Category: And She be Still as Bright

A blog series dedicated to fascinating women doing really neat, profound and even controversial things. The only requirement is that they must all currently live or originate from Chicago. Let's celebrate the women that continue to put Chicago on the map.

Q&A with Artist Mary Porterfield

Q&A with Artist Mary Porterfield
Mary Porterfield is an artist whose work can be describes in an abundance of words for which, “simple,” is not among them. Her work seeks answers to what many of us wonder about regarding the trials when attempting to live a compassionate life and what makes an act heroic in the face of conditions that... Read more »
By Mahjabeen Syed,
July 5, 2015 at 9:00 am
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Intro to And She be Still as Bright- Q&A with artist Sabina Ott

Intro to And She be Still as Bright- Q&A with artist Sabina Ott
Women’s rights, women’s issues, women’s art, women’s voice, female empowerment, and women’s role in society have long been topics I can write and talk about endlessly. I am definitely not your hardcore feminist and certainly not your highbrow feminist but I have a topic that I am passionate about and so I plan to cultivate... Read more »
By Mahjabeen Syed,
April 27, 2015 at 1:12 pm
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