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24.01.2022 Sheila congratulates all winners in the Art Writing and Publishing Awards 2020, especially Dr Sally Quin who won Best Small Exhibition Catalogue award for 'Cosmopolitan: Art from the 1930s in the University of Western Australia Art Collection and the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art’ (Perth: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, 2019). Dr Quin is the curator of the University of Western Australia Art Collection. Congratulations too to Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery for this exhibition and publication.
23.01.2022 KNOW MY NAME National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Part 1 until 4 July 2021 Sheila’s second visit to the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra to see Part 1 of the Know My Name exhibition.... The exhibition is notable for a succession of major works displayed beautifully to use the NGA’s cavernous spaces. Several are landscapes, by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists. 1.Judy Watson, canyon 1996 2.Sally Gabori, Outside Dibirdibi 2008 3.Nongirrnga Marawili, Baratjala 2016 4.Emily Kngwarreye, Untitled (Alkalhere) 1992 5.Rosalie Gascoigne, Monaro 1989 6.Esme Timbery, Shellworked slippers 2008 7.Esme Timbery, detail
22.01.2022 You have until 25 January to see this survey exhibition of works by Ann Newmarch, for whom the hosting gallery was renamed. If you're in Adelaide, don't miss it! This transcript of the opening remarks by Janet Maughan on 11 December is an affectionate and respectful introduction to Ann's life and work. There's also a curator's talk on 20 January - see the Newmarch Gallery website for details. Ann's iconic work Women Hold Up Half the Sky (1978) and the pictured image Self Portrait - 1/160th of a second (1981) are both held by the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.
22.01.2022 If you’re putting this in your calendar, remember to adjust for your local time.
12.01.2022 Sheila congratulates all Archibald Prize finalists in 2021, and especially the women artists - and subjects - among them. It's a joy to see contemporary works with womxn at the centre.
08.01.2022 KNOW MY NAME Sheila visited the National Gallery of Australia last week for a first look at the Know My Name exhibition. It was exhilarating to see art by women claiming the ground floor Australian rooms to such good effect. There were many old favourites the majority of works are from the NGA but there were also many loans from other sources including seven works from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art and three from the University of WA Collection, all used to good ...effect. This post includes artworks and groupings around the subject of the female body. 1. Freda Robertshaw Standing nude 1944, Stella Bowen Reclining nude 1927, Janet Cumbrae Stewart The model disrobing 1917 2. Elise Blumann, Summer nude 1939 3. Installation of the above 4. Two works from Julie Rrap's series Persona and shadow 1984
07.01.2022 KNOW MY NAME National Gallery of Australia, Canberra , Part 1 until 4 July 2021 More from Sheila’s recent visit to the National Gallery of Australia for a first look at Part 1 of the Know My Name exhibition. It was exhilarating to see art by women claiming the ground floor Australian rooms to such good effect. There were many old favourites the majority of works are from the NGA but there were also many loans from other sources. This post shows women artists’ increasingly... sophisticated use of textiles and domestic materials in their work from the 1970s to 2000s. 1.Jenny Christmann, 20 woollen books 1977-78 2.Isabel Davies, Kitchen creation 1977 3.Kathy Temin, Memorial gardens 2010 4.Raquel Ormella, Australia rising #2 2009 5.Raquel Ormella wall label See more
01.01.2022 KNOW MY NAME National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Part 1 until 4 July 2021 The final post from Sheila’s recent visit to the National Gallery of Australia for a first look at Part 1 of the Know My Name exhibition. It was exhilarating to see art by women claiming the ground floor Australian rooms to such good effect. There were many old favourites the majority of works are from the NGA but there were also many loans from other sources. This post shows four women artists... working brilliantly with the legacy of colourfield painting, as seen in the exhibition The Field, at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1968. 1. Miriam Stannage, Aurora 1970 2. Virginia Cuppaidge, Lyon 1972 3. Carol Rudyard, Northern theme 1973 4. Lesley Dumbrell, Foehn 1975
01.01.2022 We're delighted to announce that highly regarded arts industry professional Kelly Gellatly has joined the board of directors. Kelly has over 25 years’ experience in arts leadership, curatorship and collection development and management, including in the state gallery and university sectors. ‘It is exciting to welcome a new director with such strong curatorial, management and industry experience to our dynamic board. It is a timely appointment given Sheila Foundation is gather...ing considerable momentum in its mission to overturn decades of gender bias in the Australian art world and ensure equality for today’s women artists,’ said chair John Cruthers. Kelly also expressed her delight. ‘I am a long admirer of the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art and have been impressed by the commitment and dynamism of the Sheila Foundation since its inception. The statistics of the poor representation of women in our state and national collections may now be well known, but statistics alone don’t generate change. ‘I look forward to working with the board on initiatives and programs that increase the representation of women artists in collections and through exhibition, and to helping to champion the extraordinary work our women artists make.’ Welcome, Kelly!
