Directory of Visual Arts Resources

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Sites about the role of women in the visual arts.

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• A Studio of Their Own

  http://www.astudiooftheirown.org/
  Documents the foundation of the nation’s first feminist art education program at Fresno State University in 1970, and its enduring legacy in contemporary art.

• Adele Griffin

  http://www.adelegriffin.com/
  Young adult book writer and photographer, Adele Griffin. Based in New York.

• Amy Alexander

  http://amy-alexander.com/
  New media, audiovisual and performance artist who has also worked in film, video, music and information technology.

• Anca Laxer

  http://anca.8m.com/
  A site presenting information about the artist, and the combination of two complementary disciplines art and poetry, both equally important ways of expressing her creativity.

• Annie Abrahams

  https://aabrahams.wordpress.com/
  She is known worldwide for her net art and collective writing experiments and networked performance art.

• APRA Foundation Berlin

  http://www.adrianpiper.com/
  Site of conceptual artist and philosopher Adrian Piper.

• Art by Accident

  http://www.veryscarycarnival.20m.com/
  A virtual sideshow of creepy, funny, sometimes beautiful and usually curious canvases

• Art History Archive: Feminist Artists of the 20th Century

  http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/feminist/20thcentury_feministartists.html
  A library about different artistic movements, art groups and specific artists.

• Artcyclopedia: Women Artists

  http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/women.html
  Dedicated to women's art history, listing over 850 artists from antiquity to present.

• Barbara Nessim

  http://barbaranessim.com/
  Barbara was recently appointed the first Artist's Laureate by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.

• Contemporary Women Artists on the Web

  http://www.archive-it.org/collections/2973
  A listing of contemporary women artists on the web.

• Cressida's Transformations

  http://www.cressidastransformations.com/
  Kathleen Notman, write and author. Portraying 20th century women.

• Cynthia Brody Mixed Media Art

  http://www.cynthiabrodyart.com/
  Women are the focal point of most pieces. Based in the SF Bay area.

• Ellen Lupton

  http://elupton.com/
  Curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City and director of the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore.

• Feminist Studies Art Gallery

  http://www.feministstudies.org/ArtGallery.html
  Art featured in the latest issues of the Feminist Studies journal, one of the oldest feminist publication in the United States, founded in 1972.

• Figuration Feminine

  http://figurationfeminine.blogspot.com.br/
  Blog of an artist, about women artists who paint women.

• Guerrilla Girls

  http://www.guerrillagirls.com/
  A group of female artists, writers, performers, and other arts professionals who fight discrimination through humor, activism, and the arts.

• Imogen Cunningham Trust

  http://www.imogencunningham.com/
  Preserving the artist's work, managing her rights and permissions, and promoting her photographs through publications and exhibitions.

• Iowa Women Artists Oral History Project

  http://www.lucidplanet.com/IWA/
  Through recorded interviews, this project preserves the voices of women visual artists in Iowa reflecting on their lives and their artwork.

• Judy Chicago

  http://www.judychicago.com/
  Feminist art, including painting and needlework. History, virtual gallery, online store, events, and information on the endowment fund.

• Lalla Essaydi

  http://lallaessaydi.com/
  Her work has been exhibited in many major international locales, and is represented in a number of collections, including the Williams College Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Fries Museum, the Netherlands, and The Kodak Museum of Art.

• Louise Nevelson Foundation

  http://www.louisenevelsonfoundation.org/
  Site of the foundation dedicated to the life and work of Louise Nevelson and established by the artist's granddaughter.

• María María Acha-Kutscher

  http://www.acha-kutscher.com/
  A Peruvian artist, who defines herself as a Feminist visual artist. Her work focus on women's historical struggles for equality.

• Marina Abramovic Institute

  http://www.mai-hudson.org/
  Founded by Marina Abramovic and will serve as her legacy and homage to time-based and immaterial art.

• National Museum of Women in the Arts

  http://www.nmwa.org/
  Bringing to light remarkable women artists of the past while also promoting the best women artists working today.

