The Dinner Party Project records, 1978-1984.

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The Dinner Party Project records, 1978-1984.

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The materials in this collection reflect the efforts undertaken by the Roslyn Group for Arts and Letters, an ad hoc organization formed to bring The Dinner Party to Chicago. These records illuminate the financial and logistical planning and the execution of the exhibit in Chicago. The collection consists primarily of financial documents, meeting minutes, correspondence, clippings, publicity materials, photos and slides.

3.5 linear ft.

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7775415

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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Roslyn Group for Arts & Letters.

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The Dinner Party was a conceptual art installation conceived and executed by artist Judy Chicago. The room-sized sculpture combined several media to interpret women's history through the theme of a set dining table. Each of the thirty-nine settings highlighted the contributions of a notable female historical subject, encompassing the fields of science, medicine, government, women's rights, religion, mythology, visual arts, and music. Ultimately, over one million visitors viewed the artwork throu...

Chicago, Judy, 1939-

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Interviewee Judy Chicago (1939- ) is a feminist artist and author who lives and works in Belen, N.M. Interviewer Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is former executive director of iCI in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Judy Chicago, 2009 Aug. 7-8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316745 Judy Chicago (1939-) is a noted feminist artist, author, and educator. She was born in Chicago as Judy Cohen, but later changed her name in protest of the mal...