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The Story Is in the Roots: The Photography of Hans

The Story Is in the Roots: The Photography of Hansel Mieth

" first encountered the photographer Hansel Mieth at the Sonoma County Museum in 2015 while I was researching and writing a biography about Jack London’s wife, Charmian Kittredge London. Mieth and her husband Otto Hagel moved to Sonoma County in 1941, inspired by their favorite writer, Jack London. London died in 1916, but his widow, Charmian, still lived on their ranch, and soon Hansel and Otto befriended her and often photographed her and the ranch. That day, I found those photographs, but I also found a world of narrative photography I had never seen before, one where Mieth used her camera to fight for social justice" - Iris Dunkle

#Photography #FF2Media #ff2newtoyou #appliedart #Hnaselmieth #supportwomenartistsnow #photographer

Cristina Ibarra: Passionate ‘Genius’ at the So

Cristina Ibarra: Passionate ‘Genius’ at the Southern Border

This week, FF2 Media is celebrating the 2021 winners of the MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants! Also known as MacArthur Fellows, these extraordinary recipients are awarded $625,000 as an investment in their potential.Cristina Ibarra is a documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. In the past, she has been the recipient of many fellowship grants, and is a Rauschenberg Fellow, Rockefeller Fellow, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow along with her new status as a MacArthur Fellow.

https://ff2media.com/blog/2021/10/12/cristina-ibarra-combines-passionate-filmmaking-and-activism-at-the-border/

#MacArthur #ChristinaIbarra #WomenInFilm #SupportWomenArtistsNow #FF2Media #FF2NewToYou

Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ at 50: An Ode to Woma

Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ at 50: An Ode to Womanhood

"Joni Mitchell’s iconic album, Blue, celebrated its 50th Anniversary this summer with Rhino Records’ release of rare demos and outtakes from the recording. While a 50th Anniversary is a golden one, this album is a riot of blues — a range of the feminine, filled with feeling. It sears with songs that are alive, that sink into souls. Indeed, it fills the heart caverns and channels with strength from inside. In writing Blue, Mitchell managed to predict the full range of her successes and challenges, to allow pain. And that is a powerful, feminist accomplishment."
- Katherine Factor

https://ff2media.com/blog/2021/09/28/joni-mitchells-blue-at-50-an-ode-to-womanhood/

#JoniMitchell #Blue #WomenInMusic #AppliedArts #SupportWomenArtistsNow #FF2Media #FF2NewToYou

Jacqueline Stewart Protects & Illuminates the Blac

Jacqueline Stewart Protects & Illuminates the Black Experience

This week, FF2 Media is celebrating the 2021 winners of the MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants!

Cinema studies scholar and art curator, Jacqueline Stewart, received the award for her work in “ensuring that the contributions of overlooked Black filmmakers and communities of spectators have a place in the public imagination.”

#MacArthur #femalefilmmakers #Womeninfilm #supportwomenartistsnow #ff2media #ff2kudostoyou

Falling off the Rails: Season Two of Crystal Mosel

Falling off the Rails: Season Two of Crystal Moselle’s Spin-off ‘Betty’

"It’s been a year since the premiere of the first season of Betty, the tv spin-off of director Crystal Moselle’s Skate Kitchen (2018), which follows a collective of women-identifying skaters and details the complexities of their inner lives and outer networks throughout the hub of New York City. "

#womenintv #betty ##skaters #ff2media #ff2newtoyou #supportwomenartistsnow #MosellesSkateKitchen

Yayoi Kusama Sculptures Inspire More Than Joy at ‘Cosmic Nature’

"I could see audience excitement for Yayoi Kusama’s Cosmic Nature from the moment I crossed through the entrance of the New York Botanical Gardens. The day was gray and threatened rain, but the vibrance of Kusama’s bright colors and rhythmic dots seemed to keep everyone in high spirits."

FF2 Guest post by Allison Green!

https://ff2media.com/blog/2021/09/24/yayoi-kusama-sculptures-inspire-more-than-joy-at-cosmic-nature/

#FF2Media #FF2ThingsToDo #SupportWomenArtistsNow #YayoiKusama #CosmicNature #AppliedArt

Greek God Dionysus Returns as ‘Hurricane Diane’ to Confront Climate Change

"Hurricane Diane, a recent production from Boston’s Huntington Theatre Company, delivers. While the Huntington is now open to the public for performances, it also recorded a performance of Hurricane Diane from its opening week. Buying a ticket for the online experience was effortless. A few minutes after I completed my order, the link to the recording appeared in my inbox. I clicked through on my laptop, which I had perched in front of my couch. When the intro music started, I settled deeper into the couch with gleeful anticipation. "
-FF2 Guest post by Megan Hennessey

