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2. Registration for the 3rd international women’s museum congress which will take place directly after the feminist convention.
Press Release
Exhibition: Images of Vietnamese Women in the work of Duong Anh
A major retrospective of the work of reknowned Vietnamese artist, Duong Anh has opened at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoi. Duong Anh is known for his use of female imagery as a recurring motif and the exhibition focuses on 100 of these works.
Duong Anh was born in 1935 at La Khe, Ha Dong, Ha Noi. He began his career as a lithographic printmaker using the technique of engraving on stone to create propaganda materials for the resistance movement. He taught himself how to draw before undertaking formal training at the Vietnam University of Fine Arts.
Duong Anh often used his daily observations of women at work as inspirations for his paintings and propaganda posters. Images of Vietnamese women account for more than one quarter of his art work. Duong Anh has created more than 500 art works in many mediums such as: pencil, charcoal, pen, pastel, and watercolour on paper and silk.
This exhibition introduces 100 art works created by Duong Anh in the period from 1956 to 1999. They reflect the contribution of Vietnamese Women to protecting their homeland, and their productive labour in daily life. Many of these works have been displayed in National Fine Arts Exhibitions, including: Bumper Crop, Spinning and Weaving Silk, Girl Shovelling Coal and Hai Phong Cement Factory (1958). These works are filled with life and aim to make the onlooker reflect on their individual contribution to the country’s destiny and life’s difficulties and challenges.
During the years of American War, Duong Anh visited many places such as Lao Cai, Son La, Thanh Hoa and Ha Dong to record images of the resistance movement. His images of militia women guarding the nation’s skies, happily receiving letters and catching up on news were inspired by the women and girls he saw in his travels.
Many paintings were created by chance. Guarding the Fatherland’s Skies was created by Duong Anh when he went to visit an Alert Unit Group in La Phu, Ha Dong. There he saw a woman counting US aircraft and asked what she was doing. He was inspired by her answer “I am guarding the fatherland’s skies”. Writing on a Gun Stock was created following Duong Anh’s visit to a Militia Group in Binh Da, Thanh Oai, Ha Tay. The painting records a woman writing with her gun at the ready. The admiration and sentiment the artist felt for these women is reflected in: Sin Ma Cai Militia Members, Militia Members Catch Up On News .
The art works are divided into three thematic categories. Propaganda Posters from the period 1967-1992 feature women’s roles in the defence of the nation; Everyday Beauty features landscapes and simple scenes from daily life and Labour and Production which shows women at work in construction sites, factories and on farms.
The exhibition is open from 8.30am to 4.30pm each day. For more information contact Ha Phan at haphan116@gmail.com or
+84 09826 53568.
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Participate in Economica I.M.O.W. On the Road Women’s Empowerment Free Educational Resource Give the Gift of Membership Job Opportunity at I.M.O.W. |
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Participate in EconomicaRead the stories and add your own |
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Our newest online exhibition Economica showcases original museum content as well as contributions from tremendously talented artists, inspiring organizations, and compelling activists. View all the stories and help choose our most popular by clicking on “Recommend” at the bottom of each page. We also invite you to weigh in with your opinion by leaving a story comment or joining in a forum thread. Encourage your friends to log in and explore Economica, too! Every few weeks, this newsletter will highlight Economica submissions that we think stand out. Help us curate by recommending your favorites or leaving a comment!
Subscribe to our RSS Story feed to stay up to date with all the newest stories from Economica. To submit your original work, visit our Call for Submissions page for more information. |
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I.M.O.W. On the RoadArt as a catalyst for change |
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Executive Director Clare Winterton represented I.M.O.W. at a recent Grantmakers for the Arts’ conference in New York, a gathering of over 500 attendees from across the USA. Clare presented on a panel entitled “International Models for Coalition-Building: Art as a Catalyst for Change” alongside colleagues from Breakthrough, the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience and Brandeis University. Clare used the Economica exhibition as an example of using art to engage visitors in new thinking and conversations, spark activism and generate potential for long-term social change. |
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Women’s Empowerment Free Educational ResourcePresented by ITVS Community Classroom |
