Finding aid for the Woman's Building Records LSC.1982
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1970 | Feminist Art Program founded by Judy Chicago at Fresno State College |
1970 | Founding of Los Angeles Council of Women Artists |
1971 | Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro found Feminist Art Program at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) |
1971 | Womanhouse, a collaborative installation, is created by students in the CalArts Feminist Art Program |
1972 | Womanhouse exhibited to the public |
1973 | Womanspace Gallery opens. Major exhibits included "Mothers and Daughters," "Taboo," and "Exposure." Educational programs included "Lesbian Consciousness in Art with Ruth Iskin and Arlene Raven," "Art Heritage Lecture: Georgia O'Keefe and Female Sexuality," and "Pioneer Women: Nancy Reeves, lawyer, feminist scholar, educator." |
1973 | Feminist Studio Workshop (FSW) founded by Judy Chicago, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville and Arlene Raven |
1973 | The Woman's Building opens is doors at 743 S. Grandview. Key staff upon opening include FSW Faculty: Judy Chicago, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Edie Folbe, Ruth Iskin, Suzanne Lacy, Deena Metzger, Arlene Raven, Helen Alm Roth; Board of Directors: Judy Chicago, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Arlene Raven. |
1974 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "The Indian Show," "Beth Avary," "Temporary Environment and Performances," "Mary Maughelli," "Susan Hermann." |
1975 | Grand opening of 1727 North Spring Street location |
1975 | Key conferences at The Woman's Building: "Women in Design: The Next Decade," "Personal and Public Ritual: Women in Performance Art," "The Feminist Eye: Women Filmmakers and video Creators." |
1975 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "Self-Portrait Show," "Metamorphosis (with Judy Chicago and the catalog by Arlene Raven," "Photos by Wendy Davis," "Eileen Gray Retrospective," "Marsha Bailey," "Imogene Cunningham." |
1975 | Key performances at The Woman's Building: "Isadora Duncan: A Unique Recital," "Miss Alice Stone Ladies society Orchestra." |
1976 | L.A. Women's Video Center founded. |
1976 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "Grandma Prisbrey: Installation," "Forms of Aspiration: New Drawings with Faith Wilding." |
1976 | Key performances at The Woman's Building: "Feminist Art Workers performance group founded by Nancy Angelo, Candace Compton, Cheri Gaulke, Vanalyne Green, and Laurel Klick," "Flying Klock and Clauson concert," "Ulrike Rosenbach performance, slide show, video screening, and discussion." |
1976 | Key educational programs at The Woman's Building: "Feminist STudio Workshop," "Feminist Education: Methods and Techniques, Summer Workshop for Educators, taught by Judy Chicago, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Euth Iskin, Arlene Raven." |
1977 | Lesbian Art Project (LAP) founded by the Natalie Barney Collective: Arlene Raven, Terry Wolverton, Nancy Fried, Kathleen Berg. |
1977 | Ariadne: A Social Art Network founded by Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz |
1977 | Chrysalis : A Magazine of Women's culture begins publication |
1977 | Women in the Printing Arts catalog published by The Woman's Building. |
1977 | Conferences: "Women's Caucus for Art National Conference," "Building: How and Why." |
1977 | Key exhibits: "Rita Yokoi, Rachel Youdelman," "Women in the Printing Arts," "Judith Golden," "Social Commentary with Rabyn Blake, Jill Climent, Phyllis Davidson, Ilene Segalove, Barbara Thomason." |
1977 | Key performances at The Woman's Building: "Virginia Woolf : An Uncommon Evening by Sara DeWitt," "The Rise of the Fates written an directed by Z. Budapest." |
1978 | Spinning Off begins publication. |
1978 | The Video Project launches to create fifteen public service announcements about issues vital to Los Angeles women. |
1978 | The Woman's Building celebrates fifth anniversary, raising Kate Millett's Naked Lady sculpture to the roof of the building. |
1978 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "Tapestries by Chilean artists," "Inside the Dream: Aline LaPierre," "Women in Art Meets Life in Las Vegas," "A Woman's Image of Mass Media," "Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective." |
1978 | Key performances at The Woman's Building: "Mischief Mime Troupe," "Barbara Hammer," "FEMINA: An IntraSpace Voyage, collaborative performance conceived by Terry Wolverton," "Women Bound and Unbound, multimedia performance by Alida Walsh." |
