As we approach the Holiday Season, Christmas in particular I want to take up space to share a little more about the woman that shaped and loved me into who I have become. I said goodbye to her in 2019 on Christmas Eve. My "Mammy" was born in 1939 in a small town in Pennsylvania.... Continue Reading →
Game Changers…Two Men & Frankenthaler!
As you might remember I graduated in May, 2025 with an Interdisciplinary Art Degree. At graduation two of my dear friends gifted me a weekend with them to see the show, The Game Changers: Diebenkorn, Frankenthaler, & Raushenberg at the Cameron Art Museum (CAM), in Wilmington, North Carolina I feel so lucky to have friends... Continue Reading →
What she builds…Architecture.
2023, Chicago, Melissa Evers Chicago, Illinois is one of my favorite cities in the United States. I love that it is cold there in the winter and the Architecture is... . There are so many wonderful buildings in the city. If you go there and I highly suggest that you do, promise me that you... Continue Reading →
How she MAKES…the prints.
I have been discussing notable ladies who print. Remember, printmaking consists of A LOT of techniques. This can be overwhelming if you don’t have a jumping off point or if people are discussing the techniques and you don’t know what the heck they are talking about. So, I thought I would share some of my 'go... Continue Reading →
Series: Ladies who create ~ #1 Florine Stettheimer
The holidays are over and now I can ease into the new year. I find myself percolating about women who create (I do this most of the time), and the ways they choose to express themselves. My goal is to highlight some individuals in a series of blog posts that focus on women artists, their... Continue Reading →
Who she is: An interview with local Artist S. Erin Ives
S. Erin Ives and Melissa Evers; 2024, photo by Melissa Evers “I have a lot of dreams and try to remember my dreams and let them influence me. I like to daydream, and, you know, I see patterns, you know, in my eyes, and form things like that. And I just kind of like go... Continue Reading →
Where we were: Female Artists Overshadowed by their Famous Husbands
Overshadowed vs. Equality: Marriage & Art Photo by Melissa Evers, 2024 The @femalequotient recently posted the photo below, of a 1933 newspaper article by Florence Davies. This image is frequently shared by women and artists to highlight the inequality experienced by female artists. https://www.instagram.com/p/DAn83PpNr6b/?igsh=MXFnajFkaWswbm05Yg== This article has been shared before. In 2015, Josh Jones wrote... Continue Reading →
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