Artist Spotlight: Virginia Ward
Virginia Ward focuses upon her face in her multifaceted sculptural work as seen above. Repurposing off cuts of wood used in the making of ukuleles,
Sheila Foundation
5 December 2023
Tag: Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art
Artist Spotlight: Rhonda Sharpe
Born in 1977, Rhonda Sharpe is an Luritja artist who works for the art centre Yarrenyty Arltere in Alice Springs. The centre has a focus
Sheila Foundation
5 December 2023
Angela Brennan Work Gifted to The Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art
In 2021 Angela Brennan’s painting Self portrait 1998 entered the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art as a gift from the artist’s husband Will Barrett. Angela
Sheila Foundation
27 November 2022
Artist Spotlight: Gemma Ben-Ary
A recent acquisition by Perth-based artist Gemma Ben-Ary is included in the current exhibition From the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art at the Lawrence Wilson
Sheila Foundation
21 April 2022
Celebrating Carol Rudyard
In this section we profile West Australian artist Carol Rudyard who recently passed away. One of her important works, Untitled 1970, is held by the Cruthers Collection of
David Forrest
2 September 2021
Love never dies: the private collector’s passion and its impact on the public gallery
With the Cruthers Art Foundation transitioning from a private to a public entity, it is timely to continue the discussion around private collections entering the
Juliette Peers
12 March 2018
Fierce Women in Perth
My mother Sheila Cruthers had a soft spot for young women artists and rarely missed an exhibition showcasing a new artist. If she responded to
John Cruthers
5 October 2017
Lovely faces but dangerous ideas
What is the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art? Whilst known to art curators, academics and art professionals since the later 1980s, the Cruthers Collection was
Juliette Peers
17 October 2016
Into the Light – The Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art
The Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art is one of Australia’s most fascinating specialist art collections. Assembled since 1974 by collector and patron Lady Sheila Cruthers,
Sheila Foundation
1 December 2012
LOOK. LOOK AGAIN 2012 exhibition brochure
Held in 2012, LOOK. LOOK AGAIN was the first major exhibition of the Collection after it was gifted to The University of Western Australia in
Sheila Foundation
1 February 2012