WOMEN’S RESOURCE DIRECTORY
Art and Culture
1. ArtWomen http://www.artwomen.org/
Description: We hope that this website will be a place for you to find visual art and
feminist cultural production across and between disciplines and geographical boundaries.
ArtWomen.org began with two friends talking via e-mail, a feminist curator in Texas and
a feminist art historian in Washington, D.C. We decided to use the Internet to bring
artwomen together on line to talk about issues of current interest. We were then
organizing a roundtable for the 2000 National Women's Studies Association annual
meeting, and the Internet was a convenient alternative to meetings that must be attended
in person. Since that beginning we have added a lot to ArtWomen.
2. National Museum of Women in the Arts http://nmwa.org
Description: Welcome to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the only museum
in the world dedicated exclusively to recognizing the contributions of women artists.
3. Woman Made http://womanmade.org/
Description: Woman Made Gallery's vision is to ensure the equal placement of women’s
art in the world.
4. Women Sharing Art http://www.womensharingart.org/
Description: The members of "Women Sharing Art, Inc." are multi-talented women with
many other responsibilities to their families and businesses. Their art is their passion and
they possess a common bond as women artists sharing and exploring their artistic
energies. "Women Sharing Art, Inc." has welcomed into membership talented artists in
the media of photography, painting and watercolor, art glass, fiber arts, mosaic design,
culinary arts and film and they desire to reach out to many more talented artists as well.
Poetry, literary arts, sculpture, music...the possibilities are endless...just like your
creativity.
5. The Feminist Art Project http://feministartproject.rutgers.edu/home/
Description: The Feminist Art Project is an international collaborative initiative
celebrating the Feminist Art Movement and the aesthetic, intellectual and
political impact of women on the visual arts, art history, and art practice, past and
present. The project is a strategic intervention against the ongoing erasure of women from
the cultural record. The Feminist Art Project promotes diverse feminist art events,
education and publications through its website and online calendar and facilitates
networking and regional program development worldwide.
6. Guerrilla Girls http://www.guerillagirls.com/
Description: We’re feminist masked avengers in the tradition of anonymous do-gooders
like Robin Hood, Wonder Woman and Batman. How do we expose sexism, racism and
corruption in politics, art, film and pop culture? With facts, humor and outrageous
visuals. We reveal the understory, the subtext, the overlooked, the and the downright
unfair. What have we done for you lately? Click above. Our work has been passed around
the world by our tireless supporters. In the last few years, we’ve appeared at over 90
universities and museums, as well as in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The
New Yorker, Bitch, and Artforum; on NPR, the BBC and CBC; and in many art and
feminist texts. We are authors of stickers, billboards, many, many posters and other
projects, and several books including The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the
History of Western Art and Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Guide
to Female Stereotypes. We’re part of Amnesty International’s Stop Violence Against
Women Campaign in the UK; we're brainstorming with Greenpeace.
7. Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival http://www.michfest.com/
Description: Michigan is a dynamic celebration of diverse performances, hundreds of
workshops, a daily film festival and a week-long crafts show, running pace with non-stop
dances, pageantry and play – all fueled by a steady pulse of pure fast-flowing fun. We
live together in the remote woodlands we've nurtured for decades, collectively building
our traditions of music, art, conversation, controversy and community. Our cultural
mirror reflects us at our best – fully relaxed and wide awake. We plant our feet firmly,
take up more space, laugh louder, play harder, and sink into the comfort and beauty of
this place that many of us have come to call home.
8. Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival http://www.rmwfilmfest.org/
Description: The Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival is the longest continuousrunning women's film festival in North America. It showcases documentary, feature,
short and animated films that are thought-provoking and enriching, and that encourage
global awareness and personal growth. The Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival
honors films and filmmakers that present the world as women experience it and that
inspire curiosity, educate, entertain, and stimulate conversation.
9. Women in Film http://wif.org/
Description: Women In Film is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women
achieve their highest potential within the global entertainment, communications and
media industries and to preserving the legacy of women within those industries. Founded
in 1973, Women In Film and its Women In Film Foundation provide for members an
extensive network of contacts, educational programs, scholarships, film finishing funds
and grants, access to employment opportunities, mentorships and numerous practical
services in support of this mission.
10. Black Women Film Network http://www.blackwomenfilm.org/
The Black Women Film Network (BWFN) was founded to increase the numbers of
women of all cultures in the film industry and related areas. The organization seeks to
preserve the voice of Black women, and unheard part of Black History, through programs
that empower and educate.
11. Wompo http://usm.maine.edu/wompo/
Description: Wompo is an international listserv devoted to the discussion of
Women's Poetry. Membership is open to all individuals who are interested in
discussing poetry written by wome n. The discussion covers women poets of
all periods, aesthetics, countries, and ethnicities. Information about joining
can be found here.
12. A Room of Her Own http://www.aroho.org/home.php
Description: AROHO is a transformational collective that changes the lives
of creative women by honoring our artistic excellence and moving us out of
isolation to a rich and whole community.
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