WOMEN'S MARCH IN NYC - WE MAKE AMERICA 1/21/17

Had a great time on the Women's March in NYC, though I never got to 5th Avenue. Started at Grand Central Terminal at 10:30 AM and walked up to 45th and 2nd Ave to Dag Hammerskjold Plaza - BUT there were so many people that we were stalled on 45th...and finally turned around to go back to 42nd St. But that took 4 hours....Finally got back to Grand Central at 3:30 and got out of the "holding area" and walked to Fifth Avenue....but so crowded that there was no way to march to Trump Tower. 

Senator Chuck Schumer

Grace with Statue of Liberty Crown

Artist Helen Oji with Statue of Liberty Crown which she made

Joan Semmel artist

Artist Mimi Smith and daughter Jenny

Woman with Torch declaring TRUTH

Woman marching alongside me

Grand Central Terminal around 3:45 pm

Angry woman

Here are some images and a VIDEO so you know what it feels like to be in the MIDST of a MARCH that is so filled with people standing up for their beliefs that it was difficult to move. I am so proud of this peaceful demonstration where there was no violence and only a feeling of deep camaraderie among the participants. 

 WOMEN'S MARCH - WE MAKE AMERICA 1/21/17

GRACE VISITS: CICELY COTTINGHAM 12/29/16

I am privileged to have had the opportunity to visit with Cicely Cottingham and write about her artwork for Women's Voices For Change.
Here is a link to the article: Please comment on the Women's Voices For Change site if you wish. Enjoy!

Women's Voice For Change Article
https://womensvoicesforchange.org/grace-visits-artist-cicely-cunningham.htm

Cicely Cottingham Website

More images in the order that they are mentioned in the article: CLICK ON IMAGES and THEY ENLARGE

PHOTO OF CICELY - DETAIL IN FRONT OF PAINTINGS IN STUDIO

SOMBRE STRETCH, 26”x80”, charcoal with pastel on paper, 1984 

WINTER MOON, 30”x22 1/2 “, charcoal on paper, 1984

NIGHT TREES 4, 30”x22 1/2 “, charcoal on paper, 1987

WHEN YOU DREAM YOU’RE INNOCENT, YOU’RE INNOCENT WHEN YOU DREAM (FROM A SONG BY TOM WAITS), 8”x10”, oil on wood, 1987/88

THROB, 8”x10”, oil on wood, 1988

SHE WAS AS A TREE AGAINST A CLOUD OF VAPOR, 15”x11” ea. panel (4 panels), oil on wood, 1990 

THE PREMONITION, 24”x18” ea. panel (4 panels), 1992

TRUE BLUE CONTINUED #6, 64”x48”, oil on wood panel, 1998

16 PAINTINGS FOR MARJORIE (GONE), 64”x48”, acrylic on wood panels, 2000/2003

16 PAINTINGS FOR MARJORIE (MARJORIE’S GARDEN), 64”x48”, acrylic on wood panels, 2000/2003

Now you feel how nothing clings to you (raw and tender), 15”x11”, Oil stick on wood panel, 2011

Now you feel how nothing clings to you (Kaieteur), 16”x12”, Acrylic on panel, 2012

EVERYTHING IS SKY (here is your home), 20”x16”, Acrylic on panel, 2014