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1976

ORGANIZATION MILESTONES

L.A. Women’s Video Center founded

KEY STAFF

Feminist Studio Workshop: Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Ruth Iskin, Suzanne Lacy, Deena Metzger, Helen Alm Roth
Summer Art Program: Nancy Angelo, Katja Biesanz, Candace Compton, Signe Dowse, Cheri Gaulke, Laurel Klick, Terry Platt.
Other Staff: Susan E. King, Yolanda Alanis
Board of Directors: Judy Chicago, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Arlene Raven
Board of Lady Managers: FSW Faculty

AFFILIATED GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS

Canis Gallery
Center for Feminist Art Historical Studies
Susan Kuhner, PhD
L.A. Women’s Video Center
Sisterhood Bookstore
Woman-Identified Cafe
Womantours
Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW)
Women’s Graphics Center
Johnnie Zheutlin, RN, MA

EXHIBITIONS

“Grandma Prisbrey: Installation” (3/13)
“Flying: Faith Wilding” (Canis Gallery) (1/18–2/8) “Las Venas de la Mujer,” Judith Baca, Isabel Castro, Judith Hernandez, Olga Munez, and Josephina Quesada
“Quilts by Carol Edson” (3/6–28)
“Strong Graphic Stitchery: Carol Edson” (3/13)
“The Woman’s Building 1893, Historical Handicrafts” (3/13)
“Forms of Aspiration: New Drawings,” Faith Wilding (February)
Historical exhibition of women’s art from the 1893 Columbia Exposition (date unknown)
“FSW Show” (date unknown)

PERFORMANCES

Feminist Art Workers performance group founded by Nancy Angelo, Candace Compton, Cheri Gaulke, Vanalyne Green, and Laurel Klick
Andrea Weltman concert (1/09)
Nancy Topf dance performance (1/10–11)
Flying Klock, and Clauson concert (1/24)
Margie Adam concert (1/25)
Ulrike Rosenbach performance, slide show, video screening, and discussion (4/29)

FILM AND VIDEO ART

Premiere of film series by Iris Films (1/10)
Films by Yvonne Rainer (2/14)
“Emerging Woman,” films by Barbara Hammer (date unknown)
Iris Films, “Nell & Fred,” “Imogene Cunningham—Never Give Up,” “Yudie,” “Three Grandmothers” (4/9)
“Women of Grandview,” premiere of film about Grandview Woman’s Building (4/10)
Ann Hershey screens and discusses her film, “Imogene Cunningham—Never Give Up” (4/24)
Six from Show Biz: Women in Film and TV Talk about Their Work, Shirley Clarke, Joan Scott, Joan Tewkesbury, Lin Bolen, Deanne Barkley, Verna Fields (dates unknown)
Video Letters (3/11)
Lyn Blumenthal and Kate Horsfield, Videotapes of Interviews with Lucy Lippard and Louise Bourgeois (7/16)
Lyn Blumenthal and Kate Horsfield, Videotapes of Interviews with Agnes Martin and Joan Mitchell (8/6)

LITERARY EVENTS

Women Reading /Women Writing Series:
Holly Prado (4/14)
Meridel Le Seuer (4/23)
Three San Francisco Poets: Laura Chester, Kathleen Fraser, Julia Vose (5/7)
Adrienne Rich (5/21)
Honor Moore (6/11)
Sandy Boucher reading fromAssaults and Rituals(4/24)

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Feminist Studio Workshop
Summer Art Program
Summer Video Program, taught by Lyn Blumenthal and Kate Horsfield (dates unknown)
Feminist Education: Methods and Techniques, Summer Workshop for Educators, taught by Judy Chicago, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Ruth Iskin, Arlene Raven (6/21–30)

