I chose to write about Sheila Levrant de Bretteville because she has a New haven connection. de Bretteville holds a plethora of degrees as she is Dr. Sheila Levrant de Brettevile. one of her degrees is from Yale.de Bretteville is the founder of the first design center for women.
at the Insitute of Arts in California. She founded the Graphic center and co-founded the Feminist studio workshop located in Los Angeles. She also designed a necklace with an eye bolt, missing was a fist, the eye bolt was used to represent strength. In 1980 she initiated the Communication Design program at Oatis college of Art and Design.
de Bretteville has been a pioneer of the arts for women she is also the designer of the biological symbol for women. In 1973 she created "Pink" for the American Institute of Graphic Arts it was an exhibit about the color pink and its association with women.
de Bretteville is known throughout the art world for her works within the community one her best-known pieces located in downtown Los Angeles known as "Biddy Mason Place": A passage of time an 82-foot slab of granite with embedded objects tells the story of Mason a former slave turned mid-wife who lived near the site.
Does this look familiar? I think so, for those of us who have visited Ninth Square in downtown New Haven
at the Insitute of Arts in California. She founded the Graphic center and co-founded the Feminist studio workshop located in Los Angeles. She also designed a necklace with an eye bolt, missing was a fist, the eye bolt was used to represent strength. In 1980 she initiated the Communication Design program at Oatis college of Art and Design.
de Bretteville has been a pioneer of the arts for women she is also the designer of the biological symbol for women. In 1973 she created "Pink" for the American Institute of Graphic Arts it was an exhibit about the color pink and its association with women.
de Bretteville is known throughout the art world for her works within the community one her best-known pieces located in downtown Los Angeles known as "Biddy Mason Place": A passage of time an 82-foot slab of granite with embedded objects tells the story of Mason a former slave turned mid-wife who lived near the site.
Does this look familiar? I think so, for those of us who have visited Ninth Square in downtown New Haven
This is de Bretteville's work this was her way of paying homage to the people that either worked in the neighboorhood of Ninth Square or who lived there past and present, by documenting their lives with 21 granite stars set in the sidewalk the site is known as "Path of Stars" it was completed in 1994. de Bretteville is also a member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.
Reference: " About Shelia Levrant de Bretteville. Lib.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
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