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Art matters.
The artist matters.
The subject matters.
Art has the power to shape who we celebrate, who we commemorate, who we pay attention to, who we remember, who we respect—and who we invest in.
The works we choose here at Title Nine are by female artists worthy of our attention. Or they depict women who are worthy of our attention.
At the center of every piece is a woman making something—or making something happen.
We hope these works inspire all of us to do the same: make things, make things happen, and make things better. Always better.
Meet the artists behind the work.
real or fake
Living in a Bubble is the first work that we ever purchased for the building here at Doyle Street. A jacket carefully stitched and pieced together with tens of thousands of beads. What better piece to remind us of the art and craft of making great clothing?
Note the beading on the piece: It can be read either as REAL or FAKE. In a world where it's increasingly difficult to tell the difference between the two, this is a reminder to keep our feet firmly planted in the REAL, even when it's a bit tricky.
About Eri Imamura
Born in Tokyo, artist Eri Imamura studied at Tokyo University of the Arts before spending four years living and working with Native American communities in New Mexico. There she began studying Amerindian beadwork, later earning an AA degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Her work has been exhibited at the Dallas Museum of Art and is held in corporate and private collections around the world.
blue swimmers
Louisa Armbrust is a Canadian-born artist who now lives in New York. Along the way, she spent some formative years at Colorado College—where, unbeknownst to us, she first stumbled upon Title Nine.
When we encountered her work, we fell for Blue Swimmers, her large-scale cyanotypes on fabric. First shown in an exhibition called Size Matters, these large works—of a woman moving, swimming, alone and powerful—speak loudly and for themselves.
Size does indeed matter.
And the biggest surprise to us was that Louisa was wearing Title Nine swimwear in many of these works! We were sold on the art, the artist AND the story.
About Louisa Armbrust
Louisa’s work has been exhibited at Artspace in Raleigh, the Children’s Museum of the Arts in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, and galleries and cultural institutions throughout New York and New Jersey. Her residencies and awards include the Millay Colony for the Arts, LMCC Swing Space, the Vermont Studio Center, and a New Works Project Grant from Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center.
You can find more of Louisa’s work— where she explores themes of autonomy, consumption, and privacy—here.
squad
Kyle Ragsdale grew up in New Mexico and Texas. His dad was a football coach. Kyle became an artist. Makes sense, right?
Kyle now makes his home in the Midwest—in Indianapolis, Indiana—where this adopted Hoosier is known for his mysterious, elongated figures. We first encountered his work through paintings of male basketball players. Hoosiers, after all.
For this commission, we asked Kyle to turn his talents to one of the most powerful communities women create: a team. And what better place to start than basketball?
And so, Squad was born.
About Kyle Ragsdale
Kyle spent many formative years in residency at the Vermont Studio Center and his work has been featured in galleries and museums through the midwest and East Coast. Along with his fine art practice, he is a curator, theater set designer, and muralist. Currently, Kyle is the curator and one of 36 working artists at the Harrison Center. His work also appears at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, home of the WNBA's Indiana Fever.
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Doyle Art Project
Meet Eri Imamura, Louisa Armbrust, and Kyle Ragsdale, the artists behind the beaded, cyanotype, and painted works hanging at Title Nine HQ.