EXTENSION PROGRAMS

Transference of Sensations to Movement, Nancy Topf (1/10–11)
Movement Workshop, Bella Lewitsky (1/17)
Extension Program Open House (1/18)
Body and Health Series (begins 1/23)
Self Defense, Betty Willis Brooks (1/24)
The Lesbian Experience (2/7)
A Feminist Retreat (2/7)
Group and Individual Composition (2/21)
For Mothers: Toward Role-Free Mothering (2/21)
Anger Workshop for Women (2/28)
Holistic Healing and Cancer, Naomi Pollack (3/5)
Lesbian Experience, Sheila Bob (3/6, 7/10, 8/14)
Psychic Awareness: Demystifying the Exorcist, Anna Rubin (3/6)
Art Therapy, Evelyne Vinshop (3/6)
Promoting Ourselves, Milli Martineq (3/6)
Women in Art, Linza Baer (3/18)
Wonder Women Electric (4/4)
Transforming Myth and Ritual: Women’s Passover Seder, Anna Rubin, Sheila Ruth, Susan Mogul (4/10)
Building Skills, Cheryl Swannack (4/17)
Nineteenth Century Feminists, Susan Rennie (4/19)
Making Your Own Music, Anna Rubin (begins 4/19)
T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Lana Spraker (begins 4/19)
Women Artists Share Their Work and Studios organized by Ruth Iskin (begins 4/20):
Lita Albuquerque
Gilah Hersch
Gloria Kisch
Claire Falkenstein
Bruria
Assertiveness Training for Women, Arlene Levin (begins 4/20; 6/5; begins 7/6)
Personal Journalism, Marcia Seligson (begins 4/20)
Writing Poems, Prose Poems, and Autobiographical Fiction, Holly Prado (begins 4/20)
Making Film: Working with Super 8, Johanna Demetrakas (begins 4/21)
Transactional Analysis for Women, Mona Field (begins 4/21)
Artists Talking About Their Work:
Martha Rosler (4/22)
Ulrike Rosenbach (4/29)
Alexis Smith (5/6)
Ann McCoy (5/13)
Karen Carson (5/20)
Vija Celmins (5/27)
Judy Chicago (6/3)
Women’s Religion, Z. Budapest (at 1018 Marine Street, Venice) (begins 4/22)
The Rape of Women’s Power, L.A. Radical Feminist Therapy Collective (4/23)
Critique, Arlene Raven (begins 4/24)
Soft Sculpture, Sherry Brody (4/24)
Photosilkscreen of Fabrics, Bes Robinson (4/24)
The Comedy Workshop: Discovering a New Women’s Humor, Bobbi Birleffi (4/24, 7/24)
Patterns of Our Lives (Bring a woman of a different generation from your own), Meridel Le Seuer, Aurelia Morris, Deena Metzger, and others (4/24)
Anti-Rape and Self-Defense Tactics, Betty Willis Brooks (4/25, 7/11)
Basic Electricity, Edna Myers (4/25)
Writing Workshop, Deena Metzger and Holly Prado (4/30, 5/28, 6/4)
Book Publishing, Kirsten Grimstad (5/1)
The Tarot, Susan Rennie (5/1)
Grants(Wo)manship, Michele Kort (5/8, 7/24)
Dancing as a Social Experience, Vanalyne Green (5/8, 8/14)
First Annual L.A. Feminist Therapy Conference, Sheila Bob and Hannah Lerman (5/9)
Working on Relationships, Shierry Weber and Carole Roberts (5/15)
Being In and Being Out, Marilyn Barrett (5/15)
Getting Shown, Being Known, Ruth Iskin (5/15, 7/10)
The Light Touch, Shierry Weber and Carole Roberts (5/22)
Performing Inside of a Body, Suzanne Lacy (5/22)
Womanpower: Our Bodies, Meg Harlam (5/29)
Understanding Graphics, Helen Alm Roth (5/30, 7/10)
Money and Its Management, Linda Lockwood (6/5)
Traditional Fairytale Alternatives, Ann Wolken (6/5)
Anger Workshop for Women, Annu (Carol) Kerlan (6/12)
Improvisational Theatre Workshop for Women, Helene Rosenbluth (6/12)
Intensive Writing, Holly Prado (begins 7/5)
Making Your Own Music, Anna Rubin (7/6 begins)
Rebellion to Revolution: The History of Women in America, Marilyn Murphy (7/6 begins)
Broadsheet, Sheila de Bretteville, Cynthia Marsh, Helen Alm Roth, Maria Karras (begins 7/7)
Dance for the Non-Professional, Anne Lief Barlin (7/7 begins)
What You Should Know about Marriage and Divorce, Elaine R. Sperling (7/7)
In Search of Sound, Susan Rawcliffe (begins 7/7)
Hatha Yoga, Nawana Davis (7/7)
Drawing and Painting, Nancy Buchanan (7/7)
Graphic Arts Seminar, Cynthia Marsh and Susan King (begins 7/8)
Nutrition for Your Heath: Taking Charge of Your Body, Amy Esterowitz and Ginny Roe (begins 7/8)
Filmmaking Workshop, Judy Reidel (7/10)
Critique Workshop, Arlene Raven (7/10)
Death, Shierry Weber and Carole Roberts (7/10)
Politics of Play, Dance, Sport, and Exercise, Betty Willis Brooks (7/10)
Introduction to Videotaping, Sheila Ruth (7/10)
Apprenticeship with Judy Chicago (begins 7/12)
Work Sharing Workshop, Ruth Iskin (7/17)
Book Publishing, Kirsten Grimstad (7/17)
The Tarot, Susan Rennie (7/17)
Where Do I Want to Be Tomorrow, Career-wise?, Arlene Levin and Valerie Kirkgaard (7/17)
Healing as Art, Art as Healing, Anna Rubin (begins 7/23)
I Am, Diane Belsley and Lillian Freeman (7/24)
Aging as a Positive Experience, Aurelia Morris (7/24)
Demystifying Photography, Lilla Gilbrecht and Maria Karras (7/24)
In Flow: Body Work for Women, Renee Branch (7/31)
Dreams, Shierry Weber (7/31)
Creativity and Intuition Development Workshop, Evelyn Virshup (7/31)
Creative Anger Workshop, Arlene Levin and Valerie Kirkgaard (8/7)
Massage Workshop: Tapping the Healing Process, Sharon Jacobs (8/7)
The Money Seminar: Moving from a Poverty to a Prosperity Consciousness, Susan Lazar Dunn (8/7)
Slide Documentation, Sheila Ruth (8/7)
Art Therapy: What Is It? Evelyn Virshup (8/14)
Introduction to Assertiveness Training, Arlene Levin (8/14)

SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY EVENTS

Community Meeting (date unknown)
An Evening of Flying: Joyce Kozloff, New Works on Paper; Shirley Pettibone, Painting; Judy Ridell, Film; and Pauline Oliveros, Performance (2/1)
Liza Baer, presentation of her experience as editor of Avalanche and taped interviews (3/11)
Rally/fundraiser for Inez Garcia (3/19)
L.A. Knockers performance and dance (3/26)
Sue Fink and Joelyn Grippo, music and comedy (4/3)
Fundraiser for Wendy Yoshimura (4/4)
Women’s Passover Seder, Anna Rubin (4/15)
Planning meeting for a feminist retreat, Marilyn Barrett (4/30)
A Feminist Retreat in Idyllwild, Marilyn Barrett (5/1–2)
Lesbian Cultural Event (6/5)

1977

ORGANIZATION MILESTONES

The Store, a thrift shop created by artist Nancy Fried, opens Lesbian Art Project (LAP) founded by the Natalie Barney Collective: Arlene Raven, Terry Wolverton, Nancy Fried, Kathleen Berg, Donna Reyna, Maya Sterling, Sharon Immergluck Ariadne: A Social Art Network founded by Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz
Chrysalis: A Magazine of Women’s Culture begins publication
Woman’s Building receives NEA funds for New Moves scholarships for women who are poor, minority, ex-offenders, or elderly to participate in Woman’s Building educational programs
Women in the Printing Artscatalog published by the Woman’s Building

KEY STAFF

Feminist Studio Workshop: Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Arlene Raven, Ruth Iskin, Suzanne Lacy, Deena Metzger, Helen Alm Roth, Cheri Gaulke, Laurel Klick, and Nancy Angelo
Summer Art Program: Nancy Angelo, Candace Compton, Cheri Gaulke, Laurel Klick
Other Staff: Yolanda Alanis, Nancy Angelo, Dana Chalberg, Valerie Angers, Terry Wolverton
Board of Directors: Judy Chicago, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Arlene Raven
Board of Lady Managers: FSW Faculty

AFFILIATED GROUPS

Ariadne: A Social Art Network
Center for Feminist Art Historical Studies
L.A. Women’s Video Center
Lesbian Art Project
Val’s Cafe
Women’s Graphics Center

CONFERENCES

Women’s Caucus for Art National Conference; events hosted by the Woman’s Building:
Open House for members of the Art Libraries Association of North America (1/30)
Lucy R. Lippard in Dialogue with the Audience (2/2)
Lunch and reception, tour, indoor and outdoor performances, continuous video screening ofConstructing the Woman’s Building: How and Why(2/2)
Opening receptions for “Contemporary Issues: Works on Paper by Women,” “What Is Feminist Art?” and “Women’s Graphic Work” (2/3)
Woman’s Building cosponsors The Diary, the Journal, the Autobiography conference with International Women’s Writing Guild, Deena Metzger, Sister Mary Patricia Sexton, Elwil Hughes, Lady Borton, Victoria J. Richardson Heland, Connie Glickman, Holly Prado, Hannelore Hahn (2/11–13)

EXHIBITS

“Rita Yokoi, Rachel Youdelman” (1/9)
“Women in the Printing Arts” (1/31)
“Contemporary Issues: Works on Paper by Women,” Thirty-seven curators chose six artists each, co-organized with Women’s Caucus for Art (2/3)
“What is Feminist Art?” (2/3)
“Ellen Lanyon: Works on Paper” (2/3)
“Women’s Graphic Work” (2/3)
“Judith Golden” (2/7)
“Social Commentary,” Rabyn Blake, Jill Ciment, Phyllis Davidson, Ilene Segalove, Barbara Thomason FSW Group Show
“1 x 13: Marcie Baer, Marianne Daransky, Marguerite Elliot, Vanalyne Green, Meg Harlam, Annette Hunt, Diana Johnson, Connie Jost, Ellen Ledley, Melissa Mathis, Anne Phillips, Terry Platt, EK Waller, Denise Yarfitz” (7/8)
“Kate Millet: Naked Ladies” (date unknown)
“Sherrie Scheer” (date unknown)
“Nancy Fried: Dough Sculptures” (12/4)
“Handwork, Heartwork, Artwork,” Natalie Kahn and Ann Ralph (12/26)

