ALMOST FORGOTTEN WOMEN ARTISTS

An initiative of the Cameron Parsons Foundation dedicated to discovering and spotlighting influential women artists whose contributions have largely been obscured and overlooked. AFWA believes that recognizing their artwork and bringing to light their unique stories are essential for understanding 20th century art through these women’s eyes.

Executive Director Scott Hobbs launched the AFWA initiative in response to an inquiry to the Cameron Parsons Foundation. This particular inquiry believed they uncovered a newfound drawing by Cameron; the inquiry brought the board’s attention to, like Cameron, another almost forgotten women artist, the Boston-based painter Betty Gross (1926-2016). Aligning the Foundation’s mission that ensures Cameron’s work would not be disregarded, neglected, and least of all forgotten, the Foundation began expanding its exploration of women artists who are contemporaries of Cameron soon after they uncovered Betty Gross’s paintings.

Having successfully safeguarded Cameron’s place in history with her work now in the permanent collections of MOCA, LACMA, the Whitney, and the Hammer Museums, the board has agreed to cultivate an inaugural exhibit of five women artists from the same era as Cameron utilizing Cameron and her work as a template to bring into focus the nearly forgotten.