Constructive feminism [videorecording] : reconstruction of the Woman's Building / directed by Sheila Ruth ; produced by Sheila Ruth, Diana Johnson, and Annette Hunt. [1976]

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Constructive feminism [videorecording] : reconstruction of the Woman's Building / directed by Sheila Ruth ; produced by Sheila Ruth, Diana Johnson, and Annette Hunt. [1976]

This documentary, featuring Sheila de Bretteville, Arlene Raven and students from the Feminist Studio Workshop, examines the 1975 renovation of the Los Angeles Woman's Building on Spring Street.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-matic) (30 min.) : sd., b&w ; 3/4 in. original (3 copies)1 videocassette of 1 (Betacam SP) (30 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. original.1 videoreel of 1 (30 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. original (2 copies)1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. use copy.

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De Bretteville, Sheila Levrant

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Sheila Levrant de Bretteville (born 1940) is an American graphic designer, artist and educator whose work reflects her belief in the importance of feminist principles and user participation in graphic design. In 1990 she became the director of the Yale University Graduate Program in Graphic Design and the first woman to receive tenure at the Yale University School of Art. In 2010 she was named the Caroline M. Street Professor of Graphic Design. de Bretteville holds degrees from Barnard College a...

Raven, Arlene

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Arlene Raven (Arlene Rubin: July 12, 1944, Baltimore, Maryland – August 1, 2006, Brooklyn, New York) was a feminist art historian, author, critic, educator, and curator. Raven was a co-founder of numerous feminist art organizations in Los Angeles in the 1970s....

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...

Hunt, Annette,

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Ruth, Sheila

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Johnson, Diana F.

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Feminist Studio Workshop

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The Feminist Studio Workshop was founded in Los Angeles in 1973 by Judy Chicago, Arlene Raven, and Sheila Levrant de Bretteville as a two-year feminist art program. Women from the program were instrumental in finding and creating the Woman's Building, the first independent center to showcase women's art and culture. Disillusioned with the male-dominated atmosphere at CalArts and desiring their own space, the faculty modeled their classes on a non-hierarchical structure and focused on training st...