is scheduled to open in San Francisco in 2005. It will be the first world-class
cultural and educational facility to celebrand examine the roles women
have played in shaping our world throughout the centuries. Through the
critical exploration of women's history, contempory issues and visions
of the future, the Museum will be a catalyst for social change. The Museum
will house permanent and temporary exhibitions, educational centers for
children and teens, public meeting spaces, and a virtual museum accessible
globally on the Internet.
CONTACT IMOW:
PO Box 642370, San Francisco, CA 94164, tel 415-775-1366, www.imow.org
and UNIFEM announce ART EXHIBITION
WEB SITE!
The International Museum of Women (IMOW) of San Francisco, in partnership
with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) announces
tî launch of a new web site featuring the creative works of women artists
artisans from around the world. These inspiring works of art were displaced
in PROGRESS OF THE WORLD'S WOMEN, an international exhibition of women
artists at the United Nations, co-organized by IMOW and UNIFEM, in hono
the Beijing +5 Review, on June 5-July 5, 2000.
The web exhibition brings to viewers worldwide a rare collection of paintings,
sculpture and photography that address the theme of women's global progress
in achieving equality.
The site has been "live" for one year, and in that time has received critical
acclaim, and is rated one of the top 100 sites by and for women on the
Internet, as well as receiving over 26,000 visitors, from both U.S. and
international circles. We feature critical debate about women authors,
and provide a forum for publication for new contemporary women writers.
The site includes scholarship, links, resources and original fiction/poetry.
We have a more "academic" flavor than the other Literary forums out there,
and seek to actively promote discussion/learning about women's literature.