Women in the Arts






 
The National Museum of Women in the Arts

In real life this museum is to be found in Washington D.C., but this on-line presentation merits a visit as well. A great number of video clips (each with 1-2 minutes download time) or the entire tour (approx. 45 minutes download) lead through the exhibition. If you are in hurry you can instead look at selected images and texts. You will find women's art works ranging from the Renaissance to the contemporary art period including Camille Claudel, Frida Kahlo and Kaethe Kollwitz.

   
Women in Arts

Women Artists Archive, presented by the Ruben Salazar Library, California, offers materials on the topic "Women in Arts", from the Middle Ages to the present. You can view nine special exhibits of well-known female artists, each with several art works, a biography and bibliographic information. The page "Facts on women in arts" may be of interest too, revealing some unknown (and unpleasant) facts. Did you know that 51% of all visual artists are female, that women hold 53% of the degrees in art, yet male artists make 68.6% of the total art income and receive 73% of grants/fellowships?

 
   
 
Frida Kahlo

The art works of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, strongly influenced by her illness and disabilities, is featured here. Users will find biographical esaays (about her childhood, accident and illness, marriage) and a great number of images. The website is rounded out by many bibliographic references and links.

   
International Women Designers' Network

These pages composed exclusively by female designers are a communicative platform. In addition to a survey of Design Homepages , the discussion forum "TALK" features new contributions every 4 months and the section" "DISCUSS" offers pages for visitiors' opinions. The last contribution deals with "criteria for sustainable design", questions and suggestions for an ecologically responsible organisation of production, including wrapping and packaging.

 
   


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