Women in Arts Professions

Learn about women in various forms of art!

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Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Eartha Kitt's journey from a small town in South Carolina to international stardom is a testament to her extraordinary talent and resilience, celebrated annually on Eartha Kitt Day in her home state...

Georgia O'Keeffe | Carolina Snaps

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Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Discover the artistic journey of Georgia O’Keeffe, one of the most renowned modern artists, and her significant ties to South Carolina.

Frida Kahlo | July Factoids

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Grades: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Explore the life and art of Frida Kahlo, the renowned Mexican portrait artist. From her near-fatal accident to her iconic self-portraits, delve into Kahlo's bold use of colors and incorporation of...

Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman on Paper Learning Activity

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

Georgia O’Keeffe’s modern art is some of the most widely recognized of any American artist. O’Keeffe inspired generations to pursue careers in the art field. Modern art is a diverse genre in the...

Henrietta Snype | SC African American History Calendar (2019)

Episode 11

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Henrietta Snype, from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, is a world-renowned sweetgrass basket-weaver. Taught by both her mother and her grandmother, Snype has been creating sweetgrass basket art ever...

Anne Worsham Richardson

Episode 101

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Anne Worsham Richardson discusses growing up in Turbeville, South Carolina. Richardson always showed a love for animals, even from an early age. Richardson got her start by doing drawings of domestic...

Anne Worsham Richardson

Episode 102

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Anne Worsham Richardson talks about her art education and training. Host Jim Welch gives viewers an opportunity to observe Richardson as she creates a new work, and what the process behind making a...

Anne Worsham Richardson

Episode 103

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Anne Worsham Richardson’s husband runs the administrative side of her art business. He briefly discusses what running the family business is like, along with some of his job duties. Anne Richardson...

Anita Singleton-Prather | Women Vision SC

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Grades: 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Anita Singleton-Prather grew up thinking she would study law and become a civil rights attorney. Instead she became a master storyteller, author and educator. Her work has influenced civil rights and...

Karen Alexander | Women Vision SC

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

As Karen Alexander approached her 40 th birthday, she took a risk and “stepped out on faith,” mortgaging her house, spending her savings and investments to launch the Auntie Karen Foundation. Her love...

Joanne Woodward

Episode 101

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

In this first segment, Joanne Woodward discusses her childhood, growing up in Greenville, her education, and inspirations for wanting to pursue a career in the arts. Woodward, originally from...

Joanne Woodward

Episode 103

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

In this final segment, Joanne Woodward discusses her marriage with Paul Newman, and the challenges that come from juggling family life with her acting career.

Joanne Woodward

Episode 102

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Joanne Woodward talks about the early days of her career. Before going to New York, Woodward temporarily worked as a secretary for Albert Quigley. Upon arriving in New York, Woodward first went to...

The Chatter Box Dance Band | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 10

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The Chatter Box dance band provided a big band sound for the popular dancing of the 1940s. Mary Taylor, at the extreme right, joined the "all girl violin section" in March 1944. Mrs. Taylor later ran...

Anne Worsham Richardson | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Known as the “Charleston Bird Lady,” Anne Worsham Richardson (1919-2012), renowned wildlife artist, was sometimes dubbed the Audubon of her time. No other South Carolinian has done more to portray the...

Piano Music During The Civil War Era (Full Version)

Episode 8

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The American Civil War shaped every aspect of life in the South, including music. Along with songs and military band music published in the South during the war, a considerable repertoire of solo...

Arrangements On Classic Civil War Songs | Walter Edgar's Journal

Episode 6

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Dr. Thompson goes into how many composers during the Civil War would write variations on classic songs during the period. He plays several examples of arrangements of “The Bonnie Blue Flag,” and...

South Carolina Publishers And Composers | Walter Edgar's Journal

Episode 3

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Dr. Thompson details South Carolinian composers and publishers during the Civil War. One such composer was from Columbia: Lizzie C. Orchard, and Dr. Thompson plays an excerpt from “Major General Wade...

Blondell Malone In Her Gervais Street Home | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Blondell Malone, in what she describes as the "hall" of her Gervais Street home, around 1910. The paintings on the wall were her own. (For examples of external decoration of the period, see images 30...

Interior of an African-American Baptist Church | History of SC Slide Collection

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Not all baptisms were held out of doors. Laura Glenn Douglas (see Laura Glenn Douglas) painted this interior of an African-American Baptist church around 1938. Courtesy of the South Carolina State...

Workers Flooding the Rice Fields Watercolor by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 5

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

A watercolor by Alice Huger Ravenel Smith of workers flooding the rice fields. Courtesy of the Gibbes Museum of Art/Carolina Art Association.

Alice Huger Ravenel Smith Watercolor Painting of Carolina Gold Rice | History of SC Slide Collection

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Alice Huger Ravenel Smith painted a number of watercolor scenes of the rice cultivation process in the Lowcountry at the turn of the 20th century. The process had not changed substantially since it...

Laura Glenn Douglas | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 51

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Laura Glenn Douglas (1886-1962), New Deal artist, was born in Winnsboro and studied at the College for Women in Columbia, and the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. She subsequently studied in...

Clara Louise Kellogg | Eye on the Past

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Sumter native Clara Louise Kellogg is featured. Kellogg became a world-renowned opera soprano singer in the mid-late 1800s.