Lemue by Carolyn Harper
Lemuel Carolyn Harper 34 x 40 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT After losing a job as a short order cook, Lucien was unable to pay his rent and was evicted from his apartment in North Carolina. He then took [...]
Zyrell by Carolyn Harper
Zyrell Carolyn Harper 34 x 38 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT I met Zyrell 3 years ago when he was 12 and living in a shelter with his grandmother, who is his guardian. I was amazed [...]
Raymond by Carolyn Harper
Raymond Carolyn Harper 33 x 43 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT He has been living on the streets for over a year. How he became homeless is a story too personal to share. He sleeps on the streets, as [...]
Children (32-piece series) by Carolyn Harper
Children (32-piece series) Carolyn Harper 10 x 10 inches 2016-2018 ARTIST STATEMENTHomelessness does not only affect adults. Families with children make up 30% of the nation’s homeless population. This can have lasting effects on the children’s education and their [...]
Resistance to Tyranny Is Obedience to God by Adrienne Yorinks
Resistance to Tyranny Is Obedience to God Adrienne Yorinks 79 x 71 inches 1995 ARTIST STATEMENT Reading the Declaration of Sentiments and seeing the names of the women and men who signed it, I knew [...]
Sara Bard Field: Suffrage Envoy by Martha Wolfe
Sara Bard Field: Suffrage Envoy Martha Wolfe 40 x 50 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT My quilt honors suffragist Sara Bard Field and her cross-country automobile journey delivering a petition with more than 500,000 signatures supporting [...]
Tour de Force by Hope Wilmarth
Tour de Force Hope Wilmarth 45 x 34 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT Because history is important to me, I chose to write about it as my celebration of the 100th year of women’s suffrage. The [...]
Jane Addams: A Most Dangerous Woman by Laura Wasilowski
Jane Addams: A Most Dangerous Woman Laura Wasilowski 46 x 37.5 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT Jane Addams (1860-1935) was an American settlement activist, peace activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, and advocate of women’s suffrage. As [...]
Frances Watkins Harper: “I Speak of Wrongs” by Sandra Sider
Frances Watkins Harper: “I Speak of Wrongs” Sandra Sider 32 x 33.5 x 1 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825 -1911) spent her entire adult life struggling for racial equality as well [...]
Charlotte: Knight of Potholders (coins) in the Kitchen Tarot by Susan Shie
Charlotte: Knight of Potholders (coins) in the Kitchen Tarot Susan Shie 58 x 59 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT Charlotte Woodward Pierce is my suffragist. I was intrigued about this youngest woman to attend the [...]