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Plautilla Nelli was one of the first known female Renaissance artists and was a cloistered Dominican nun. In 2009, Fortune created a new organization, the Advancing Women Artists Foundation, its American non-profit sister organization, which allowed for more opportunities for American involvement.
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AWA is supported by private contributors and institutions that are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting works by women artists, particularly in
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Florence Committee of the National Museum for Women in the Arts, an Italian not-for-profit association in Florence. This all began when she picked up a book about Suor Plautilla Nelli, a sixteenth-century Florence painter whom she was unfamiliar with and realised the goal to bring
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Florence with satellite spaces established worldwide, where paintings and sculptures can be exhibited and eventually return to Florence permanently.
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Advisory Council and assisted by an honorary Florentine Council of Advisors composed of museum directors, art historians, restorers, city officials, and art experts who advise the Foundation on its restorations, publications, and awareness-raising projects.
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