Gender inequities in the art world are well documented and pervasive. One of the top national western art shows opened this summer with 90 male artists and 8 female ones. And the Montana art scene isn't immune. One of our top galleries is currently carrying 20 men and three women.
Richard Schmid, if you are not familiar with him, is an 80-year-old artist that is held in the highest esteem in this nations art world. He was recently quoted in the Art of the West magazine as saying ...
"I think (today's information access results are being) most dramatically demonstrated by the number of women who attend instructional events, who will achieve professional skills as artists, and will potentially dominate the art world, as men have in the past. They will do it with a professionally powerful feminine viewpoint for the next generations, until it merges with future mainstream thought."
Thank you Richard.
You are shining a light at the end of the tunnel that is often hard for me to see from my vantage point.
