Women's Art Register

The Women’s Art Register (WAR) is a national artist-run, not-for-profit community and collection in Melbourne, Australia.[1]

Library space at the Women's Art Register

Founders

The Women's Art Register was established as a “Museum without walls” in 1975[1] by a group of women artists including Lesley Dumbrell and Erica McGilchrist,[2] and the then directors of the Ewing and George Paton Galleries, Melbourne University, Kiffy Carter and Meredith Rogers. It began with one hundred women artists contributing slides of their work and was housed and administered at the Ewing Gallery.[3] In 1977 the Register obtained funding to prepare photographic slides of women artists’ work and to photocopy articles on women artists from back numbers of art magazines within Australia. In 1978 the total collection was moved to Richmond Library [originally called Carringbush Library] where it remains today.[3]

Work
Artists files, Women's Art Register

Since 1975 many women have contributed sets of slides of their artwork, along with paper documentation, articles and ephemera. Articles about Australian women artists in the print media have been continually collected, collated and filed for access by the public. In 1978 the first catalogue of holdings within the Women’s Art Register was published. An updated version of the Catalogue was printed in 1999.

Publications

The Register published its first Bulletin in 1988.[4] The Bulletin has kept the members informed about art events, news and provided analysis by peers. A website was launched in 1995.

Exhibitions

1988 Celebratory dinner hosted by the Women's Art Register in honour of Judy Chicago at the Royal Exhibition Building[5]

2004 Exhibition: Genetics Women's Art Register members exhibition at Horti Hall

2015 AS IF: 40 Years and Beyond Celebrating the Women’s Art Register[6][7][8]

References
  1. "Womens Art Register to publish 30th anniversary editions of The Bulletin | Yarra City Arts". arts.yarracity.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  2. "Another Look: Six Women Artists of the 1950s". Artlink Magazine. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. The women's art register. Peers, Juliette., Fagan, Josephine., Women's Art Register of Victoria. Richmond, Vic.: Women's Art Register. 2005. ISBN 0646445863. OCLC 224200928.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. Bulletin. Richmond, Vic. : Women's Art Register. 1988.
  5. Peers, Juliette; Fagan, Josephine; Victoria, Women's Art Register of (2005). The Women's Art Register. Richmond, Vic. : Women's Art Register. ISBN 9780646445861.
  6. "2015 Melbourne Fringe Award Winners Announced". Australian Arts Review. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  7. "AS IF: 40 Years and Beyond Celebrating the Women's Art Register". Art Almanac. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. "West Space". westspace.org.au. Retrieved 20 July 2019.

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