If a person were to rifle through a book on; human history, art history, notable scientists of the day, and so forth, a descrepancy would creep up and become embarassingly overwhelming. That discrepency would take form in the general and massive omission of the female gender from our history. Perhaps only a few names would come up, and saddly this is no oversight. In actuality, and for much of modern human history, the work of women has often been overlooked, overshadowed and forgotten.
Although this gross trend is beginning to change, it has a long way to go before women are not just considered to be of equal status, but taken to be of equal status in the world we all live in. This acheivement of equality will become the case when women hold 40-50% of exhibit space within galleries and museums, when they hold 40-50% of corporate leadership positions, and when they represent 40-50% of persons recognized within museums and galleries.
As of the current day, and as women are generally ommited from history books, one can agree that this is also the case in both gallery and museum settings, where female work comprises a mere few percent of the whole. This will need to change. This show proposes a celebration of womens acheivments in arts and sciences, through a carefully curated show that blends a museum and gallery experience to inspire women and girls all over the world to what women can acheive.
The show to be called 111 Women simply would comprise of a show holding the work and life acheivements of 111 women from all over the world and all walks of life who have taken bold strides to go after careers and studies of interest to them, within the arts and sciences. In this show the acheivements shown of women in arts and sciences, would envelope fine arts, the art of leadership, the arts of theatre and acting, of writing and directing, of scientific and mathematical discoveries, and of dance and sport.
This exhibit would feature women from all over the world and therefore become a travelling exhibit that would hold major showings in the big cities all over the world so as to reach as many people as possible. An exhibit of this magnitude would create not only many job opportunities but also collaborative opportunities for young women in the arts and sciences within the scope of this show, their cities, and beyond. This show would inspire, and also open necessary dialogues in countries that are perhaps even more closed off to women’s education than places like the United States of America, Canada, and Europe.