Create! Magazine is proud to share the announcement of Fair Art 2030, an initiative run by the heads of nine art organizations that have united to demand change from museums and galleries.

“In 2021, it’s no longer acceptable to stick with the status quo. The social landscape is changing––and fast. The statistics surrounding the inclusion of women artists and artists of color in the nation’s institutions are dismal: a recent study conducted by the Public Library of Science found that 85% of museum collections are comprised of work by white men. Less than 1% of each institution’s holdings are works by Black women, Latinx women, Asian women, and other women of color.

Even when headlines and museum exhibitions emphasize the importance of diversity and inclusion, their numbers, unfortunately, do not reflect it. A 2019 survey of the United States’ top 18 museums found that the acquisition numbers of works by female artists have stagnated since their peak in 2009. What initially appeared as progress has amounted to not much more than lip service.

Liezel Strauss of Art Girl Rising, Pegah Kargar of Repaint History, Ferren Gipson, Svitlana Martynjuk of All SHE Makes, Kaylan Buteyn of the Artist/Mother Podcast, Lauren Jackson Harris of Black Women in Visual Art, Karline Moeller of Art; Frankly, Hall W. Rockefeller of Less Than Half, and Jamie Smith of Thrive Studio joined forces to create the Fair Art 2030 pledge project and encourage art organizations to make a public statement and take action.

Fair Art Pledge_ Social Posts (1).png

3_(copy).png

About the pledge:

Real, concerted effort is what is required to make change. At the core of Fair Art 2030 is the Fair Art Pledge, which seeks to hold institutions to their declarations of change by asking them to make a concrete, public statement.

Signatories agree to set two goals: to achieve at least 50% representation of women and non-binary artists and 40% BIPOC+ representation on museum, gallery and art fair walls, programming and management by 2030.

The Fair Art 2030 Pledge is in keeping with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). The SDG’s is a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.

We hope that you join Fair Art 2030 in making a difference! Take the pledge, become an ambassador, or spread the word!”

For more information, please visit their website Fairart2030.org or make sure to give them a follow on Instagram to stay updated @fairart2030.