Ophelia’s Flowers by Yvonne Hosey
“Ophelia’s Flowers” by Yvonne Hosey In sum, this work is about: Longing for something to the point of madness, being stifled, belittled and considered just a vessel. ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here Yvonne Hosey Artist Statement: I am an artist, a lover of vibrant color, an unabashed feminist, mother by choice and wife. My art means everything...
Summoning the Flood
… Virginia Woolf famously declared that for women to make art, they needed £500 a year (rather more now) and rooms of their own … It takes a monstrous gesture to claim that space. As artists we have learned we have to take up the whole house, upstairs and down, attic and basement. Alice-like we will have to spill out of all the windows and doors and out into the street, making the private public, the domestic...
The Q | Is Our Art Ever Too Much
Is Our Art Ever Too Much? Q: How do we respond when it floods our boundaries? How can we embody the flood?*Responses will be curated and may be shared with permission.Permission* Yes, I give my permission Show Full AgreementBy submitting your response, you are granting AROHO permission for possible publication – in whole or excerpts – in WAVES, which is also archived on our website and may be shared on social platforms.Name*...
Vibrations by Jerrice J. Baptiste
“Vibrations” by Jerrice J. Baptiste Mother and daughter still hum together. Their low pitch voices accompany any work of their hands. Peeling of purple skin potatoes. Whipping them until smooth on tongue. They hum over a big breasted bird basting. Butternut squash peeled, simmered, cinnamon & coconut milk added. Mother looks at her daughter. She smiles. In the womb, her body hummed along with her. Their...
Calculation of Angels by Ann-Marie Brown
“Calculation of Angels” by Ann-Marie Brown As a creative woman, my deepest need is: That the paintings I create be seen. ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here Ann-Marie Brown Artist Statement: In sum, this work is about: Covid isolation. Housing insecurity. The perseids overhead (which have always looked to me like calculations of angels on an expansive...
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