Project Proposal

Who wants to be part of the Guerrilla Girls Movement? 


        Throughout this class, learning about the Guerrilla Girls have inspired me with all the stories of marvelous  female artists and their struggles that they went through to create art, and be able to have a family and a career, or just simply be able to express themselves passionately through their art. Well, gender has being an stigma in females lives, the reason why not only women artists but any other women in general including myself have been deprived for so many things that was believed to do something only for men. Fortunately, with the beginning of the feminist movement at the 19 century up until today, some reforms have being possible and changes as well, but I believe it is not enough. Women still not receiving equal wage for same amount of work. The Guerrilla Girls stated that a single painting by Jasper Johns could buy all the paintings in the Guerrilla Girls Book. 



        While, I grew up I remember hearing, You are a female you must know how to clean, cook, child care,  and dress beautiful so a guy can pay attention to you. These kind of social problems are still here in some societies which are more evident than others that must be addressed. Nowadays, some societies encourage women sexual liberation, but not all. I am from Ecuador where I come from slightly changes have been made, but so slightly that as a woman I cannot even see them on equal terms with men. All I know that we have the right to vote. So, maybe, this is because women need to get together and even more stronger than ever to make changes possible. So, I came out with the idea of creating a movement that supports the Guerrilla Girls ideals of equality. This movement is called Painted Faces. The colors and shapes will symbolized the art that women made throughout history ,and behind those colors the facial gestures will symbolized their sadness, anger, frustration, and their struggle they went through to create art. I am planning to use media to promote this movement and gave ideas for those women who haven't taught it yet. Leadership is the key for a movement to be possible. So, I am planning to create a video that will teach anyone how to create a movement and then, support the Guerrilla Girls by finding articles indicating that women is still being marginalized in the art world today ; moreover, where this situations are happening. This video is to promoted change and maybe the beginning of new movements supporting equality for all.

 

Work Cited. 


"20 Ways to Get People to Believe in Your Ideas and Create a Movement." Get Paid More Money for Every Hour You Work. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.
  
The Guerilla Girls. The Guerrila Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art. New York, NY:  Penguin Books, 1998. 
http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement.html
 "Feminist Art Movement in the United States." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Feb. 2013. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.

"GUERRILLAGIRLS: Fighting Discrimination with Facts, Humor and Fake Fur." GUERRILLAGIRLS: Fighting Discrimination with Facts, Humor and Fake Fur. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.