Textile Related Tutorials - Part 10

Your colleagues continue to share unselfishly...

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Learning to Critique Effectively - Jane Dunnewold - Excellent article on this topic.
http://www.artclothstudios.com/userfiles/file/New%20Critique%20Essay.pdf

Bobbin Work: Dealing with Distortion - Ellen Anne Eddy
http://practicalthreadmagic.blogspot.com/2010/09/bobbin-work-on-loose-dealing-with.html


Silkscreen Mask Using Plastic - Wen Redmond
http://fiberartgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/09/silkscreen-mask-using-plastic.html

Multi-Color Screen Printing Without a Press - Craft Chi
http://craftchi.com/blog/?p=1304

On a Roll: Create Your Personal Mark Using Brayers - Wen Redmond
http://fiberartgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/09/on-roll-create-your-personal-brayers.html

Who Wants to Color
http://practicalthreadmagic.blogspot.com/2010/09/bobbin-workwho-wants-to-color.html
Coloring In and Out of the Lines
http://practicalthreadmagic.blogspot.com/2010/09/bobbin-work-coloring-in-and-out-of.html
On the Loose - Dealing with Distortion
http://practicalthreadmagic.blogspot.com/2010/09/bobbin-work-on-loose-dealing-with.html

Fabric Covered Beads - Twirling Betty
http://twirlingbetty.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/fabric-covered-beads-a-tutorial/

Gel Glue Resist Tutorial - Janice Paine-Dawes
http://thedistoriatedquilter.blogspot.com/p/gel-glue-resist-tutorial.html

Thread-U-Cation - Laura Wasikowski - She continues to share her excellent instructions
The Basics - http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/p/thread-u-cation.html
How to Make a Little Dot in 3 Easy Steps - http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-make-little-dot-in-3-easy-steps.html
Snail Trail - http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/2010/10/thread-u-cation-thursdays-snail-trail.html
Stitch Placement - http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/2010/09/thread-u-cation-thursdays-stitch.html
Whipped Running Stitch: http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/2010/09/thread-u-cation-thursday-whipped.html
Colonial Knot: http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/2010/09/thursday-colonial-knot-put-on-your.html
Coral Stitch: http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/2010/10/thread-u-cation-thursday-coral-stitch.html
Combining Stitches: http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/2010/11/thread-u-cation-thursdays-combining.html
Tulip Stitch: http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/2010/11/thread-u-cation-thursday-tulip-stitch.html

Beaded Fringe - Lyric Kincaid
http://lyrickinard.blogspot.com/2010/10/tutorial-beaded-fringe.html

Five Ways to Use Angelina Fibers - Stephanie Forsyth - Stamping; Trapping; Textures; Roving; Making Angelina Beads
http://thefibernation.blogspot.com/2010/10/5-way-to-use-angelina-fibers.html

Stamping - Melanie Testa - Creating stamps using Plexiglas
http://www.melanietesta.com/mtype/archives/2010/10/stamping-tutori.html

Carve Your Own Rubber Stamps - Alma Stoller
http://almastoller.typepad.com/almastoller/2007/09/carved-your-own.html

How to Make Fabric Beads - Alma Stoller
http://almastoller.typepad.com/almastoller/2010/07/how-to-make-fabric-beads.html

Fabric Silhouette Tutorial - Maria Elkins

http://mariaelkins.com/index.php/2010/11/silhouette-tutorial/

Family Silhouette Tutorial - Maria Elkins
http://mariaelkins.com/index.php/2010/11/family-silhouette-tutorial/

How to do those Innie Corners - Margaret Hunt

http://scquiltaddict.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-do-those-innie-corners.html

Using Golden Digital Grounds - Quinn McDonald
http://quinncreative.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/tutorial-using-golden-digital-grounds-1/

Monsoon Paper: Tutorial + Variation - Quinn McDonald
http://quinncreative.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/monsoon-papertutorial-variation/

