On August 26, 1920, women were given the right to vote in the United States with the certification of the 19th Amendment. The launch of the Women Soaring Project (WSP) this fall 2020 fortuitously coincides with the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. It is with great honor that the WSP is able to celebrate this incredible achievement in women's history highlighting exceptional artworks with its inaugural exhibit, Women Suffragists.
The panel of jurors for this show was comprised of the WSP co-founders and advisory board members including Jane Le Skaife, Jackie Lo, Megan Seely, Leah Cluff, Jennifer Lugris, Grace Gray-Adams, Jenifer Vernon and Lesley Doig. While we received 48 submissions from artists all around the world, we voted on the top three pieces that displayed the strongest content and execution in addressing the theme of women's suffrage. We are pleased to announce these winning works are:
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First place - Artist Summer Herrera, Dorothy, A Young Activist, 2020
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Second place - Artist Ildiko Nova, Fair Representation, 2020
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Third place - Artist Angela (Azadeh) Raz, Healing, 2020
Please join us in congratulating these artists, and thank you to all those who participated. To see these works and more, please enter our virtual gallery below.
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This year's theme for our 2023 WSP Art Exhibit is "Women Environmentalists", which will be on view from August 13- December 31. The artists participating in the show are from all around the world and their work focused on the important role of women fighting climate change and stressing the importance of preserving the earth.
The panel of jurors for this show was comprised of the WSP co-founders and advisory board members. We discussed each of the submissions and chose the work that best encapsulated women environmentalists as its core focus. We are excited to announce "Giant Kelp Study 18" by Oriana Poindexter as the winning piece. Oriana is a San Diego-based marine scientist and photographer who freedives and collects specimens from the ocean and documents them using cyanotypes, one of the oldest photographic printing processes which was made popular by a woman botanist, Anna Atkins, in 1843. Her work intersects science, art and notable women in history. We spoke with Oriana at length about her work via Zoom and posted the recorded interview here.
Please join us in congratulating Oriana Poindexter. Thank you to all those who participated, and check out all the wonderful submissions in the virtual art gallery below:
To learn more about the historical women who fought to protect our earth, go to our Environmentalists page.