1979 | Incest Awareness Project, a collaboration between Ariadne: A Social art Network and the Women's Resource Program of the Los Angeles Gay and LEsbian Community Services Center, begins. |
1979 | Judy Chicago's collaborative project, The Dinner Party, opens at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. |
1979 | Conferences at The Woman's Building: "Women and Science Fiction: Feminist Future Visions Conference, Kate Wilhelm, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Suzy McKee Charnas, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro," "Women Being Successful at Being Women in Their Workplace: Arlene Raven, Sheila de Bretteville, Sheila Bob, Jane Rosenzweig." |
1979 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "Sorcerer's Dialectic," "Bedtime Stories: Women Spak Out About Incest," "Documentary Photographs of The Dinner Party," "Wiccan Voices: Paula Lumbard," "Waiting at Columbia, Susan Mogul." |
1979 | Key performances at The Woman's Building: "An Oral Herstory of Lesbianism, collaborative performance by Terry Wolverton," "In Silence Secrets Turn to Lies, performance by Terry Wolverton for Bedtime Stories." |
1980 | The Great American Lesbian Art Show (GALAS), a collaboration between The Woman's Building and the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center, opens in Los Angeles and throughout the U.S. |
1980 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "The Artist as Magus: Leonora Carrington, Fay Jones, Cheryl Swannack, Tyaga, Faith Wilding," Kay Whitney, Lynn Higbee," "LA/9: Diane Destiny, Jean Edelstein, Shirley Kalish, Fran Raboff, Ruth Snyder, Carol TOlin, Harriet Zetilin, Renata Zerner." |
1980 | Key performances at The Woman's Building: An Intimate Dinner for 150, collaborative performance by Terry Wolverton, Bia Lowe, The Waitresses, Cisuf, Nancy Fried, Silvia and Anne Mavor at Jett's Cafe and Art Haus," "Beautiful Senoritas, musical play by Dolores Prida at Inner City Cultural Center," "What Do You Think ABout Knives, collaborative performance by Betsy Damon," "City of Angels Perofmrance Project, Cheri Gaulke." |
1981 | Feminist Studio Workshop closes |
1981 | Spinning Off ceases publication. |
1981 | WGC Typesetting and Design opens as a profit-making arm of The Woman's Building. |
1981 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "Found Images with Cooper Neville and Alexi Mornell," "Miniature Tableaux with Barbara Margolies," "Living Here installation with Suzanne Lacy." |
1981 | Key performances at The Woman's Building: "A month of Women's Perofmrance Art co-sponsored by Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art with Rachel Rosenthal, Disband, Nancy Angelo and Cheri Gaulke, Martha Wilson, Vanalyne Green, The Waitresses, Helen Harrison, Kathy Arnold, Marcella Bienvenue," "Julie James, Jean Goodlow in concert." |
1982 | Vesta Awards honoring women's contributon to the arts are founded by The Woman's Building public relations committee. |
1982 | The Woman's Building adopts Affirmantive Action policy for Board, staff and exhibiting artists. |
1982 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "Women Writing Poetry in America, broadsides by women printers," "Madre Tierra," "A Broadside is not a Sideshow Attraction." |
1983 | The Woman's Building celebrates 10th anniversary and publishes The First Decade. |
1983 | Women's Graphic Center commission Project, "Private Conversations, Public Announcements," posters exhibited at Los Angeles City Hall. |
1983 | Arlene Raven curates "At Home" at the Long Beach Museum of Art. |
1983 | Cheri Gaulke curates performance art series," At Home at the Woman's Building." |
1983 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "A Book Show, A Drawing Show with Jill Littlewood," "Life in Los Angeles, broadsides designed by Sheila de Bretteville and printed by Susan E. King," "Art and Life, work from the Postcard Project," "Private Conversations, PUblic Announcements." |
1983 | Key performances at The Woman's Building: "Sisters of Survival," "At Home at the Woman's Building curated by Cheri Gaulke and Rachel Rosenthal," "Anna Homier, Terry Wolverton, Laurel Klick, Kathy Arnold, the Love Machien and Aviva Rahmani." |
1984 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "1984: Big Brother is Watching," "Public Exposures/Private Disclosures: Rebecca Hendrick," "Scavenger Xerox: A Radical Debut: Robin Price," "Paintings by Lois Swirnoff." |