#SpportWomenArtistsNow #FF2Media #FF2NewToYou #FF2ThingsToDo #Theatre

Expect Passionate & Empathetic Performances from M

Expect Passionate & Empathetic Performances from Marion Cotillard

Today is actress and musician Marion Cotillard’s birthday! She has graced both Hollywood and independent film silver screens in the United States and beyond, as Cotillard was born in Paris, France and grew up in Orléans. The acclaimed actress won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Édith Piaf in La Vie en Rose and earned another Best Actress nomination for her work in the French drama film, Two Days, One Night.

ff2media #ff2newtoyou #supportwomenartistsnow #womeninfilm #marioncotillard

Michelle Schumacher Demonstrates Female Gaze in “I’m Not Here”

Happy Birthday, Michelle Schumacher! Today we celebrate Schumacher’s career, from Broadway actress to director! Specifically her film, I’m Not Here.

#SWAN #ff2media #ff2newtoyou #supportwomenartistsnow #imnothere #womeninfilm

Anna Camp — Subtle & Smart from Broadway to the

Anna Camp — Subtle & Smart from Broadway to the Silver Screen

Actress and singer, Anna Camp, celebrates her birthday today! Known for her roles in The Help and the Pitch Perfect film series, Camp has also acted in many acclaimed television shows, like True Blood, where she was awarded Best Ensemble Acting in a Drama Series at the Satellite Awards, and Mad Men.

#SwanofTheDay #AnnaCamp #SupportWomenArtistsNow #FF2Media #FF2NewToYou #WomenInFilm

Amy Cheney Beach Led the Way for American Women Co

Amy Cheney Beach Led the Way for American Women Composers

" From the very beginning of her life, she was different from other babies. Supposedly, by the age of one, she had memorized forty songs, and by two, she was able to harmonize the lullabies her mother sang to her to send her to sleep. "

#WomeninMusics #FF2NewToYou #SupportWomenArtistsNow #FF2Media #AmyBeach #MusicComposer

Kristin Lems Wants People to Know the Jane Addams

Kristin Lems Wants People to Know the Jane Addams Her Family Knew

Thanks to the enormous success of Hamilton on Broadway and beyond, historical musicals are having their moment in the limelight.

Now Chicago is making its own contribution with Saint Jane and the Wicked Wicks which just opened on August 26th. It’s a musical play interweaving the life stories of Jane Addams (social work pioneer and founder of Chicago’s Hull House) and Nellie Wicks (the great-grandmother of Kristin Lems who serves in the multiple roles of Playwright, Composer, Lyricist, and Producer).

https://ff2media.com/blog/2021/09/22/kristin-lems-wants-people-to-know-the-jane-addams-her-family-knew/

#Play #Theatre #FF2Media #SupportWomenArtistsNow #KristinLems #SaintJaneandtheWickedWicks #FF2ThingsToDo

On the five-year anniversary of Queen of Katwe, we

On the five-year anniversary of Queen of Katwe, we celebrate filmmaker Mira Nair!

This biographical drama is perfect for fans who loved The Queen’s Gambit, as it centers on a young girl who wants to become a chess master.

#WomenInFilm #MiraNair #OueenofKatwe #SupportWomenArtistsNow #FF2Media #FF2NewToYou

Burlesque Performers Keep Strutting Through the Pa

Burlesque Performers Keep Strutting Through the Pandemic

When the pandemic first hit in 2020, many artists and performers had to rethink how they connected with their audiences. Burlesque was no different. Performers got creative!

Guest post by Megan Hennessey!

https://ff2media.com/blog/2021/09/19/how-burlesque-performers-strut-through-a-pandemic/

#FF2Media #SupportWomenArtistsNow #FF2NewToYou #burlesque #WomenInTheArts #PerformanceArt

Love, Gilda “I'd much rather be a woman than a

Love, Gilda

“I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they are the first to be rescued off of sinking ships.”

Using Gilda Radner’s autobiography, diary excerpts, audio tapes, and home videos, Lisa D’Apolito chronicled a moving portrait of Radner’s life and career in the movie Love, Gilda, which premiered three years ago today!

#FF2Media #SupportWomenArtistsNow #FF2NewToYou #GildaRadner #LoveGilda #SNL #WomenInComedy

Guerilla Girls Make Good Trouble in “The Art of

Guerilla Girls Make Good Trouble in “The Art of Behaving Badly”

"As someone who has taught intro to art courses using the Guerilla Girls’ Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art (published in 1998), it’s difficult even for me to properly introduce the Guerilla Girls."

