"Patricia Neary Patricia Neary (born October 27, 1942) is an American ballerina, choreographer and ballet director, who has been particularly active in Switzerland. She has also been a highly successful ambassador for the Balanchine Trust, bringing George Balanchine's ballets to 60 cities around the globe. Born in Miami, Florida, she first studied there under George Milenoff and Thomas Armour until she attended the School of American Ballet in New York. At the age of 14, she joined the National Ballet of Canada as the youngest dancer in the company. In 1960, she became a member of the New York City"
"Nancy Petry Nancy Petry, RCA, is a Canadian artist known for innovation within the field of painting, photography, film and performance art. As one of the first Canadian artists to paint in the style of lyrical abstraction, her work was featured at the Commonwealth Institute (London, UK), at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal and in a National Gallery of Canada touring exhibition. She was also instrumental in establishing the Association des graveurs du Québec and contributed to the success of the Montreal alternative art cooperative, Véhicule Art. In 2015 the ""Nancy Petry Award"" was instituted. Nancy Petry (1931) was"
"Rao. She later discovered during her psychiatric training she could use art to aid recovery and communication in children. She is known for her work in the field of Clinical Psychiatry by integrating Neuroscience with the Creative Arts. Since 2008, she has been with National Health Service as a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist and a Medical Educator. She employs her self-developed therapeutic technique ‘CAPE: Creative Arts for Processing Emotions’ where she uses music & art as media to support emotional well-being, cure mental illnesses and aid personality development. In 2015, she founded iMANAS London, an organisation created to promote the integration"
"adapted as nose art on many World War II bomber and fighter aircraft; Generally, they were considered inspiring, and not seen negatively, or as prostitutes, but mostly as inspiring female patriots that were helpful for good luck. Among the other well-known artists specializing in the field were Earle K. Bergey, Enoch Bolles, Gil Elvgren, George Petty, Rolf Armstrong, Zoë Mozert, Duane Bryers and Art Frahm. Notable contemporary pin-up artists include Olivia De Berardinis, known for her pin-up art of Bettie Page and her pieces in ""Playboy"". Many people believe that since its beginnings the pin-up ""...has presented women with models"
"Patricia Neway Patricia Neway (September 30, 1919 – January 24, 2012) was an American operatic soprano and musical theatre actress who had an active international career during the mid-1940s through the 1970s. One of the few performers of her day to enjoy equal success on both the opera and musical theatre stages, she was a regular performer on both Broadway and at the New York City Opera during the 1950s and 1960s. Critic Emily Langer of ""The Washington Post"" wrote that, ""Neway was a rare type of singer — one with the classical training and raw vocal strength to meet"
"the film ""Nelly"", choreographed by Brassard, was shown at Montreal’s Festival TransAmériques. She was recently awarded L'Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec. Marie Brassard Marie Brassard is a Canadian actress, theatrical writer and director. She is known for her work with playwright and actor Robert Lepage and later for her own French and English theatrical pieces, which have been presented in many countries in the Americas, Europe and in Australia. Brassard performed and co-created with Lepage between the years 1985 and 2000 in theatre (The Dragons’ Trilogy, Polygraph, The Seven Streams of the River Ota, The Shakespeare Trilogy:"
"and crayon. She also created engravings of the female body. Often these were fat and or missing arms and legs to represent the difficult role women have in society, especially in traditional cultures. Although best known for her painting, she has had more commercial success with video, performance art and installations. Her work over her career has been in painting and engraving along with making sculptures from wire. Her work evolved from figurative to more abstract in the 1990s, created large-scale works often with atmospheric and oceanic themes in which human or divine figures sometimes appear. She also creates immensely"
"is known for her clay sculptures of human, animal, and vessel forms, and uses mud, bones, and shells in her art. She is also known for pencil and tempera drawings, whose style has been compared to Hogarth by the New York Times. Her influences are a mix of Native American and African American traditional cultures. Some of her work was based on television images, such as the Coneheads characters of ""Saturday Night Live"". Her works have been displayed at London's Outsider Archives, the Art Brut Museum, in Lausanne, Switzerland, at the University of Mississippi, and at the Smithsonian Art Museum"
"Neway moved to Corinth, Vermont, where she lived with her second husband, John Francis Byrne, until Byrne's death in 2008. Her first marriage, to Morris Gesell, had ended earlier in divorce. In 2009 she donated papers and artifacts related to her father-in-law's Chaocipher cipher system to the National Cryptologic Museum. She died at her home in Corinth on January 24, 2012, aged 92. Patricia Neway Patricia Neway (September 30, 1919 – January 24, 2012) was an American operatic soprano and musical theatre actress who had an active international career during the mid-1940s through the 1970s. One of the few performers"
