14 MAR 2024 · I contemplate the visual artist, writer, poet, songwriter and performer, Patti Smith with a focus on her writings and photographs for the 2011 exhibition, "Camera Solo," at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut. “Camera Solo” was the first museum exhibition of Patti Smith’s photography in the United States and included “seventy photographs taken by her Polaroid camera, one multimedia installation, and one video work." Image Credit: https://www.thewadsworth.org/?s=patti+smith STAY CONNECTED with Women at the Helm: > Website: https://beyondthepaint.net/ > Substack: @bernadinefranco >Email me at bernadine@beyondthepaint to join Women at the Helm monthly newsletter

6 FEB 2024 · Women at the Helm features and celebrates the contemporary British artist Tracy Emin. We explore her iconic installation "My Bed" and dive into her "jagged recollections" from her memoir, "Strangeland." . Learn more about Tracy Emin: >https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/tracey-emin-2590 >Read her evocative memoir:https://www.amazon.com/Strangeland-Tracey-Emin/dp/0340769467/ref=sr_1_1?crid=P0BUMFC074Q2&keywords=strangeland+tracey+emin&qid=1706305773&sprefix=strangeland+tracy+em%2Caps%2C266&sr=8-1 >Image Credit: Ben Gurr . STAY CONNECTED with Women at the Helm: > Website: https://beyondthepaint.net/ > Substack: @bernadinefranco >Email me at bernadine@beyondthepaint to join Women at the Helm monthly newsletter

3 JAN 2024 · In this inaugural episode of my new podcast series, Women at the Helm: Intersection of Women Artists and Writings, I explore Book Dedications. . Writers highlighted in this episode: https://www.janetfitchwrites.com/ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-oliver . Image Credit: James Abbott MacNeill Whistler, "The Beach at Selsey Bill," 1865 https://nbmaa.org/ . Stay Connected >Website: http://beyondthepaint.net/ >Substack: https://bernadinefranco.substack.com/ >Subscribe to Women at the Helm Newsletter: email me at bernadine@beyondthepaint.net

8 NOV 2023 · Introducing a new podcast series: Women at the Helm: Intersection of Women Artists and Writing. Formerly Beyond the Paint with Bernadine podcast, Bernadine takes you on a new expansive journey that celebrates women artists through the written word; books, essays, poetry and more. . Stay Connected >Website: https://beyondthepaint.net/ >Sign up for Women at the Helm monthly newsletter on my journey in writing a "memoir" about women artist and other literary meanderings. Email: bernadine@beyondthepaint.net

31 AUG 2023 · This special episode celebrates and includes a conversation with two contemporary, American female artists, Sally Brown and Amy Chaiklin and their upcoming duo exhibition Sisterhood: Portraiture: Sally Brown and Amy Chaiklin. . The exhibition, a curation of sixty works; thirty mini-depictions of feminist artworks in self portraiture by Brown and thirty ink and graphite portraits selected from Chaiklin’s Cultured Pearls Portraits Project, honors the sisterhood or real women artists that have inspired and influenced their work and practice. . Learn More about the show: Exhibition opens September 8, 2023 at the Monongalia Arts Center, West Virginia https://monartscenter.com/ Follow on IG: @sisterhoodportraiture Follow the Artists: Sally Brown: https://sallyjanebrown.com IG: @Sallery_art . Amy Chaiklin: https://amychaiklin.com IG: Amychaiklin . Special thanks to Hall Rockefeller and the women of https://lessthanhalf.org/salon

29 JAN 2023 · After 5 years and over 100 conversations with women artists, gallery owners and collectors, I am taking an extended hiatus from the show. I will embark on a writing journey to fulfill my deep desire to craft and publish a memoir about my engagement with the visual arts. All the ways "looking at art" has impacted my life. It will also celebrate women artists who liberated me from both imposed and self-imposed constraints. A wild ride indeed! . For updates on my writing journey and other art adventures, stay connected by signing up for my newsletter: bernadine@beyondthepaint.net or fill out the short form on my website: beyondthepaint.net . Thank you for your support and friendship. We will see each other soon...

9 JAN 2023 · In this episode, join me and woodcut printmaker, storyteller and artist Julie Goldstein into the worlds of 18th century Icelandic sea women and female, Japanese Ama pearl divers. Goldstein captures the stories of these "anonymous" women, memorializing them through her vivid portrayals. Goldstein's reverence for women lost in history books is awe-inspiring. . "Sea Woman," solo exhibition is at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, opened June 28-August 13, 2022. Learn more at www.bridgettemayergallery.com . Stay Connected with Julie Goldstein: website: www.juliegoldsteinstudio.com IG: @swmwithme . View images highlighted in this episode: www.beyondthepaint.net Sign up for my newsletter: www.beyondthepaint.net Email me: bfranco@beyondthepaint.net

14 DEC 2022 · As many of you who listen to this podcast know, I am a visual arts educator, historian, speaker and of course, a podcaster. I never considered myself a maker. Until now! I took up photography to learn and experience first-hand the artistic process. This episode journeys with you my immersion into a photography series titled "The Other Side of the Mirror," employing a toy camera, the Holga. . Go to my website to see all the images from the series: www.beyondthepaint.net

29 NOV 2022 · Abstract and Conceptual female artist Valerie Ellis draws us into her visual world through her curiosity of the human mind and condition. A psychotherapist for twenty years, Ellis paved an unconventional pathway in making art. . Her visual vocabulary is submerged in a very hands on practice of pulling, spreading, crumpling media like paper and paper pulp. Her works deeply connect the viewer to the internal psychology of the human mind and experiences. . This episode includes an in-depth conversation with the artist. Stay connected with Valerie Ellis: www.veryvalerieellis.com; IG handle @very_valerie_ellis Image Credit: "Brown Skin," from First Impressions series; Valerie Ellis website

8 NOV 2022 · I am thrilled to have as my guest the female, multi-disciplinary artist and educator Jamie Smith. "Smith’s monochromatic drawings, wooden wall-hanging sculptures, and installation work incorporate personal and culturally-resonant symbols in an attempt to reckon with the fragility of life, new beginnings, the passage of time and the depths of loss." Her visual expressions are an "engulfment" of her female experiences. . This episode focuses on her new passion project; the design of Mother Time tarot card deck, inspired by the imagery of the Rider Waite Tarot. . Stay connected with Jamie Smith, her work, practice and her community of creators: INSTAGRAM- @jamiesmithstudio WEBSITE- www.jamiesmithstudio.com NEWSLETTER- Sign up to receive art studio updates, new artwork and upcoming classes. Sign up here. COMMUNITY- Thrive Together Network is a community of female identifying visual artists and is an online space where members can support one another and learn about the business side of art. https://thrive-together-network.mn.co/ Start a free trial today! ART- Enjoy a free month on Skillshare using this special link: https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/jamiesmithstudio?gr_tch_ref=on&gr_trp=on Jamie's classes include How To Create A Business Plan for Artists, How To Make A Vision Board and more! . Resources and images discussed are at www.beyondthepaint.net