Post by Katherine Factor!

#GuerillaGirls #AppliedArt #Artivism #WomenInArt #SupportWomenArtistsNow #FF2Media #FF2ThingsToDo

SWAN of the Day: Leontine Sagan’s Feminist Revol

SWAN of the Day: Leontine Sagan’s Feminist Revolution “Mädchen in Uniform”

Today is the 90th anniversary of Leontine Sagan’s Mädchen in Uniform! The revolutionary German film premiered in 1931, and remains one of the most strikingly feminist movies to this day. It follows a young girl sent to an all-girls boarding school who develops a romantic attachment to her teacher. It is based on a play by Christa Winsloe titled “Yesterday and Today.”

#WomeninFilm #Swanoftheday #FF2Media #SupportWomenArtistsNow #FF2KudoToYou

SWAN of the Day: Celebrating Sally Potter’s Visi

SWAN of the Day: Celebrating Sally Potter’s Vision & Voice

Happy Birthday to acclaimed director, Sally Potter! The talented filmmaker has continued to astound us throughout her career, which includes 10 feature films, several shorts, and two documentaries. She began making movies when she was 14 years old in London, and dropped out of school two years later to pursue the craft full time. Later, she trained as a dancer and choreographer, and even co-founded her own dance company.

Link in the bio!

#SupportWomenArtistsNow #FF2Media #FF2KudosToYou #SallyPotter #Swanoftheday #WomenInFilm

BPL’s 2021 Virtual ‘LitFilm Series’ Showcase

BPL’s 2021 Virtual ‘LitFilm Series’ Showcases Women Writers

Starting Monday, September 20, and running through Saturday, September 26, the Brooklyn Public Library will be hosting LitFilm: A BPL Film Festival About Writers. Like many of the BPL’s events, the series is rich with women artists, on and off-screen. The BPL’s website touts “an exciting lineup of documentaries and films, highlighting some of the most influential and iconoclastic literary minds, jostling for their places in the ever-shifting canon.” The event is fully virtual, so come one, come all, wherever you’re located.

#SWAN #FF2Media #FF2ThingsToDo #SupportingWomenArtistsNow #Literature #LitFilm

https://ff2media.com/blog/2021/09/13/brooklyn-public-librarys-virtual-litfilm-series-showcases-women-writers/

SWAN of the Day: “Big Eyes” artist Margaret Ke

SWAN of the Day: “Big Eyes” artist Margaret Keane turns 94

Margaret Keane, one of the most successful living artists since the 1960s, celebrates her 94th birthday today! Keane is known for her paintings of large-eyed, childlike figures, which ultimately inspired the 2014 Tim Burton film, Big Eyes, starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz.

#BigEyes #FF2Media #FF2KudosToYou #SWANofTheyDay #SupportWomenArtistsNow #MargaretKeane

https://ff2media.com/blog/2021/09/15/swan-of-the-day-big-eyes-artist-margaret-keane-turns-94/

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The Story Is in the Roots: The Photography of Hans

The Story Is in the Roots: The Photography of Hansel Mieth

" first encountered the photographer Hansel Mieth at the Sonoma County Museum in 2015 while I was researching and writing a biography about Jack London’s wife, Charmian Kittredge London. Mieth and her husband Otto Hagel moved to Sonoma County in 1941, inspired by their favorite writer, Jack London. London died in 1916, but his widow, Charmian, still lived on their ranch, and soon Hansel and Otto befriended her and often photographed her and the ranch. That day, I found those photographs, but I also found a world of narrative photography I had never seen before, one where Mieth used her camera to fight for social justice" - Iris Dunkle

#Photography #FF2Media #ff2newtoyou #appliedart #Hnaselmieth #supportwomenartistsnow #photographer

Cristina Ibarra: Passionate ‘Genius’ at the So

Cristina Ibarra: Passionate ‘Genius’ at the Southern Border

This week, FF2 Media is celebrating the 2021 winners of the MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants! Also known as MacArthur Fellows, these extraordinary recipients are awarded $625,000 as an investment in their potential.Cristina Ibarra is a documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. In the past, she has been the recipient of many fellowship grants, and is a Rauschenberg Fellow, Rockefeller Fellow, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow along with her new status as a MacArthur Fellow.

https://ff2media.com/blog/2021/10/12/cristina-ibarra-combines-passionate-filmmaking-and-activism-at-the-border/

#MacArthur #ChristinaIbarra #WomenInFilm #SupportWomenArtistsNow #FF2Media #FF2NewToYou

Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ at 50: An Ode to Woma

Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ at 50: An Ode to Womanhood

"Joni Mitchell’s iconic album, Blue, celebrated its 50th Anniversary this summer with Rhino Records’ release of rare demos and outtakes from the recording. While a 50th Anniversary is a golden one, this album is a riot of blues — a range of the feminine, filled with feeling. It sears with songs that are alive, that sink into souls. Indeed, it fills the heart caverns and channels with strength from inside. In writing Blue, Mitchell managed to predict the full range of her successes and challenges, to allow pain. And that is a powerful, feminist accomplishment."
- Katherine Factor

https://ff2media.com/blog/2021/09/28/joni-mitchells-blue-at-50-an-ode-to-womanhood/

#JoniMitchell #Blue #WomenInMusic #AppliedArts #SupportWomenArtistsNow #FF2Media #FF2NewToYou

Jacqueline Stewart Protects & Illuminates the Blac

Jacqueline Stewart Protects & Illuminates the Black Experience

This week, FF2 Media is celebrating the 2021 winners of the MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants!

Cinema studies scholar and art curator, Jacqueline Stewart, received the award for her work in “ensuring that the contributions of overlooked Black filmmakers and communities of spectators have a place in the public imagination.”

#MacArthur #femalefilmmakers #Womeninfilm #supportwomenartistsnow #ff2media #ff2kudostoyou

Falling off the Rails: Season Two of Crystal Mosel

Falling off the Rails: Season Two of Crystal Moselle’s Spin-off ‘Betty’

"It’s been a year since the premiere of the first season of Betty, the tv spin-off of director Crystal Moselle’s Skate Kitchen (2018), which follows a collective of women-identifying skaters and details the complexities of their inner lives and outer networks throughout the hub of New York City. "

#womenintv #betty ##skaters #ff2media #ff2newtoyou #supportwomenartistsnow #MosellesSkateKitchen

Yayoi Kusama Sculptures Inspire More Than Joy at ‘Cosmic Nature’

"I could see audience excitement for Yayoi Kusama’s Cosmic Nature from the moment I crossed through the entrance of the New York Botanical Gardens. The day was gray and threatened rain, but the vibrance of Kusama’s bright colors and rhythmic dots seemed to keep everyone in high spirits."

FF2 Guest post by Allison Green!

https://ff2media.com/blog/2021/09/24/yayoi-kusama-sculptures-inspire-more-than-joy-at-cosmic-nature/

#FF2Media #FF2ThingsToDo #SupportWomenArtistsNow #YayoiKusama #CosmicNature #AppliedArt

Greek God Dionysus Returns as ‘Hurricane Diane’ to Confront Climate Change

"Hurricane Diane, a recent production from Boston’s Huntington Theatre Company, delivers. While the Huntington is now open to the public for performances, it also recorded a performance of Hurricane Diane from its opening week. Buying a ticket for the online experience was effortless. A few minutes after I completed my order, the link to the recording appeared in my inbox. I clicked through on my laptop, which I had perched in front of my couch. When the intro music started, I settled deeper into the couch with gleeful anticipation. "
-FF2 Guest post by Megan Hennessey

#SpportWomenArtistsNow #FF2Media #FF2NewToYou #FF2ThingsToDo #Theatre

Expect Passionate & Empathetic Performances from M

Expect Passionate & Empathetic Performances from Marion Cotillard

Today is actress and musician Marion Cotillard’s birthday! She has graced both Hollywood and independent film silver screens in the United States and beyond, as Cotillard was born in Paris, France and grew up in Orléans. The acclaimed actress won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Édith Piaf in La Vie en Rose and earned another Best Actress nomination for her work in the French drama film, Two Days, One Night.

ff2media #ff2newtoyou #supportwomenartistsnow #womeninfilm #marioncotillard

Michelle Schumacher Demonstrates Female Gaze in “I’m Not Here”

Happy Birthday, Michelle Schumacher! Today we celebrate Schumacher’s career, from Broadway actress to director! Specifically her film, I’m Not Here.

#SWAN #ff2media #ff2newtoyou #supportwomenartistsnow #imnothere #womeninfilm

Anna Camp — Subtle & Smart from Broadway to the

Anna Camp — Subtle & Smart from Broadway to the Silver Screen

Actress and singer, Anna Camp, celebrates her birthday today! Known for her roles in The Help and the Pitch Perfect film series, Camp has also acted in many acclaimed television shows, like True Blood, where she was awarded Best Ensemble Acting in a Drama Series at the Satellite Awards, and Mad Men.

#SwanofTheDay #AnnaCamp #SupportWomenArtistsNow #FF2Media #FF2NewToYou #WomenInFilm

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