She is surrounded by light coral and lavender clouds with more orange flowers popping out from the sides of the page. She is holding two orange flowers with light green stems in her left hand and a purple crochet hook in her right hand, crocheting red yarn around the flowers. She has round black glasses and is wearing a yellow knit sweater and a green knit cape. Underneath, additional text reads: "Brooklyn, Bollywood, and the Rainbow Path."Ī middle-aged woman with a medium skin tone and long wavy dark brown hair stands in the middle of the page looking to the left. In this rectangle the title text reads: "Chitra Ganesh" is written. A beige rectangle outlined in black is drawn in the bottom right corner of the page, covering the woman’s left arm and some of the background. Behind her is a beige circle with an orange, yellow, and black stripped frame. She rests her head in her left hand as her right hand gently lays in front of her reaching for a rainbow beneath. She wears a small stud nose ring, black winged eyeliner, and dark red lipstick. She is wearing a black long-sleeved shirt with red, yellow, and black-striped details around the neckline and sleeves. She emerges from a bunch of flowers, her torso resting between the petals. A woman with a medium skin tone and long black wavy hair sits in the middle of the page. Several flowers have an eye in their center, and they vary in size throughout the illustration. In creating this project, we wanted to give young people the opportunity to identify with the struggles and triumphs of visionaries and rule breakers, to see themselves reflected, and to draw strength from that visibility.Ĭan art make a difference in your life? We think so! And after reading the comics, we hope you’re inspired to learn more about each artist, while also holding them up as a mirror to see yourself, perhaps in a whole new light.Ī deep purple background sits behind long snaking swirls of pastel rainbow with large white flowers outlined in pink floating between. Inspired by graphic novels, these short takes on artists’ lives were drawn by student-illustrators from the Ringling College of Art and Design. Each has artwork represented in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. What draws artists Laura Aguilar, Tanya Aguiñiga, Emma Amos, Chitra Ganesh, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Wendy Red Star, Miriam Schapiro, Lilly Martin Spencer, and Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, to create? Find out in a new set of Drawn to Art comics that are sure to inspire middle-grade readers and art lovers of any age.įor three years, Drawn to Art has illuminated the stories of women artists, some of whom may not have received the attention they deserved in their lifetimes.
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