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The International Museum of Women is proud to support the Independent Television Service (ITVS)’s Community Classroom program and its newly released guide for educators and organizations International Edition - Women’s Empowerment. This innovative resource provides video excerpts from ITVS’s award-winning documentaries exploring stories of women’s leadership and empowerment. Meet an indigenous Bolivian leader fighting for labor rights, a young Israeli Arab karate champion with feminist ideas, three Egyptian women working for fair elections and a Kenyan leader sparking a nationwide environmental movement. Available for free to educators and non-profit organizations, the video modules and standards-based lesson plans feature culturally significant topics that are a crucial part of education in today’s increasingly globalized world. Video modules are accompanied by standards-based lesson plans, discussion guides and action guides for use by educators as well as non-profit, international and community-based organizations. To access these resources and learn more about the Community Classroom, visit http://www.itvs.org/classroom. |
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Give the Gift of MembershipStart your holiday giving now |
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The holidays are just around the corner! Share your passion for social change and women’s rights by giving the gift of membership to your family and friends. Your support is especially important as we expand and promote our current online exhibition. Help inject women’s voices and perspectives into the current debate on the financial crisis. You can also pay tribute to a family member or a friend by making a gift to I.M.O.W. in their honor. For more information, please call Nikole at 415-543-4669 x27. Thank you for your support! |
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Job Opportunity at I.M.O.W.Web Master / Social Media Expert |
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I.M.O.W. is seeking an energetic, web-savvy multimedia professional with a flair for words and a passion for using social media to inspire social change to join our team in San Francisco. The Web Master oversees I.M.O.W.’s Web site, media-rich global online exhibitions, online community and forum, online promotions, social media outreach, and traffic analysis. The Web Master is the primary contact for Web site content development, design and technology, and manages editorial and production volunteers. Visit our Web site for the full job description and application details. |
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About the network womeninmuseum and the “new” women’s museum of Merano a radio transmission (german):
http://www.sunshine.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10424&Itemid=105
Nieuwsbrief November 2009
FemArtMuseum in Bonn
FemArtMuseum presenteert zich voor het eerst in het buitenland op de Internationale Tentoonstelling van Vrouwenmusea in Bonn.Op deze tentoonstelling die na Bonn te zien zal zijn in Denemarken, Oostenrijk en Italië zijn presentaties te zien van musea van alle continenten;van Sudan tot Oekraïne en van Argentinië tot Zuid-Vietnam.Freda Dröes (directeur FemArtMuseum) en Trudi Willenborg (communicatie) namen deel aan het congres dat eveneens in Bonn plaatsvond.
Freda Dröes in Bonn in de stand van het FemArtMuseum
Klik hier (Ctrl+klikken) voor het verslag in het Nederlands en hier in English!
Catalogus
De catalogus Frauenmuseen Weltweit (in Duits/ Engels) is in Nederland te
bestellen door € 20,00 (incl. porti) over te maken op giro 8114101 t.n.v.
Freda Dröes, Amsterdam met vermelding van adresgegevens.
Klik hier voor de inhoudsopgave!
Voorkantcatalogus
De stand van zaken rond FemArtMuseum
Het FemArtMuseum heeft vorig jaar november een plan gemaakt voor huisvesting in een deel van het GAK-gebouw in Amsterdam. Nu onlangs bekend is geworden dat de Rietveldacademie toch niet de huurder van het GAK-gebouw wordt, ligt de bestemming van dit gebouw weer helemaal open.
Klik hier voor ons plan deel GAK-gebouw!
Anderzijds is een kleine werkgroep o.l.v. Liesbeth Brandt Corstius gestart met het samenstellen van een eerste tentoonstelling in Nederland. Het ligt in de bedoeling deze werken nog dit jaar op een nader te bepalen plaats te exposeren.
Tips
In het Mondriaanhuis in Amersfoort is een kleine expositie ingericht met schilderijen en tekeningen van Jacoba van Heemskerck. Lees hier meer.
Het Centre Pompidou in Parijs toont een jaarlang vrouwelijke kunstenaars uit de eigen collectie. Lees hier meer. Voor nog meer tips zie de website.
Wilt u de Nieuwsbrief niet meer ontvangen, stuur een mailtje aan project@femartmuseum.com
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
bitte beachten Sie im Anhang die Einladung zur Vernissage der Ausstellung FULLY BOOKED im Hotel Beethoven Bonn. Wir würden uns sehr freuen, Sie am Samstag den 14. November 2009 um 18:00 Uhr im Hotel Beethoven, Rheingasse 24-26, 53113 Bonn begrüßen zu dürfen.
Herzliche Grüße
Tamara Himmel
Women’s Museum in The Gambia
“Mama Africa” is preparing a soft opening in December
Fundraising for a Solar-Wind Energy System
“Mama Africa”, a non-profit association founded in 2009 in The Gambia, will open the “Women’s Museum and Art Centre” in Batokunku (Tanji) beginning of December 2009. The vision that guided the creation of the Women’s Museum is to build an institute for the future based on the belief that the voices, imaginations and contributions of women must be part of the foundation of the society and shape the future. The Museum and Art Centre bring to life the voices, talents, achievements, aspirations and stories of the past, present and future. They are based in the extraordinary, tranquil location of “Mama Africa” in Batokunku. Isha Fofana, Gambias renowned female international artist is the founder of “Mama Africa”. She wants the character of the museum to be unique in West Africa, and establish an international centre for tradition and culture, modern art, documentation and activities especially concerning women, a place where everyone will feel comfortable and enjoy.
