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Artemis Journal 2020

March 23, 2020 No Comments

2020 Artemis launch

September 4, 2020

Due to the health crisis facing our community, the annual launch originally slated for June 5, has been rescheduled to September 4 at the Taubman Museum of Art. The journals will be released in July. For more information go to our store front. (20% discount for subscriptions)

Here is a sneak preview of the cover by the acclaimed artist, Dorothy Gillespie. Dorothy graced our very first cover back in 1977 when we created the journal as a result of writing workshops for abused women. Dorothy was an avid supporter of public art and a feminist who chartered her way through the art world in New York City. Our 1977 cover created a stir and became the first art mural in downtown Roanoke, Va. A Roanoke native, Dorothy Gillespie (1920–2012) would have turned 100 this June. She remains the most nationally recognized artist who was born and raised in the Roanoke Valley and taught at Radford University in the nearby New River Valley. Artemis Journal is pleased to partner with the Taubman Museum of Art by celebrating Dorothy Gillespie.

Artemis is grateful for the support of the Roanoke Arts Commission & the Roanoke Taubman Museum of Art

2020 Artemis Journal

Vote by Nikki Giovanni

March 8, 2020 2 Comments

Sneak preview of our 2020 layout with acclaimed poet, Nikki Giovanni opening up the journal with her iconic poem Vote. Artist Trish Korte creates just the right touch with her collage, Vote.

To be released June 5, at Roanoke Taubman Museum of Art.

Art show

Season of Women Art Show

February 25, 2020 5 Comments

Artemis is pleased to partner with the Artful Lawyer Gallery

Artemis Journal 2020 marks the centennial celebration of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution giving women the right to vote in 1920. Artemis Journal is a yearly publication of poetry and art from the Blue Ridge Mountains and beyond. The theme is open-ended and not limited to female artists.

The Creekmore Law Firm recognizes a unique opportunity to support the arts with the Artful Lawyer Gallery space and to become a part of Blacksburg’s Creative Village

June 1 – August 12, 2020

apply – deadline April 17, 2020

https://artfullawyergallery.org/gallery-shows/

Artful Lawyer Gallery

318 North Mail Street, Blacksburg, Va.

Favorite Artists, News

2020 Artemis Journal honors Dorothy Gillespie

January 16, 2020 No Comments

by Jeri Rogers, Founder, Editor-in-chief

100 years ago, women gained the right to vote in the United States. As we celebrate this momentous event, we are honoring an artist who was also born 100 years ago and made an impact on the art scene here in our hometown, nationally and internally. Dorothy Gillespie, 1920-2012, supported our fledgling idea of starting a feminist literary and art journal by donating a beautiful pastel for our very first cover. The energy she brought to our journal and our hometown was contagious and along with the journal, the idea was born to create the very first mural in our downtown.

Gillespie, born in Roanoke Virginia, declared early her intention to become an artist. Ms. Gillespie’s career spanned seven decades, and she was always in the forefront of the American Art movement. Ms. Gillespie’s works have graced many institutions, museums, colleges, universities and public places. She was one of the first artist to offer her art to the world through displays in the lobbies of public institutions and governmental centers such as the Mayo Clinic, Epcot Center Warren Wilson College, Fort Lauderdale Airport-Delta Terminal, Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Center-in-the-Square, Downtown Mural, Roanoke, Virginia.

In 1977, I was introduced to Dorothy by a fellow artist, Lyn Yeatts. From that fortunate introduction I found myself traveling up to New York City to visit Dorothy at her downtown studio. I had a great time revisiting New York City, I had lived there after graduating from college for a couple of years and picking out the image with Dorothy that would grace our first Artemis cover.

Dorothy with her self-portrait in her Manhattan studio

This year’s 2020 Artemis cover will honor Dorothy with one of her images and collaborate with the Roanoke Taubman Museum of Art with a retrospective of Ms. Gillespie’s work, “Celestial Centennnial: The Art and Legacy of Dorothy Gillespie,” Saturday, April 4- July 26, 2020.

Artemis Launch 2020 – June 5th, 6:30pm Roanoke Taubman Museum of Art

Roanoke Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia

Author, Book Launch, News

Celebration! 100th Anniversary of United States 19th Amendment

August 6, 2019 2 Comments

Year 2020

Marks the 100th anniversary of the
19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
giving women the right to vote

Our challenge to artists and writers

What does freedom of expression mean to you?
In the year of 1920, American women were granted the right to express themselves by voting.

Today, non- disclosure agreements (NDA) for sexual abuse are still used to silence women. In looking forward to next year, Artemis Journal supports the movement for free expression in all areas of our lives.

Our theme is open-ended and not limited to gender or specific ideas regarding artistic expression. However, that being said, the editors hope your submissions are sensitive to our mission and celebrate this Season of Women!

In memory of the late Toni Morrison
(1931-2019)

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”
*Toni Morrison

*Winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, National Humanities Medal, Nobel Prize in Literature & Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Book Launch

Sally Mann, photographer, and Natasha Trethewey, featured artist & poet

May 20, 2019 2 Comments

Artemis 2019 — *On the Maury,* Sally Mann

Artemis Journals will be released at our Celebration Launch featuring Southwest Virginia Ballet dance performance “Poetry in Motion”

Fundraiser to benefit Artemis and Taubman Museum of Art

June 7th, Taubman Museum of Art

doors open at 6:30pm – program to begin at 7-8pm

to purchase tickets (seats limited to 200)

https://24531.blackbaudhosting.com/24531/Artemis-Launch-01Jun2019

Book Launch

2019 Artemis Launch Fundraiser

May 13, 2019 No Comments

Artemis is launching the 2019 journal featuring Sally Mann’s photograph on the cover. Please join in the celebration on June 7th at the beautiful Taubman Museum of Art featuring a dance performance “Poetry in Motion” by the Southwest Virginia Ballet Company.

To purchase tickets for the fundraiser;

https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/calendar/10759/artemis-journal-annual-launch-special-performance-with-southwest-virginia-ballethttps:

Book Launch

Looking forward to Launching Artemis 2019

February 5, 2019 No Comments

Artemis will explore the power of movement, and how immersing our eyes in new experiences can lead to a happier, healthier and more fulfilled existence. By collaborating with Southwest Virginia Ballet, we will celebrate the launch of this year’s journal by presenting an evening of joy through interpretive dance and poetry.

Roanoke Taubman Museum of Art

Friday, June 7, 2019

6:30 pm

https://www.taubmanmuseum.org

http://www.svballet.org

Artemis is grateful for the continuing support from the Roanoke Arts Commission & The Roanoke Taubman Museum of Art

Entries

Deadline for Science Fiction Short Story

January 9, 2019 No Comments

“Women Hold Up Half the Sky Award”
closed

Artemis Journal is again collaborating with the Los Angeles based non-profit, The Light Bringer Project whose mission is to promote Science Fiction short stories. The judges are selecting the winner from over 90 submissions from around the world. The winner will be announced in April.

The winning story will be published in the Artemis Journal 2019 and receive a $100 award from the Hollywood National Organization of Women. Pasadena Litfest will host the awards ceremony with professional actors reading the winning stories, May 18th-19th.

http://www.lightbringerproject.org/science-fiction-contests

Book Launch