Society of Women Artists' 155th Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London. A great show, as always: and a new resident photographer for the Society: me.
Women Only?! In the second week of the SWA Annual Exhibition, the Mall Galleries hosted a discussion entitled: ‘Women only?!’ - Exploring the continued relevance and growing trend of Women-only art exhibitions and competitions. The reason being a recently launched, and very promisingly advertised ‘£100,000 Freelands Award’ . I was really looking forward to hearing the panel of experts: Sue Jelley PSWA; Melanie Cassoff, Managing Director of the Freelands Foundation (the organization behind the new award that was created in response to a report they commissioned on mid-career opportunities for women artists - see http://freelandsfoundation.co.uk); and Eliza Gluckman, curator of the New Hall Ar
