Women Making History: Martha Graham, Leah of Married to the Mob, The Ladies of Hottub, Michelle Ten of Missfitstyles, Isabelle aka Narcissister, The Ladies of She-bible, and Maria Callas

Week three of our Women Making History series for 2009 has come to an end. Below you’ll find links to all the incredible ladies we’ve featured thus far. Make sure to check out any you might have missed and, again, stay tuned cause we’re not done with March which means we’re not done honoring Women’s History Month!

The Ladies of Week 3:

• Sunday, March 15th: Martha Graham

• Monday, March 16th: Leah of Married To The Mob

• Tuesday, March 17th: The Ladies of Hottub

• Wednesday, March 18th: Michelle ten of Missfitstyles

• Thursday, March 19th: Isabelle aka Narcissister

• Friday, March 20th: The Ladies of She-bible

• Saturday, March 21st: Maria Callas

In case you missed any week one or two features, we’ve rounded those up after the jump!

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Women Making History: Isabelle aka Narcissister

Many of you have the art of Isabelle in your homes and you may or may not know it…

In January, the London-based gallery Art Vinyl, revealed the results of their competition to find the best vinyl/CD sleeve of 2008. Among the results was Santogold by Santogold (now Santigold). The designer of that album art is the woman we honor today—Isabelle aka Narcissister.

Santogold album cover by Narcissister

We’ve honored many creative ladies since the start of our Women Making History series but it’s safe to say that Narcissister is unlike any lady we’ve featured before.

Before Isabelle called herself Narcissister, she was a professional modern dancer. Her most formative training took place at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. Among her professional highlights was performing with the Ailey company in Memoria, one of Ailey’s seminal pieces, touring Europe as a dancer in a German rock-opera, and performing in industrial work for Mercedes Benz.

In addition to her performance work, Narcissister has worked in many other creative media including contemporary quilting, collage, sculpture, printmaking, and her most recent medium of photography. She has participated in multiple studio residencies and her work has been included in group shows and media publications. To earn her living, Narcissister works as a commercial artist, designing window displays and working as a stylist and art director.

Santogold by Santogold project

This lady’s creativity is explosive and we have a lot more of it to share with you after the jump, including more from the Santigold project, a survey, Q&A and shots from her performance projects..one being a NSFW image...Jump!

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