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Then & Now: Women Artists of the Pomona Valley

By the 1940s, three Pomona Valley arts institutions were active, creating a synergistic nexus which permitted women artists’ talent and ambition to learn, live and thrive in the region. The art education available at Scripps College and the Claremont Graduate School attracted talented women from around the country. The jobs at the Millard Sheets Studio and surrounding colleges permitted some of these Scripps graduates to settle into the community.

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Dee Marcellus Cole

Dee Marcellus Cole

In this video interview, which was conducted in Cole’s uniquely decorated home, the artist discusses her childhood, creative processes and attitudes toward teaching.

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Gina Lawson Egan

Gina Lawson Egan

From her studio in her vintage Ontario home, Lawson Egan has produced a dynamic body of work with a personal surrealist sensibility. The interview, conducted in her home, backyard studio and gallery space, provides insight into her sensibility, creative process, and attitudes toward teaching and selling her art.

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Andrée Mendenhall Mahoney

Andrée Mendenhall Mahoney

The video interview was conducted in Mahoney’s Red Hill home and includes a tour of this unique residence. It captures, for the first time, Mahoney’s description of how she developed as an artist, her creative processes, and insights gained from her experience as an art professor.

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