Film celebrating ‘the artist as woman’ to premiere at National Portrait Gallery

The makers of a documentary following three generations of women artists – including several Goldsmiths graduates – as they forge careers in London, are crowdsourcing funding to take their film around the world.

‘Mirrors to Windows: The Artist as Woman’ features artists aged 22-82, hailing from Egypt, France, Germany, Iran, the UK and USA. Centred in London’s booming art scene, the film weaves ten unique perspectives together to form a compelling collective biography.

Among the artists featured are Alice Anderson, Sarah Lederman and Jodie Carey, all alumni from the Department of Art at Goldsmiths.

Filmed over three years by Susan Steinberg, 'Mirrors to Windows' celebrates the rise in young women going to art schools and becoming artists. On her IndieGoGo crowdsourcing page, Steinberg notes that while 60-70 per cent of art students in England today are women, only 8-30 per cent of works exhibited in major museums and galleries are made by women.

“This film provides role models for young and old alike, inspiring people to continue in their work, artistic or otherwise, despite the odds,” she explains. “We hope you'll agree it's important to bring these positive role models to a world-wide audience."

After two hugely successful, sold-out preview screenings at the Royal Academy & the University of the Arts, London, the final cut of Mirrors to Windows has been invited to appear at the National Portrait Gallery, on 21 January 2016.

The team are fundraising to complete the film to the highest standard, then build its international audience by submitting it to festivals around the world.

A range of ‘perks’ are on offer in exchange for donations, including t-shirts, DVDs, a guaranteed seat at the National Portrait Gallery launch, and studio visits with each of the artists featured.

Visit IndieGoGo for more information.

Watch the Mirrors to Windows trailer.

Contemporary sculptor Jodie Carey talks about art school, self-belief and her raw materials in this Mirrors to Windows: The Woman as Artist preview:

"I’ve used blood as a raw material in my practice right back from when I was at college... I wanted to hint that maybe all is not well, and that under that surface something is bubbling."