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Women on Walls

You cannot be what you cannot see

“The contribution of women in society is too often invisible. Who we see on the walls, tells us about what we as a society value, about who is welcome, about who fits in. We set out on the journey of Women on Walls with the ambition of making women leaders visible to inspire future generations.”

— Dr Michelle Cullen, Managing Director and Head of Inclusion & Diversity, Accenture in Ireland

About the Campaign

Women on Walls is a campaign that seeks to make women leaders visible through a series of commissioned portraits that will create a lasting cultural legacy for Ireland. In July 2024, University College Cork joined the campaign. Accenture’s Women on Walls at UCC is the fourth chapter of this journey.

Our subjects

On July 9th, 2024, an Open Call for Subjects was announced at UCC. 

Nominations can be submitted through the button below until Tuesday, August 6th at 12:00pm

Open call for Artists

Business to Arts in partnership with Accenture’s Women on Walls at University College Cork announces an Open Call to Artists for a series of important portrait commissions of trailblazing women to be completed in 2025. Accenture’s Women on Walls at UCC is a campaign that seeks to make women leaders visible through a series of commissioned portraits that will create a lasting cultural legacy for Ireland and the next generations.

Accenture’s Women on Walls will commission up to four artists to create three individual portraits and one group portrait of trailblazing women connected to the Munster region as selected in conjunction with the public via an Open Call for Subject Nominations ran by UCC earlier this year. The artworks will become part of the important Art Collection held by UCC and will be hung in the Aula Maxima, located in the historical Main Quadrangle, the heart of UCC.

PREVIOUS ARTISTS

The Journey So Far

Women on Walls began in 2016 with the RIA. Five portraits of leading female academics were commissioned–the first in their 230-year history. In 2019, Women on Walls at RCSI celebrated the pioneering achievements of eight women leaders in healthcare. In 2021, DCU unveiled the third chapter of artwork for Women on Walls commemorating five women pioneers in science.

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