Time is Ticking. Unsplash Photo If you read my post a few weeks ago you saw the statistics on women who are employed in galleries and museums. This has been slowly increasing but not as quickly as it should be. There are a many men holding positions in the museum and who have been holding... Continue Reading →
Where we were: Female Artists Overshadowed by their Famous Husbands
Overshadowed vs. Equality: Marriage & Art Photo by Melissa Evers, 2024 The @femalequotient recently posted the photo below, of a 1933 newspaper article by Florence Davies. This image is frequently shared by women and artists to highlight the inequality experienced by female artists. https://www.instagram.com/p/DAn83PpNr6b/?igsh=MXFnajFkaWswbm05Yg== This article has been shared before. In 2015, Josh Jones wrote... Continue Reading →
Where we are: Female Artists Representation in the Art world.
What's Under Draper...1 & 2 Original Collage by Melissa Evers I mentioned in my last post the origin story of Marilyn Loden’s famous phrase “glass ceiling” is one of the inspirations for this blog. As a female artist I have a personal stake in this theory and perspective it provides into the inequality women artists... Continue Reading →
Where we begin: Women Redefining art & boundaries.
Women have been creating art and breaking boundaries in the world since the beginning of civilization. They created cave paintings, clothing, textiles, home goods, décor & carved tools. In eastern culture women are still creating many of these goods by hand. In the west women started painting on canvas as early as the 17th century.... Continue Reading →
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