Levina Teerlinc (1510-1576) | Renaissance miniaturist

Levina Teerlinc was a Flemish Renaissance miniaturist who served as a painter to the English court of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.

She was the most important miniaturist at the English court between Hans Holbein the Younger and Nicholas Hilliard.

Her father, Simon Bening was a renowned book illuminator and miniature painter of the Ghent-Bruges school and probably trained her as a manuscript painter. She may have worked in her father's workshop before her marriage.

Catharina van Hemessen (1528-1587) | Renaissance painter

Caterina or Catharina van Hemessen was a Flemish Renaissance painter.

She is the earliest female Flemish painter for whom there is verifiable extant work.

She is mainly known for a series of small scale female portraits completed between the late 1540s and early 1550s and a few religious compositions.

Van Hemessen is often given the distinction of creating the first self-portrait of an artist (of either gender) depicted seated at an easel.

Diana Scultori (1547-1612) Mannerist painter

Diana Scultori, Diana Montovano, or Diana Ghisi was an Italian engraver from Mantua, Italy.

She is one of the earliest known women printmakers.

She was one of four children of the sculptor and engraver Giovanni Battista Ghisi. Diana learned the art of engraving from her father and the artist Giulio Romano.

She received her first public recognition as an engraver in Giorgio Vasari’s second edition of his Vites (1568).

Carol Carter, 1955 | Watercolor painter

American painter Carol Carter is an internationally recognized artist whose career has spanned more than 35 years. Carol has taught workshops for over 30 years, as well as in university.

Her paintings have been in many national and international exhibitions, both juried and invitational.

She has been featured in global publications including, International Arts Magazine, Art of Watercolour, Watercolor Artist and L’Aquarelle Magazine.

In 2012 she was an AIRE fellow for the Everglades National Park. She is part of the Art in Embassies program with art currently in the American Embassy in Montenegro.

Sherree Valentine Daines, 1956 | Ballet dancers