Wanda Ewing
Wanda Ewing (1970-2013) was an artist born in Omaha, Nebraska.[1] She studied printmaking at San Francisco Art Institute where she received her BFA and then at University of Iowa where she received her MFA and MA. An artist of various media from painting to printmaking and latch-hook and installation, Ewing explored issues of race, gender, sexuality, beauty and identity.[2] A professor of art at University of Nebraska at Omaha when she died, Ewing had exhibited nationally and won several awards.[3] Her work is included in several collections including Richard M. Ross Museum in Delaware, Tama Art University Museum in Tokyo, Japan, and San Francisco Art Institute among others.[4] Her work has also been discussed and reviewed in various publications most notably Maria Buszek's Pin-up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality and Popular Culture.[5]� Her work continues to be exhibited and collected. She was active in the community and was known to be a general arts mover-and-shaker.[6] Omaha's Union for Contemporary Arts named a gallery in her memory.[7] The University of Nebraska at Omaha Foundation established an art scholarship in her name. Les Femmes Folles: Women in Art, an organization she inspired (by an exhibition she curated under the same name, continues to support women in art in her honor.[8]
Reference
- ^ "Wanda Ewing". Wanda Ewing artist. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ "About Wanda Ewing". Wanda Ewing Artist.
- ^ Buszek, Maria (Dec 20, 2013). "Wanda Ewing: In Memoriam". College Art Association. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ "Wanda Ewing Collections". Wanda Ewing artist. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ Buszek, Maria (2006). [http://www.amazon.com/Pin-Up-Grrrls-Feminism-Sexuality-Popular/dp/0822337460 Pin-up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality and Popular Culture�]. Duke University: Duke University Press. pp. 349–350. ISBN 0822337460. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
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- ^ "Union for Contemporary Art". u-ca.org. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ Deskins, Sally. "Wanda Ewing". Les Femmes Folles: Women in Art. Les Femmes Folles. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
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