The Goddess In Art TV series: Interview with Mayumi Oda

Описание: The Goddess In Art is a cable TV series that began in 1986 and ran until 1991. Dedicated to the Return of the Goddess, the series explored the legacy of this oldest tradition in art as well as feminist spirituality in contemporary art. The moderator, Starr Goode, interviewed scholars to uncover Her suppressed history and artists who were inspired by a radical re-imagining of the feminine.

A conversation with Mayumi Oda, artist, peace activist, and organic gardener. We talk of her book Goddesses, her autobiography of growing up in Japan and becoming an artist in the United States illustrated with colorful images of Goddesses from different realms frolicking in fields, riding the ocean waves, flying through the skies. Touching upon her deep connection with mother earth, Mayumi shares her vibrant children's book, Happy Veggies.

www.mayumioda.net/art-works/goddess,
books: Goddesses, Happy Veggies

Starr Goode, MA, teaches literature at Santa Monica College. She is producer and moderator for the cable TV series The Goddess in Art. An award-winning writer, she has been profiled for her work as a cultural commentator in such publications as the L.A. Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the New Yorker. Her work on Sheela na gigs can be read in numerous journals and encyclopedias. Her latest book, Sheela na gig: the Dark Goddess of Sacred Power, won the 2018 Sarasvati Award for Best Non-Fiction Book presented by the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology. Her latest article, “The Icon of the Vulva, A Basis of Civilization,” has just been published in The Journal of Archaeomythology, Spring 2021.

website: www.starrgoode.com
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