Women Who Draw
January 9, 2017 6:39 AM Subscribe
Women Who Draw is an open directory of female professional illustrators, artists and cartoonists who take freelance work.
It was created by a group of women artists in an effort to increase the visibility of female illustrators, with an emphasis on female illustrators of color, LBTQ+, and other minority groups of female illustrators. We hope this directory will be used by publishers, art directors and editors to find less visible illustrators, and encourage them to work with these illustrators more frequently.
It was created by a group of women artists in an effort to increase the visibility of female illustrators, with an emphasis on female illustrators of color, LBTQ+, and other minority groups of female illustrators. We hope this directory will be used by publishers, art directors and editors to find less visible illustrators, and encourage them to work with these illustrators more frequently.
yes, very nice way of discovering new artists
posted by Foci for Analysis at 7:22 AM on January 9, 2017
posted by Foci for Analysis at 7:22 AM on January 9, 2017
I love the idea, but I'm a little uneasy about the fact that you can see what everyone's religion is -- and even click a link to just show people of the religion you indicate.
It would be one thing if it were a field about their interests, aesthetic, or causes they want to publicly support. Just having a signup field for artists that asks them to indicate their religion means that, unless they strongly object and understand why they object, they'll fill it in by default; and that they'll feel like they're missing out on potential clients if they don't indicate their faith.
It also normalizes classifying people by their religion before their other qualities. This is worrying to me.
posted by amtho at 7:23 AM on January 9, 2017
It would be one thing if it were a field about their interests, aesthetic, or causes they want to publicly support. Just having a signup field for artists that asks them to indicate their religion means that, unless they strongly object and understand why they object, they'll fill it in by default; and that they'll feel like they're missing out on potential clients if they don't indicate their faith.
It also normalizes classifying people by their religion before their other qualities. This is worrying to me.
posted by amtho at 7:23 AM on January 9, 2017
Just having a signup field for artists that asks them to indicate their religion means that, unless they strongly object and understand why they object, they'll fill it in by default; and that they'll feel like they're missing out on potential clients if they don't indicate their faith.
Less than half of the artists in the directory have indicated a religion. Doesn't seem like it's too much of a "default" problem.
posted by Etrigan at 7:28 AM on January 9, 2017 [1 favorite]
Less than half of the artists in the directory have indicated a religion. Doesn't seem like it's too much of a "default" problem.
posted by Etrigan at 7:28 AM on January 9, 2017 [1 favorite]
literally went on metafilter to procrastinate from looking for a freelance artist to hire, and trying to figure out how to prioritize hiring women and POC in that process. This is the first thing I see. amazing.
posted by Jon_Evil at 7:55 AM on January 9, 2017 [9 favorites]
posted by Jon_Evil at 7:55 AM on January 9, 2017 [9 favorites]
This is good. Nitpick: they have jewish as a religion, not an ethnicity, whereas some people like myself are jewish atheists.
But that's a minor thing, of course.
posted by signal at 8:11 AM on January 9, 2017
But that's a minor thing, of course.
posted by signal at 8:11 AM on January 9, 2017
It also normalizes classifying people by their religion before their other qualities. This is worrying to me.
I won't lie, it's jarring to me to see religion used so prominently in this particular context, but since it's apparently optional I don't think it's that big of a deal.
I can also see why the religion of the artist might be important when decided whom to work with. For example, if you wanted a depiction of symbols that some religious people had a problem with, you could avoid asking someone to do something that they might be uncomfortable with. Conversely, if you were looking for a depiction of something that was a spiritual value, having an artist of the appropriate faith do the works seems like the best way to have it done respectfully.
And, tbh, given how much racism gets justified as part of the valiant struggle for freedom-from-religion, showing this particular aspect of diversity might be a force for good as well.
posted by sparklemotion at 8:52 AM on January 9, 2017
I won't lie, it's jarring to me to see religion used so prominently in this particular context, but since it's apparently optional I don't think it's that big of a deal.
I can also see why the religion of the artist might be important when decided whom to work with. For example, if you wanted a depiction of symbols that some religious people had a problem with, you could avoid asking someone to do something that they might be uncomfortable with. Conversely, if you were looking for a depiction of something that was a spiritual value, having an artist of the appropriate faith do the works seems like the best way to have it done respectfully.
And, tbh, given how much racism gets justified as part of the valiant struggle for freedom-from-religion, showing this particular aspect of diversity might be a force for good as well.
posted by sparklemotion at 8:52 AM on January 9, 2017
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