21.   Along with arts exhibits, the center hosts a festival showcasing women artists, the Other America Film Festival and a video arts program.

22.   Carla DeSantis, editor and publisher of Seattle-based ROCKRGRL magazine, which focuses on women artists, was pleased that women were well-represented at showcases.

23.   Formed last year in New York, WERISE is an organization, collective, and production company formed to support the creative efforts of women artists.

24.   It sponsors women artists in low-income housing.

25.   It was also a Grammy ceremony that recognized women artists.

26.   Now, research by Portuguese historian Maria Kusche indicates that the painting was the work of the first major woman artist of the Renaissance, Sofonisba Anguissola.

27.   She came of age at a time when women artists faced daunting obstacles.

28.   She still sees women artists struggling.

29.   Some might argue that men have an advantage over women behind the counter because frequently the women artists are just too heavily made-up for the real world.

30.   The annals of art history are filled with tales of gifted women artists who gave up after marriage.