Chase Gallery’s latest exhibit explores portraiture by four emerging Spokane-area women artists

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Art by Carly Ellis in the Chase Gallery.

Every picture tells a story, as the saying goes, yet throughout history, the narrator has been overwhelmingly male, especially in academic settings. From the Renaissance onward, that began to change, although well into the early 19th century, the only woman in some classrooms was the nude female model. However, through their own fortitude and aided by individuals and institutions acknowledging these and other historical disparities, female artists have flourished, choosing whether or not and how much to emphasize the female vantage

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