PERFORMANCES

Feminist Art Workers national tour
In Mourning and In Rage, collaborative performance by Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz at Los Angeles City Hall
Virginia Woolf: An Uncommon Evening, by Sara DeWitt (1/29)
New Voices, evening of performance to benefit the Woman’s Building (2/19)
The Rise of the Fates, written and directed by Z. Budapest (10/27–28)

FILM AND VIDEO ART

Women’s Video Center presents an evening of videotapes followed by open screenings (2/11)
Woman’s Building Film Series: The Best of the New York Festival of Women’s Films (12/18)
The End of August at the Hotel Ozonescreening (12/24)

LITERARY EVENTS

In the Name of All Women Writers Series: Rochelle Holt and Courtney Graham (12/10)

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Feminist Studio Workshop
LAP Program of Lesbian Education (Oct.)
Summer Art Program (8/4)
Feminist Education Summer Workshop (7/1)

Extension Programs
Graphics Workshop, Helen Alm Roth (begins 2/7)
Sound Workshop, Anna Rubin (begins 2/7)
Rebellion to Revolution, Marilyn Murphy (begins 2/7)
Photography, Judith Golden (begins 2/7)
Advanced Writing, Holly Prado (begins 2/8)
Being More Sexual, Valerie Kirkgaard (begins 2/8)
Watercolors, Ann Wolken (begins 2/8)
Sculpture, Gloria Kisch (begins 2/8)
Assertiveness Training, Arlene Levin (begins 2/8)
Beginning Writing, Holly Prado (begins 2/9)
The Lesbian Novel, Joy Fisher (begins 2/9)
Self Transformation, Nancy Youdelman (begins 2/9)
Exploring Gertrude Stein, Alice Bloch and Eloise Healy (begins 2/10)
Women Left Alone, Nan Hunt (begins 2/10)
Journal Writing for Women Who Have Had Breast Cancer, Deena Metzger and Harriet Wrye (2/11–12)
The Lesbian Experience, Sheila Bob (2/12)
Women Alone, Barbara Manalis and Diane Asay (2/12, 8/6)
You Are a Dancer, Katja Beisanz (2/12)
Photosilkscreen on Fabrics, Bes Robinson begins (2/13)
The Money Seminar, Susan Lazar Dunn (2/13, 2/26, 7/30)
Tax Workshop, Audrey Albert (2/13)
So You’re Angry—Now What? Anna Rubin and Valarie Kirkgaard (2/13)
Mothers and Daughters, Aurelia Morris (2/19)
Body Image for Dancers, Katja Beisanz (2/19)
How to Give Talks on Women’s Issues, Marilyn Murphy (2/19)
Money and Management, Rebekah Verdon (2/19)
Demystifying Photography, Lilla Gilbrecht and Maria Karras (2/26–27)
Lesbian Art, Arlene Raven (2/26)
Video, Nancy Angelo, Candace Compton, Annette Hunt (2/26, 3/26)
Introduction to Assertiveness Training, Arlene Levin (3/5)
Community Organizing, Betty Willis Brooks and Julia London (3/5)
Book Publishing, Kirsten Grimstad (3/5)
Feminist Theories, Strategies, and Organization, Charlotte Bunch (3/5)
Anti-Rape and Self-Defense Strategies, Betty Willis Brooks (3/6)
Art Criticism, Sandy Ballatore (3/12)
Grants(Wo)manship, Michele Kort (3/12)
Creative Anger Release, Arlene Levin (3/19, 8/13)
Women and Science Fiction, Joy Fisher (3/19)
Body Work for Women, Renee Branch (3/19)
Getting Shown, Being Known, Ruth Iskin (3/26, 8/20)
Massage is the Medium, Katja Beisanz (4/2, 7/23)
Video, Los Angeles Women’s Video Center (7/2)
Assertiveness Training, Karen Freedom and Valerie Kirkgaard (begins 7/18)
Basic Photography, Linda Norlen (begins 7/18)
Beginning Backpacking, Jan Aura (begins 7/18)
Figure Drawing as Narrative Fantasy, Ann Wolken (begins 7/19)
Writing: Explorations, Holly Prado (begins 7/19)
Connecting with Children: The Nonauthoritarian Process, Jean Harrington (begins 7/20)
The Politics in Your Art, Leslie Labowitz-Starus (begins 7/20)
Creative Dance, Heide Schaffer (begins 7/20)
Women’s Environmental Fantasies, Phyllis Birkby (7/23)
Gertrude Stein, Alice Bloch and Eloise Klein Healy (7/23)
Money Management, Rebekah Verdon (begins 7/23)
Cancer Workshop, Susan Rennie (7/30)
Feeling to Form, Jane Rosenzweig (Stewart) and Sheila de Bretteville (7/30)
Holistic Healing, Anna Rubin and Susan Rennie (7/31)
Women and Theater Members of Theater of Process (8/6)
Work Sharing, Ruth Iskin (8/6)
The Intensive Journal, Alice Bloch (8/13)
The Politics of Your Art, Leslie Labowitz-Starus (8/13)
The Intensive Journal II, Alice Bloch (8/20)
An Exploration of Depression, Valerie Kirkgaard (8/27)
Prehistoric Matriarchal Culture, Anne Gauldin (12/2)
Demystifying Hypoglycemia, Arlene Levin (12/10)

SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY EVENTS

Woman Energy: All-Woman Dance, benefit for the Lesbian Resource Center (1/22)
Open house for members of the Art Libraries Association of North America (1/31)
Woman’s Building hosts Women’s Caucus for Art, including tour, lunch, performances, and Lucy R. Lippard in dialogue with audience (2/2)
Woman Energy and Joy Sound, dance following the NOW Alternative Lifestyles Conference (2/5)
Publication party for Chrysalis, reading by Susan Griffin (2/6)
Sally Piano and Woman Energy: All-Woman Concert and Dance, benefit for Lesbian Resource Center (2/12)
“Feminist Visions, Theory, and Work,” lecture by Charlotte Bunch (3/4)
Woman Energy Disco Dances (7/16, 8/13)
Los Angeles Women’s Coffeehouse Collective, an evening of music and comedy with Diana Culp, Elaine Miller, Janet Stambolian, Kathy Crown, Sandy Ross, and Silvia (7/23)
Lesbian Fashion Show to celebrate the opening of The Store (LAP event)
Lesbian Salon (LAP) (12/4)
Winter Solstice Bazaar and Crafts Fair (12/9–10)
Lesbian Art Worksharing (LAP) (12/11)
Lesbian Art Project Pajama Party (12/11)
New Year’s Eve Dance and concert with Maxine Feldman, sponsored by Lesbian Tide (12/31)

1978

ORGANIZATION MILESTONES

Woman’s Building receives CETA IV grant to hire and train staff
Spinning Off begins publication
The Video Project launches to create fifteen public service announcements about issues vital to Los Angeles women Woman’s Building celebrates fifth anniversary, raising Kate Millett’s Naked Lady sculpture to the roof of the building

KEY STAFF

Feminist Studio Workshop: Nancy Angelo, Katja Biesanz, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Cheri Gaulke, Judith Golden, Vanalyne Green, Eloise Klein Healy, Laurel Klick, Leslie Labowitz, Suzanne Lacy, Martha Lifson (Ronk), Deena Metzger, Holly Prado, Arlene Raven, Faith Wilding, Terry Wolverton
Summer Art Program: Nancy Angelo, Cheri Gaulke, Vanalyne Green, Laurel Klick
Other Staff: Yolanda Alanis, Jerri Allyn, Nancy Angelo, Valerie Angers, director; Candace Compton, Debbie Fisher, Annette Hunt
Spinning Off Staff: Leslie Belt, Kathleen Burg, Nancy Fried, Linda Norlen, Joanne Parrent, Anne Phillips, Sandy Pinney, Maurine Renville, Virginia Roe, Jayne de Sasa, EK Waller, Terry Wolverton
Board of Directors: Judy Chicago, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Arlene Raven
Board of Lady Managers: FSW Faculty

AFFILIATED GROUPS

Ariadne: A Social Art Network
Center for Feminist Art Historical Studies
L.A. Women’s Video Center
Lesbian Art Projec
t Val’s Cafe
Women’s Graphics Center

EXHIBITIONS

“The Wedding: Sandra McKee, Lin Lenhardt” (1/14)
“Fittings: Kathleen Kenyon” (1/14)
“Mickey McMahon, Irina Gronborg, Drawings” (date unknown) “Landscapes: Bonnie Carpenter” (2/3)
“Inside/Out: Jennifer Bahart, Eva Vincent Bavenzi, Nora Chavooshain, Nat Dean, Kate Deloves, Bella Tabook Feldman, Doris Feldman, Loitta Fox, Julianne Frizzell, Kathy Goodue, Valerie Hardy, Robin Henderson, Joan Macine, Fran Martin, Anna Valentin Murch, Deborah Saloman, Rosalie Grey Thompson” (2/9)
“Inside the Dream: Aline LaPierre” (4/8)
“Women in Art Meets Life in Las Vegas: Suzanne Lacy, Leslie Labowitz” (4/17)
“Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective” (4/28–5/26)
“A Woman’s Image of Mass Media,” mural by Leslie Labowitz (date unknown)
Tapestries by Chilean Artists (7/22)
“Photographs by Debra Snow, Paintings by Marilyn Halevi” (7/22)
“Santa Barbara Women Artists: Bruria, Gilah Yelin Hirsch, Nancy Spero, Hella Hammid” (8/23–9/23)
“Open Wall Gallery: Christine Lardo-Rhone, Nancy Fried” (11/11)
“Open Wall Gallery: Virginia Holt, Nan Tanly” (11/25)
“Books, Posters and Postcards by Women: Photography by Maria Karras” (12/16–1/16)

