"Khvylya" by Olha Pilyuhina ()
Every year, March 8 is recognized as International Women’s Day. 91ÑÇÉ« President & Vice-Chancellor Rhonda Lenton and Vice President, Equity, People & Culture Sheila Cote-Meek beautifully addressed this year’s theme of #BreakTheBias in their earlier this week. This year, before we look back at some of our noteworthy pieces highlighting the accomplishments and continued struggles of women artists and innovators, and in light of the ongoing atrocities in Ukraine, we wish to briefly acknowledge the historic struggles of Ukrainian women artists.
In Ukraine, as in many other places, . This lack of recognition stems from many sources: women encouraged to focus on marrying rich instead of studying art, gender prejudices in early art schools, and women’s contributions overlooked when collaborating with male counterparts, to name a few. Today’s landscape has evolved a fair bit, as many previously ignored talents are moving into the light.ÌýFor more information about this history, read .Ìý
Some great artists whose work you can browse online are ,Ìý,Ìý, and , whose painting is featured above.
Further IPilogue Reading for International Women’s Day
Since last March, the IPilogue featured plenty of articles showcasing achievements by prominent women, noteworthy IP lawsuits involving women and barriers that women artists and entrepreneurs continue to face. Browse our selection below:
- by Prof. David Vaver (7 March 2022)
- by Claire Wortsman (4 March 2022)
- by Emily Chow (1 March 2022)
- by Meena Alnajar (15 February 2022)
- by Shawn Dhue (29 November 2021)
- by Meena Alnajar (25 November 2021)
- by Tianchu Gao (5 November 2021)
- by Emily Chow (18 October 2021)
- by Natalie Bravo (13 October 2021)
- by Emily Prieur (8 October 2021)
- by Shawn Dhue (28 July 2021)
- by Meena Alnajar (26 July 2021)
- by Eloise Somera & Alessia Monastero (16 July 2021)
- by Sabrina Macklai (12 July 2021)
- by Ashley Moniz (30 June 2021)
- by Prof. Pina D’Agostino (28 May 2021)
- by Meena Alnajar (27 May 2021)
- by Meena Alnajar (21 May 2021)
- by Jenna Gulizia (3 May 2021)
- by IP Osgoode (28 April 2021)