First Feminist Art Colony Organized
The first Feminist Art Colony took place in Niš and Sićevo from June 23 to June 29, 2015. 10 activists and associates, and 12 artists participated in the Feminist Art Colony.
The Colony started with lectures: Feminism and/Art and The Short History of Feminism, which were also open to the public. During the Colony, the participants organized the workshop to get to know one another, as well as the following workshops: Sexism in Language, Male Violence against Women, and Feminism and I, and in the afternoons, they rendered their ideas and impressions to the canvass.
The Colony resulted in 26 works. The works will be exhibited at ART 55 Gallery in Niš, from July 16 to July 20. The exhibition catalogue contains 14 reproductions, 12 artists and 2 art associates.
The participants in the Colony were the following: Milena Krstić , Nevena Stefanović, Tijana Munćan, Katarina Nedeljković, Sara Lupšor, Nevena Kostić, Dunja Ćirić, Maja Mrdaković, Milena Đokić, Aleksandra Branković, Bojana Micić, Aleksandra Mirić Jovanović, Sanja Solunac, Ivana Stanković.
For more details on the first Feminist Art Colony, click on the following links:
- http://www.superradio.rs/info/feministicka-kolonija-ideje-stvarane-kroz-radionice/
- http://www.superradio.rs/info/energija-koja-traje-110-godina/
- http://www.superradio.rs/info/sta-je-stvorila-feministicka-likovna-kolonija/
Our goals are to encourage 12 young female artists to get acquainted with feminist themes so that they could incorporate them in their work, to enable them to work together, get to know one another and connect, and to secure them a public space where they can exhibit their art. The participants’ evaluations prove that the aim was achieved: „There was a lot of positive energy, and I learnt a lot of things that I hadn’t been familiar with before. I don’t think it made me digress from the theme I had had in mind before I came, but it helped me in the realization of the work itself. The constant presence of women calmed me down, and I focused all the energy that I scattered all around strictly to my work and all that story. I surely surprised myself, at home I work less, that is, I am less productive and I take bigger breaks. What gave me a boost was that healthy, working energy, and I enjoyed rendering to paper all those, maybe even personal frustrations that I kept bottled up in myself, I even surprised myself with the very technique and work.“
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