Making Glue Work for You - Quinn McDonald
http://quinncreative.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/making-glue-work-for-you/

Gel Medium Transfers - Easier with Videos - Quinn McDonald
http://quinncreative.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/gel-medium-transfers-easier-with-videos/

Using Fixatives on Your Artwork - Quinn McDonald
http://quinncreative.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/tutorial-using-fixatives-on-your-artwork/

Monochromatic Collage - Quinn McDonald
http://quinncreative.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/tutorial-monochromatic-collage/

Gallery Hanging Tutorial - Judith Ferguson
http://judysfiberart.blogspot.com/p/gallery-hanging-tutorial.html

Quotable Quotes

"A man who works with his hands is a laborer;
a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman;
a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist."
Louis Nizer
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"Life holds no promises as to what will come your way. You must search for your own ideals and work toward reaching them....If you are willing to take the opportunities you are given and utilize the abilities you have, you will constantly fill your life with special moments and unforgettable times."
Dena Dilaconi

Until the lion tells his story, you only hear the tales of the hunters.
African proverb

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.
Nikki Giovanni
 
"Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas." Andy Goldsworthy
 
I tamed my personal art demon – the tendency to think about painting rather than actually painting – by throwing the stuff on the blank paper and telling myself I didn't care about the end result.
I believed it and was saved.
Rich Hawk

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that.
Your mind must know it has to get down to work.
Pearl S. Buck

Process trumps plans. That's why our job is called "creative."
Robert Genn

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.
Bob Dylan

Art is when you hear a knocking from your soul - and you answer.
Terri Guillemets

"Your art isn’t for everyone.
Once you understand this, you’ll have an easier time
finding the people who appreciate your work."
Alyson Stanfield
 
"I think finding your voice is making the implicit explicit.
It is making what you already know on a subconscious level
conscious and repeatable."
Jessie Carty

"I tamed my personal art demon
 – the tendency to think about painting rather than actually painting –
by throwing the stuff on the blank paper and telling myself
I didn't care about the end result. I believed it and was saved."
Rich Hawk

"With age, art and life become one."
Georges Braque

"Never be afraid to do something new.
Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the titanic".
Anonymous

Free Online Course - The Creative Pathfinder

Mark McGuinness is a poet who also is a coach for creative professionals. Starting from the premise that "creativity isn't enough", he has developed a free course that offers "...an alternative take on professional development for creative people. It’s a practical education in the artistic and professional skills you need to thrive in the real world of the creative industries...while maintaining your integrity, peace of mind and enthusiasm for your work."


An email with a link to the lesson will be sent once a week for 6 months. Each lesson contains:

• An article explaining the what, why and how of the topic
• A practical worksheet for you to download and complete
• Links to additional resources (articles, books, e-books etc — most of which are free)

You can register for the course on the following link which also will provide more detailed information about what the course covers and why he is offering it for free:
http://lateralaction.com/pathfinder/

Ben Cuevas - Knitted Skeleton & Organs

Ben Cuevas is a fiber artist who has knitted a skeleton

and internal organs that are incredibly detailed and intricate.

Knitted Head & Thorax - Ben Cuevas

Transcending the Material - shows many detailed close-ups of his knitted skeleton

http://bencuevas.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/transcending-the-material/

Ben Cuevas Interview, 2010 Wassaic Artist Resident - video of Ben Cuevas discussing his work in his studio in the Luther Barn in Wassaic, NY

http://vimeo.com/13860849

Healing Disparities: The Condition of Embodiment - Interview

http://arttistsspeak.blogspot.com/2010/08/ben-cuevas.html

Healing Disparities: The Condition of Embodiment - Includes links to detailed images of knitted body parts including: Rectum; Genitosexual; Intestines; Heart, Thyroid; Brain

http://bencuevas.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/healing-disparities-the-condition-of-embodiment/

Test Your Knowledge

Do you REALLY know as much as you think?

