th Century) and before often painted themselves as an allegory of painting. An allegory is an idea, embodied in a person. The Statue of Liberty is the idea of liberty, expressed in a statue of a...
by Elaine Luther | Oct 12, 2020 | Arts and Crafts for Kids
Who was Louise Nevelson, Assemblage Sculptor? Louise Nevelson was an assemblage artist who lived from 1899 to 1988. Assemblage is a type of sculpture where various objects are combined together to make a sculpture. These objects are sometimes called “found objects,”...
by Elaine Luther | Oct 19, 2019 | Artists
Who are the Guerrilla Girls? Every other artist we have talked about so far is just one person. The Guerrilla Girls are a group of women, but nobody knows who they really are. Each woman in the group takes the name of a famous woman artist and only appears in public...
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