American Women — Art and artists
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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…
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Hyphenated expletives need not apply / Judith Bernstein and Carl Baldwin ; interviewed by Clare Spark.
Discussion of artists and of censorship with artist Judith Bernstein (1942 – ), whose giant, black, furry screw was recently censored at the Philadelphia Civic Center, and Carl Baldwin (? – 2004), an art historian and censorship activist. This program was produced with the partial support of a grant from the National Endowment of the…
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Let ’em eat kitsch
A broad collage portrait of American society, made up of music, improvisations and speeches examining who makes popular taste. Includes the voices of Cole Porter, Orson Welles, Sophie Tucker, Bing Crosby, Fanny Brice, Ethel Waters and others. Produced for Pacifica Radio by Clare Spark, written by Clare Spark, Andrew Duncan and Joseph Byrd, with the…
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Clare Spark’s New York diary from December 1973
Clare Spark, producer, introduces this episode: “…the goal I have set for this series, to relate form, ideology and consciousness, in so clear and convincing a fashion, as to move somebody, somewhere, somehow. Since I believe criticism begins at home, in this first program (of 1973), I offer you an expose of my own predilections,…
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Womantruth / Megan Terry ; produced by Clare Spark.
Originally titled “Woman Fibbers.” A funny and fast-moving collage of songs, poetry and prose readings built around an interview with feminist playwright Megan Terry, to expose the myth that women are deceitful and need a man to reveal them to themselves. The structure of the program echoes the principles of surrealism; stream of consciousness, chance,…
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A Private joke that got out of hand / reported by Phil Williams, Bob Bender and Marc Haarz.
Report on the world’s first underground comic convention. Includes discussions of sex and sexism, science fiction, overground vs. underground comics, and women’s comics. Music by R. Crumb and His Keep on Trucking Orchestra. Contains sensitive language. Participants include: Clay Geerdes, one of the organizers of the convention; cartoonists Bill Griffith (Mr. Toad), Justin Green (Binky…
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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…
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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.
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Women in art history: Arlene Raven in conversation with Judy Chicago
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Womanhouse