Schapiro, Miriam, 1923-

  • 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…

  • Women in the arts V (Episode 5 of 5)

    Miriam Schapiro, feminist art instructor at California Institute of the Arts, talks with Beth Bachenheimer, artist from CalArts in the Feminist Art program at Cal Arts. Schapiro talks about how women have historically been denied a well-rounded education, and discusses the planning and exhibition of Womanhouse, what would become the first large-scale feminist public art…

  • A conversation with artist Miriam Schapiro

    Artist and feminist educator Miriam Schapiro (1923 – ) reconstructs her development as a painter, linking the changes in her imagery to her psychological history and involvement in the women’s movement. Schapiro’s memoir reveals how the introduction of feminism expanded, rather than restricted, the possibilities of growth and experience in her life and art. Produced…

  • 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.

  • From one struggle to another / Miriam Schapiro interviewed by Judy Chicago

    Painter Miriam Schapiro is interviewed by Judy Chicago, about her life and struggles as a woman artist in New York during the 1950s. Schapiro discusses abstract expressionism and the dominance of male values during the period. Miriam previously erroneously cataloged as Shapiro.

  • Women in the arts

    The emerging female consciousness in the arts is the focus of this five-part series which will discuss feminist work of the past and present. |r.1. Faith Wilding and Judy Chicago. (29 min.) — –r.2. Feminism : Judy Chicago with Miriam Schapiro, Susan Titleman, and Connie Zaer (27 min.) — r.3. Faith Wilding and Chris Rush…

  • Educating women artists / Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro ; interviewed by Clare Spark.

    Artists Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro discuss the state and direction of art produced by women. Schapiro describes her experiences visiting Chicago’s feminist art class at Fresno State, and Chicago talks about the pervasiveness of sexist attitudes in the art world. The host of the program is Clare (Loeb) Spark.