PERFORMANCES

Mischief Mime Troupe (1/14)
Barbara Hammer (LAP) (date unknown)
Elaine Hartnell (date unknown)
Eleanora Duse: The Image of a Great Actress, by Lynn Middleton (date unknown)
Why Can’t a TV Cook a Potato?, children’s performance by Leslie Belt and Anne Mavor
The Waitresses—a performance group founded by Jerri Allyn and Anne Gauldin, with Leslie Belt, Denise Yarfitz, Patti Nicklaus, and Jane Wildman—presents a week-long series of performances and events citywide (2/25, 4/25)
FEMINA:An IntraSpace Voyage, collaborative performance conceived by Terry Wolverton, directed by Wolverton and Ann Shannon, with Norma Fragoso, Chutney Lu Gunderson, Trucky Parts, Jade Satterthwaite, and Dyana Silberstein, music by Sandra Wilson (6/2, 6/4, 6/9–10)
Midenhair Truth and Comedy (date unknown)
Nancy Karp and Company dance troupe (date unknown)
Myths About Rape, performances and activism in Las Vegas (Suzanne Lacy, Leslie Labowitz, FSW students) (date unknown)
Women Bound and Unbound, multimedia performance by Alida Walsh (7/15)
Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles: The Queen’s Review, performance by A Variety of Women (8/18–19)

FILM AND VIDEO ART

Woman’s Building Film Series:
Valiby Diane and Sheldon Rochlin (1/7)
Films by Barbara Hammer (1/21)
Evening of films about women’s health (1/28)
Max Almy video art (3/25)
Kypseli: Women and Men Apart—A Divided Reality, film by Susannah M. Hoffman (5/19)
A Simple Matter of Justice, film by Ann Hassetts (5/14)
Women/Artist/ Filmmakers screening

WOMEN’S GRAPHICS CENTER

Women Designer’s Series:
Susan King (3/1)
April Greiman, Cynthia Marsh (3/8)
Alex Du Cane (3/8)
Nancy Donald (3/22)
Sheila de Bretteville (3/29)
Women’s Graphic Center Open House (5/24, 11/11)

LITERARY EVENTS

Women Writers in Their Homes:
Deena Metzger (1/25)
Holly Prado (2/1)
Doris Baizley (2/8)
Wanda Coleman (2/15)
Eloise Klein Healy (2/22)
Susan Helenius (3/1)
Shirley Clarke (3/8)
Sherrie Sonnett (3/25)

Women Writers Series:
Honor Moore (4/23)
Margaret Atwood (5/7)
Eloise Klein Healy and Martha Lifson (5/28)

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Feminist Studio Workshop

Lesbian Art Project Program of Lesbian Education
Summer Art Program (begins 5/27)
Summer Graphics Program (dates unknown)
Judy Chicago slide lecture onThe Dinner Party (2/13)
Women in American Architecture lectures:
The Woman’s Building of 1893, Arlene Raven and Ruth Iskin (5/5)
Esther McCoy interviews Lutah Maria Riggs (5/12)
Sara Boutelle on Julia Morgan (5/13)
Women Writers on Written Space: Judith Rascoe, Gail Greene (5/21)
American Visions of Household Liberation: 1800–1930, by Dolores Hayden (5/26)
Summer Art Program Open House (4/23, 5/27)
Feminists Educators Workshops (9/8–15)
Feminist Studio Workshop Open House (9/16)