FIBRES and FABRICS
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=what-do-you-know-about-fibres-fabrics

QUILTING
http://www.pbs.org/americaquilts/fun/index.html

Funny! http://www.fonsandporter.com/aspx/FonsandPorter/fp/onlineextras/onlinearticle.aspx?id=173

KNITTING
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz21719018de4d8.html

CROCHET
Funny! http://www.freepatterns.com/content/content.html?content_id=621

CROSS STITCH
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz16362812bd1a8.html

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz317077244cae0.html

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz213275186b9b0.html

NEEDLEWORK TYPES
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz29609721e6080.html

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz28278620600f8.html

WEAVING

http://www.braingle.com/trivia/5414/a-warped-point-of-view.html

Couldn't find a quiz about baskets

Free Visual Journal Online Workshops

Starting January 1, Strathmore (one of the leading manufacturers of journals for artists), is making available a 3-part series on visual journaling. It will focus on visual journaling techniques, and each workshop will include 4 online video lessons along with supportin downloadable instructions. You also will receive additional ideas, tips and inspiration from the workshop instructor via email. Workshop sessions are self-paced and will be available online through August 1, 2011.

Workshop 1: Start Where You Are - January 1, 2011 - "We will explore the philosophy that a journal should always be a work in progress and discover the advantages of developing pages in layers using mixed-media techniques and materials such a gels, mediums, water media, paints and sprays...To personalize your journal, notice how the addition of fold-outs and embellishments make the pages interactive. Play with design layouts and spreads, and learn how to integrate writing and images while keeping design principals in mind… but not being constrained by them! And, whether you want to cover your journal with painted canvas or art it up with collage, you will see tempting examples to transform your Visual Journal into your very own masterpiece."

Workshop 2: Recycled Journal Pages - March 1, 2011 - "Reusing your own artwork in your journal pages helps you get the most out of the time you put into creating art. By using copies of previous journal pages and other art you’ve created, you will have a great stash of collage fodder right at your fingertips! Reusing your own art allows you to revisit your art in a totally new way and create pages that are uniquely your own. In addition to your recycled art, collage materials can also be found in other recyclables such as, newspapers, magazines, old book pages or other ephemera. Get the most mileage from your art and take it to exciting new places by recycling it in your Art Journal!"

Workshop 3: Building Your Visual Journal from the Page Up - May 1, 2011 - "Find your unique visual style while creating mixed media journal pages from the background up. Learn how to execute colorful and textured backgrounds with paints and inks. Work with collage papers and ephemera to explore composition. Master paper handling techniques that expand your page and enhance your journal’s flow. Finally take your journal into the real world to hone your on-site sketching and observation skills. The techniques and strategies presented in this workshop will enable you to discover your own authentic journal voice and unleash your creative energy."

To Register:
http://www.strathmoreartist.com/vjworkshop2011.html

UPDATE: The Grades Are In - "The Honor Roll"

This is an update to the October 29 post

Senate Arts Report Card Grading Criteria - Arts Action Fund

As promised, "The Arts Action Fund" of Americans for the Arts has released its report about those senators who are strong champions of the arts. Thirty-seven senators received a B+ or greater on the Congressional Arts Report Card. Thirteen have been singled out for special commendation. Click on the following link to find out why (NOTE: Use your mouse to hover over each one's picture, then click his or her picture to learn more):

http://artsactionfund.org/pages/honor-roll

Grading Criteria - The 6 criteria on which all senators were graded include: Keeps jobs in the arts; Supports public art; Supports museums; Shows initiative in the arts; Active in extracurricular activities; and Shows leadership in the arts.
http://artsactionfund.org/pages/senate-arts-report-card-grading-criteria

To View for the "Dirty Dozen" - those senators with abysmal records when it comes to supporting the arts:
http://www.artsactionfund.org/pages/senate-arts-report-card-dirty-dozen

To View the Grades for All Senators:
http://www.artsactionfund.org/pages/senate-report-card

A Gallery Director Speaks

Following are links to a three-part interview with Robert Patrick "...who has a long history of curating and producing shows, tours and events, including 12 years as a very successful gallery director at the Walton Street Gallery in Chicago." The focus for this interview is on "...what artists must know about galleries, collectors, selling, and making presentations."

