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Women have fought for their liberties for centuries. They've marched for a more equal society as part of countless intersecting social movements over the years, from women's suffrage and labor laws to reproductive freedom and civil rights. Alongside their efforts, activist artists created posters and other works of art featuring powerful imagery and bold slogans to rally support-a tradition that continues to this day in protests around the wor...

The Impressionists were known for capturing their subjects in the moment, creating landscapes and scenes of everyday life that act as snapshots of time. Gardens were the perfect source of inspiration for the Impressionists: the vivid colors and unique shapes of the flowers and foliage perfectly complemented the artists playful approach to painting. Meticulous attention to color and light, along with their characteristic rapid brushstrokes, all...

African American artists have made monumental contributions to the world of art, producing an influential body of work informed by the Black experience. Celebrated here is the art of Emma Amos, Romare Bearden, Eldzier Cortor, Edward Mitchell Bannister, Alma Woodsey Thomas, Charles White, Allan Rohan Crite, Laura Wheeler Waring, Jacob Lawrence, Archibald Motley Jr., Faith Ringgold, and Lois Mailou Jones' some of whom are very well known and oth...

Using mouthwatering texture and a warm, luminous palette, Wayne Thiebaud created the images of cakes, pies, and other delectables that brought him international acclaim (check out Cafeteria Table!). But Thiebaud also applied his formidable talents to a range of other subjects, among them still lifes, figural studies, and, notably, images of place. His "aerial" landscapes are highly realistic yet approach pure abstraction. His cityscapes, which...

Approximately 2, 500 years ago, Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, or "enlightened one, " after having spent years in reflection. His teachings about the path to attaining wisdom and compassion spread throughout East and Southeast Asia. Buddhists across the continent created devotional sculptures, paintings, and ritual objects-used as aids for various liturgies and meditation practices-imbued with their local culture. From wise disciples to...

Kenojuak Ashevak is a Canadian national treasure. She was a groundbreaking artist for Kinngait Studios, in the Arctic territory of Nunavut, and ultimately a pioneer of modern Inuit art. After establishing her reputation in 1960 with The Enchanted Owl, an image so popular it was reproduced on a Canadian postage stamp, she worked nearly nonstop. She contributed to Kinngait's (Cape Dorset's) print collection almost every year and completed countl...

Winfred Rembert, who grew up in rural southwest Georgia, created vibrant, richly textured artworks of memory, witness, and celebration-a graphic diary of sorts, recalling the emotions Rembert felt as strongly as the events themselves. Many of his works were born from painful experiences under Jim Crow: picking cotton in his younger years, being unjustly incarcerated and forced to labor on chain gangs, surviving a near lynching. But Rembert's a...

Let artist Molly Hashimoto guide you through the wonders of America's treasured wild spaces. Hashimoto's artistic vision is enhanced by remarkable attention to detail and the lush hues created by hand-tinting with watercolor. Her wildlife portraits invite you to view nature with fresh eyes. From a fox to a cougar, 12 of her relief prints are on display in this mini wall calendar.

With intuition, compassion, prowess, or just plain smarts and determination, the exemplary individuals featured here have contributed their brilliance to enhance the human experience across a wide range of disciplines, including the arts, education, sports, business, activism, and governance. These trailblazers' accomplishments inspire, inform, and enhearten us all. From classical composer Florence Beatrice Price, the first Black woman to have...

In the Canadian Arctic community of Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut, Inuit artists have been making limited-edition prints for half a century. Twelve examples of their work adorn this mini wall calendar.

About 1, 200 miles north of Toronto, the hamlet of Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut, is home to a multigenerational community of Inuit graphic artists. Their cooperatively owned printmaking studios have been in continual operation since 1959, producing unique, captivating, and powerful images. Twelve of these remarkable prints adorn this calendar's pages.

Louis Comfort Tiffany created a revolutionary aesthetic that brought the beauty of the natural world into the home with his manufacture of opalescent glass. With his pioneering development, artisans no longer achieved details by painting glass, they now painted glass, and Tiffany's brilliantly colored glass masterpieces took on stunning three-dimensionality. Having produced windows and blown glass for two decades, near the turn of the 20th cen...

The natural world is a source of wonder and delight, and Molly Hashimoto's vivid portrayal of birds reminds us to pause and enjoy. Be still and engage your senses, and you might see a flash of red from a robin or hear the whispered whir of a hummingbird's wings as it takes flight. In relief prints enhanced with watercolors, these birds are accurately portrayed in their natural habitats. Hashimoto supports the preservation of America's parks an...

Be swept away by the visual dance of Olga Suvorova's opulent paintings. With poisedchoreography and lavishly decorated costumes, characters and themes are depicted in a signature style influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, Gustav Klimt, and traditional Russian icons. Her ornate costumes-their silks and velvets, jewels and embroideries-are often the stars of any scene, which she rounds out with musical instruments, games of chance, and more than a...

German Renaissance artist Albrecht Duerer is held up as perhaps the most significant artist of his time, particularly for his print-making. The son of a Nuremberg goldsmith, Duerer was introduced early to the tools in his fathers' trade. When he was eventually allowed to train as an artist, Duerer apprenticed to a local publisher before traveling throughout Europe, where he encountered artists who greatly influenced his work. By age 30, Duerer...

An icon of Expressionist art, Edvard Munch was a prolific bohemian artist who reveled in artistic experimentation. He produced thousands of paintings and drawings during his more than 60-year career, including eloquent portraits, landscapes, and cityscapes that capture the mood of the people and the places that drew him to them. This calendar displays a curated selection of 12 paintings from the Munch Museum, in his home country of Norway.

Shamanism has existed since the dawn of human consciousness, in fact, some authorities believe that the ritual invocation of animal spirits may have been a legacy of Homo neanderthalensis. At the center of this ancient tradition stood the shaman-part priest, part magician, part savant-whose ability to traverse unseen realms often meant the difference between a hunt's success and its failure, between life and death. Susan Seddon Boulet took a s...

The surrealist skull paintings of Mexican American artists Tino Rodriguez and Virgo Paraiso bring together flowers, birds, butterflies, and mystical creatures to boldly celebrate human transformation. Sizzling with color and passion, their artwork explores complex beauty, the mythical, and the magical while embracing dualities and expounding on the complexity of sexuality, spirituality, and the cycle of life. Individually and in collaboration,...

After the fall of China's last imperial dynasty, Chao Shao-an sought to revitalize Chinese art and refresh the artistic connections with nature. Drawing inspiration from the West, he became a leader in his homelands' Modernist art movement while continuing to honor his ancient Chinese heritage. With fluid brushwork, vibrant colors, inventive compositions, and loose, expressive style, Chao Shao-an creates exquisite flower, bird, animal, and ins...

Owls have long been a part of folklore, classic literature, and modern films as symbols of wisdom and a representation of the proverbial unknown, and for artist Jeannine Chappell these mysterious birds are a source of light and inspiration. From the thick, white feathers of the snowy owl to the heart-shaped face of the barn owl, Chappell's portraits invite you to be captivated by these curious creatures. Twelve of Chappell's artworks are inclu...