Who Does She Think She Is?

Can you name five female artists off the top of your head right now?

If you struggled with that question or drew a blank, don't worry, you're not alone. Less than three percent of the work in modern wings of art museums are by women and the percentage of solo exhibitions by women artists is significantly lower than male artists. Even in a culture that encourages women to pursue education and careers, women artists say they often feel pressure to choose between mothering and pursuing their art.

Who Does She Think She Is? a documentary by Academy Award winning filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll features five fierce women who refused to choose between motherhood and creative work. The film explores some of the most problematic intersections that women encounter today: mothering and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art.

According to Jenny Rough at Conscious Choice,

At the end of the film you will be able to name Maye Torres, a mother of three who works on paper, metal and clay and who raises her boys on a $24,000 annual income; Janis Wunderlich, a sculptor whose creations often bear two heads to represent her internal conflict; Angela Williams, an actress who struggles to figure out how to travel to New York City for Broadway auditions when her family is back home; Camille Musser, a painter who reconnects with her Caribbean roots through her works; and printmaker Mayumi Oda, who now runs retreats at her farm in Hawaii to help other women tap into their creativity.

Learn more about the film and the women featured at whodoesshethinksheis.net.