Part I: What Artists Must Know
http://www.artsyshark.com/2010/10/18/a-gallery-director-speaks-what-artists-must-know/

Part II: A Day in the Life

http://www.artsyshark.com/2010/10/22/a-gallery-director-speaks-a-day-in-the-life/
 
Part III: The Psychology of Selling Art
http://www.artsyshark.com/2010/10/26/a-gallery-director-speaks-the-psychology-of-selling-art/

A related interview with Samantha Lewis, Artist Agent
http://www.artsyshark.com/2010/05/18/interview-with-artists-agent-samantha-levin/

The Grades are In!!!

"Did you ever bring home a bad grade on a report card as a kid? What about an F in the arts? Hard to imagine. Well, our U.S. Senators brought home their grades, and although they weren't graded on their paintings or musical scales, many managed to fail the arts. And some failed while the other Senator in their state received an A or B!" - Americans for the Arts 

Americans for the Arts

The "Arts Action Fund" of Americans for the Arts graded how well or poorly senators have voted to support the arts. Over the past two years, 3 opportunities to support the arts were presented to senators. Twenty-eight of them received "F's". Twelve of the 28 have been singled out as "The Dirty Dozen" - click on the following link to find out why (NOTE: Use your mouse to hover over each one's picture, then click his or her picture to learn more):
http://www.artsactionfund.org/pages/senate-arts-report-card-dirty-dozen

Interestingly, in some states, one Senator received an "A or B" while the other failed miserably:
http://artsactionfund.org/pages/same-state-different-story

To view the grades for all Senators:
http://www.artsactionfund.org/pages/senate-report-card

A final report will soon be available about those Senators who champion the arts.

To learn more about Americans for the Arts:

http://www.artsactionfund.org/

Jeanne Martin: The Fabric Chef

Breakfast and Pastry Platters - Jeanne Martin

Jeanne Martin creates soft sculptures of food (from flannel, fleece, linen, broadcloth and other fabrics) so realistic that it takes usually takes a while for viewers to realize they have been created from fabric.

Fried Chicken, Texas Style - Jeanne Martin (a tribute to Bobby Flay)

Magic in the Fabric - 3:20 minue YouTube Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4fyk0_K8PA&feature=player_embedded

Sculptures that Look Good Enough to Eat - Interview by The Denver Post [NOTE: You'll need to scroll 1/3 way down a seemingly mostly blank page]
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_16005749

The Fabric Chef - Jeanne Martin's website - shows many detail views of her work
http://www.thefabric-chef.com/

Free Online Expressive Drawing Class

Steve Aimone, author of Expressive Drawing: A Practical Guide to Freeing the Artist Within and Design! A Lively Guide to Design Basics for Artists & Craftspeople, is offering a free online course in Expressive Drawing. It is a six-lesson class which has just gotten underway. Every two weeks, Steve will "...post a drawing exercise, a game, a video or something else to inspire you as you pursue your art."

You also will be able to upload your drawings or paintings where your "...virtual classmates will be able to see - and thoughtfully critique - your work. Steve will visit the community on a regular basis and comment on pieces that draw his attention."

Additionally, after the "semester" is over, Steve will continue to post monthly exercises for you.

Following is the link to a video about Expressive Drawing:
http://www.aarp.org/personal-growth/life-long-learning/info-07-2010/what_is_expressive_drawing.html

More info about the class:
http://www.aarp.org/personal-growth/life-long-learning/info-10-2010/expressive-drawing-class.html

The current session is on Circles, Squares and Triangles and can be accessed through the following URL:
http://www.aarp.org/personal-growth/life-long-learning/info-10-2010/session-1.html

To learn more about Steve:
http://www.aimoneartservices.com/

NOTE: I have taken several of Steve's workshops in New Smyrna Beach, FL

 - he is a superb teacher and I recommend him highly.

