by Thordis Simonsen | Sep 13, 2026
STORY ART & ANCESTRY —a FALL OF FREEDOM event. Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. Our Democracy is under attack. Threats to free expression are rising. Dissent is being...
by Thordis Simonsen | Jul 4, 2026
JULY 2026-JUNE 2027 above: Lorraine M Burgess (American, 1913-1996), untitled, linoleum block print, 9 ¼ x 12 in., circa 1945-1950 WOMEN PRINTMAKERS features eleven striking, primarily mid-20th-century works on paper created by six accomplished women artists....
by Thordis Simonsen | Apr 14, 2026
CREATIVITY UNLIMITED —a FALL OF FREEDOM event. Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. Our Democracy is under attack. Threats to free expression are rising. Dissent is being...
by Thordis Simonsen | Nov 2, 2025
FALL OF FREEDOM is calling for artists to host events nationwide on Friday-Saturday 21-22 November. In response, the Museum of Authenticity is hosting ART MATTERS: the Thrill of Mutiny, the Power of Community, a grassroots event designed to acknowledge the value of...
by Thordis Simonsen | Jul 22, 2025
JULY 2025–JUNE 2027 In 1988, when I was 44, I began tempera painting with a Jungian art therapist. Later, I turned to process painting—painting spontaneously without a preconceived plan, and without analysis or judgment of the results. Guided by intuition, not rules...
