Remembering Female Artists Who Came Before Us

The Game of Chess (1555), Sofonisba Anguissola

The age of the Renaissance marked a transformation in European art, culture and architecture. From the influential works of Leonardo da Vinci to Michelangelo, a new perspective on art was born, leaving medieval ideals behind.  While male artists gained prominence throughout Europe during the 16th and 17th century, female artists with individualism and naturalistic styles […]

10 of the Most Notable Female Astronauts

In recent years, women have been protagonists in commercial space flights, deployed as commanders, crew members, and researchers on private space missions for purposes that range from scientific experiments to filming movie scenes. But the very first woman to travel into space was Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, on June 16, 1963, aboard the spacecraft Vostok […]

10 Black Female Artists The World Should Celebrate

Influential Women - Black female artists

Black female artists have been ignored and silenced for centuries as inequalities and injustices prevail.  When you think about Black artists, does Jean-Michel Basquiat come to mind? Art lovers worldwide know and love Basquiat, and rightly so. You may even know of the portrait artist and former slave Prince Demah or the sculptor William Edmondston.  […]