Women at the Helm

Reflection on the recent passing of my father, Vincent.
I dedicate this episode to my brother Jim who knows the why. (xoxox)
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Resources include "Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver," by Mary Oliver.
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I contemplate the visual artist, writer, poet, songwriter and performer, Patti Smith with a focus on her writings and photographs for the 2011 exhibition, "Camera Solo," at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut.

“Camera Solo” was the first museum exhibition of Patti Smith’s photography in the United States and included “seventy photographs taken by her Polaroid camera, one multimedia installation, and one video work."

Image Credit: "Robert's Slippers," 2002 -- Wadsworth Atheneum



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Women at the Helm features and celebrates the contemporary British artist Tracy Emin. We explore her iconic installation "My Bed" and dive into her "jagged recollections" from her memoir, "Strangeland."
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Learn more about Tracy Emin:

>Tracy Emin at the Tate Museum
>Read her evocative memoir:Strangeland
>Image Credit: Ben Gurr
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In this inaugural episode of my new podcast series, Women at the Helm: Intersection of Women Artists and Writings, I explore Book Dedications.
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Writers highlighted in this episode:
Janet Fitch
Poet, Mary Oliver
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Image Credit: James Abbott MacNeill Whistler, "The Beach at Selsey Bill," 1865
New Britain Museum of American Art
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Introducing a new podcast series: Women at the Helm: Intersection of Women Artists and Writing. Formerly Beyond the Paint with Bernadine podcast, Bernadine takes you on a new expansive journey that celebrates women artists through the written word; books, essays, poetry and more.
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This special episode celebrates and includes a conversation with two contemporary, American female artists, Sally Brown and Amy Chaiklin and their upcoming duo exhibition Sisterhood: Portraiture: Sally Brown and Amy Chaiklin.
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The exhibition, a curation of sixty works; thirty mini-depictions of feminist artworks in self portraiture by Brown and thirty ink and graphite portraits selected from Chaiklin’s Cultured Pearls Portraits Project,
honors the sisterhood or real women artists that have inspired and influenced their work and practice.
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Learn More about the show:
Exhibition opens September 8, 2023 at the Monongalia Arts Center, West Virginia https://monartscenter.com/
Follow on IG: @sisterhoodportraiture

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Sally Brown: Sally Jane Brown
IG: @Sallery_art
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Amy Chaiklin: Amy Chaiklin
IG: Amychaiklin
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Special thanks to Hall Rockefeller and the women of Less than Half Salon

After 5 years and over 100 conversations with women artists, gallery owners and collectors, I am taking an extended hiatus from the show. I will embark on a writing journey to fulfill my deep desire to craft and publish a memoir about my engagement with the visual arts. All the ways "looking at art" has impacted my life. It will also celebrate women artists who liberated me from both imposed and self-imposed constraints. A wild ride indeed!
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Thank you for your support and friendship. We will see each other soon...

In this episode, join me and woodcut printmaker, storyteller and artist Julie Goldstein into the worlds of 18th century Icelandic sea women and female, Japanese Ama pearl divers. Goldstein captures the stories of these "anonymous" women, memorializing them through her vivid portrayals. Goldstein's reverence for women lost in history books is awe-inspiring.
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"Sea Woman," solo exhibition is at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, opened June 28-August 13, 2022. Learn more at www.bridgettemayergallery.com
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website: www.juliegoldsteinstudio.com
IG: @swmwithme
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As many of you who listen to this podcast know, I am a visual arts educator, historian, speaker and of course, a podcaster. I never considered myself a maker. Until now! I took up photography to learn and experience first-hand the artistic process. This episode journeys with you my immersion into a photography series titled "The Other Side of the Mirror," employing a toy camera, the Holga.
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Abstract and Conceptual female artist Valerie Ellis draws us into her visual world through her curiosity of the human mind and condition. A psychotherapist for twenty years, Ellis paved an unconventional pathway in making art.
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Her visual vocabulary is submerged in a very hands on practice of pulling, spreading, crumpling media like paper and paper pulp. Her works deeply connect the viewer to the internal psychology of the human mind and experiences.
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This episode includes an in-depth conversation with the artist.
Stay connected with Valerie Ellis: www.veryvalerieellis.com; IG handle @very_valerie_ellis
Image Credit: "Brown Skin," from First Impressions series; Valerie Ellis website