A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.

Howard Kaplan

Writer

Blog Posts

Drawn to Lilly Martin Spencer
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work.
Drawn to Chitra Ganesh
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and art.
Drawn to Laura Aguilar
Laura Aguilar challenged accepted standards of beauty and represented the LGBTQ+ community, becoming one of the most influential Chicana photographers of her generation.
Drawn to Emma Amos
Painter, printmaker, and textile artist Emma Amos created colorful multi-media works that explore themes of identity.
What’s It Like to Be a Docent at SAAM for Fifty Years?
Docent Phoebe Kline began at SAAM in 1974 and she's still going strong.
A Portrait of Marian Anderson
William H. Johnson portrayed the singer in multiple paintings, including in his Fighters for Freedom series.
Drawn to Tanya Aguiñiga
Celebrating the renowned artist whose community-based practice involves interactions at the border.
Drawn to Sister Gertrude Morgan
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work.
Drawn to Barbara Jones-Hogu
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work.
Drawn to Miriam Schapiro
Celebrating the art and life of artist Miriam Schapiro
Drawn to Wendy Red Star
Celebrating the renowned artist whose work questions misconceptions around Native identity
Drawn to Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
Celebrating the renowned textile artist with a comic about her life and work
Where Creative Growth Happens: The Word on Dan Miller
The second part of an interview with Tom di Maria, director emeritus of the Creative Growth Art Center
Where Creativity Happens: On Art for People with Differing Abilities
An interview with Tom di Maria, director emeritus of Oakland's Creative Growth Art Center
Drawn to Loïs Mailou Jones
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work
Drawn to Kay WalkingStick
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work.
Drawn to Sarah Goodridge
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work
Drawn to Tiffany Chung
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work
Comic Series Presents Ten More Stories about Women Artists Represented in SAAM’s Collection
Announcing the artists included in the 2023 series of Drawn to Art
Drawn to Nellie Mae Rowe
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work.