"Groundbreaking Girls"
Honoring women who changed the world—foremothers and sisters cheering us on, celebrating our heritage as women and girls: creative, resilient, courageous. By Allison Adams, artist and preservationist.
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Women Who Refused to Stay Small: A Calendar for 2027 (opens the original)
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After years of thinking about it (usually too late/early in the year) I finally designed a proper wall calendar of 12 special portraits and of groundbreaking women, just in time for 2027. I wanted to get each icon on her birthday month, a limitation that made it somewhat tricky around January and April, since a high percentage of my subjects were born on those months in particular. (!!!) So if this calendar sells well, I can make more in future years with those ladies in the queue. I hope this c
Goodbye, Dolly (opens the original)
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Beloved singer, songwriter, and literacy-patron Dolly Parton has been pronounced dead. This is a sad day.Here is my painting of Dolly that I made a few years ago. I love her so. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="904" src="https://substackcdn.com/image
Big Studio Blowout (opens the original)
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Hello, friends.I had a painfully shocking experience last month when my employer of the past four years fired me over a late night text full of exclamation points. So I guess I’m back to being a full-time artist again. Which has always been my vocational goal, if I’m honest! However, I’ve got to catch up quickly on the lost regular income, so I put together a fast and furious STUDIO CLEARANCE SALE from today till the end of July. (One week only!) After that, I’ll be putting the pieces up on a pu
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