October 2 – November 30, 2025
October 9th Events –
Artist Panel moderated by curators Frances Jakubek and Meg Griffiths 3 to 4.30pm
Reception for the Artists – 6 to 8pm
October 11 –
Workshop. Light, Legacy & the Lumen: A Workshop with A Yellow Rose Project
October 18 –
Cyanotypes with Edie Bresler
October 26 –
Back to The Future: The Avant-Garde is An Address
October 27 –
Reconsidering the Journey with Aline Smithson
The Griffin Museum is honored to present A Yellow Rose Project, a photographic collaboration of responses, reflections, and reactions to the 19th Amendment from over one hundred women across the United States. A Yellow Rose Project is co-founded and curated by Frances Jakubek and Meg Griffiths.
As the year 2020 marked the centennial of the 19th Amendment, over one hundred women were invited to join this photographic project and were asked to make work in response, reflection, or reaction this event.
Over 100 years ago, women wearing yellow roses stood shoulder to shoulder in Tennessee awaiting the roll call of men that would cast their votes for or against a woman’s right to a voice in government. The bright flower was an outward symbol of their expression to gain equal representation. After decades of untold risk—through oppression, brutality, incarceration, and even starvation—women on many fronts, in their communities, on the state level as well as the national scale, fought against insurmountable odds to gain the right to be a part of the democratic process. Though this movement granted rights to some women, and this achievement in itself is to be acknowledged and commemorated, the struggle did not end there. It was not until much later that all American women, regardless of race, were given the same privilege. Due to state laws and prohibitive policies, many women of color were unable to exercise their rights even given this momentous event.
The goal of A Yellow Rose Project is to provide a focal point and platform for image makers to share contemporary viewpoints, to gain a deeper understanding of American history and culture, and to build a bridge from the past to the present and future. The artists in this show look back upon our history from various perspectives, inviting both a critical eye as well as one that sees how far we have come. Overall, this collaboration reflects the effort to find inspiration in the power of women to influence public perception and the perseverance to continue the arduous fight to obtain equal rights beyond ratification.
A Yellow Rose Project is co-founded and curated by Meg Griffiths and Frances Jakubek.
This extraordinary exhibition now has a catalog of images and text. The Griffin museum will have copies on hand, and now available for preorder here.
The artists featured in this show are
Keliy Anderson-Staley, Kalee Appleton, Tami Bahat, Deedra Baker, Nancy Baron, Lindsey Beal, Sheri Lynn Behr, Katie Benjamin, Julia Bennett, Sara Bennett, Anne J Berry, Christa Bowden, Edie Bresler, Lily Brooks, Ellen Carey, Patty Carroll, Tracy L Chandler, Elizabeth M Claffey, Ashleigh Coleman, Tara Cronin, Frances F Denny, K.K. Depaul, Rebecca Drolen, Yael Eban & Brea Souders, Odette England, Carol Erb, Tsar Fedorsky, Ellen Feldman, Marina Font, Preston Gannaway, Anna George, Susan Kae Grant, Meg Griffiths, Sarah Hadley, Alice Hargrave, Carla Jay Harris, Chehalis Deane Hegner, Ileana Doble Hernandez, Bootsy Holler, Sarah Hoskins, Letitia Huckaby, Cindy Hwang, Megan Jacobs, Frances Jakubek, Ina Jang, Farah Janjua, Jordana Kalman, Priya Kambli, Marky Kauffmann, Ashley Kauschinger, Kat Kiernan, Heidi Kirkpatrick, Sandra Klein, Katelyn Kopenhaver, Molly Lamb, Kathya Maria Landeros, Rachel Loischild, Sara Macel, S. Billie Mandle, Rania Matar, Lisa McCarty, Noelle McCleaf, Jennifer McClure, Mary Beth Meehan, Yvette Meltzer, Leigh Merrill, Diane Meyer, Jeanine Michna-Bales, Laura E Migliorino, Hye-Ryoung Min, Alyssa Minahan, Greer Muldowney, Colleen Mullins, Carolyn Mcintyre Norton & Betty Press, Emily Peacock, Toni Pepe, Rachel Pillips, Sarah Pollman, Greta Pratt, Thalassa Raasch, Larissa Ramey, Astrid Reischwitz, Tamara Reynolds, Paula Riff, Susan Rosenberg Jones, Claudia Ruiz Gustafson, Serrah Russell, Gail Samuelson, Kris Sanford, Kyra Schmidt, Maude Schuyler Clay, Manjari Sharma, Emily Sheffer, Aline Smithson, Joni Sternbach, Kristine Thompson, Amy Thompson Avishai, Sasha Tivetsky, Maria Triller, Malanie Walker, Claire A Warden, Rana Young, Cassandra Zampini, and Karen Zusman.
