Book Description
In this collection of candid and often poignant interviews, women artists talk about their life works, revealing the costs and the rewards of following a path that has led them to recognition, sacrifice, and inspiration. Among the artists included are Dotty Attie, Cathey Billian, Patricia Lay, Ce Roser, Mimi Smith, Judith Solodkin, Kay WalkingStick, and Jackie Winsor. Biographical information is included.

About the Author
The late Sally Shearer Swenson was an artist who exhibited nationally in galleries and museums. She taught art at the College of New Jersey. Joan Arbeiter teaches art at the Ducret School of Art in Plainfield, NJ and is an exhibiting artist at Ceres Gallery in New York. Beryl Smith is Art Librarian, Rutgers University, and former curator of the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series at Douglass College.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

In this collection of candid and often poignant interviews, women artists talk about their life works, revealing the costs and the rewards of following a path that has led them recognition, sacrifice and inspiration in what is still, essentially, a man's world. The artists included in this important work are Dotty Attie, Nancy Azara, Cathey Billian, Agnes Denes, Patricia Lay, Charlotte Robinson, Ce Roser, Miriam Schapiro, Mimi Smith, Joan Snyder, Judith Solodkin, Kay WalkingStick, Faith Wilding, and Jackie Winsor. Biographical information and a selected bibliography are included for each artist. An essential addition to any women's studies or fine arts reference collection.

Author Biography: The late Sally Shearer Swenson was an artist who exhibited nationally in galleries and museums. She taught art at the College of New Jersey. Joan Arbeiter teaches art at the Ducret School of Art in Plainfield, NJ and is an exhibiting artist at Ceres Gallery in New York. Beryl Smith is Art Librarian, Rutgers University, and former curator of the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series at Douglass College.

FROM THE CRITICS

Art New England

This book is a collector's item and is a must for libraries and institutions that want to maintain complete documentation of the women's art movement..

Artsource Quarterly