Frontline Heroines is a series of oil and watercolor paintings created by Judith Larsen to honor the courage and dedication of female journalists, human rights workers, and social justice advocates.
The exhibit is on display from Aug. 27 through Dec. 12, 2014 at the UW School of Social Work, 4101 15th Avenue NE, first floor Gallery. An artist’s reception is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. and is open to the public.
This series of portraits include Dickie Chapelle, pictured at right, the first female war correspondent to be killed in action, and Anna Politkovskaya, the newspaper editor, author and social rights activist, who was assassinated in Russia. The portraits depict women documenting the battle for social equity in Mexico, Canada and the Middle East. The exhibit includes descriptions of their life and work.
Says Larsen about her work: “As a painter and a reporter in both radio and television for the past twenty years, I wanted to use my craft to honor professionals who gave their lives while serving as our witnesses, our window, to the dangers of despotism, human rights abuses and of war.”
Judith Larsen has been an artist/designer for more than thirty years and a journalist for more than ten years. She has won several Associated Press awards and exhibited at various galleries in the Seattle area. Ms. Larsen holds a BFA and Communications degree from the University of Washington and currently lives in Seattle.