It will not be a museum where visitors just walk around and watch historical objects and art works. It will be a “Living Museum”. Guests will meet female artists at work, enjoy local dancing and music, observe traditional and cultural dresses and learn to prepare Gambian food and drinks. They will have the opportunity to get in touch with female spiritual power and healing methods and experience family life from the past and today. The mission is to show the life of a modern African woman and contemporary African art, and to give a view to the inside of women in the African society of the future.
Women’s museums are still a rarity in other countries. Their message is likely to be quite different from normal museums. These differences will hopefully generate interesting exchanges as more visitors from West Africa and beyond begin to drop by, turning the museum into a lively cultural centre. All will happen step by step from the beginning of December, inside the amazing building of the Art Centre and Art Garden of “Mama Africa” in Batokunku. The Art Garden itself is an old bush area containing a lot of powerful herbs, old trees and wonderful flowers, at every corner surprising art work created by West African artists or nature itself.
Without support from any organisation or government “Mama Africa” is busy working on the finishing of the Women’s Museum and Art Centre with an investment of 75.000 Euros (3 M Dalasis) already. “I had for almost ten years a great career in Europe and I decided to come back to my country, to help, to give back to my country something, the experiences I have learned. It is not the money we have to give to our homeland, to the children; it is the knowledge which will build up a great future for The Gambia. Therefore I have invested all my capital” says Isha Fofana, also known as “Mama Africa”, describing her philosophy, her dream. To expand her collection of items and artworks, Isha Fofana is inviting everyone in the country to help with clothes, photos and other memorabilia, from old cooking pots to masks, traditional dresses and jewellery, exhibits from the public life of Gambian women as well as the personal details of their private lives. She is calling on the international organisations, NGOs and other institutions to help her with the last step: bringing light to the museum. Therefore another investment of 15.000 to 20.000 Euros is needed to implement a Hybrid Wind-Solar Energy System, an investment her budget cannot stand at the moment.
The main emphasis of the association “Mama Africa” is the promotion of less privileged girls and women in The Gambia, to improve their social competences and work on their own talents in the production of art objects like batik, painting, clay etc. The aim is to secure an income of one’s own, self consciousness and an independent life. The further purposes of the organization are the promotion of art and culture in The Gambia in general, the education in art, the support of abilities of people and professionals in the field of arts, the intercultural coming together of Gambians and visitors and the development of the country in general. The sale of the art objects and pictures as well as a sponsorship of visitors and other donators will later serve the financing of the non-profit association “Mama Africa” – the “mother” of the Women’s Museum and Art Centre.
Contact “Mama Africa”: 00220 - 7 450 730 (Isha Fofana).
For further information about Isha Fofana, “google” her name.
The webpage “isha-fofana.de” is under construction and will be opened in January 2010.
Biography:
1965 born in Banjul – The Gambia / West Africa
Since 1984 member of the ”Gambia Black African Art Club”
Since 2001 a lot of private and public exhibitions in Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands
2002 and 2004 exhibition together with UNESCO Music Award in Aachen, Germany
2006 opening gallery “Mama Afrika” in Cologne / Köln / Germany
Nov. 2007 exhibition together with award given to Waris Dirie, Kerkrade, The Netherlands
Nov. 2007 Nomination “Best African Artist in Europe”
Since 2007 International Representative of the Gambian artists
Since 2008 member of “Internationaler Künstlerverein e.V. (IKV) / International Artist Association” Germany
Nov. 2008 opening gallery “Mama Africa” in Brusubi / The Gambia
April 2009 founding of the non-profit association “Mama Africa Art Centre”
Exhibitions end 2008 and 2009:
Cultural Centre „de Warande“ – Antwerpen / Belgium
“Land Art” – Hannover / Germany
Hilton Hotel Cologne / Germany
WDR (German Public TV and Radio Station) – Cologne / Germany
“Straßen verbinden Kulturen” / Press Department of the German Government - Bonn / Germany
Sheraton Hotel Brufut / The Gambia
UN Headquarter “Inter. Women’s Week” / Cape Point /Gambia
EC Residence “Europe Day” / Fajara / Gambia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Taipeh / Taiwan
„Afrikanischer Künstler” / Düsseldorf / Germany
„Weltreise der Sinne II” / Bonn / Germany
“Straßen verbinden Kulturen” / Museum for Industry / Karlstadt / Germany
“Kunst und Religie” / Denderleeuw / Belgium
Under preparation:
FESMAN / Dakar / Senegal
Various activities in The Gambia, Senegal, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, England, USA, Switzerland and Austria – e.g. international female artists presenting works during the “Woman’s Day 2010″ program in The Gambia.
La noche de los museos: 14 de noviembre de 2009
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Programa de Prensa y Difusión 54-11- 4383-9054
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