1984 | Key performances at The Woman's Building: "Funk Lessons by Adrian Piper," "Tall Wheat by Susan Banyas," "Voices, by Marion Hassinger, Running Dog/Paper Tiger by May Sun," "Danceworks, by Gilberte Meunier." |
1984 | Eileen Myles and Anmy Gerstler read poetry. |
1985 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: The Whale Concerts by Liee Gray," "Artist as Shaman, Patricia Bulitt," "Priveleged Information, Barbara Kruger," "The Current Wave, Louise Kollenbayum,' "The Spirit of Black Women: Beverly Robinson, Iris Ambrose, Delores Nehemiah," "The At of the Altar: Resources for Understanding Women's Tradition with Kay Turner." |
1986 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: Cross Pollination," "Textiles as Text: Hmong Exhibit," "Elizabeth Catlett and Nike Olanigi," "Family Album." |
1986 | Key performances at The Woman's Building: "Family Album: Evening of Poetry and Performance," "Performance Mania." |
1987 | Betty Ann Brown hosts an "Art Tour of Santa Fe" for donors of The Woman's Building. |
1987 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "Maureen Murdock: Photo Exhibition in Service of the Goddess," "Women and Their work at Los Angeles City Hall," "Reflections on Survival: Rose Marie Prins, Nancy Baytos-Fenton, Alice Dubiel, Betsy Richardson, Nancy Buchanan," "Apsara: the Feminine in Cambodian Art," "Earth Vision/Human Scale curated by Dinah Berland." |
1987 | Key performances at The Woman's Building: "Comedy Night, Leslie Belt, Pat Akers, The Love Machine," "Natural History according to Liebe Gray." |
1988 | WGC Typesetting and Design closes. |
1988 | The Woman's Building celebrates 15th anniversary, publishes Fifteen Years and Growing and produces Sweet 15 video; Eighteen artists create original art "birthday cakes" to be exhibited and auctioned at The Woman's Building. |
1988 | Woman's Building organizes conference, " The Way We Look, The Way We See: Art Criticism for Women in the 90s," co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women at UCLA, Astro Artz/High Performance and the Wigh Art Gallery. |
1988 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "Postcard Extravaganza," "Holiday Tea, curated by Betty Asher," "The Sapelo Island Series, Aminah Robinson," "Ways with Wood with Barbara Berk, Angie Bray, Pat Warner," "Image and TExt with Nancy Barton, Laurel Beckman, Kaucyila Brooke, Connie Hatch, Debora Small, Erika Suderburg, May Sun,video by Jerri allyn, Cecilia Condit, Barbara Hammer, Christine Tamblyn." |
1988 | Key literary events at The Woman's Building: woman's Building publishes literary anthology, Women for All Seasons edited by Wanda Coleman and Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Eros, Surrealism, Survival Readings by Michelle T. Clinton. |
1989 | Mary Jane Jacob hosts an "Art Tour of Chicago" for Woman's Building donors. |
1989 | Conferences at The Woman's Building: "Three Gnereations of Black Women Writers, Paule Marshall, Sonia Sanches, J. California Cooper, Michelle Clinton, Wanda Coleman, Sherley Anne Williams," "In Whose Voice, In Whose Vision: Culture and Representation," "Art and the Power to Define: Categorization, Representation and Appropriation." |
1989 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "Sounding Patterns: Suvan Geer, Mineko Grimmer and Nobuho Nagasawa," "Reading the Personal: Womens Studio Workshop of NY," Bonnie Thompson Norman," "Deborah Lawrence." |
1990 | Key exhibitions at The Woman's Building: "The Power of Past Centures: Kerr and Malley," "Incantations: Portland McCormick," "Metaphysical Landscapes, Hilary Baker." |
1991 | The Woman's Building closes. |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Articles and Clippings circa 1975-1979
Postcard Project circa 1985-1988
NAIAD Press circa 1987
Womanhouse circa 1972
Printed Ephemera circa 1977-1991
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
An Oral Herstory of Lesbianism circa 1980-1982
L.A. Women's Video Center circa 1979-1981
Kathleen Clark - Artistic Director circa 1990-1991
The Women's Graphic Center Newsletters 1982-1984
Judy Chicago Word and Image Network Materials circa 1981-1982
Women's Press Collective Negatives No Date
Woman Carved of Sun by Anne Gordon (Women's Press Collective) circa 1974
High Risk circa 1976
Women's Press Collective: Inez Garcia Book circa 1974
Women's Press Collective: Save Joan Little circa 1975
Women's Press Collective: The Common Woman circa 1970-1973
Programming at the Woman's Building circa 1974-1991
Woman's Building Class Publications circa 1974-1988
Posters, Flyers, Over sized Documents No Date