• Patra Feathers Art

  http://www.patrafeathers.com/
  Creations of natural art using the feathers of exotic birds to produce earthy landscapes.

• re.act.feminism

  http://www.reactfeminism.org/prog_overview.php
  Historical archive of feminist performance touring Europe since 2011. Includes information about the program and list of women artists participating in the project.

• Sally Mann

  http://sallymann.com/
  US based writer and photographer.

• Sandy Skoglund Art Site

  http://www.sandyskoglund.com/
  Home site of the artist Sandy Skoglund with images of recent work, including installation views.

• Selma Wight Beard

  http://home.earthlink.net/%7Errbeard/selma1.html
  Selma Beard, Artist, Teacher, Writer, Grandmother Lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia and St Simons Island, Ga. She teaches art in her studio once a week, and continues to create amazing art every day in her Buckhead Home.

• Sugs Writer's Blog

  http://sugswritersblog.blogspot.co.uk/
  Susan Gilbert's blog. She's a writer, a photographer and a researcher of women's art history.

• The Feminist Art Project

  http://feministartproject.rutgers.edu/
  FARE is a network of art programs on women and gender. Providing reading resources on feminist art, current trends, significant accomplishments of women artists and topics of gender and art.

• The Society of Women Artists

  http://www.society-women-artists.org.uk/
  Group has held an annual exhibition in London of the work of women artists ever since 1857. In the process, it has introduced many famous names to the world of fine art appreciation, and their works to well-known art galleries and public places.

• The Varo Registry of Women Artists

  http://varoregistry.org/
  An online gallery of artwork and research material on contemporary international women artists. Sponsor of the Feminist Art History and Women Artists listserves.

• Women and Hollywood | Indiewire

  http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/
  One of the most respected sites for issues related to women and film as well as other areas of pop culture. Women and Hollywood educates, advocates, and agitates for gender parity across the entertainment industry.

• Women Art Revolution

  http://womenartrevolution.com/
  A film by Lynn Hershman Leeson reveals how the Feminist Art Movement transformed the art and culture of our times.

• Women Artists from Women's History

  http://womenshistory.about.com/msubart.htm
  A growing collection of resources on women artists through history, from the About.com Guide to Women's History.

• Women Artists in Canada

  http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/030001-1150-e.html
  Works of art by women artists in diverse media, plus biographical information about the artists, essays, and a bibliography.

• Women Artists in History

  http://www.wendy.com/women/artists.html
  A space to showcase the work of women artists down through the centuries. The project aims to create a network of women who are interested in the work of women artists.

• Women Artists of the American West

  https://www.cla.purdue.edu/waaw/
  A collection of thousands of high resolution images, plus statements from the artists, biographical sketches, critical-historical essays, and bibliographies.

• Women in Graffiti: A Tribute to the Women of Egypt

  http://www.midanmasr.com/en/printerfriendly.aspx?ArticleID=261
  Article about street art research in Egypt done by women or about women. Addresses several artists putting them in the contest of Egypt's Arab Spring.

• Women Out West: Art on the Edge of America

  http://womenoutwest.blogspot.com.br/
  A blog about 19th and 20th century female artists working in the Western United States,created by artist, art historian and educator, Victoria Sonstegard.

• Women's Art Resource Centre

  https://www.facebook.com/Womens-Art-Resource-Centre-412289932186210/
  Artist-run Toronto exhibition gallery dedicated to the advancement of contemporary Canadian women's art practice.

• Women's Museum of California

  http://womensmuseumca.org/
  Founded in 1983 as the Women's History Reclamation Project, it is a non profit organization, with a mission to educate and inspire present and future generations about the experiences and contributions of women.

• Women's Studio Workshop

  http://www.wsworkshop.org/
  Founded in 1974 by four women artists who were committed to developing an alternative space for artists to create new work and to come together to share skills. Learn more about internships and programs available.

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