Description: Presented to coincide with the 150th anniversary of her birth, this study demonstrates the ways in which Yandell was a pioneer and draws attention to her legacy.
Brief description: Juilee Decker is associate professor of museum studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is editor of Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals and the four-volume series Innovative Approaches for Museums. She has curated exhibitions focusing on visual arts, material culture, and public history and has served as a consultant to public art projects and programs in the US.
Review Quotes:
Art lovers have been waiting for the definitive biography of Enid Yandell and fortunately, thanks to Juilee Decker and the University Press of Kentucky, here it is. In this must-have monograph, Decker explores Yandell's remarkable life, art, era, and legacy with precision, thoroughness, and a distinctive commentary on feminism.
--Deborah C. Pollack, author of Visual Art and the Urban Evolution of the New South