Good afternoon,

All of today’s artists, I found out about via the excellent women’s art twitter account. I strongly recommend that you follow it! What I like about these artists is how tied to their environments their work is, particularly that of Edith Meusnier:

I do not have a studio and my work is seasonal. In winter I plait inside the house, and I go out as soon as time permits. In sprang, I use an old ladder to reach my threads and unroll as I need them. I rarely reuse the same module twice. I consider my work as ephemeral and do not keep it. I like to take my time, patiently plaiting, testing the resistance of structures to the elements, then take the final installation to discover a region and its people.

http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/artist_interviews/038_edith_meusnier.html

Kenojuak Ashevak created many lovely pictures, particularly of owls:

“There is no word for art. We say it is to transfer from the real to the unreal. I am an owl, and I am a happy owl. I like to make people happy and everything happy.”

http://www.spiritwrestler.com/catalog/index.php?artists_id=86

Finally, if you guessed that this newsletter was heading towards a mediaeval German nun, YOU ARE DEAD RIGHT. One of the first women to create a signed self portrait, Guda put herself inside a big letter in an illuminated manuscript with the inscription "Guda, a sinner, wrote and painted this book.". There is not a lot of Guda #content on the internet so enjoy looking at this picture and – if you have particular expertise in the space – you might enjoy adding to her Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guda

Enjoy your weekend!

Alex.