Fromsite tovision : the Woman's Building in contemporary culture / editors, Sondra Hale, Terry Wolverton ; [production editors, Meg Linton, Sue Maberry, and Elizabeth Pulsinelli ; design, Susan Silton].
"This book is published with the assistance of the Getty Foundation as part of a two-volume set in conjunction with the exhibition on Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building, October 1, 2011-January 28, 2012, organized by the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design.This project is part of the Getty's initiative Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980"--Title page recto. "From site to vision : the Women's Building in contemporary culture" is a companion publication to "Doin' it in public : feminism and art at the Woman's Building." Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building comprises an exhibition, two scholarly publications, Doing it in public : feminism and art at the Woman's Building and From site to vision : the Woman's Building in contemporary culture, and a series of public events that document, contextualize and pay tribute to the groundbreaking work of feminist artists and art cooperatives that were centered in and around the Los Angeles Woman's Building (downtown L.A.) in the 1970s and 1980s. Doin' It in Public is part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980, an unprecedented collaboration, initiated by the Getty, that brings together more than sixty cultural institutions from across Southern California for six months beginning October 2011 to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene. Pacific Standard Time is an initiative of the Getty. "Feminism spoken here"--P. [1]. "Women unite take back the night"--P. [420]. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The Unburying histories : the future(s) of feminist art / Theresa Chavez. Introduction / Terry Wolverton -- Power and space : feminist culture and the Los Angeles Woman's Building, a context / Sondra Hale -- The Woman's Building and Los Angeles' leading role in the feminist art movement / Laura Meyer -- Looking through a new lens : an interview with Arlene Raven / Terry Wolverton -- Feminist art education at the Los Angeles Woman's Building / Betty Ann Brown -- At home at the Woman's Building (but who gets a room of her own?) : women of color and community / Michelle Moravec and Sondra Hale -- The ritual body as pedagogical tool : the performance art of the Woman's Building / Jennie Klein -- The community of design/the design of community : an e-mail dialogue / Sheila Levrant de Bretteville and Bia Lowe -- Books in a new language / Kathleen Walkup -- Stories from a generation : video art at the Woman's Building / Cecilia Dougherty -- Words, writers, women / Michele Kort -- Lesbian art : a partial inventory / Terry Wolverton -- Unburying histories : the future(s) of feminist art / Theresa Chavez.
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