Breaking Glass

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Tech Leader Kimberly Bryant on the Importance of Female Mentorship

Through Black Girls Code, Bryant hopes to create a community that will empower the girls to carve out their own spaces in the tech industry.

Why We Need to Celebrate Women’s Stories, According to Arts Leader Jude Kelly

The founder of the Women of the World Festival and former director of Britain's largest cultural institution offers her advice to young women struggling to find their own voices.

Curator Paola Antonelli on Fighting Insecurity in the Workplace

The MoMA veteran has earned a reputation for being one of the most influential curators working today—and a game-changer in expanding the canon of design.

Artsy Editors

Nov 12, 2018

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About the Series

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Across industries, stories of successful female leaders share a common thread: the profound impact that mentors, particularly female mentors, have had in helping them overcome adversity in their professions. Yet finding a female mentor, or even a role model, is not always a simple task, particularly in male-dominated fields like science, engineering, and technology. In the arts, too, women are underrepresented—and underpaid—in key leadership positions like museum directorships.

Artsy begins to tackle this issue in a series of short films profiling extraordinary women in art and tech who are defining what it means to be a leader in 2018. Each of these visionaries has broken the glass ceiling, overcoming biases and obstacles to pave a way in her field. They now use their platforms to champion the voices of other women. Together, they are empowering the next generation to shape the future of their industries.

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