Tag: SWAN Day
Cathy Riggs ‘SWAN Queen’ for art event
MARTINEZ, Calif. – Cathy Riggs, the fine art watercolorist and acrylics painter who also owns “I’ve Been Framed” shop and gallery, is the SWAN Queen for the Martinez Arts Association’s 12th annual SWAN Day April 6 in the old Southern Pacific Depot. SWAN Day is an international event that celebrates the creative power of women. […]
Martinez Arts honors women with SWAN Day
MARTINEZ, Calif. – As it has for the past 11 years, the Martinez Arts Association will be honoring women in art during the 12th annual SWAN Day. SWAN stands for Support Women Artists Now, and it’s an international holiday that celebrates the creative power of women, said Dorrie Langley in the Arts Association’s announcement of […]
Martinez Arts Association’s SWAN Day recognizes women artists
MARTINEZ, Calif. – For years, Frida Kahlo’s paintings were overshadowed by those of her husband, Diego Rivera, until actor Edward G. Robinson began purchasing her works and French Surrealist Andre Breton arranged some prestigious exhibitions for the Mexican artist. Lee Krasner often found her own lifelong art career was linked to and sometimes overshadowed by […]
