Lesley Dumbrell, Promontories, 1968 (detail), liquitex on canvas, 213.5 x 213.5 Courtesy the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne.

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We see the need for our leadership in this area every day – how is it that in 2021, a walk through most Australian art museums reveals that up to 80% of artworks are by men? What view of Australia would we see if art by women made up an equitable percentage of museum displays? We ask for your support to turn these statistics around.

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Salote Tawale

“A huge thank you to the Sheila Foundation for supporting this exhibition and allowing me as an artist to develop this project with PICA beyond my original expectations.”

Image courtesy Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA). Photo by Duncan Wright. 
Never has the work Sheila Foundation does, in connecting donors like you with support for Australian women artists, been so important.

John Cruthers, Sheila Chairperson

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Sheila would like to thank our donors for their invaluable contribution to help support, promote and advocate for Australian women’s art and women artists.

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