OUR STORY

All too aware that women artists weren't as visible as their male counterparts I started to research why. Of course, there are lots of reasons why and most of them are the same reason we have the gender pay gap and very few women in the top jobs and on the boards of companies (if you want some art world statistics click here). It seemed that if I want to right my wrong then I needed to help women artists in their careers. To that aim, a day long workshop was set called, appropriately enough, Women in Art. At this workshop we had gallery owners, art college tutors, social media gurus,award-winning women artists, art legals and bursary awarders come to speak to a group of women artists about how to progress their careers and gain more visibility. In tandem we ran two exhibitions, one of established women artists and an art prize for emerging women artists - The Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize