Beyond the Paint podcast celebrates the visionary artist Pamela Colman Smith in two parts. Part 1, today's episode, focuses and highlights aspects of Smith's artistic life and practice.
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Part 2-will take a deep dive into Smith's legacy as illustrator for the Rider-Waite tarot deck, a commission she described as "big job for very little cash."
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Resources for this episode include Yale Art Gallery and the seminal text "Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story" by Stephen R. Kaplan with contributions by scholars like Mary K. Greer.
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Image credit: Photo of Pamela Colman Smith: Mary K. Greer (blogsite)
Special thanks to K. Lee Marks @k.leemarks (IG) and the creators Grant Walker and Amy B. Scott of Seeds of Initiation Tarot deck @seeds_of_initiation_tarot (IG) for inspiring this journey into Smith's evocative and mystical visual imagery.
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Special shout out to the women who bring awareness and create arenas for contemporary women artists to flourish!
Liezel Strauss: Art Girls Rising: www.artgirlrising.com
Hall Rockefeller: Less than Half Salon: www.lessthanhalf.org
Kelly Groehler: Alice Riot: www.aliceriot.com