About the artist

RHONDA URDANG is an independent studio artist working across multiple disciplines. Since founding Flagstaff Feminist Art Studio, she has worked primarily in femmage, book art, collage, digital manipulation, assemblage, film, painting & satire. Her thought-provoking artworks have been shown extensively in regional, national, and international group shows in 40 states. Rhonda received her BFA with an emphasis in painting from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and later worked as a journeyman color separation artist in Phoenix, retouching high-fashion catalogs for Anne Klein, Ann Taylor, Bergdorf Goodman, Bonwit Teller, Estee Lauder, and Neiman Marcus. 

The New Moon in Libra (air sign) arrives on October 2 and is associated with balance, and has a particular focus on relationships -- coinciding with an annular solar eclipse.  Libra's influence often leads us to beautify situations, but with the Sun and Moon conjunct South Node, now is the time to avoid romanticizing what needs to be recognized as flawed and broken.  The Celtic Tree Month of  Ivy--Ogham Letter:  Gort (G)--as it was called in old Irish--begins on September 30 and is a reminder that life goes on in an endless cycle of life, death, and rebirth, and runs through October 27.  The audacious Full Blood Moon in Aires (fire sign) on October 17 may ignite a spark within us to prioritize personal goals, initiate new projects, or assert our needs and desires.  This follows Rosh Hashanah which begins on October 2 at sundown and Yom Kippur which begins at sundown on October 11.  Samhain/ Halloween will be celebrated on October 31, marking the end of the Celtic New Year, the end of summer, and the end of the harvest season--signaling the veil between the living and the dead to be especially thin.

Rhonda's black and white self-portrait will debut in the Stories in Frames:  A Photography Exhibition Capturing the Essence of Womanhood at the NAWA Online Gallery, hosted by the National Association of Women Artists, Inc., New York, NY.  The exhibition will open October 1 and will run through October 31, 2024.  

Image Detail:  Black Ghost Lady (with Grandfather's Coyote pelt, Canyon Diablo, AZ) (C) 2016 All rights reserved