Earth, Myths, and Ecofeminist Art (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781517639518)

Dr. Kyra Bel疣 www.kyrabelan.com mailing address: Dr. Kyra Bel疣, PO Box 275, Matlacha, FL 33993. Artist, author, and art historian, Dr. Kyra Bel疣 graduated from Arizona State University with a B.F.A. in fine arts, and from Florida State University with an M.F.A. in visual arts. Her Ed. D. from Florida International University, is in higher education and art history. Dr. Bel疣 has had over 60 solo art exhibitions and has participated in over 90 group art exhibitions. She has received numerous awards, including Who's Who in American Art, the Florida Achievement Award in the Arts, Women's Caucus for Art Florida Chapter; the Southeastern Art Conference Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Broward County's Women's Hall of Fame Outstanding Achievement in the Arts; and the Individual Artist Fellowship, State of Florida, Florida Arts Council. Her artworks are found in numerous public and private collections. Author of several articles published in journals, Dr. Bel疣 has co-authored a book, Dorothy Gillespie, Radford University Press, 1998. She has written a novel, Lucid Future, Createspace Independent Publishing, 2012; and a book titled Madonnas: From Medieval to Modern, Parkstone Press, 2001 (English, German, and French versions). Fifth edition of her book, Earth, Spirit, and Gender, was published by Thomson; last edition, titled Art, Myths, and Rituals, was published by Bent Tree Press in 2009. Also The Virgin in Art: From Medieval to Modern, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 2006, and La Virgen en el Arte, Panamericana, 2007. Belan is included in 100 Contemporary International Artists, Biblioteca de Artistas de las Comunidades Europeas, 2007. Dr. Belan is the Otto Burkhardt Endowed Chair and professor of art and art history emerita at Broward College and the founding art gallery director at same college at Pembroke Pines FL While there, she also coordinated the Seminole Arts and Culture Project (2007 - 2009). Currently Dr. Bel疣 is working on her latest books, the Divine Ladies in America, Createspace, and an Installation Art book, Mellen Press, an International Scholarly Publisher of Advanced Research.