Womanspace Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Womanspace was a cooperatively run gallery in Los Angeles, California dedicated to showing and promoting work by female artists. It opened in January of 1973 and ran a large number of events and programs. When the Woman's Building opened its first location in late 1973, Womanspace moved in. Among its founding members were Wanda Westcoast, Max Cole, Eugenie Osmun, Gretchen Glicksman, Judy Chicago, and Lucy Adelman. The gallery closed in June 1974.
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referencedIn Woman's Building records, 1960-2016 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Womanspace Gallery records Archives of American Art
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foundedBy Adelman, Lucy person
foundedBy Chicago, Judy, 1939- person
foundedBy Cole, Max, 1937- person
associatedWith Iskin, Ruth. person
foundedBy Westcoast, Wanda. person
associatedWith Woman's Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Los Angeles CA US
Subject
Art galleries, Commercial
Feminism and art
Women artists
Women designers
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Establishment 1973-01

Disestablishment 1974-06

English

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