Linda Stein
With my Wonder Woman Shadow, I give voice and protection to the downtrodden. I stand guard as Sentinel, as Knight, as Defender, watching, waiting, warning the micro/macro bully to beware, to back off, to reform.
My skin tells the story, reaching beyond sotto voce. It announces my history with words inspiring bravery, compassion and zeal to be an Upstander rather than a bystander
When my figure takes on a wearable form, it allows one to look in a mirror and see a new avatar, armed with empathy, and authentically giving a shout-out for the Other.
Linda Stein is a feminist artist, activist, educator, performer, and writer. She is the Founding President of the non-profit Have Art: Will Travel! Inc for Gender Justice, addressing Bullying and Diversity. HAWT oversees The Fluidity of Gender: Sculpture by Linda Stein and Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females – Tapestries and Sculpture by Linda Stein, two traveling exhibitions with educational workshops. Two more exhibitions will travel soon: Displacement from Home: What to Leave, What to Take and Sexism: Exploring, Exploding, Expanding Expressions of Masculinities and Femininities.
In 2018, Stein was honored as a Leader of the 21st Century by Women’s E-News. In 2017, Stein received the NYC Art Teachers Association/UFT Artist of the Year award, and in 2016, she received the Artist of the Year Award from the National Association of Women Artists. Her art archives are at Smith College and the Linda Stein Feminist Art Education Collection is at Penn State University.
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