The Big Art Herstory Project was founded in London in 2018, with the simple aim of telling the other side of the story, you know, the one that ISN’T told in Art Galleries, Museums, History books or Schools. The one about WOMEN; brave, audacious, oppressed, triumphant, talented, wonderful WOMEN, and not just the naked ones!
We aim to spread the basic facts of Art-Herstorical-Feminism to a wider audience. The need for this information is real and immediate, and through our events and classes we attempt to consolidate the many channels of information available into digestible, understandable chunks, because we believe that everyone has a right to this information, and if it isn’t on the curriculum, we’ll just put it there ourselves!
We believe that everyone should know these incredible and often terrible stories, because when the shadow of economic downturns, ignorance and intolerance loom, women’s rights and the rights of minorities are the first rights that are eroded, and only knowledge openness, hard-work and compassion will begin to amend the skewed perspective of History, and that is what we’re here to do.
Projects
- The RED RESIDENCYIMAGES COMING SOON! The Red Residency is a collaboration between Holly Roxanne and Luisa-Maria MacCormack, two female artists each with a deep connection to women’s issues in their respective practices, of painting and music. Hosted by Dona Music and Mezcal space throughout March and April 2020, Luisa and Holly will work with a variety of women as models and performers, all of whom have had experiences on the sliding scale of gender-based discrimination and/ or violence, create a new body of
- FINDING ARTEMISIA / Un-Heroic Traditions DocumentaryA film created by Julia Schmitz that charts the creation of a series of new artworks by Fine Artist Luisa-Maria MacCormack (founder of the Big Art Herstory Project www.bigartherstoryproject.com). The large-scale drawings are inspired by the works of Artemisia Gentileschi, and the process of creating them is closely collaborative, with Artist and model being equally engaged and vital in the works from beginning to end. Thanks are due to Esther Bunting for her unwavering bravery, creativity and a
Projects credited in
- FINDING ARTEMISIA // UN-Heroic TraditionsA brand new solo exhibition by Luisa-Maria MacCormack showing new works that explore our complex history of gender-based violence.
Skills
- Event
- Curating
- Curating Content
- Education Event
- Fine Art