Whitehouse Proclamation About the Arts

In honor of October being the National Arts and Humanities Month,

President Barack Obama has issued the following proclamation:

Throughout history, the arts and humanities have helped men and women around the globe grapple with the most challenging questions and come to know the most basic truths. In our increasingly interconnected world, the arts play an important role in both shaping the character that defines us and reminding us of our shared humanity. This month, we celebrate our Nation's arts and humanities, and we recommit to ensuring all Americans can access and experience them.

Our strength as a Nation has always come from our ability to recognize ourselves in each other, and American artists, historians, and philosophers have helped enable us to find our common humanity. Through powerful scenes on pages, canvases, and stages, the arts have spurred our imaginations, lifted our hearts, and united us all without regard to belief or background.

The arts and humanities have also helped fuel our economy as well as our souls. Across our country, men and women in the non profit and for profit arts industries bring arts and cultural activities to our communities, contributing tens of billions of dollars to our economy each year. Today, arts workers are revitalizing neighborhoods, attracting new visitors, and fostering growth in places that have gone too long without it.

As we work to bring the power of the arts and humanities to all Americans, my Administration remains committed to providing our children with an education that inspires as it informs. Exposing our students to disciplines in music, dance, drama, design, writing, and fine art is an important part of that mission. To promote arts education and pay tribute to America's vibrant culture, First Lady Michelle Obama and I have been proud to host a White House Music Series, Dance Series, and Poetry Jam. We have been honored to bring students, workshops, and performers to "the People's House;" to highlight jazz, country, Latin, and classical music; and to invite Americans to listen to the music of the civil rights movement, hip hop, and Broadway.

By supporting the fields that feed our imagination, strengthen our children's education, and contribute to our economy, our country will remain a center of creativity and innovation, and our society will stand as one where dreams can be realized. As we reflect on the contributions of America's artists, we look forward to hearing their tales still untold, their perspectives still unexplored, and their songs still unwritten. May they continue to shed light on trials and triumphs of the human spirit, and may their work help ensure that our children's horizons are ever brighter.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2010 as National Arts and Humanities Month. I call upon the people of the United States to join together in observing this month with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs to celebrate the arts and the humanities in America.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth.

BARACK OBAMA

______________________________

 
"National Arts and Humanities Month is a coast-to-coast celebration of culture in America. Held every October and coordinated by Americans for the Arts, NAHM is the largest annual celebration of the arts and humanities in the nation." The NAHM Events Map shows many of the nationwide activities that have been scheduled:
http://maps.artsusa.org/nahm/

The Coiled Art of Carol Eckert

"Kingdom of the Birds" by Carol Eckert



Carol Eckert has taken the medium of basketry to a new level by using a signature "stitch" and universal symbols to illustrate legends, parables and creation stories by using the technique of coiling. Although she describes this technique as "simple" and only requiring the use of a threaded needle (to wrap copper wire with DMC cotton embroidery floss) her work is very sophisticated and complex. Through it she tells stories using a variety of forms such as staffs, shrines, wall art and books (as well as the occasional "basket" as she defines it).

DETAIL - "The Raven Addresses the Animals" by Carol Eckert

Smithsonian Archives of American Art Interview - An 2007 interview of Carol by Jo Laurie for the Smithsonian's Craft and Decorative Arts in America documentation project can be read online:
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/eckert07.htm

To view more of Carol's art:

Carol's Website:
http://www.caroleckert.com/Carol_Eckert/Welcome.html

Jane Sauer Gallery
http://www.jsauergallery.com/sagemoon/artistPages/CEckert.html

Fundraising for Individual Artist Projects

In April of this year, I did a post about the Diastrous State Budget Cuts Proposed for the Arts (http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/04/disastrous-state-budget-cuts-proposed.html) and there were comments regarding the need for artists to find or develop alternative funding sources that don't rely on state funding which seems to be rapidly drying up. A follow-up post in May on Fundraising for the Arts(http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/05/fundraising-for-arts.html) looked at some ideas being tossed around and tried out. Now, an opportunity has been presented to me that I would like to share with you and hope that you will at least "peek in" every once in a while to see how its progressing and to determine if this is this is the type of alternative funding avenue you should investigate.

