[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-5955-EN":3},{"summary":4,"posted":5,"title":6,"images":7,"ex_news":29,"ex_artist":29,"body":30,"pk":31,"news_id":32,"tags":33,"published":34,"tile_image":10,"permalink":35,"tile_alt":9},"A self-initiated project to honour International Women's Day earlier this month, comes from the talented hands of \u003Ca href=\"\u002FDenaCooper\">Dena Cooper\u003C\u002Fa>.","2024-03-26T12:30:00#5955","Don’t Tell Me To Smile",[8,11,14,17,20,23,26],{"alt":9,"filename":10},"Frida Kahlo portrait sketch","blog_5955_638470738482621568.jpg",{"alt":12,"filename":13},"Portrait drawing of a Angela Davis","blog_5955_638470738699390629.jpg",{"alt":15,"filename":16},"Realistic portrait of a Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie","blog_5955_638470738775370312.jpg",{"alt":18,"filename":19},"Authentic depiction of Swedish activist, Greta Thunberg","blog_5955_638470738947989824.jpg",{"alt":21,"filename":22},"Realistic sketch of Georgia O'Keeffe","blog_5955_638470739046309076.jpg",{"alt":24,"filename":25},"Gloria Steinem portrait by Dena Cooper","blog_5955_638470739187578620.jpg",{"alt":27,"filename":28},"Marsha portraiture fot International Women's Day","blog_5955_638470739283278040.jpg",false,"\u003Cp>'Don’t Tell Me To Smile' is a celebration of women who rebel, consisting of 7 pencil portraits celebrating women whose rebellion shaped our social landscapes.\u003Cbr \u002F>\u003Cbr \u002F>Drawn with an intricate hand and delicate touch, Dena explains, \"In honor of International Women’s Day this year, I created a series of portraits of women whose rebellion has changed our collective idea of what it means to be a woman -      \u003Cbr \u002F>Frida changed the way we view hardship.   \u003Cbr \u002F>Angela taught us the meaning of equality.      \u003Cbr \u002F>Chimamanda made feminism more accessible.\u003Cbr \u002F>Greta showed us that age is just a number.     \u003Cbr \u002F>Georgia proved that our art has value.     \u003Cbr \u002F>Gloria taught us that feminism is actually equality.       \u003Cbr \u002F>Marsha changed the definition of what it means to be a woman.       \u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp>Though these women may have fundamentally disagreed about many things, their brazen authenticity in a world of established social norms was so fierce that it transformed our social landscapes forever. In our homogenized world, just being yourself is a daily act of rebellion. Cheers to all the women who show up again and again to do just that. Sending love to all the rebels.\"\u003C\u002Fp>","news",5955,"#drawing#portraits#realistic#women#celebrities#detail#faces#inspiration#intricate#self-initiated#dena cooper#international womens day#","2024-03-26T12:30:00","\u002Fnews\u002F5955\u002Fdont_tell_me_to_smile"]