Abstract :
Through a comprehensive exhibition and study project, a group of high school
students and women artists worked together to document the artists’ work, explore
the values and issues of women’s art, envision careers, and create an exhibition and
permanent teaching resources. The project’s purpose was to test a model curriculum
designed to promote gender equity and positive identification among young women
in art, and to make the students’ discoveries available for other students in the
community. Research confirmed needs for curriculum reform: the need to present
art as an appropriate and desirable career choice, to present curriculum content that
relates positively to the experiences of female students, and to raise awareness of
values and assumptions about women’s art-making.
