The Artist and her Works launch, Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art. Photo by: Emma Pegrum
The Foundation
Sheila is a national philanthropic foundation with the aim of overturning decades of gender bias by writing Australian women artists back into our art history and ensuring equality for today’s women artists.
Sheila will have succeeded when a visit to a state or national gallery shows equally the art, lives, stories and ideas of women and men, when students learn about our great women artists in equal measure to the great male artists, and when the women graduates from our art schools are equally represented in the art community.
Sheila has three main strategic focuses:
- Contemporary Women – Providing opportunities and support for contemporary Australian women artists.
- Into the Light – Painting women back into Australia’s art history.
- Going Global – Supporting the unique Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art..
All three programs have been designed to create maximum impact for the areas they focus on and each has unique and important stories to uncover and tell to a wider audience.
Our Progress
Huge progress has already been made since the Foundation's official launch in May 2019 including: