Mother Art records, 1973-2017

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Mother Art records, 1973-2017

1973-2017

The Mother Art records document the Los Angeles collective's artistic engagement with sociopolitical concerns relating to maternity, domesticity, and women's issues through photographs, posters, ephemera, press kits, and audio and videorecordings.

7.57 Linear Feet (12 boxes. Computer media: 2.98 GB [20 files])

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11619914

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Million-Ruby, Helen

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Million-Ruby was a founding member of Mother Art collective, formed from the Feminist Studio workshop at the Woman's Building. Mother Art was a collective of women artists dedicated to creating sociopolitical art around issues such as the social invisibility of maternal labor and the impact of the lack of socially supported daycare on the professional practices of female artists. ...

Campbell, Velene,

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Campbell was a member of Mother Art collective from 1977-1978, formed from the Feminist Studio workshop at the Woman's Building. Mother Art was a collective of women artists dedicated to creating sociopolitical art around issues such as the social invisibility of maternal labor and the impact of the lack of socially supported daycare on the professional practices of female artists. ...

Cook, Jan,

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Cook was a founding member of Mother Art collective, formed from the Feminist Studio workshop at the Woman's Building. Mother Art was a collective of women artists dedicated to creating sociopolitical art around issues such as the social invisibility of maternal labor and the impact of the lack of socially supported daycare on the professional practices of female artists....

Hajduk, Gloria,

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Hajduk was a member of Mother Art collective from 1975-1982, formed from the Feminist Studio workshop at the Woman's Building. Mother Art was a collective of women artists dedicated to creating sociopolitical art around issues such as the social invisibility of maternal labor and the impact of the lack of socially supported daycare on the professional practices of female artists. ...

Krall, Deborah,

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Krall was an additional member of Mother Art collective, formed from the Feminist Studio workshop at the Woman's Building. Mother Art was a collective of women artists dedicated to creating sociopolitical art around issues such as the social invisibility of maternal labor and the impact of the lack of socially supported daycare on the professional practices of female artists....

Silagi, Laura

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kx66f0 (person)

Laura Silagi has been creating art in various forms over the past thirty years. She has worked in a variety of media, including photography, video, installation, performance, and web based pieces. She uses the complexities of the everyday, as well as social/political material for her art. She has created public art pieces, and has collaborated with other artists on many projects. She is a founding member of “Mother Art,” and is currently part of the group, “Artists Formerly Known As Women.” She ...

Woman's Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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In 1973, artist Judy Chicago, graphic designer Sheila Levant de Bretteville, and art historian Arlene Raven founded the Feminist Studio Workshop (FSW), one of the first independent schools for women artists. The founders established the workshop as a non-profit alternative education center committed to developing art based on women's experiences. The FSW focused not only on the development of art skills, but also on the development of women's experiences and the incorporation of th...

Mother Art (Group of Artists)

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Formed in 1973 in the Los Angeles Woman's Building, Mother Art was a collective of women artists dedicated to creating sociopolitical art around issues such as the social invisibility of maternal labor and the impact of the lack of socially supported daycare on the professional practices of female artists. The Mother Art collective was established by five artists from the Feminist Studio Workshop who lacked support from their instructors and fellow participants who did not have children and did...