by Robin Brooks | Mar 17, 2022 | News and Events, Stories of Our Foremothers
Grandma Sarah’s Kitchen, mixed media collage on panel, 8 x 10 inches, 2021 (from the Foremothers series) Creative Maine Magazine publishes “Honoring our Foremothers” HONORING OUR FOREMOTHERS In the Spring issue of Creative Maine Magazine, I tell the...
by Robin Brooks | Jan 12, 2022 | Stories of Our Foremothers, Uncategorized
This is a story about recalling foremothers from our youth, foremothers whose encounters with us happened in small moments. Interestingly, seeds of possibility can be sown in our childhood that may take decades to come to fruition. My friend Laura Friedman has given...
by Robin Brooks | Oct 24, 2021 | Stories of Our Foremothers
By way of introduction… I met Judy Crosby a while back when she was working as a camp director for the Da Vinci Experience and running an art gallery out of her office space in Falmouth, Maine. https://davinciexperience.com/judy-crosby-camp-director/ Judy...
by Robin Brooks | Sep 27, 2021 | News and Events, Stories of Our Foremothers, Uncategorized
Stories of Our Foremothers: New Work by Robin Brooks opens virtually at Curtis Library My exhibit entitled “Foremothers and Others” will open at Curtis Library’s Morrell Meeting Room virtual exhibit space is on display through October, 2021. Almost...
by Robin Brooks | Sep 26, 2021 | Stories of Our Foremothers, Uncategorized
Christine’s foremother Selma in the kitchen of her tiny house in Wentworth, Wisconsin Great Grandmother Selma’s tiny house on the Wentworth, Wisconsin farm About this Foremothers story This story from Christine Higgins is about her inspiring foremother...
by Robin Brooks | Sep 19, 2021 | Stories of Our Foremothers
Portrait of Marie Gillette Banne by Mary Becker Weiss Mary Becker Weiss remembers her Canadian foremothers Stories of the courage, sacrifice, and resilience of women are embedded in so many of our family lineages. When I put out the call for stories, Mary responded...
