50% of the Story: Women Expressing Creativity
Women have always been creative. Women have always been artistic. Women have always been artists. Yet, their work has remained largely unrecognized. This is not surprising considering women’s art represents only 8% of works collected by museums. 50% of the Story: Women Expressing Creativity transforms the CSPM collection to more accurately reflect the rich complexity and diversity of the Pikes Peak region.
Using historic artwork and artifacts, alongside contemporary pieces, this exhibit creates an important conversation across time, demonstrating what happens when women artists are welcomed into a museum space together. Their work is seen, their stories are told, and their artistic expression becomes part of our historical record. The results are also strikingly beautiful, vibrant, and
complicated.
Every artifact and work of art is contemporary when created. Collectively, this exhibit connects the past, present, and future – to us – the viewer. What, how, when, why, and from whom museums choose to collect is important, and this exhibit challenges the long-held notion of museums as gatekeepers and tastemakers. Who decides what qualifies as art and whose art belongs in a museum?
With this question in mind, objects both old and new demonstrate how women have always been creative. Artifacts and art are imbued with ideas, stories, memories, and histories of places, people, and time. This gallery is dedicated to all women artists and creatives in the Pikes Peak region both past and present — you represent our community’s unique history and culture. After all, unless we are collecting and sharing the stories, art, and artifacts made by women — we are missing 50% of the Story.








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