Thanks for joining me!
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
Hey! If you’re here because my Kenoujak Ashevak post is going around again, cool! Welcome!
You can really help me (and female artists in general) by reblogging my latest post about male ceramist Eric Landon, who is a serial sexual harasser/abuser and is making the ceramics community unsafe for women. The post also features a list of talented female ceramicists to check out. I promise I’ll be back to regularly scheduled programming soon. Thank you! :~)
#unfollowtortus #believewomen
Recognize this instagram account?
Here is her story, directly from her instagram account:
We have a chance to really show up for this girl, for the other women he has sexually harassed/assaulted, and for all the unaware women who want to sign up for his classes. Since Emalee Hudson has spoken up a week ago, he has removed his picture from his account, buried his name among a list of women’s names, and lost THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND followers. He lost another 200+ just while I was writing this post. Since he uses his platform to promote his workshops, accepts predominantly women, and preys on them there, it is CRUCIAL that his platform be taken away, tainted, and/or minimized in any way possible.
This guy has been praised and promoted by buzzfeed, business insider, the guardian, and countless other blogs and publications. It’s about time he’s famous for what he deserves.
This is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of his scumbag behavior. I’m continuing to chronicle his abuse IN THIS POST.
I really don’t ask people to share/reblog stuff, but minimizing his platform translates directly to the safety of the women who follow him. If you want to support survivors, you can reblog this and spread the story/use the hashtag #unfollowtortus on instagram too.
If you want to directly support the artist who spoke up, HERE is a link to her etsy shop. Her work is beautiful and really fairly priced, especially considering how talented and in-demand she is.
If you want to sponsor women to take ceramics lessons from other women, HERE is a link to Sarah Glass’ Clay Bae T Shirt
And here is a list of talented female potters to follow instead of that creep:
EMALEE HUDSON
Sarah Glass
Brooke Winfrey
Leah Jackson
Ruby Pilven
Katie Mudd
Molly Bradford
Molly Sanyour
Simone Escobar
Emily Daley
Katie Marks
Samantha McInnis
Linda Fahey
Brooke Martinez
Margaret Kinkeade
Claire McGibbon
Bebe Federmann
Kara
#unfollowtortus PART II
Here are two videos of what I consider to be wildly inappropriate contact from teacher to student, in which the student looks incredibly uncomfortable and who is obviously laughing nervously (they’re even worse with the sound on)
DIRECT LINK TO THE SECOND VIDEO SINCE IT DOESN’T APPEAR TO BE WORKING
Statements attacking the victim which he posted, edited, then delete (3 versions)
A series of complaints from other people he has worked with (not a complete list)
Him co-opting a hashtag that was created specifically to support his victim in the wake of her coming forward about his abuse, then deleting it
And this is not even all of it. In general, @ amandambarr on instagram is a good resource for more info and updates on the situation.
Artist: Paticia Abad
(1946-2004)
Paticia Abad was a painter and printmaker who was born in Basco, Batanes, a small island in the Philippines.
She exhibited her work in over 200 museums and galleries and had 75 solo shows of her own.
She started out studying political science in the Philippines before moving to the United States due to political unrest in her country. Though she originally moved to study law, she ended up staying to paint, attending both the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC and the Art Students League of New York.
Her style was heavily inspired and influenced by her travels, especially to Mexico, India, Afghanistan, Yemen, Mali, Papua-New Guinea and Indonesia.
She earned over 16 awards for her art, including the “Pamana Ng Pilipino Award” for outstanding achievement in the arts, given by the President of the Philippines.
Artist: Svetlana (Sveta) Dorosheva
Sveta Dorosheva is an Israel-based Ukrainian illustrator
She specializes in children’s book illustration and is heavily influenced by fairytales, mythology, and the medieval
She works primarily in ink and watercolors and always in traditional media
She illustrated and published her own children’s book in 2015
Artist: Faith Ringgold
(1930-)
Faith Ringgold is an American artist best known for her quilts, though she is also a painter and a sculptor
She was born and raised in Harlem New York during the great depression, and much of her inspiration comes from the people, poetry, and music she experienced during that time
Her work is also greatly affected by the racism, sexism, and segregation she has dealt with throughout her life
She enrolled at the City College of New York to major in art, but was forced to change her major because art was considered to be a male profession. She graduated and began teaching, quitting later to devote all her time to her art
Artist: Ghada Amer
(1963-)
Ghada Amer is a contemporary multimedia artist, currently living and working in New York City.
Much of her work combines embroidery and painting, but she also works in sculpture, performance, and installation art.
Many of her pieces depict highly layered embroidered paintings of women’s bodies and references pornographic imagery. Her work deals primarily with issues of gender and sexuality, addressing femininity, postcolonial identities, and islamic culture.
Born in Cairo and raised in an observant muslim home, she emigrated from Egypt to France at age 11.
She received her BA in painting from the Villa Arson EPIAR in Nice, France, and her MFA from the Institut des Hautes Etudes en Art Plastique in Paris.
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