Learn about the significance of women in art at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
Learn about the significance of women in art at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
A discussion concerning the significance of art, and women artists in particular, from the documentaryA Woman's Touch: National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Related Articles: art, women, National Museum of Women in the Arts, National Women’s History Month 2016
Transcript
[Music in]
WILHELMINA COLE HOLLADAY: Art is the great common denominator. It—it doesn't matter what your religion is or your politics or your color or your views. Everybody can enjoy great art.
MARTHA DIPPELL: I think probably the largest misconception in reference to women in the arts is that, well, there're not a lot of women in the arts.
SUSAN FISHER STERLING: That there are no great women artists.
WILHELMINA COLE HOLLADAY: I would like to think that talent is dished out regardless of sex.
MARTHA DIPPELL: And in spite of the courses that I had taken in school—in the established academic, you know, well-respected academic institutions—I mean, I had not gotten really that information.
WILHELMINA COLE HOLLADAY: I studied history of art and never thought about it, never was aware that women weren't included.
SUSAN FISHER STERLING: It's really astonishing that we never really knew about these artists.
WILHELMINA COLE HOLLADAY: So the feeling grew that here were these wonderful, wonderful women artists, who had been successful in their day and were forgotten and ignored.
SUSAN FISHER STERLING: What we really show people here at the National Museum of Women in the Arts is that women have created for centuries and will continue to do so.
[Music out]
WILHELMINA COLE HOLLADAY: Art is the great common denominator. It—it doesn't matter what your religion is or your politics or your color or your views. Everybody can enjoy great art.
MARTHA DIPPELL: I think probably the largest misconception in reference to women in the arts is that, well, there're not a lot of women in the arts.
SUSAN FISHER STERLING: That there are no great women artists.
WILHELMINA COLE HOLLADAY: I would like to think that talent is dished out regardless of sex.
MARTHA DIPPELL: And in spite of the courses that I had taken in school—in the established academic, you know, well-respected academic institutions—I mean, I had not gotten really that information.
WILHELMINA COLE HOLLADAY: I studied history of art and never thought about it, never was aware that women weren't included.
SUSAN FISHER STERLING: It's really astonishing that we never really knew about these artists.
WILHELMINA COLE HOLLADAY: So the feeling grew that here were these wonderful, wonderful women artists, who had been successful in their day and were forgotten and ignored.
SUSAN FISHER STERLING: What we really show people here at the National Museum of Women in the Arts is that women have created for centuries and will continue to do so.
[Music out]