Ulster Society of Women Artists

The Society was founded by Gladys Maccabe with the assistance of Olive Henry and others in 1957. At that time, there was no art society in Northern Ireland that would accept women as members. From the original ten founding members, membership is now in excess of 120. Members are elected to the Society on the basis of their skills as an artist through a vigorous selection process in place to maintain the excellent standard of work within the society. Exhibitions have been held in a variety of venues across Northern Ireland and on occasion at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art in Dublin.