Black Figure Dialpack #3
Watermedia on Paper
6×9 Inches
Annie Jump Cannon
Oil on canvas
30×20 Inches
An astronomer for over 40 years, Anne Jump Cannon developed a classification of stars that we still use today. With this system, she is credited with cataloging nearly 400,000 stars from photographs taken with a telescope. While at work, she averaged cataloging three stars a minute. She became deaf after contracting scarlet fever in her thirties.
Fruitful 4
4×6 Inches
Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
Dailpack #4
4×6 Inches
Ink on Watercolor Paper
Dailpack #5
4×6 Inches
Ink on Watercolor Paper
Ada Lovelace
Oil on Canvas
30×20 Inches
Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer. Because of a divorce with her father Lord Byron, Ada’s mother pushed her into learning about anything but poetry. She excelled in math. This piece is made up of the math formula which is considered the first computer program.
Red Figure Dialpack #2
Watermedia on Paper
6×9 Inches
Bonnie Fillenwarth’s Artist Statement:
My current body of work celebrates women throughout history. I used the women listed in Judy Chicago’s “Dinner Party” as a starting point for my current women throughout history project. There are 1,038 women listed in this piece and I only knew a handful of them. One of my objectives is to use my artwork to educate people about the accomplishments of women throughout history. There are many books are other resources that go into great detail about the accomplishments of women. However, their achievements are rarely taught in our schools or discussed much at all. History is dominated by the achievements of men and women are rarely mentioned, and when they are it is not nearly for the same length. A good example of this is Sybil Ludington. She was sixteen when she took her forty mile ride through the night to gather up militia during the American Revolutionary War. Nearly all Americans have heard of a similar ride by Paul Revere. However, Paul and the two other men that rode with him, were captured by the British shortly into their mission. Sybil completed her mission by herself, traveled twice the distance, at the age of sixteen, in the rain, with a large stick toward off attackers.
In 2016 I created a series of paintings of Hooiser women for Indiana’s Bicentennial. In 2017 I started a series called “That’s What She Said” creating artwork from quotes from women throughout history. I am currently working on a series of American Suffragists for the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th amendment in 2020.