"of Art where she studied drawing and painting, though she was drawn to working with clay. Her most famous work, a statue of Father Mathew in Dublin's O’Connell Street was inaugurated in 1893 (or 1891 ) (February 8). She won a contest to create the sculpture, an achievement for a woman artist at the time. According to Nora J Murray’s article in Capuchin Annual (1932) the male model for the Father Mathew statue took the concept of getting plastered a little too far, was dismissed for drunkenness and was later convicted for vandalising her work. Amongst her other works were"
"Jo Neary Joanna Neary is a British comedian, writer and actress. Her solo, character-based stage shows include ""Youth Club"" and ""Joanna Neary Is Not Feeling Herself"", which received a Perrier Best Newcomer award nomination in 2004. She has also appeared in the TV shows ""Time Trumpet"", ""Angelo's"", ""That Mitchell and Webb Look"", ""Skins"" series three, ""Dogface"", ""Man Down"" and, as the jumpy necrophiliac Judith, in ""Ideal"". Radio credits include acting as an ensemble member of the cast in the first series of the ""Count Arthur Strong Radio Show"", as well as appearing in numerous series of ""Out To Lunch"". Harry"
"in New York City. They created another company, Ozone Productions, Ltd., to sell and license Olivia's artwork. In 1987, they moved from Manhattan, New York to Malibu, California, where they currently reside. Olivia's artwork has been shown in art galleries throughout the United States and Japan, and her work is collected by fans worldwide. Olivia De Berardinis Olivia De Berardinis (born November 1948), known worldwide simply as Olivia, is an American artist who is famous for her paintings of women, often referred to as pinup or cheesecake art. She has been working in this genre since the mid-1970s, becoming a"
"almost anarchic hour of character comedy from a very talented young comedienne that comes thoroughly recommended. In fact, given that it’s on at the relative outpost of the Stand Comedy Club, it qualifies as one of our “hidden gems”.' Neary is a regular collaborator with the visual and performance artist, Mel Brimfield. In 2010, she appeared as the fictional performance artist, Alex Owens, in a series of photographs, later reproduced in Brimfield's book, 'This is Performance Art'. In 2011, Brimfield staged a live performance, 'Barbara Hepworth > Henry Moore', at the ICA as part of Bob and Roberta Smith's 'Women"
"300-year history made 'Her Majesty's painter and limber in Scotland, she was awarded the OBE in 1982. An interesting genre of women's art is women's environmental art. As of December 2013, the Women Environmental Artists Directory listed 307 women environmental artists, such as Marina DeBris, Vernita Nemec and Betty Beaumont. DeBris uses beach trash to raise awareness of beach and ocean pollution. and to educate children about beach trash. Nemec recently used junk mail to demonstrate the complexity of modern life. Beaumont has been described as a pioneer of environmental art and uses art to challenge our beliefs and actions."
"Other’s such as Helen Frankenthaler and Louise Nevelson influenced her art’s modernist flair. O’Leary took these influences and combined them with her personal style, allowing her own cultural heritage to be presented. She is best known for her figure studies of Native American women, representing them in their historical context through her own non-traditional style. Her work advocates for the equality and dignity of the oppressed and misused, including Native Americans, women, and the environment. O’Leary’s work has been displayed internationally in public galleries as well as private collections. Her pieces have been included in collections throughout the United States"
"Nancy O'Meara Nancy O'Meara is an American dancer, choreographer and occasional actress. O'Meara was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts with a strong technical background, trained in all forms of dance. Her choreography is known to be fast-paced and powerful. She has worked with some of the biggest names in showbusiness, including Jennifer Lopez, Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears, Usher, Reba McEntire and Paula Abdul. She has performed in a variety of specials including the Grammy Awards, the MTV Movie Awards, the American Music Awards, the Academy Awards, the Billboard Awards, and the Latin Grammy Awards and on television shows that"
"including the National Estuary Program in Washington D.C. Her work has also been used in television shows and film sets. Diane O'Leary Diane O’Leary (Opeche-Nah-Se), PhD (1939–2013), was a Native American multimedia artist, half Irish and half Comanche. Her work advocates for the equality and dignity of the oppressed and misused, including Native Americans, women, and the environment. She is most known for her female native figures pieces, combining her scientific education and creative talents to create abstract yet accurate body portraits. O'Leary's latest work was a collage series advocating for the poor environmental state of Oregon's Tillamook Bay. Diane"
"nonprofit publishing organization. The organization works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media. Betty Lane Betty Lane (1907 – 1996) was an American artist. Lane's first exhibition was at the Phillips Memorial Gallery in 1931. Lane created figure subjects, portraits, and landscapes executed in watercolor and oil. Her work includes nature and street scenes in the Americas and Europe, domestic scenes, and grotesques. Lane's work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Phillips Collection, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and the Cape Cod Museum of Art."
