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Curating the Richard Machen Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Dr. Kidd explains the collection\u2019s significance \u2014<\/span><\/i>\u201cArt begins and ends in emotion. Within it lie style, process, and concept. These pieces form living maps of human existence\u2014six women artists and one visionary collector tracing the contours of our shared future.\u201d <\/i><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Shes_So_Collectible_Social_1080x1080.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Shes_So_Collectible_Social_1080x1080″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ align=”center” module_alignment=”center” border_radii=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” width=”80%”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”22px” header_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \uff5cCurator\uff5c<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u5eb7\u4e66\u96c502.jpg” alt=”Dr. Sophia Kidd” title_text=”Prof. Sophia Kidd” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Associate Professor at School of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University, Lecturer at the Sichuan University of Foreign Languages, Lecturer at the University of G\u00f6ttingen, Germany, and Lecturer at the University of Bochum. Dr. Sophia Kidd is the Founder of Words Art International, Director of Igneus Press, and Editor of Literature and Modern China<\/em>, a journal of School of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University. Dr. Sophia Kidd is a research curator, art critic, translator, and writer who has lived and worked in Chengdu for over ten years, working closely with Chinese scholars, artists, and specialists in the field of art and facilitating exchanges between them and their counterparts abroad. She has recently published a monograph Culture Paves the New Silk Roads<\/a>(Palgrave, 2022.) Kidd also wrote a chapter that appeared in Spatial Literary Studies in China<\/a>, (Palgrave, 2023.) Kidd also edit-in -chief \u300a\u5496\u5561\u8bc4\u8bba\uff1a\u4e2d\u56fd\u7279\u8f91\u300b The Cafe Review: The Chinese Issue<\/a> (XPress, 2021.) Kidd also did English translations of a large number of modern poems from southwest China, especially from the Sichuan and Chongqing<\/em> regions.<\/p>\n Email: sophiakidd@yanluartsandculture.com<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”22px” header_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \uff5cFeatured Artists\uff5c<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/en\/artist-a-z-li-yaoyao\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/amy-1.jpg” alt=”Dr. Sophia Kidd” title_text=”amy” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Amy Stone is a Seattle-based mixed media and abstract painter whose work is infused with the rhythms of music and the vibrancy of color. With BA and MA degrees in fine arts and art education, her practice balances creation with the craft of presentation. Stone has exhibited widely in solo and group shows across Seattle and nationally (2017\u20132019). Her evolving vision has been profiled in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Canvas Rebels<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(2025), inviting collectors to experience art that pulses with movement, harmony, and emotional depth.<\/span> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/en\/artist-a-z-li-yaoyao\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/carrie.jpg” alt=”Dr. Sophia Kidd” title_text=”carrie” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Toronto artist Carrie McIntyre is known for luminous, color-driven abstractions that pulse with layered brushwork. Working primarily in acrylic and mixed media, her bold compositions\u2014such as\u00a0I Can Do It Too<\/i><\/span>,\u00a0Chase Your Bliss<\/i><\/span>, and\u00a0Shape Shifter<\/i><\/span>\u2014capture the beauty of nature, memory, and human connection. Exhibited across regional and national galleries in the U.S., McIntyre\u2019s paintings invite collectors into a world of depth, daring, and radiant expression.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/en\/artist-a-z-li-yaoyao\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/karen-1.jpg” alt=”Dr. Sophia Kidd” title_text=”karen” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n \n Karen Adams is an Atlanta-based sculptor who translates myth and the sea into tactile bronze, clay, and mixed-media forms. Her figures\u2014such as Shellmaker<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Pelagic Siren<\/i>\u2014evoke the transformative power of femininity and oceanic force. Exhibited widely across regional galleries, Adams\u2019 sculptures embody both strength and vulnerability, offering collectors archetypal forms charged with timeless resonance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/en\/artist-a-z-li-yaoyao\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/katherine.jpg” alt=”Dr. Sophia Kidd” title_text=”katherine” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Formerly an internationally acclaimed lingerie designer, UK-based artist Katherine Sheers studied at Chelsea College of Art before turning to painting. Her layered works in acrylic, oil, pastel, ink, and spray paint explore the vulnerability and power of the female body. Sheers\u2019 art\u2014exhibited from Oxford to Seattle\u2014was shortlisted for The Mother Art Prize<\/i><\/span>\u00a0(2020). Her paintings, simultaneously raw and refined, offer collectors intimate meditations on embodiment and femininity.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/en\/artist-a-z-li-yaoyao\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Maria-Wickwire.jpg” alt=”Dr. Sophia Kidd” title_text=”Maria Wickwire” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n From Washington\u2019s Skagit Valley, sculptor Maria Wickwire creates ceramic and mixed-media figures that embody myth, memory, and the resilience of the human spirit. Her timeless works feel both ancient and contemporary, grounded in the natural rhythms of her surroundings. Widely exhibited across the Pacific Northwest and collected nationally, Wickwire\u2019s sculptures invite collectors into stories of transformation and belonging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/en\/artist-a-z-li-yaoyao\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Michel-Angela-Petersen.jpg” alt=”Dr. Sophia Kidd” title_text=”Michel Angela Petersen” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n British-born artist Michel Angela Petersen discovered ceramics on a remote California island, later earning an MFA in studio and public art. Her monumental thesis project received Congressional recognition, and her travels through Asia deepened her engagement with artifact and history. Her acclaimed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Icon<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>series\u2014crafted over a decade\u2014presents ornate, layered female figures exploring mysticism, femininity, and cultural memory. Petersen\u2019s sculptural ceramics combine intuitive creation with scholarly depth, offering collectors works of emotional and symbolic richness.<\/span> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”22px” header_font=”Times New Roman||||||||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n \uff5cExhibition Site\uff5c<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” gallery_ids=”4597,4596,4595,4594,4593,4592″ fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" She’s So Collectible! Curating the Richard Machen CollectionDr. Kidd explains the collection\u2019s significance \u2014\u201cArt begins and ends in emotion. Within it lie style, process, and concept. These pieces form living maps of human existence\u2014six women artists and one visionary collector tracing the contours of our shared future.\u201d \uff5cCurator\uff5cDr. Sophia Kidd Associate Professor at School of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4553","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nDr. Sophia Kidd<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Amy Stone<\/span><\/b>
<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nCarrie McIntyre<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Karen Adams<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Katherine Sheers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Maria Wickwire<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Michel Angela Petersen<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n