Women's Art Society

Women’s Art Society is the first exhibition in the series that looks at the history of MOSTYN and how that history is tied to events beyond its local, national and international context.

This first exhibition reaches back to the inauguration of MOSTYN. Opened in 1902, the Mostyn Art Gallery was commissioned by Lady Augusta Mostyn and, for two years, housed works by Gwynedd Ladies Art Society who were denied membership of male dominated local art societies on the basis of their gender. 

Women’s Art Society continues and updates the spirit of the original Ladies’ Arts Society by showing recent, contemporary artworks dealing with the politics of gender, identity and regulation, and issues of exclusion and prejudice. Alongside the contemporary works will be an exhibition of artefacts, documentation and artwork from the original Ladies Arts Society. A call has gone out locally and the gallery team are hoping that people will come forward with their items of interest and family memories from the period.