Sally Mann/Tiffany Dodd

On Never Having to Leave Home to Make Art – Tiffany Dodd has a lot on her plate. A mother of three, she attends college, and holds down a job, all while continually growing her photography business. Not the most conducive environment to making the art that feeds your soul. Unless you can figure out…

Jenny Holzer/Celina Odeh

Girl on Fire – “Speak your mind,” – a “truism” of sorts, and a way of life for artist and self-described feminist killjoy, Celina Odeh. Celina takes her inspirations from many sources but there is one contemporary female artist/writer that has been especially influential in her work and life philosophy recently. That artist is Jenny…

Rachel Dolezal/Rosie Banks

The Courage to Be Yourself – There are many that have bravely faced the internal and external struggles of bringing the face that they present to the world in line with the who they really are inside, despite many obstacles. Ms. Rosie Banks, a college instructor who also runs a non-profit dedicated to helping those…

Margaret Mahon/Betty Farr

The Storytellers – If you’ve lived in Greenville, SC for any length of time you may have heard of Mrs. Betty Farr (aka Grandma Betty of the Grandma Betty’s Farm exhibit at the Children’s Museum.) As a mother of seven, grandmother of 15, and great-grandmother of 3, Betty has been devoted to captivating children’s imaginations…

Tamora Pierce/Malin Mertens

The Magic of Strong Girls – Malin Mertens is no pansy. The day we met she was out indefatigably learning to ride her new Ripstik in the mid-summer heat. Malin is a nursing student, who’s into martial arts as well as looking at the world from an artistic perspective. She describes herself as a Fighter,…