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Inspiring Woman: Chef Angie Mar


Angie Mar, owner and executive chef of The Beatrice Inn in New York City, is featured in Episode 2 of Inspiring Woman, the first web series by American Masters, streaming now.

In the clip, Angie Mar talks about her late start in the world of culinary arts, the work that went into becoming one of Food & Wine's Best New Chefs of 2017, as well as how the food of her childhood and time spent in the corporate world influence her work as owner and executive chef at The Beatrice Inn.

This web series is part of American Masters' year-long online campaign supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, #InspiringWomanPBS, based on themes central to the lives of Dr. Maya Angelou and Lorraine Hansberry: artistic expression, academic success, active community engagement and acceptance of difference.


In Inspiring Woman, six powerful professionals tell their own stories and explain how they're changing their respective industries. Two episodes are now available: Angie Mar and Tracy Clayton, writer, humorist and co-host of BuzzFeed's award-winning podcast Another Round.

Upcoming episodes include:
  • Sara Chipps (December 6), the JavaScript developer who co-founded Girl Develop It, a non-profit focused on teaching women to become web and software developers, and is co-founder and CEO of Jewelbots, technology-enabled jewelry for tween and teen girls created to increase the number of girls entering STEM fields
  • Molly Soda (December 20), web-cam performance artist whose work blurs the lines of reality, performance, and physical space who recently co-curated the book Pics or It Didn't Happen: Images Banned From Instagram with artist Arvida Byström, which looks at Instagram and corporate social media image censorship
  • Rakia Reynolds (January 3), entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of multimedia communications agency Skai Blue Media
  • Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (January 17), the visual artist who created "Stop Telling Women to Smile," an international street art series that tackles gender-based street harassment.

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