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Disrupting the Masculine Canon in Fine Art Education: Equal Futures through More Female Role Models

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Disrupting the Masculine Canon in Fine Art Education: Equal Futures through More Female Role Models. / Gorrill, Helen.
In: International Journal of the Arts in Society, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2018, p. 23-33.

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Gorrill H. Disrupting the Masculine Canon in Fine Art Education: Equal Futures through More Female Role Models. International Journal of the Arts in Society. 2018;13(1):23-33. doi: 10.18848/1833-1866/CGP/v13i01/23-33

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Gorrill, Helen. / Disrupting the Masculine Canon in Fine Art Education : Equal Futures through More Female Role Models. In: International Journal of the Arts in Society. 2018 ; Vol. 13, No. 1. pp. 23-33.

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