Judy Chicago at "Doin' It In Public"

Yesterday the ladies of Womynhouse attended Otis's show "Doin' It In Public: Feminism and Art in the Woman's Building" (October 1st-January 28th, 2012) at the Ben Maltz Gallery. The show is part of "Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980" and pays tribute to revolutionary 1970's and 1980's feminist artists and art collectives. Attending was Judy Chicago, the pioneer of the essentialist feminist movement and the original Womanhouse, and also one of the most recognized feminist artists.

We were lucky enough to speak with Judy Chicago, and we also invited her to our show. She was excited about Womynhouse and said that she will try to come, though she is not supposed to be in LA at that time. She is scheduled to be in LA to hold a discussion at Pomona College Lecture on October 9th. We will be attending. We encourage all of you to come too. Here are pictures from the show. We can't contain the excitement on our faces!

Us With Judy Chicago (Who is Holding our Flyer)!

Approaching Judy

Amanda with Judy Chicago's Business Card

The Girls at "Doin' It In Public"

Elise in Front of Shrine

Lovely ladies of OTiS

Yesterday afternoon, Erin, Kenzie, and I met with the lovely Paige and Jenay, interns to the Otis College of Art and Design exhibition of "Doin' It In Public:Feminism and Art At The Women's Building" taking place this Fall in conjunction with Pacific Standard Time. We sat around a sunny bench in the Burns courtyard at LMU to discuss the future of both our projects. Paige and Jenay were very enthusiastic and supportive about our Womynhouse project and we both exchanged pledges to cross-publicize each others events. We were amazed to hear the list of speakers and artists involved in their project! Some of the original "Womanhouse" ladies including Suzanne Lacy and Judy Chicago will be attending these events! We can only hope that our feminist foremothers will be proud of our efforts to re-visualize the original project in a way that genuinely honors both us and them with the utmost respect.

"Doin' It In Public" will last over four months and will take place in amazing venues all over the city. What's even better is that most of these events are either free or affordable for the struggling art student. Yipeee! Some of their highlights include:

October 15-16 Still Doin’ It: Fanning the Flames of the Woman’s Building: Part convening, part symposium, part reunion, part performance, the event is a dialogue between feminist artists then and now. Doin’ It in Public essayists Alexandra Juhasz, Jennie Klein, Michelle Moravec, and Jennifer Sorkin present tours of the exhibition on Saturday afternoon, and WB writers read from their work in the evening at Antioch University. Sunday includes a no-host reunion breakfast with keynote speaker Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, plus interactive dialogues and performances. On Sunday afternoon Phranc, the all-American Jewish lesbian folksinger, hosts “This Is Your Life: the Woman’s Building” at the Skirball Cultural Center.

November 5 A premiere of the film Mother Art Tells Her Story, followed by a tour of the show by feminist art cooperative Mother Art in The Ben Maltz Gallery.

January 14 A presentation by Feminist Art Workers: Cheri Gaulke and Laurel Klick in The Ben Maltz Gallery

Here's a link to their site: http://www.otis.edu/public_programs/ben_maltz_gallery/womansbuilding.html

We look forward to a beautiful collaboration with you!

-Amanda Courtney