Division and Alumni News
Roses, votes and iron-jawed angels: TWU professor co-founds tribute to suffragists
11/6/20
As the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage approached, Texas Woman’s University professor Meg Griffiths wondered what her contemporaries thought about the right to vote.
She workshopped an idea with a friend and fellow photographer, Frances Jakubek, director of exhibitions and operations at the Bruce Silverstein Gallery in New York City. What if they invited their female peers — fine art photographers — to train their lenses on a subject connected to the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote in August 1920.
TWU alumna Kim Brewer (MFA '15) explores loneliness in 'Isolation' exhibit
9/21/20
Derived from “mug shots,” Kim Brewer's body of work explores the relative frailty of the human condition in isolation and interrogates the mug shot as a platform for the perpetual captivity of the individual. Some individuals present themselves in defiance of their “captors,” while others are entirely consumed with their own intense set of circumstances; the varied expressions portrayed evoke images that are dynamic and often moving.
Plano Magazine publishes profile of TWU alumna and tattoo artist Nychelle Elise
9/16/20
After graduating from Texas Woman’s University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a focus on painting and drawing, Nychelle Elise searched the metroplex for a creative outlet. “I started doing a lot of art shows and painting a lot around Dallas,” she said. As her portfolio grew, so did her interest in tattooing. “I was always interested in tattooing just because it’s another form of art, another medium to explore,” she said.
TWU's Meg Griffiths co-founds 'A Yellow Rose Project' to commemorate 19th Amendment
8/20/20
Assistant professor of photography Meg Griffiths co-founded 'A Yellow Rose Project' to commemorate to the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment. More than 100 women across the U.S. were invited to join in the photographic collaboration, which showcases works in response, reflection or reaction to the ratification of the woman suffrage movement milestone.