Femart Gallery Incorporated

The remedy to our lack of opportunities for our artists is to lease or gain a space in our community that will bring public awareness of the incredible women's art and how the value of these voices will lift and cultivate a better society.

We have already set aside a monthly fund of 50% of money in our bank account aside for future rent of a facility and must continue to grow our funding so that 50% increases.

Our main goal is to build a beautiful gallery that will also offer studio spaces for women along with a child care room and educational space. We want gallery hours and educational classes that will enhance community awareness and culturally benefit society.

Our strategy is building our board to be our advocates for directing our organization and develop a clear vision and goals for all of us to follow. We rely on volunteer committee members to actively get involved with our programs and community outreach. The passion to lift each other is very contagious in Jacksonville, Florida. We are planning fund raising activities and have greatly appreciated many small donations and grants by local business owners. Donation sites like this are essential to get our message out and build funds that will benefit not only women artists but our society by having diverse voices that truly relay our cultural identity through the arts.

Our capability is measurable by our seven board members who are experienced, educated and dedicated to making real changes in our society by promoting women artists and raising their value and income from their art. We are founded on Feminist values that began with the founders of this organization in 2017. The passion and support of the community is abundant and we believe that our organization's mission is solid and has already grown our organization leaps and bounds with a steady growth of members and community support.

So far we have had five art exhibits in varying locations all over Jacksonville; one women's talk by Deborah Reid, Esq. who talked about Women, Art, Law and Bias; a group of women artists who volunteered to do community outreach mural for a day care that provided affordable childcare for a working mom who returned to school for her art degree; monthly critique nights that provide a place to talk about their process and art work and build confidence in their presentations; and recently launched our early education program at the Goddard School in Orange Park, FL where we had an artist demonstrate pastel painting while the volunteer teacher talked about the importance of recognizing the value of women in the arts. The sooner we get a gallery in place the bigger our presence will be and as Georgia O'Keeffe said - "I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty."