Poland’s visual art academies are extremely feminised as places of study while exceptionally masculinised as places of work. The gender discrepancy between these two career stages – comparable only to that observed in theological schools – surprised us and became the main focus of this research.
Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation is pleased to present the findings of the research in the form of a report from an art circles inquiry into the presence of women at public art academies in Poland.
The objective of the report was to collect and organise information obtained in the course of the research aiming at identifying cultural, environmental and psychological factors that contribute to women’s exodus from the system of higher art education.