| Men are composers. 〰 ♀ 〰 Women are singer-songwriters. 〰 ♀ 〰 Men are artistes – they are virtuosos and professionals. Women doing the same thing are dilettantes – they have crafts and hobbies. |
Category: Women in the Arts
Women have been artists since prehistory – the handprints on cave-paintings are often female – and everything from pottery to weaving to painting, from sewing to leather work to jewelry, from cooking to music to dance, can be attributed to the hand of woman.
And through every era since, despite Society’s male oriented rules barring them from (1) training, (2) joining artistic academies and guilds, (3) practicing / performing their craft, (4) putting their name on their work, or (5) displaying or selling it, great numbers of women have left a remarkable artistic legacy which is largely unremarked upon by scholars of art.
Instead of asking, “Where are all the great women artists?”, we should be asking, “Why aren’t all of history’s great women artists recognized, admired, celebrated, and reported on?”
Scroll down to see our cartoons on this subject, or click here to read our commentary on Gender Bias in the Arts.
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Woman’s puttering, man’s art.
| Pottery, working in textiles, and cooking. — ♀ — Sculpture, working on canvas, and nouvelle cuisine. — ♀ — Woman’s puttering, man’s art. |
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Arts vs Crafts
| Arts: Using one’s mind, hands, and skill to create a work of beauty. — ⚤ — Crafts: Using one’s mind, hands, and skill to create a work of beauty. — ⚤ — By definition: Arts are done by men and are valuable. Crafts are done by women and are cute. |