"Olivia De Berardinis Olivia De Berardinis (born November 1948), known worldwide simply as Olivia, is an American artist who is famous for her paintings of women, often referred to as pinup or cheesecake art. She has been working in this genre since the mid-1970s, becoming a contributor to ""Playboy"" in 1985. By June 2004, she was given her own monthly pinup page for the magazine that continued for many years, often appearing with captions written by Hugh Hefner. Born in Long Beach, California, Olivia's childhood years were spent primarily on the East Coast. She attended the New York School of"
"Most were reprinted, some with alternative titles. In 1966, several of the stories were presented on the BBC children's TV program 'Jackanory', read by the British actress Sheila Hancock. Susan Beatrice Pearse Susan Beatrice Pearse (19 January 1878 – 1980) was a British illustrator of children's books best known for the Ameliaranne series of books. She was born in Kennington in South London and educated at King Edward's School, Southwark. She married Walter E Webster in Fulham towards the end of 1919, but continued to use her maiden name professionally. To her friends, she was known as 'Trissy' Webster. She"
"quilting techniques, traditionally used by women, became prominent in the making of fine arts. Dr. Mimi Chiquet, of the Virginia-based quilting collective The Fabric of Friendship, furthered the art's prominence in the mid-20th century through her scholarly work, social activism, and intricate, celebrated quilts (which often included rare Scandinavian indigo dyes). The transition from traditional quilting through art quilts to quilted art was rapid; many of the most important advances in the field came in the 1970s and 1980s. Jean Ray Laury (1928 - 2011)is cited by Robert Shaw as the ""most prominent and influential of [the] early modern [American]"
"Jane McNeill Jane McNeill-Balter, professionally credited as Jane McNeill, is an American stage, film and television actress, best known to television audiences for her recurring role as Patricia on the second season of ""The Walking Dead"". McNeill is a native of Whiteville, North Carolina, in Columbus County. She is the daughter of John McNeill and Margaret Powell McNeill. McNeill first became involved in theater and acting as a sixth grader. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but began taking drama classes during her sophomore year at the university. She attended"
"Competition to encourage African American students of design. Judy Dearing Judy Dearing (1940 – September 30, 1995) was an American costume designer, dancer, and choreographer. She is most well known for designing costumes for a wide range of theater and musical productions, including Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize winning drama ""A Soldier's Play"" and the 1976 stage adaptation of Ntozake Shange's book, ""for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf"". Judy Dearing grew up in Manhattan and graduated from City College of New York, majoring in mathematics and science. She began her performance arts career dancing"
"to popularize its revival. In her own words, she ""puts the tease back into striptease"" with long, elaborate dance shows with props and characters, often inspired by 1930s and 1940s musicals and films. Some of her more famous dances have involved a carousel horse, a giant powder compact, a filigree heart and a clawfoot bathtub with a working shower head. Her signature show features a giant martini glass. Her feather fan dance, inspired by burlesque dancer Sally Rand, featured the world's largest feather fans, now on display in Hollywood's Museum of Sex. Her burlesque career has included some memorable performances."
