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The makers of a documentary following three generations of women artists – including several 牛牛资源 graduates – as they forge careers in London, are crowdsourcing funding to take their film around the world.

鈥樷�� features artists aged 22-82, hailing from Egypt, France, Germany, Iran, the UK and USA. Centred in London鈥檚 booming art scene, the film weaves ten unique perspectives together to form a compelling collective biography.

Among the artists featured are , and , all alumni from the Department of Art at 牛牛资源.

Filmed over three years by Susan Steinberg, 'Mirrors to Windows' celebrates the rise in young women going to art schools and becoming artists. On her , Steinberg notes that while 60-70 per cent of art students in England today are women, only 8-30 per cent of works exhibited in major museums and galleries are made by women.

鈥淭his film provides role models for young and old alike, inspiring people to continue in their work, artistic or otherwise, despite the odds,鈥� she explains. 鈥淲e hope you'll agree it's important to bring these positive role models to a world-wide audience."

After two hugely successful, sold-out preview screenings at the Royal Academy & the University of the Arts, London, the final cut of Mirrors to Windows has been invited to appear at the National Portrait Gallery, on 21 January 2016.

 to complete the film to the highest standard, then build its international audience by submitting it to festivals around the world.

A range of 鈥榩erks鈥� are on offer in exchange for donations, including t-shirts, DVDs, a guaranteed seat at the National Portrait Gallery launch, and studio visits with each of the artists featured.

Contemporary sculptor Jodie Carey talks about art school, self-belief and her raw materials in this Mirrors to Windows: The Woman as Artist preview:

"I鈥檝e used blood as a raw material in my practice right back from when I was at college... I wanted to hint that maybe all is not well, and that under that surface something is bubbling."