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I am pleased to announce that I have been selected to participate in a new online community of America’s finest artists called Project Site ( http://projectsite.unitedstatesartists.org/ ), created by United States Artists to expand its mission of investing in America’s finest artists.

I’ve been asked to join as a pioneer member!

Project Site is still in an “Alpha” stage in which a very few artists have been selected to participate. My Profile and Showcase are already up, and I’ve just launched a new project called Katrina Narratives: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

Check it out here:
http://projectsite.unitedstatesartists.org/project/katrina_narratives_caught_between_a_rock_and_a_hard_place

I have some great perks available for anyone that’s interested in supporting me in this effort, and if you can’t support the project financially, I’d love it if you helped to spread the word and tell your friends about it.

Come explore a new online community of America’s finest artists!

Project Site is a community where America’s finest artists and those that love and support them can share their latest work, discover new artists, enter into a dialog with each other, and make direct donations (of any size, all of which are tax deductible) to new projects created by each artist. This is the first website in our knowledge that allows direct public donations between art patrons and accredited artists on the Internet.

Thank you for your support and interest.

Powerful Words of Wisdom to Artists

Joyce Owens is a primarily a painter

but she is also a sculptor and mixed/mutimedia artist.

In her blog she shares some extremely perceptive

words of wisdom that are meaningful for artists working in any medium...

"More than Skin Deep" by Joyce Owens

Acrylic on Canvas on Wood

An Artist's Pain: Being Judged and Juried - "...dilemmas artists wrestle with are many...submitting to exhibitions may be at the top of any top 10 list of things we hate to do, but know we must! I will tell you what I know that could save you from too much pain."
http://monroeanderson.typepad.com/joyce_owens_on_art/2010/07/pain-and-power-the-critique.html#tp

To Mentors/Teachers, Say the One Thing an Artist Needs to Hear - "My message is that it is important to validate that strange, different kid who may live inside his or her head and doesn't march in lock-step with the others. There is possibly an artist, musician, actor, scientist, computer programmer or other creative type living there figuring out the world as they see it! Give him or her permission to come out!"
http://monroeanderson.typepad.com/joyce_owens_on_art/2010/09/well-i-will-never-forget-this-scene-when-i-was-still-a-teenaged-girl-i-was-walking-along-chelten-avenue-near-germantown-a.html#tp

Pay Me Like You Pay for New Shoes - "It is not bad to be rewarded for your efforts. You need money to buy new shoes! It is also about respect. Respect for the time and effort it takes to produce art. Respect for the money artists spend to purchase materials. Respect for the thousands of dollars some artists pay to get their training in traditional, and other art programs. Artists travel to learn, go to workshops and art centers that cost money. Why shouldn't we expect a return on our investment to develop our skills as a doctor or a chef would?"
http://monroeanderson.typepad.com/joyce_owens_on_art/2010/07/pay-me-like-you-pay-for-new-shoes.html#tp

We Have a Museum for Women, Why Not a Man Museum? - "Separate is just not equal and it won't ever be!"
http://monroeanderson.typepad.com/joyce_owens_on_art/2010/03/there-is-no-man----museum-priceless-----sure-feel-free-to-use-my-comments----------j---------joanne-mattera.html

Who Do You Exhibit With, Where and Why? - "I have found that sometimes it's better to respectfully decline an exhibition offer and wait for the next opportunity."

http://monroeanderson.typepad.com/joyce_owens_on_art/2009/02/who-do-you-exhi.html

To view more of Joyce Owens' art:, visit her website

http://www.joyceowens.com/

and her photo page on Black Art in America

http://www.blackartinamerica.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=1leeh0jjsopky