Women in Art

This is a great video that’s been circulating the Internet for some time, by Philip Scott,  but I’d like to post it here for inspiration:

I love how this video progresses through Art History, which looks like Byzantine to Post Modern periods. I only wish there was a documentation/catalog of all the artists and artwork.  Most are recognizable and familiar but some are not. I think its creation is artistic in itself.

It’s inspiring to me because I draw a lot of strength from my mother and sister, who are my new business partners. I couldn’t have started casart coverings without them, and I’m eternally grateful. We are a female, family owned business and as we just launched during this uncertain economic time, I am grateful I’m in business with them rather those I might not know well.

On a business note, here’s a website with other entrepreneurial women in mind that has been very helpful to us — Ladies Who Launch. We get daily and weekly tips and all are encouraging. We’ve also learned of opportunities that we wouldn’t have known otherwise. I’d highly recommend it as a business resource.

On a side note since it pertains to women, my mother attended a lecture recently entitled: Women of the World in which this Foundation is sponsoring a traveling exhibit of the same name due to the patronage of New Orleanian Richard Colton. The exhibit displays collected pieces of art from every country created by a female artist and representative of what it means to be a woman in that country. Here are two examples:

My mother had this to relay from the lecture about some of the details of putting this exhibition together:

In some countries, like Afghanistan, they went through the embassy with natives who worked there to search for the artists because in those countries women aren’t allowed to be educated, attend art schools.  The women took great risks to participate and the art was smuggled out of the country.  She said that each time the collection is exhibited it is different due to different installations.  Sometimes the pieces are arranged alphabet. According to country or artist’s name.  One installer chose a horizontal line around the room, representing the equator, and hung the pieces according to countries’ location.  Some are exhibited in clothesline style.  Other times the art is hung vertically.  All pieces had to conform to size but could be in any medium.

Finally, also apropos to women, I’m hosting my women’s entrepreneurial group (EWES) this Thursday. I’m also the speaker on the topic of a presenting a basic checklist of what it takes to begin a start-up business, as I’ve just done with casart coverings, LLC. Celebrating Mardi Gras as well, we’ll have King Cakes from Gambinos from New Orleans.