W.A.R. Stories: Women’s Art Register at The Roundtable
Drawing by Carmel O'Connor from the W.A.R. Stories: Women’s Art Register at the Roundtable event, 2018.
AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ACCA), SOUTHBANK
As part of the exhibition Unfinished Business at ACCA a group discussion considered a number of questions:
What is the 'Unfinished Business' of the Women's Art Register?
Is the Women's Art Register undervalued and under-recognised by major institutions?
How can we (re)position the Women's Art Register's unique place in Australia's history as a critical force in contemporary politics and culture?
In what ways are the Women's Art Register's unique open access policies and grass-roots management indicative of the collaborative and participatory nature of past and present feminist practices?
How does the cross-generational collection represented by the Women's Art Register contribute new insights into current mainstream discourses that, at times, overlook the historical record?