Klick, Laurel, 1950-

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Laurel Klick (born 1950, Chicago, Illinois) is a motion picture Visual Effects Supervisor, artist and educator. She graduated cum laude with a BFA from Fresno State University. In 1973 she joined the Feminist Studio Workshop at the Woman's Building in Los Angeles, where she was both a teacher and co-creator of the Summer Art Program. She is a founding member of Feminist Art Workers along with Nancy Angelo, Candace Compton, and Cheri Gaulke.

In 1977 she was hired to work on the crew of Star Wars, which started her in a new direction, film visual effects, but she continued to do performance art and installations until the late 1980s. She is a member of the Motion Picture Academy, Television Academy, Visual Effects Society, and the Animation Guild and is presently teaching visual effects and information design.

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referencedIn KLICK, LAUREL. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
contributorOf Feminist Art Workers records, 1976-2013 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Maria Karras collection of Woman's Building papers and photographs, 1972-2018 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Woman's Building records, 1960-2016 Getty Research Institute
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associatedWith Angelo, Nancy person
associatedWith Compton, Candace, person
memberOf Feminist Art Workers corporateBody
associatedWith Gaulke, Cheri person
associatedWith Green, Vanalyne, 1948- person
associatedWith Woman's Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) corporateBody
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Los Angeles CA US
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Feminism and art
Performance art
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Artists
Educators
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Birth 1950

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