All girl art creative collectives

Peachy and Keen 

'Peachy 'n' Keen started as a blog in 2013 by Rhiannon Adams and Eleni Mettyear, who, after meeting at art school, decided to create a space where they could showcase the work of female artists in a male-dominated industry. From then on the girl gang only grew; evolving into an art collective that put on exhibitions traversing the country, showcasing artists, photographers, writers and women all over the world who had something to show.'

Although the original website appears very clean, once clicking on the 'about' page this leads you to a separate website. This causes mass confusion as you can then not return to the landing page. 

It is evident that feminist trends are expressed throughout the website with a political agenda page being explored. One section of the collective website in which I believe to be highly influential is that of an image submission, in turn allowing female designers to get their work out there. This open approach explores everything a female collective should be, a support network for female designers. This should be considered within my own design. 

Esbat Collective 

'Esbat are a group of women artists working in the realms of instinct, parody and occult revelation. Formed to support and encourage individual art practice, studio work and to hold themed and curated shows.'

The navigation of the website is very easy to use. Unlike some of the previous collective pages explored the members and their work are highlighted. This therefore further promoting the collective members. Although the layout and navigation is strong, the imagery depicted is pixilated, and only appears in black and white. This is disengaging and therefore the user would not spend a large amount of time upon the website. 

The Bunny Collective 

'Bunny Collective is a group of artists working collaboratively on exhibitions and publications. Founded by Samantha Conlon in Cork, Ireland in 2013 the group now has members based in Ireland, the UK and USA.'

As the page bar is depicted at the left hand side of the page this allows for a highly interesting approach, as it differs from generic websites. The website loads quickly, therefore making the design easy to use. No pop ups appear upon the website, a factor in which has previously occurred when looking at other collective pages. A blog is present in which allows all the designers to express their opinions as well as showcasing their work. 

Key features in which I found important when completing this research were:

• Blogs are a useful platform in which to constantly engage with the consumer market 
• Image quality is pertinent (72 dpi) 
• You should always be able to reach the landing page from the current page
• Too much text is off putting
• Hierarchy is essential
• Larger images are more effective than smaller images