Mabel Dwight

After years of successful work as an illustrator in New York, she began making lithographs in 1927, at the age of fifty-two. In 1933 she participated with the Contemporary Print Group in creating two influential portfolios of realist prints.

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Kathy Caraccio

Collage artist and master printer Kathy Caraccio opened her own thriving New York printing studio in 1977, where she has collaborated with such artists as Emma Amos, Robert Kipniss, Louise Nevelson, and Adam Pitt.

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Ethel McClellan Plummer

The first woman to publish a cartoon in the New Yorker, Ethel McClellan Plummer made cover designs and illustrations in the 1920s and 1930s for magazines of sophisticated fashion such as Vogue and Vanity Fair, as well as publications with broader appeal such as Life, Women’s Home Companion, Shadowland, and the New York Tribune.

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Emma Amos

In her work, artist Emma Amos often addresses issues of feminism, politics, culture, and her own personal history.

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Tomie Arai

New York artist/activist Tomie Arai (b. 1949) often explores issues of identity, community, and acculturation in her work.

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