Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order)
About this audiobook
Historically, major women artists have been excluded from the mainstream art canon. Aligned with the resurgence of feminism in pop culture, Broad Strokes offers an entertaining corrective to that omission. Art historian Bridget Quinn delves into the lives and careers of fifteen brilliant female artists in this smart, feisty, educational, and enjoyable book.
Replete with beautiful reproductions of the artists’ works and contemporary portraits of each artist by renowned illustrator Lisa Congdon, this is art history from 1600 to the present day for the modern art lover, reader, and feminist.
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About the author
Bridget Quinn is a writer, art history scholar, and educator. She has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and taught art history and architecture at Portland State University, the San Francisco Waldorf High School, and other institutions. A grateful denizen of that lively creative incubator, the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, she is also a contributor and advisory board member for Narrative magazine. Her work has been a finalist for the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction and has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her personal essay “At Swim, Two Girls” was included in The Best American Sports Writing 2013.
Lisa Congdon lives in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of several books, including A Glorious Freedom and Whatever You Are, Be a Good One.
Tavia Gilbert has recorded hundreds of titles across a wide span of genres, including Erica Spindler romantic thrillers, John Scalzi science fiction, Jeaniene Frost fantasy. She received four Audies nominations and won three Audiofile Earphones Awards for titles The Obituary Writer, Sing Them Home and The Day of the Pelican. In addition to voice acting, Gilbert is an accomplished producer, singer and theater actor.
