November is the changeover month, when pumpkin spice gives way to peppermint, and when some local galleries — including Manitou’s Commonwheel — start dedicating floor space to one-of-a-kind artworks for
It’s Arts Month in the Pikes Peak region (and Arts Month’s 10th anniversary!), which makes October’s First Friday a bigger deal than usual. Plus there’s all that pumpkin spice in
After more than a dozen years and hundreds of exhibits, Lauren Ciborowski will shutter The Modbo after her December "Small Works Show." After she and co-founder Brett Andrus opened the
Irish-born trade unionist and childrenâs rights activist Mother Jones is an inspiration to modern female labour activists in America, a virtual ceremony has heard.
The ceremony saw the unveiling of two paintings of Mother Jones by Lindsay Hand.
Irish Ambassador, Dan Mulhall recalled how Mother Jones, born Mary Harris in Cork in 1837, became one of the most famous women in America through her campaigning for proper wages for miners and other workers.
âMother Jones was a remarkable woman - she crossed the Atlantic as a young girl and made a huge contribution to her adopted home through her union work after she lost her husband and four children in the Yellow Fever in 1867.
February Design Month-Consulate Webinar Series Celebrating Irish Women in Design. View events here.
Event 26 February 2021
Four events in the month of February focused on Irish Women in Design from Arts in the 1870s to Architecture today. You can view the recorded events here.
In recognition of St Brigid, Ireland s only female patron saint who was not only an early advocate for peace and women s rights and a powerful Abbess, she also founded a school of art; we dedicated the month of February to the celebrating the creativity of Irish women. You can review the events here.
Feb 4 - Leading the Way - 150 Years of Creative Women in the Arts. This talk with Curator of the O Brien Art Collection Marty Fahey looks at over 100 years of Irish women painters, artisans, sculptures, writers, fashion and interior designers with a number of special musical guests including Liz Carroll, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, and Joanie Madden. View here.