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Women's Art Register
The Women’s Art Register is Australia's living archive of women's art practice (cis and trans inclusive or gender diverse). It is a national artist-run, not-for-profit community and resource in Melbourne, Australia. Foundation The Women's Art Register was established in 1975 as an inclusive, grass-roots and independent platform for research, education, advocacy and celebration of Australian women artists. It was formed by artists Lesley Dumbrell and Erica McGilchrist, with the then directors of the Ewing and George Paton Gallery at Melbourne University, Kiffy Carter and Meredith Rogers. It began with one hundred contemporary women artists contributing slides of their work and was housed and administered at the Ewing Gallery. In 1977 the Women's Art Register obtained funding from the Victorian Schools Commission for historical research. Artists Anna Sande and Bonita Ely commenced this projectn, known as the Women's Art Register Extension Project (WAREP), in their homes, prepar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Casey (artist)
Karen Casey (7 January 1956–15 October 2021) was an Australian interdisciplinary artist of the Palawa (people), Palawa people, Australia. She was Melbourne's Artist in Residence in 2003. Early life and education Casey was born in Hobart, Tasmania. Casey attended art school at the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education where she studied Silversmith, silversmithing. Following school she moved to Melbourne to work as a graphic designer. Career Casey began exhibiting her artwork in the late 1980s, and worked for over three decades in a diverse range of media, from painting and printmaking to installation, video, performance and public art. Her work investigated the "experiential and philosophical understanding of the interrelationships between various cultural and spiritual traditions and aspects of contemporary western science." Casey was interested in metaphysics, consciousness and interconnection, and these influenced her work. Her piece ''Got the Bastard'' provided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Art Register, Setting Up Shop In The GPG
A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or Adolescence, adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardless of age. Typically, women inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and are capable of pregnancy and giving childbirth, birth from puberty until menopause. More generally, sex differentiation of the female fetus is governed by the lack of a present, or functioning, SRY-gene on either one of the respective sex chromosomes. Female anatomy is distinguished from male anatomy by the female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva. A fully developed woman generally has a wider pelvis, broader hips, and larger breasts than an adult man. Women have significantly less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less muscu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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