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What’s it all about?
In the summer of 2020, a Tennessee public art program launched their month-long mural initiative with one goal in mind: to transform walls in rural towns with just a coat of paint. The catch? These walls were for women.
That summer was also the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote. With the mural initiative appropriately named WALLS FOR WOMEN, over ten female artists painted beautiful murals across the state of Tennessee. Why Tennessee? Well, if it weren’t for a Tennessee Senator named Harry Burn, the 19th amendment would have gone to shambles.
WALLS FOR WOMEN, both the program and the film, serves as a celebration of women in art. The film was a collaborative effort between writer/filmmaker Colin Shuran and DMA-Events, a non-profit public art project with the mission to “Do. More. Art.“