This Is W.A.R! — Women's Art Register

Welcome to This Is W.A.R!, an ongoing mapping project that shares sites of women’s art practice in and around Melbourne/Naarm. The project seeks to enhance the visibility of women’s art practice, connect artists past and present, and activate physical sites of work, community, inspiration, learning, challenge and celebration.

MAPPING OUR HERSTORIES

By quite literally putting women artists on the map, we reject the concept that women operate behind the scenes, unseen in their own homes and studios, out of the public sphere. Women’s art practice is situated and contextualised across sites, and decades, through these diverse stories that connect communities, ideas, bodies, practices and legacies.

This Is W.A.R! contains stories from our archive and beyond. The map has been generated from community contributions and volunteer research, concentrating on sites in use prior to 2000. While a number of locations have been mapped, there are many more to come. We welcome ongoing submissions, updates and feedback. The submissions form can be found further down the page.

We’re very excited to share this first iteration with you and look forward to exploring new ways to map stories and cities in the future.

The Women's Art Register acknowledge the people of the Kulin nation as the traditional custodians of the lands upon which these sites are located. We acknowledge their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present, as well as to all First Nations people.

USING THE MAP

Zoom to an area of interest, or view the full map by clicking the square icon in the top right-hand corner. On desktop, this view will allow you to browse sites by category and use the search tool to find an artist name, site or keyword.

The Women's Art Register has undertaken all reasonable efforts to identify and contact copyright holders of the images used within this map. If you believe you are the copyright owner of an image and have a query regarding its use, please get in contact with us at hello@womensartregister.org.