Women on the front lines of combat is a contentious issue for the United States Marine Corps and Army, with more than 200,000 jobs for military occupational specialties still closed to women in those two sectors of the armed services. However, the Pentagon has declared both services must fully integrate females into their forces by January, 2016.  Dallas artist Margaret Meehan shows that women have never lacked the courage to put their lives on the line in Decoration Day by comparing the women serving today in the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan with the estimated 400 to 1,000 women who served in the Civil War, albeit disguised as men.- full review by Dan Goddard on A+C website

Beautiful video by Angela and Mark Walley for Artpace. I was lucky to have some of my residency included. More videos from Artpace here.

Artpace: International Artist-in-Residence from Artpace San Antonio on Vimeo.

\September 6 – October 4, 2014 at Conduit Gallery
also at the gallery Ludwig Schwarz and in the Project Room: Claire Colette

SAN ANTONIO — In “They Fought Like Demons,” authors Deanne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook told the stories of women who fought in the Civil War, women such as Frances Clayton, who kept fighting even after her husband was killed in front of her at the Battle of Murfreesboro.

The 2002 book is the inspiration for Dallas artist Margaret Meehan’s “Decoration Day,” one of three installations in Artpace’s summer International Artist-in-Residence exhibition through Sept. 14.- Steve Bennett   Full article here.

#Repost from @artpacesa – Summer 2014 International Artist-in-Residence Margaret Meehan gives a behind-the-scenes tour of her new #ArtpaceOriginal exhibition. Visit Wednesday-Sunday from noon-5pm to see her work.