herstory /noun/
history viewed from a female or specifically feminist perspective with a special attention to the experience of women
Hello and welcome to the Herstory Printmaking page! We are a group of women printmakers. As a collective we produce portrait murals of women who have impacted how we see and understand the world.
About 2 years ago we got together and started creating printed portraits of women. They are loosely in the style of political street art…done on newsprint and wheat pasted to walls. We have community guest artists who join us. Often these women are learning to print for the first time or may be creating portraits for the first time and are growing their visual language.
Each portrait is approximately 16 by 24 inches and includes the subject’s name. We use a bold style to make each portrait visible from afar. To date we have posters of Amanda Gorman, Augusta Savage, belle hooks, Malala, Violeta Parra, Tarana Burke, Deb Haaland, Friedl Dicker Brandeis, Dagmar Llewelyn, Greta Thurnberg, Jennifer Keelan, Emma Gonzalez, Margaret Randall, Rachel Carson, Dolores Huerta, Georgia O’Keefe and Sylvia Rivera. Each portrait reflects the artist’s particular desire to hold up their chosen subject’s life and amplify their impact. The portraits reflect all kinds of women…race, ability, gender, age, local, national, international, living and passed. We do not sign our individual pieces but prefer to be know collectively as Herstory.
We enjoy getting art outside and on the streets. Find out more about Herstory Printmaking at: Herstory on Facebook, and Herstory on Instagram.
– Julianna Kirwin, Michelle Shelly Korte, Lena Weiss
