Articles
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Remove Barriers That You Place In the Path to Success
Art world game-changer Susan Mumford provides the following thoughts on how to avoid becoming self-defeating when it comes to achieving your goals. Read the full article
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A Real Change For Women In Art
Wide Walls interviewed Janice Sands. It’s no secret, although it is quite surprising, that female artists today still have a long way to go toward a position of equality on the international arts scene. Read the full article
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The New York Times article on The Resurgence of Women-Only Art Shows
Read What Executive Director Janice Sands and Other Art World Influencers Are Saying About the Resurgence of Women-Only Art Shows in The New York Times this Week. Read the full article in the New York Times
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Discover Flatiron: Pen and Brush
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership takes a look at Pen and Brush, the only global non-profit to offer a broader spotlight on the works of emerging women artists and writers. Read the full article
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5 Key Takeaways From Pen and Brush Panel on Women-Only Arts Groups
Last night’s panel at the newly revamped, and stunning Pen and Brush gallery space in the Flatiron district focused on the question of whether women-only art galleries and organizations advance or impede the careers of women artists. Read the full article on news.artnet.com
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Women Rule at New York’s 122-Year-Old Pen and Brush
When painter and legendary book binder Janet C. Lewis started Pen and Brush with her sister Mary in 1893, she sent a letter to female artists and writers, asking them to form a new association in New York. Read the full article on news.artnet.com
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Flatiron 23rd Street Partnership Profiles Janice Sands
As the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership celebrates its 10th anniversary, we ask notable neighborhood figures ten questions about the area. In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8th, we’re pleased to introduce Janice Sands. She serves as the Executive Director of Pen + Brush, the only nonprofit organization that showcases the work of women in…
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List of Women-Run Presses
Pen and Brush Literary Arts Curator Kate Angus went on a hunt for a list of women-run and women-founded presses. When she can’t find one, she made her own. “It bothered me that this list—which seemed like such a fundamentally useful resource—didn’t exist yet so I decided to compile it myself. I didn’t want to…
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Women Writers to Discuss How to Make It in the Literary World
FLATIRON — Women writers seeking inspiration need look no further than a Flatiron gallery that is hosting shows dedicated to celebrating the work of literary females. Pen+Brush, located at 29 E. 22nd St., will host two conversations with longtime women writers, giving artists the chance to hear of the successes and frustrations of women working with the written…
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Short and Sweet New York Interviews Janice Sands
I interviewed Janice Sands, Executive Director of Pen + Brush at their new space in the Flatiron district. This recently opened new space is a real departure in the best possible sense with a vibrant industrial feel evoking modernism with a sense of history behind it. One feels transported to another dimension that is vast…