by Robin Brooks | Aug 23, 2023 | News and Events, Stories of Our Foremothers, Teaching and Learning
This is the first slide of my slide show for the Waterville Area Art Society. Waterville Area Art Society, a slide talk and collage workshop I was honored to be invited by Irene West from Waterviille Area Art Society to present a slide talk and collage workshop for...
by Robin Brooks | May 29, 2023 | News and Events, Stories of Our Foremothers
Keith Spiro Interviews Robin about the Foremothers Project In this interview with Keith Spiro I speak about my inspiration for The Foremothers Project and how I started gathering Foremothers stories from other people in the community. Keith describes himself as a...
by Robin Brooks | Apr 27, 2022 | News and Events, Stories of Our Foremothers, Uncategorized
Georgia O’Keeffe, photo courtesy of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico From Santa Fe to Abiquiu to Ghost Ranch On Sunday, April 17, I headed out from Albuquerque toward Santa Fe. I met up with my friend Susan who I’ve known since...
by Robin Brooks | Jul 23, 2021 | News and Events, Stories of Our Foremothers
A Poem about Memory: The Foremothers The Foremothers On the wings of a butterfly, on a feather’s breath of memory, their stories, their spirits resonate. I see these women, my ancestors, with their courage, humor, and tenacity. In my mind I can taste their...
by Robin Brooks | Apr 2, 2021 | News and Events, Stories of Our Foremothers
Rebecca in a purple coat, acrylic on gessoed paper, 18 by 22 inches, 2021 Here is the finished painting entitled “Rebecca in a purple coat.” The painting is included in my Foremothers Gallery. It depicts my grandmother Rebecca Rosenfield nee Kaplan. In...
