March is when Women’s History Month is celebrated and hundreds of museums and National Museum of Women in the Arts are joining the third annual #5WomenArtist campaign. “Can you Name five women artists?” The campaign is designed to spark conversation about gender parity in the arts. Yes this issue is everywhere you guys. This year’s campaign focuses on women artist of color. Which gives me an excellent excuse to post the portrait of Michelle Obama painted by Amy Sherald. If you are asking yourself why Michelle Obama’s portrait is in sort of a gray scale, there is a very interesting and historical explanation. Interesting how art is so meaningful and deep and it can be so expressive once studied and explained. Sherald’s technique is analyzed in detail here.
“(Girls and girls of color) will see an image of someone who looks like them hanging on the walls of this great American institution. … And I know the kind of impact that will have on their lives because I was one of those girls,” the former first lady said at the official unveiling.