Art Archives – Page 8 of 16

Nepali Female Actors Say Males Paid Much More

By Lochana Sharma ● Employment ● June 10, 2011

Nepali female actors say that despite a constitutional provision that ensures pay equality for men and women, their earnings are often half that of male counterparts. One star has stopped taking parts in movies for which men are paid more.

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Filmmaker Pamela Yates Nails a Dictator

By Jennifer Merin ● Arts & Culture ● June 3, 2011

Directors Kathryn Bigelow and Pamela Yates enjoy the New York spotlight in June. Bigelow gets a retrospective at the MOMA and Yates’ new documentary about a genocide trial in Guatemala spotlights her own role in providing forensic evidence.

Foster’s Family Drama Leads Bevy of May Movies

By Jennifer Merin ● Arts & Culture ● May 8, 2011

Movies directed by Jodie Foster, Massy Tadjedin and Niki Caro burst into movie theaters in May. It’s a good thing. We need some reassurance after the latest study pointing to Hollywood’s minimizing treatment of women on screen and off.

April Movies Spring Open With ‘Queen to Play’

By Jennifer Merin ● Arts & Culture ● April 7, 2011

Movies opening in April release plenty of directing, scripting or acting talent by women. Stories include a French woman’s obsession with chess, a soapy circus romance starring Reese Witherspoon and an English dramatist who died young.

Afghan Photographer Wahidy Shoots Through the Burka

By Paromita Pain ● Arts & Culture ● January 25, 2011

Farzana Wahidy is only 26 but she’s had a storied life. As the first female Afghan photojournalist to work for international wire services, she taps into her own difficult years sneaking a secret education under the Taliban.

Artist Dedicates Herself to Lost Women of Juarez

By Kayla Hutzler ● Uncategorized ● August 18, 2009

The unsolved murders over the past 15 years of often unidentified Mexican women in the border city of Juarez trouble a Mexican-born artist in New York. She is creating a tribute to each victim, employing a technique reminiscent of police chalk lines.

White House Gallery Ready for Fresh Female Faces

By Amy Sewell ● Employment ● June 9, 2009

A 9-year-old girl’s response to the all-male White House portrait gallery spurred a quest for 35 young women who could join the presidential lineup. Excerpted from the introduction of “She’s Out There! The Next Generation of Presidential Candidates.”

In Her Teens, Coming Out Meant Finding New Friends

By Gina Trapani ● Uncategorized ● May 20, 2009

In an excerpt from “Out With It: Gay and Straight Teens Write About Homosexuality,” Gina Trapani recalls her own difficult days as a teen trying to reintroduce herself to family and friends.

Onal Found Remorse Among Turkish ‘Honor’ Killers

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Uncategorized ● May 18, 2009

Journalist Ayse Onal’s coverage of the Turkish men who murdered their sisters and mothers in “honor” killings finds they often feel betrayed by their families. Many killers also want to guide other men away from such crimes. The second of two parts.

Ayse Onal Shines Light on Turkish ‘Honor’ Killings

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Uncategorized ● May 17, 2009

Journalist Ayse Onal’s work, which got her blacklisted, has ranged from Kurdish separatism to Turkish Hizballah. Her recent book and documentary about “honor” killings taps into regrets of men who carry out these killings. Part one of two.