Bra Project

The Bra Project









For my major project I decided to do a multi-modal project that allowed me to utilize my love of art and design. With the constraint in supplies I adapted my project to be created on a series of bras, using acrylic paint and ink detailing. I created a range of cartoon women to be present on my project. I decided to work on the idea of diverse representation within women in society. For my project I used several identities apparent within our class’ reading and discussions. I focused on women from historically underrepresented communities. My major project is a way to create a visual culture that celebrates the diversity and differences of women throughout our society. The comedians in this course serve as some of my influences, including their discussions of representation. My project is a representation of diverse women inspired by Fanny Fern, Hannah Gadsby, Ali Wong, and Phoebe Robinson.

For my project I went back into our discussion and comedians we have studied to gain inspiration. I also researched artists focusing on diversity and feminism. I started by drawing my cartoon characters and designing the identities I wanted present within the project. After I finished finalizing I constructed my thesis based around women who are under represented and the impact that has. I used the comedians in our course, as well as other scholarly articles as ways women have used their platforms to discuss inequity and how it needed to be mended.

This project was created to showcase diversity and acknowledge that every woman is different and should be celebrated not discouraged. The women in this course have inspired me to be authentic to myself, and to be proud of who I am. To spread that I am using this visual representation project to reach more women. The society based on discrimination and stereotypes needs to be countered with expression and delineation. This project is important in the conversation of inequity and diversity. It is using the implicit bias of others against them. It is showing what the world really is, not the haze of marginalization people have been in. The impact of voices like these within art, comedy, journalism and media is what will create a new definition for the identities. This is how equity will be spread and how representation will create a new conversation for women all over the world.

I learned a lot about identities that have been shown inequity, that within my implicit bias I haven’t realized. By researching and analyzing the women we have studied I have learned a lot about how wrongly women are being treated. I knew a lot about marginalized groups, but I never really thought about accurate and diverse representation within art and media until I started creating this project. I learned about my white privilege and how I have also been impacted by lack of realistic representation of women within society.



I actually continued working on my project even after I turned it in. Since art is always developing I have been messing with the project and bringing about a more aesthetically pleasing project. So the pictures I have posted are what I a have added to bring the project into full view for me. My favorite part of this project was creating beautiful women, and basing them on women I know who are fighting for equity. I used famous and personal role models within my project. This really allowed me to appreciate what feminism is to me and how I could make an impact