As the painting continues right, a new day breaks, symbolizing the end of the war and the emancipation of all slaves. Beginning at the left a group of slaves leave their quarters to walk behind Union soldier troops underneath the shadows of a storm. Similar to other artworks by Curry, the composition is thick with figures.

Gail Simpson & Aristotle Georgiades – Under the Surfaceįreeing of the Slaves by John Steuart Curry is dramatically triumphant.

Stuart Keeler and Michael Machnic – Driving Force.

Buckminster Fuller – Sixty-Strut Tensegrity Sphere.

Susan A Falkman – Essence: The Seed, The Flower, The Fruit.

Kevin Dobbe – Water Fall and Fibonacci Chimes.John Steuart Curry – The Social Benefits of Biochemical Research.John Steuart Curry – Freeing of the Slaves.

Gutzon Borglum – William Dempster Hoard.The Wha Nika Club, Humboldt Soroptimists, HSU Humboldt Room, and Native Women’s Collective have been instrumental in providing material and support. Lundgren funds of the Humboldt Area Foundation. The show is supported in part by a grant from Cal Humanities - an independent nonprofit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities - and by the Tracy Memorial Trust and the Ivy Erene Hughes amp Carl G. Costumes are by Lydia Foreman with sets by Siena Nelson. The all-woman cast and band includes Jacqueline Dandeneau, Laura Munoz, Siena Nelson, Ali Freedlund, Julie Clark, Ciara Cheli-Colando, Jada Owens, Julie Froblom, Jill Petricca, Dharla Curry, Jan Bramlett, Rebecca Zetler and Tammy Rae Scott, plus contributors from the Native Women’s Collective. The tales range from comedic to gripping and gritty, as the experiences of female Olympians, immigrants, cross-dressers, bohemians, mothers and schoolmarms are revealed. Cast members have written songs and dialogue based on historical documents, plus interviews and story circles conducted with local families in the last year. From female emancipation to prostitution, and motherhood to adventure, WOTN explores the choices and challenges of women a hundred years now past. Spearheaded by actor/writer Jacqueline Dandeneau, researcher Tammy Rae Scott, and historian Edith Butler, this new production is a montage of women’s lives behind the redwood curtain. You missed! This event is over Women of the Northwest

Emancipation by Jacqueline Curry