Chicago, Judy, 1939-

  • Judy Chicago interviewed by Celeste Wesson

    Judy Chicago, pioneering feminist artist who created the first women’s art program in Fresno, CA, is interviewed by Celeste Wesson concerning Chicago’s upcoming book on a community art project called “The Dinner Party.” Chicago gives the background to her Dinner Party project, her hopes for its touring, how it is presented by the actual exhibit…

  • Majority report, May 6, 1982: Judy Chicago, San Francisco Women’s Building, Merle Woo

    Julia Randall and Ginny Z. Berson host Majority Report, May 6, 1982. Segments: 1. News wrap-up — 2. Artist Judy Chicago talks about The Birth Project, her follow-up to The Dinner Party, with KPFA’s Toni Gray; also includes interviews with some of the participants in the project — 3. A celebration of the third anniversary…

  • Women in the arts I (Episode 1 of 5)

    Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, architects of a feminist art program at the California Institute of the Arts, discuss current feminist activities in Los Angeles. Chicago and Schapiro talk about touring women artists’ studios in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego and describe the general situation of women artists in the contemporary landscape, and…

  • Women in the arts II (Episode 2 of 5)

    Judy Chicago reviews the growth of feminism in the arts and discusses the new consciousness of women in the art community and the necessity of restructuring that community. The focus of this discussion is the Market Street Project, a show organized by male artists which opened in Venice, CA in November 1971, and how dozens…

  • Feminist art workshop/Judy Chicago, Sheila De Bretteville and Arlene Raven; interviewed by Clare Loeb. (Part 2 of 2)

    Discussion of the goals and philosophy of the Feminist Art Workshop forming in Los Angeles.

  • Women in the arts IV (Episode 4 of 5)

    Novelist and diarist Anais Nin discusses the development of female consciousness and the effect of the Women’s Movement on her work with Judy Chicago. They discuss whether there is such a thing as feminist literature, whether men can ever understand women’s literature, and about past and present women writers. Recorded live on KPFK, November 22,…

  • Feminist art workshop / Judy Chicago, Sheila De Bretteville and Arlene Raven; interviewed by Clare Loeb.

    Judy Chicago and Sheila De Bretteville, artists, and Arlene Raven, art historian and critic, discuss the goals and philosophy of the Feminist Art Workshop they are in the process of forming at the Woman’s Building in Los Angeles. They discuss their initial attempts at establishing similar workshops at Fresno State College and the California Institute…

  • An evening with Judy Chicago: in conversation with Arlene Raven

    Feminist artist Judy Chicago (b. 1939) discusses her struggles in life and in art to discover and project a female identity in the context of an essentially male-dominated art world. Art historian Arlene Raven (1944-2006) interviews and provides a perceptive commentary on Chicago’s work. Produced by Everett Frost and Teri Friedrichs.

  • Women in art history: Arlene Raven in conversation with Judy Chicago

    Feminist artist Judy Chicago (b. 1939) talks with Arlene Raven (1944-2006), a feminist art historian in the Feminist Art Program at California Institute of the Arts, about the nature and function of women in the arts. Produced by Teri Friedrichs.

  • Womanhouse

    Judy Chicago, Miriam Schapiro, and Faith Wilding discuss the house “Womanhouse” reconstructed by the Feminist Art Program at the California Institute of the Arts as a feminist statement. Produced by Petrie Mason and Everett Frost.