Museums are conduits that hold within themselves the creativity, talent, and products of many great artists. They have been known to give purpose and goals to the artists that aspire to have their works on their walls. They expose culture and experience to the audience through the lens of translation of images and sculptures from the artist. Picasso wouldn’t have developed his unique abstract style of painting if he hadn’t frequented museums in Africa, studying the tribal works produced by the natives. One would assume that diversity and the art world would be synonymous with each other, hand in hand. But just like the many jobs and situations in American and across the world, inequality between the sexes and the races is still prevalent in
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Museums are special places for many aspiring artists, why only let some of the population, a minority of its members, garner success because of their skin color and gender rather than their actual talent? Action and innovation have been the elements necessary to progress art itself forward and develop truly worthwhile art movements. Social activism, not only in the industry but by the artists themselves, is needed for change to happen to break down the barriers of preconceived thought that we have before us. We need to understand how the perpetuation of stereotypes only hurts the community as well socio-political state of the world. We need to understand how gender plays a role into today’s jobs and society. Creating more cultural diversity in the art world would only be beneficial to the art world as inspiration can be found within all things and all cultures. Museums need to strive for equality of the races and sexes, and begin integrating different cultures into their …show more content…
European art made by men has dominated the museums and filled their walls and their jobs, leaving little to no room for the rest of the races and genders. It was found in a study that 80% of museum workers, directors, curators, and artists are white (Philanthropy News Digest,,np), while another study that looked at artist visibility in Los Angeles and New York found that only 32% of them were women (Guerrilla Girls’,,np). Equal representation of the races and sexes is all but a fantasy in America for the moment. This can be psychologically discouraging to everyone in the field as the probability of them succeeding in the art world is low if you’re a person of color or anything than a cis gendered male. More abstractly this can hurt the aspiring artist as they have no one to identify with, only discouraging them further. This is a moment in history were social activism has been at its highest as many join the fight for equality. Nicolas Lampert talks about artists who join the social justice movement in his book, A People 's Art History of the United States, stating, , “When artists join social movements, they become agitators in the best sense of the word, and their art becomes less about the individual and more about the common vision and aspirations of many. Their art challenges power and becomes part of a culture of resistance,” (Lampert, A People’s Art History, 5). He shows that artists have
Museums are special places for many aspiring artists, why only let some of the population, a minority of its members, garner success because of their skin color and gender rather than their actual talent? Action and innovation have been the elements necessary to progress art itself forward and develop truly worthwhile art movements. Social activism, not only in the industry but by the artists themselves, is needed for change to happen to break down the barriers of preconceived thought that we have before us. We need to understand how the perpetuation of stereotypes only hurts the community as well socio-political state of the world. We need to understand how gender plays a role into today’s jobs and society. Creating more cultural diversity in the art world would only be beneficial to the art world as inspiration can be found within all things and all cultures. Museums need to strive for equality of the races and sexes, and begin integrating different cultures into their …show more content…
European art made by men has dominated the museums and filled their walls and their jobs, leaving little to no room for the rest of the races and genders. It was found in a study that 80% of museum workers, directors, curators, and artists are white (Philanthropy News Digest,,np), while another study that looked at artist visibility in Los Angeles and New York found that only 32% of them were women (Guerrilla Girls’,,np). Equal representation of the races and sexes is all but a fantasy in America for the moment. This can be psychologically discouraging to everyone in the field as the probability of them succeeding in the art world is low if you’re a person of color or anything than a cis gendered male. More abstractly this can hurt the aspiring artist as they have no one to identify with, only discouraging them further. This is a moment in history were social activism has been at its highest as many join the fight for equality. Nicolas Lampert talks about artists who join the social justice movement in his book, A People 's Art History of the United States, stating, , “When artists join social movements, they become agitators in the best sense of the word, and their art becomes less about the individual and more about the common vision and aspirations of many. Their art challenges power and becomes part of a culture of resistance,” (Lampert, A People’s Art History, 5). He shows that artists have