Portraying May Alcott Nieriker

Guest post by Julia Dabbs, University of Minnesota, Morris “Concord people will be amazed by it.” So wrote artist and author May Alcott Nieriker (1840–1879), youngest sister of famed author Louisa May Alcott, in an 1877 letter to her family. She was...

New Books about Women Artists | Jan–March 2022

Blurbs compiled by Ceci Williams, Art Herstory Intern Here we list all the new books about women artists—from the past, and also from the present—that have come to our attention, published in the first quarter of this calendar year. Each description is drawn from...