Feminist Art Project

Historic Anniversaries of the Feminist Art Movement

See: http://feministartproject.rutgers.edu/Timeline.html

Historic anniversaries include...

2006

2006

• 35th anniversary of Judy Chicago's Feminist Art Program at California State University, Fresno

• 35th anniversary of the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series at Rutgers, originated

by Joan Snyder

• 35th anniversary of "Where We At," the exhibition and organization of black women artists, founded by Faith Ringgold, Kay Brown and others

• 35th anniversary of the publication of "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" by Linda Nochlin

• 30th anniversary of the exhibition, Women Artists: 1550–1950, curated by Linda Nochlin and Ann Sutherland Harris

• 30th anniversary of Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (W.A.R.M.)

2007

2007

• 35th anniversary of A.I.R. Gallery

• 35th anniversary of the First National Conference for Women in the Visual Arts at the Corcoran Gallery of Art

• 35th anniversary of the Feminist Art Program at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and Womanhouse, facilitated by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro

• 35th anniversary of the Woman's Building, Los Angeles

• 35th anniversary of the Women's Caucus for Art at the College Art Association

• 20th anniversary of the National Museum of Women in the Arts

30th anniversary of the following

"Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics," founded by Joan Braderman, Mary Beth Edelson, Harmony Hammond, Elizabeth Hess, Joyce Kozloff, Lucy Lippard, Miriam Schapiro and May Stevens.

"Chrysalis," a magazine of women's culture, established at the LA Woman's Building by Sheila de Bretteville, Kirsten Grimstad, Ruth Iskin, Arlene Raven and Susan Rennie. Contributing editors include Mary Daly, Lucy Lippard, Audre Lorde, Linda Nochlin, Gloria Orenstein and Adrienne Rich.

"Womanart" magazine publishes issue devoted to the question, "What Ever Happened to the Women Artists' Movement?"

"Muse," a cooperative gallery and women's community center, opens in Philadelphia.

"By Our Own Hands: The Women Artists' Movement, Southern California, 1970-1976" published by Double X; Susana Torre edits "Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective."

2008

30th anniversary of the following

In San Francisco, Suzanne Lacy, Leslie Labowitz, and the group Ariadne join organizers to stage one of the first "Take Back the Night" rallies in response to the prevalence of pornography and violence against women.

In Texas, Women & Their Work is founded.

Elsa Honig Fine writes "Women & Art: A History of Women Painters and Sculptors from the Renaissance to the 20th Century."

"Art: African American," a scholarly survey of African American art history, compiled by Samella Lewis is published.

"A Lesbian Show" exhibition, curated by Harmony Hammond, symposia and cultural events held at New York's 112 Greene Street.

"High Performance" magazine founded by Linda Frye Burnham in LA, providing women performers with increased print exposure.

"Sister Chapel," a collaborative environmental work conceived by Ilise Greenstein to retell the women's version of the creation myth, exhibited in New York; Judy Blum, Martha Eidelheit, Shirley Gorelick, Betty Holliday, Synthia Mailman, Alice Neel, Sylvia Sleigh, May Stevens and Sharon Wybrant produce panels for the installation