Art Resources

Here you will find recommended reading lists that include books about the business of art, art theory, art criticism, artists in society, the gender inequity in the art world, plus links to a multitude of art resources to use for research, art history, and inspiration, and much more!

Tonya Turner Carroll is the co-founder of the Turner Carroll Gallery on Canyon Road in Santa Fe and is a fierce advocate for women in the arts. She previously worked at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Israel Museum, and Sotheby’s London. She studied Italian art and language at Stanford’s Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome. Turner Carroll received the Raoul Wallenberg Scholarship to study at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where she focused her research on Ancient Near Eastern art, art as propaganda, and art for social change.

Tonya Turner Carroll’s Reading List

READING LIST:

Representing Women by Linda Nochlin
Women, Art, and Society by Whitney Chadwick
The Trouble with Women Artists by Laure Adler & Camille Viéville
The Civilization of the Goddess: The World of Old Europe by Marija Gimbutas
Women and Madness by Phyllis Chesler
Camille Claudel: A Life by Odile Ayral-Clause
The Flowering: The Autobiography of Judy Chicago by Judy Chicago (I have a lot of these if anyone is interested)
World Receivers: Georgina Houghton, Hilma Af Klint, Emma Kunz by Hirmer
Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement by Whitney Chadwick
Great Women Artists, published by Phaidon
The Art of Feminism by Lucinda Gosling, Hilary Robinson, and Amy Tobin
The Dinner Party: Restoring Women to History by Judy Chicago
Goddess: Mythological Images of the Feminine by Christine Downing
Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia by Pussy Riot
Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead
Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya Tolokonnikova by Nadya Tolokonnikova
50 Women Artists You Should Know, published by Prestel
Women Artists of the American West by Susan Ressler
Making Their Mark: Art by Women in the Shah Garg Collection
The Essential Feminist Reader edited by Estelle B. Freedman

As a large-scale abstract painter, Beverly Todd dances with color and movement. Her art playfully dances with color and movement. She works in acrylic, oil, soft wax, and with paper. Beverly began painting in Santa Fe in 2018. To give others that experience, she opened Santa Fe Artist Getaway in 2019, moving her art practice and arts-based teaching from Omaha, NE, to Santa Fe, NM.

Her coaching helps artists discover their potential and create their best art yet. She leads workshops in abstract expressionism, encouraging artists to paint big, free, and expressive. She also leads arts-based team-building workshops for non-artists.

Beverly Todd’s
Reading List

CREATIVE THINKING

The Book of Alchemy by Suleika Jaouard. Creative prompts in every chapter for the writer, adapt these to painting.
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin. A spiritual roadmap for anyone seeking to live a more authentic, creative life
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use it for Life by Twyla Tharp.
The Art of Play by Herve Tullet. Images and inspirations from a life of radical creativity.
On Art and Mindfulness with Enrique Martinex Celaya. A practical guide not only for artists but for anyone who wishes to live a mindful, productive life. Views & advice on art making.
How to be an Artist by Jerry Saltz. Blunt, encouraging advice for artists to embrace their unique voice and work relentlessly.
The Fifth Season by Mark Nepo. Explores creativity in the second half of life. Hint: This is when we are at our best
Big Magic.
Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert. Encourages readers to embrace curiosity and pursue their creative passions without fear, viewing creativity as a magical force available to all.

EXPANDED THINKING

Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by Dacher Keltner. Illuminates how even small encounters with beauty or vastness can evoke the impactful emotion of awe.
This is Strategy and This is Marketing by Seth Godin. Marketing centers on empathy and connection to a chosen tribe, while strategy is about understanding systems and making purposeful choices for lasting impact.
That’s Bold of You by Case Kenny. How to thrive as your most vibrant, unique, and weird self.
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. To build consistent creative practices.
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. To understand cognitive processes that influence creativity.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*CK by Mark Manson. The opposite of positive thinking, power comes in embracing our fears, failures, faults, and uncertainties and moving past them.
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero. Understand how to blast past what’s holding you back, make serious changes, and start living the kind of life that once seemed impossible.
Daily Creative by Todd Henry. A practical guide for staying prolific, brilliant, and healthy. 365 exercises and insights for creatives.  
The Business of Being an Artist by Daniel Grant. A classic resource that provides practical advice on the financial and legal aspects of being a working artist, from pricing and contracts to grants and taxes.
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Introduces the concept of “flow,” a state of complete immersion in an activity, and explores how achieving it can enhance creativity and wellbeing.

ARTISTS

The Woman Who Painted the Seasons by Penny Fields-Schneider. A biographic novel about Lee Krasner who had an eye for genius (husband Jackson Pollock) and a passion for art.
Restless Ambition by Cathy Curtis. The first of the abstract expressionist women to break through, Grace was tough and driven doing what was needed to be an artist.
Basquiat by Taschen. Monography of Basquiat’s expressive strong voice and expressive style.
Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel. Mixes critical insight with juicy story telling of the women of abstract expressionism.
Joan Mitchell edited by Sarah Roberts and Katy Siegel. The images alone will take your breath away. A vital resource for understanding the life and work of the iconic abstract artist, Joan Mitchell.
The Essential Cy Twombly edited by Nicola Del Roscio. More eye candy in this overview of Twombly’s complex body of work of symbolic language of letters and words in pictorial poetry.

Google Arts & Culture is an online platform and app that provides free access to high-resolution images, videos, and virtual tours of artworks, historical sites, and cultural artifacts from over 2,000 partner institutions in 80 countries. It offers virtual tours, High-Resolution Viewing Zoom into intricate details of masterpieces, Interactive Experiments, Curated Content & Stories, and Educational Resources.

Google Arts and Culture

ART21 (art21.org)

The mission of Art21 is to educate and expand access to contemporary art through the production of documentary films, resources, and public programs. The vision of Art21 is to inspire a more creative and inclusive world through the works and words of contemporary artists.

Worldwide Network of Arts Residencies (resartis.org)

This is a network of 700 centers, organizations, and individuals in over 80 countries. Each member is dedicated to offering artists, curators, and all manner of creative people the essential time and place away from the pressures and habits of everyday life, an experience framed within a unique geographic and cultural context.

CAFÉ (callforentry.org)

This is a Call For Entry, where you can search for opportunities. CaFÉ strives to make art opportunities available to all by offering arts organizations an affordable submission platform and artists an easy way to apply. Artists can look for exhibitions, art in public places, and residencies on this site, and also submit their work for curators to see.

THE DRAWING DATABASE (find on youtube)

Here you can find public service outreach videos that are “active learning” with college-level drawing lessons.

DIGITAL ART HISTORY DIRECTORY (dahd.hcommons.org/open-image-collections/)

The Digital Art History Directory (DAHD) is an open-access publication containing a database of digital art history projects and information on data sources, best practices in Digital Art History project construction, preservation, and web archiving. Intended to be the largest, most comprehensive, and inclusive collection of information on Digital Art History and to function as a tool and living resource, rather than a static publication, the DAHD provides a platform for discovery, sharing, and research of Digital Art History.

The Open Access initiative represents an incredible body of ongoing work by curators, conservators, photographers, librarians, cataloguers, interns, and technologists. Each of the following institutions offers open access to their image libraries, allowing you to download, share, and use images from their collections for FREE for any use, whether commercial or non-commercial.