FEATURES : Female Artists Demand Better Recognition
By Motionviu
Not less than 49 female artists, with about 200 art lovers, recently gathered at, Lekki, Lagos, for the exhibition of Female Artists
The event marked the association’s 16th anniversary and celebration of International Women’s Day 2018 that had ‘Press for Progress’ as theme.
The theme was ‘Women Move On,’ aimed at encouraging womenfolk to be resilient, determined and focused even in the face of challenges and difficulties so as to be successful.
The themes etched boldly in most of the works that were on display, as each highlighted a particular issue affecting women.
The works ranged from sculptures, ceramics, painting, textiles and fibre art with each wowing the teeming audience that had thronged the venue.
These have made them to improve and harness their skills so as to compete or be better than their male counterparts anywhere in the world.”
For sometime now, because of scarcity of fund, the sponsorship has ceased. This has made us to move from collaborations with government to the embassies.”
I battled a little with the male counterparts and they thought I was trying to segregate between the male and female artists. My only reason was because I saw that the women were sleeping away.
Only the male were active, and I felt a little bit worried about it. And we felt that the best way to make the women active was to bring them into an association.
But now, every female artist is struggling to register with the association for art exhibitions and they have become very successful in it.”
So, if you shy away from taking full control of your destiny simply because you are a woman, you will end up regretting. No sentiment about it.”
One of the exhibiting artists said her work, titled ‘Women in Technology,’ focuses on the need for women to be deeply involved in information and communication technology (ICT): “Only 20 per cent of technology jobs are being dominated by the women, but we have a lot of men in major technology companies.
So, I believe that there is need for a digital upscale for the women. I believe that if women are empowered in the digital world, they will do greater things.
“I don’t believe it will take long before female artists can measure up with the male artists. This is because there was a time I contested in an art competition in Norway. Not only was I a Nigerian, but I was also a female artist. I decided not to let that weigh me down and not surprising to me, I won the competition.
Therefore, the standard of female artists in comparison to their male counterparts is not a matter of the future. It is already happening now. This does not, however, mean that we are in competition with the men.
Not less than 49 female artists, with about 200 art lovers, recently gathered at, Lekki, Lagos, for the exhibition of Female Artists
The event marked the association’s 16th anniversary and celebration of International Women’s Day 2018 that had ‘Press for Progress’ as theme.
The theme was ‘Women Move On,’ aimed at encouraging womenfolk to be resilient, determined and focused even in the face of challenges and difficulties so as to be successful.
The themes etched boldly in most of the works that were on display, as each highlighted a particular issue affecting women.
The works ranged from sculptures, ceramics, painting, textiles and fibre art with each wowing the teeming audience that had thronged the venue.
These have made them to improve and harness their skills so as to compete or be better than their male counterparts anywhere in the world.”
For sometime now, because of scarcity of fund, the sponsorship has ceased. This has made us to move from collaborations with government to the embassies.”
I battled a little with the male counterparts and they thought I was trying to segregate between the male and female artists. My only reason was because I saw that the women were sleeping away.
Only the male were active, and I felt a little bit worried about it. And we felt that the best way to make the women active was to bring them into an association.
But now, every female artist is struggling to register with the association for art exhibitions and they have become very successful in it.”
So, if you shy away from taking full control of your destiny simply because you are a woman, you will end up regretting. No sentiment about it.”
One of the exhibiting artists said her work, titled ‘Women in Technology,’ focuses on the need for women to be deeply involved in information and communication technology (ICT): “Only 20 per cent of technology jobs are being dominated by the women, but we have a lot of men in major technology companies.
So, I believe that there is need for a digital upscale for the women. I believe that if women are empowered in the digital world, they will do greater things.
“I don’t believe it will take long before female artists can measure up with the male artists. This is because there was a time I contested in an art competition in Norway. Not only was I a Nigerian, but I was also a female artist. I decided not to let that weigh me down and not surprising to me, I won the competition.
Therefore, the standard of female artists in comparison to their male counterparts is not a matter of the future. It is already happening now. This does not, however, mean that we are in competition with the men.
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