earthenware clay, collage materials, fabric; 17x15x8″
“Rosie the Riveter is symbolic of female empowerment. It took over 100 years of struggle for ALL women to earn the right to vote~the 19th Amendment in 1920 gave White women the right, but Black women weren’t granted the same until the Voting Rights Act of 1965! And NOW the current corrupt government is trying to strip women and minorities of their constitutional rights, removing their very existence from the archives, sending women back decades to the whims of outrageous white men. Once again, women are forced to resist, to stand up to the injustices that plague them, including the control of their own bodies, due to the insecurities and inadequacies of the American white man.”
ARTIST BIO: Originally from New England, Marsha Karagheusian traveled in a diagonal across the US in pursuit of 3 college art degrees in Ceramics and Art Education. After earning an MFA from Arizona State University, she moved to Kentucky and taught at Xavier University for almost 4 decades, teaching all levels of ceramics (both wheel and hand building), Art Education, as well as chairing the Department of Art for 10 years. As Professor Emerita, she now continues her art practice in her home studio, concentrating in figurative work.