"3, 2018, on the campus of UCLA. In 1972, June Foray conceived the idea that there should be awards for animation as there were no awards for the field. With the approval of ASIFA-Hollywood president Nick Bosustow, Annie Awards ceremony was organized. The first ceremony was held at the banquet room of Sportsmen's Lodge in Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, Los Angeles, California. Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer were the first to be honored by the first Annie Awards for creating the characters Betty Boop, Popeye and Olive Oyl, and for inventing the technique of rotoscoping. According to Foray, her"
"of the car window with his tongue lolling – a version of Pollock's much discussed alcoholism and primitive urges. Krasner puts up a relentlessly optimistic front despite Greenberg's blatant misogyny and the art world's complete disinterest in her as anything other than Pollock's carer.' In September 2016, Neary performed at the Keep Corbyn rally in Brighton in support of Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election. Jo Neary Joanna Neary is a British comedian, writer and actress. Her solo, character-based stage shows include ""Youth Club"" and ""Joanna Neary Is Not Feeling Herself"", which received a Perrier Best Newcomer"
"landscapes and flowers from Marblehead, Massachusetts and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Her specialty was landscape with architectural interest. Her works were recognized in New England and in the South, including first prize in the North Carolina Federation of Women's Club Arts Competitions in 1923, 1924 and 1925. Her paintings are at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Wake Forest University, and in private collections. She made a watercolor painting in 1922 of the Reynolda House that was used on notecards and sold at the Reynolda House Museum. It also appeared on the cover of the"
"from what is conventionally accepted. All her works are based on redefining sexuality and art, as publicly acknowledged by celebrity satirist Perez Hilton in stating on his confusion about Art, “We're not really sure how this is art, but it's awesome!” She is based in Brooklyn, New York. Her most notable performance is “Body As Commodity” performed at Art Basel Miami, at VECTOR Gallery, sponsored by Select Fair- the Huffington Post made note of the irony with which the piece gained international viral attention, “How artworks meant to call the unsavory aspects of culture into question often end up affirming"
"Meatpacking District. In 2014, she moved her studio to a three-level space in SoHo, with a dedicated space for private appointments for the brand's growing bespoke business. Her designs have been worn by Michelle Obama, Natalie Portman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kerry Washington, Reese Witherspoon, Naomi Watts, Gisele Bündchen, Lupita Nyong'o, Emma Watson, Jennifer Lawrence, Karlie Kloss, Constance Jablonski, Jessica Chastain, Liya Kebede, Joan Smalls, Bérénice Bejo and Rachel Weisz. Péan was raised outside of Washington D.C. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Political Science and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003. Before launching her jewelry line in"
"crafts. She was considered singlehandedly responsible for the great revival of Indian handicrafts and handloom, in the post-independence era, and is considered her greatest legacy to modern India. Around this time she became concerned at the possibility that the introduction of Western methods of factory-based mass production in India as part of Nehru's vision for India's development would affect traditional artisans, especially women in the unorganised sectors. She set up a series of crafts museums to hold and archive India's indigenous arts and crafts that served as a storehouse for indigenous know how. This included the Theater Crafts Museum in"
"26 January 1928 at Upper Norwood. Rae specialised in classical, allegorical and literary subjects. Her painting ""Elaine Guarding the Shield of Lancelot"" (1885) drew inspiration from the Tennyson poem ""Lancelot and Elaine"". Among her many other paintings in the classical vein, ""Eurydice Sinking Back to Hades"" (1886) won Honorable Mention at the 1889 International Exhibition in Paris and a medal at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Her 1891 painting ""Miss Nightingale at Scutari (1854)"", of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, has been frequently reproduced, and is generally referred to as ""The Lady with the Lamp"". Rae's"
"been her art teacher at the Dalton School in Manhattan. She began writing plays in the 1940s and several of them were performed in New York and London. Her 1996 film, ""Infinity"", was based on the life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Her paintings were displayed in several galleries in New York and across the country. Broderick's partner of her last six years was the painter John Wesley. Broderick died of cancer on November 18, 2003, at her home in Greenwich Village, aged 78. Patricia Broderick Patricia Biow Broderick (née Biow; February 23, 1925 – November 18, 2003) was"
"who graduated from the University of Alabama and received a medical degree from Tulane University in 1967. Patricia was educated at Marymount School, Olney Friends School, and George Washington University, where she obtained a bachelor's degree magna cum laude in 1964 and then a master's degree in 1965, both in art history and archaeology. She was a lecturer in art history at George Washington University and lived for many years in Georgetown, where she later owned and ran Arcadia, a private art dealership that handled major paintings by such artists as Georgia O'Keeffe, Martin Johnson Heade, Frederick Church, and Winslow"