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,...
Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Transcript
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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.
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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.
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