From Washington, the exhibition will travel to the Field Museum, Chicago, Ill., May 1 - Oct. 2, 2001. The Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University. The exhibition is made possible by a generous gift from Ford Motor Company. Major support is also provided by Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The presentation at the National Museum of Women in the Arts is made possible through the generous support of General Dynamics.
Book artists take as their subjects their colleagues in the visual, performing, and literary arts.
Roman Fever , with 28 prints and narratives, and Night Sides Series , with drawings, both by Judy Jashinsky, depict the stormy life of the 17 th -century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi, including her rape and trial. Claire Van Vliet has created two books devoted to quilt makers, and Laura Davidson celebrates the art of an architect in her book-sculpture An Architect Measure . Artists' books about Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, and Sylvia Platt will also be featured. This ongoing series of exhibitions is organized by states in which the museum has committees, and often includes venues in state museums. 2000 Works by 12 Alabama artists depict observations on and perceptions of their state.