Title: Women artists of the American West /
Authors: Ressler, Susan R.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Women artists West (U.S.) Biography.; Art, American; Art, American
Abstract: "Presents the work of more than 150 women artists who live or once lived west of the Mississippi River ... 19th and 20th century artists working in a broad range of media (including photography, quiltmaking, painting, printmaking, clay art, sculpture, digital art and more)"--Back cover.
Contents: Surviving the winter : the evolution of quiltmaking among two cultures in New Mexico / Dorothy R. Zopf -- Barbara Zaring and Alyce Frank : the confluence of creativity and relationships / Kate M. O’Neill -- Asian American women artists : community networks and cultural autonomy / Susan R. Ressler -- Shaping a new way : white women and the movement to promote Pueblo Indian arts and crafts, 1900-1935 / Margaret D. Jacobs -- The legacy of generations : pottery by contemporary American Indian women / Susan Peterson -- Lesbian photography on the U.S. west coast, 1970-2000 / Tee A. Corinne -- Indigenous identities : diverse visions / Gail E. Tremblay -- Agnes Pelton and Florence Miller Pierce : the two women artists in the transcendental painting group, 1938-1945 / Tiska Blankenship -- It’s all about the apple, or is it? Spirituality and contemporary women’s art of the American west / Susan R. Ressler -- 100 years of California photography : women innovators and their contributions, 1850-1950 / Peter E. Palmquist -- The historical landscape : Laura Gilpin and the tradition of American landscape photography / Martha A. Sandweiss -- Women on the Pacific rim : cultural border crossings / Joan M. Jensen -- In which it stands : nature, culture, public space / Terri Cohn -- Unfolding : a memoir / Corinne Whitaker -- An artist’s journey : from Oregon to Timbuktu / Betty LaDuke -- Afterword : Coming together : women artists and writers / Phoebe Farris.