EXTENSION PROGRAMS

The Money Seminar, Suzanne Dunn (2/4, 7/29)
Lesbian Creator Series, Z. Budapest (2/5)
Connecting with Children: Non-authoritarian Process, Jean Harrington (2/11)
Lesbian Art Worksharing (LAP) (2/12, 3/10, 10/29)
The Rebirth Experience, Suzanne Dunn (2/18)
Astrology, Beginning Instruction, Terry Wolverton (2/18)
Consciousness-Raising, Nancy Angelo (2/25)
Intensive Letterpress Workshop, Bonnie Carpenter (2/28)
Feeling to Form to Feeling to Form: Sheila de Bretteville, Jane Rosenzweig (3/4)
Life Plans, Shauna Jo (3/4)
Getting Shown, Being Known, Ruth Iskin (3/4, 5/20, 11/11)
Awakening through Poetry, Shulamis Yelin (4/15)
Art for All, Faith Wilding (4/17)
Beginning Photography, Maria Karras (4/17)
I Dream in Female, Karen Moonwoman (4/17)
Paint Women, Paint Yourself, Sandra McKee (4/17, 7/10)
Writing, Holly Prado (4/18, 7/11)
Career Planning for Women, Lynn Ebersold (4/18)
Yoga for Women, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa (4/18)
The Lesbian Novel, Joy Fisher (4/19)
Photo Critique, Claire Henze (4/19)
Touch for Health, Karen Schneider (4/19)
Assertiveness Training, Valerie Kirkgaard (4/20)
Introduction in Mime, Jamie Wildman (4/20)
Class on Class, Vanalyne Green and Anne Phillips (4/20)
Feminist Radical Therapy, Bond Wright (4/20)
Auto Fundamentals, Nancy Mugridge and Nancy Crawford (4/22 and 29)
The Reemergence of Shamanistic Art, Nola Kurtz (4/22)
Clowns, Kaf Warman (4/22)
Socially Concerned Photography, Marion Palfi (4/22)
YOU are a Dancer, Katja Biesanz (4/22, 7/29)
In Search of Love, Valerie Kirkgaard (4/29, 8/26)
Financial Planning for Women, Rochelle Sherman (4/29)
Sailing: Theory and Practice, Jeannine Talley (5/1)
Relating to Power: Our Own and Others, Judith Goodman (5/6)
Reading in Our Own Voices, Terry Wolverton (5/6)
Reichian Workshop, Bond Wright (5/6)
Bio Energetic, Alicia Tasca (5/13)
Performers Workshop, Maggi Sutherland and Meg Brazill, Part 1 (5/13), Part 2 (5/14)
Women’s Healthcare, Debbie Fisher (5/20)
Journal Workshop for Women, Alice Bloch (5/20, 11/11)
First Aid Fundamentals of Animal Health Care, Donna den Boer (5/21)
Women’s Wall: A Collaborative Mural, Helene Aylon, Part 1 (5/21), Part 2 (5/28)
Women’s Sexuality: Fact and Fiction, Betty Willis Brooks (5/27, 8/19)
Square Dance for Women (6/24)
Using Your Voice, Holly Near and Torie Osborn (7/10)
Intermediate Photography, Maria Karras (7/10)
Alternative Environments for Women, Phyllis Birkby (7/11)
Jin Shin Do, Lonnie Friedman (7/12)
Guitar Skills for Beginners, Sandra Wilson (7/12)
Small Farm Stock for City Folks, Donna den Boer (7/13)
Your Basic Intro to Video, Phyllis Jeroslow (7/13)
Lesbian Poetry, Alice Bloch (7/13)
Art as a Healing Process, Nola Kurtz (7/15)
Interior Journeys through Writings, Holly Prado (7/17)
Disco Dance for the Feminist, Jena Lauren (7/22)
Assertiveness Training and Rape Self-Defense, Valerie Kirkgaard (7/22, 10/21)
The Journal and Creative Writing, Alice Bloch (8/5)
Women Artists and Technology, Marlene Oliver (8/5)
Anti-Rape and Self-Defense Workshop, Betty Willis Brooks (8/12, 10/29)
House Painting, Diana Johnson (8/19)
You Only Have Your Body, Arica Psycho-calisthenics, Connie Maske (8/26)
Financial Planning for Women, Shelly Sherman (8/26)
Hera (Betty Volker) Talks about Her Work (date unknown)
Typography, Layout, and Caring (TLC) Sheila de Bretteville (begins 10/9)
Silkscreen, Cynthia Stewart (begins 10/10)
Beginning Offset Printing, Donna Farnsworth (begins 10/10)
Writing, Holly Prado (10/10)
YOU are a Dancer, Katja Biesanz (10/11, 10/14)
Feminist Criticism, Arlene Raven (10/11)
Spanish for Educators, Miriam Abecia Vogelfanger (10/11)
Lesbian Poetry, Alice Bloch (10/12)
Sobrevivir (English class for Spanish speaking women) (10/12)
Drawing, Nancy Buchanan (10/14)Socially Concerned
Photography, Marion Palfi (10/14)
Dance Sharing, Katja Biesanz (10/15)
Lesbian Creators Herstory, Arlene Raven (LAP) (10/15)
Your Body is Your Expression, Tamara Gilbert and Pamela Maloney (10/15, 11/13)
The Dog and Cat from Birth to Senescence, Donna den Boer (10/25)
How to Give a Reading, Eloise Klein Healy (10/28)
Auto Mechanics, Nancy Mugridge and Nancy Crawford, Part 1 (10/28), Part 2 (11/4)
Healthful Chinese cooking, Sue Wong (11/4)
Anatomy of a Book, Margaret Lecky (11/18)

SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY EVENTS

Dinner at Val’s Cafe (1/6–7)
Women’s Health Day (1/28)
Susan B. Anthony organizing workshop and birthday celebration (2/12)
“Beyond the Backlash: The Politics and Visions of Susan B. Anthony,” lecture by Kathleen Barry at Susan B. Anthony celebration (2/12)
Dyke of Your Dreams Day Valentine Party and Dance (LAP) (2/14)
Mona Golabek, pianist, at Val’s Cafe
FEMINA Day at The Store (3/4)
Sunday Brunch at Val’s Cafe (3/19)
Dinner at Val’s Cafe (3/25)
Birthday party for Barbara Pascal, installation by Sandra McKee, performances by Cheri Gaulke and Jamie WildOne (7/7)
Hot August Night Dance (8/12)
Linda Tillery and Band concert and dance to benefit L.A. Women’s Video Project PSAs (Veteran’s Auditorium)
Feminist/Lesbian Dialogue, Arlene Raven and Terry Wolverton (LAP) (10/22)
Family of Women Dance (LAP) (12/15)

1979

ORGANIZATION MILESTONES

Incest Awareness Project, a collaboration between Ariadne: A Social Art Network and the Women’s Resources Program of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center, begins
Judy Chicago’s collaborative project, The Dinner Party, opens at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Women’s Graphic Center receives grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education

KEY STAFF

Feminist Studio Workshop: Nancy Angelo, Katja Biesanz, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Cheri Gaulke, Judith Golden, Vanalyne Green, Eloise Klein Healy, Laurel Klick, Leslie Labowitz, Suzanne Lacy, Martha Lifson (Ronk), Deena Metzger, Holly Prado, Arlene Raven, Faith Wilding, Terry Wolverton
Summer Art Program: Nancy Angelo, Cheri Gaulke, Vanalyne Green, Laurel Klick
Other Staff: Maurine Renville, director; Nancy Angelo, Terry Blecher, Sue Maberry, Janice Nightingale
Spinning Off Staff: Information not available
Board of Directors: Judy Chicago, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Arlene Raven

AFFILIATED GROUPS

Ariadne: A Social Art Network
Center for Feminist Art Historical Studies
L.A. Women’s Video Center
Lesbian Art Project
Val’s Cafe
Women’s Graphics Center

CONFERENCES

Women and Science Fiction: Feminist Future Visions Conference, Kate Wilhelm, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Suzy McKee Charnas, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (4/21)
Women Being Successful at Being Women in Their Workplace: Arlene Raven, Sheila de Bretteville, Sheila Bob, Jane Rosenzweig (6/24)

EXHIBITIONS

“Open Wall Show: Shannon Hogan and Fortney Carter” (1/20)
“Mary Bosted, Sylvia T. Clark” (2/3)
“Ruth Bavetta, Edith Kodmur” (2/17)
“Yolanda Burzrcki, Kim Seattle” (3/3)
“Double X in Depth” (Deanne Belinoff, Kenon Breazeale, Nancy Buchanan, Caron Colvin, Vanalyne Green, Judith Golden, Mayde Herberg, Connie Jenkins, Mary Jones, Vaughan Rachel, Hazel Slawson, Diane Smith, Sharon Shore, Cynthia Upchurch) (4/14)
“Mary Werbbellow, Shirley Kouser” (3/17)
“Waiting at Columbia,” installation by Susan Mogul at Columbia Coffee Shop (6/25–7/21)
“Wiccan Voices: Paula Lumbard” (3/31)
“Photographs by Herminia Dosal” (4/14)
“Catherine Stifter” (4/14)
“Barbara Cesery, Adrienne Weiss” (4/28)
FSW Group Show (5/26)
“Carol Van Dyne, Maria Leon” (6/9)
“Cross Pollination: Perspectives from Three Cultures” (Elizabeth Catlett, Li Chen, Yoshiko Kanai, Patricia Murillo, D. Rochelle Nicholas, Mildred Thompson, Linda Vallejo, Takako Yamaguchi) (7/6)
“Specific Gravity: Three Approaches” (Prizlae Bergey, Jacquelyn Mote, Mary Mullen) (date unknown)
“Abstracts Naturally: Maria Johnson” (8/5)
Summer Art Program Group Show (8/16)
“Documentary Photographs of The Dinner Party” (9/14)
“Bedtime Stories: Women Speak Out About Incest” (10/18, 11/3, 11/15)
“Sorcerer’s Dialectic” (Paula Lumbard, Tyaga) (11/2)
“Cynthia Roark, Jenny Wren” (12/1)
“Mind Over Matter” curated by Annette Bird (12/8)
“Nadine Etkes, Mary Ann Exun” (date unknown)

PERFORMANCES

An Oral Herstory of Lesbianism, collaborative performance by Terry Wolverton with Jerri Allyn, Nancy Angelo, Leslie Belt, Cheri Gaulke, Chutney Lu Gunderson, Brook Halleck, Sue Maberry, Louise Moore, Arlene Raven, Catherine Stifter, Cheryl Swannack, Christine Wong (LAP) (5/3–4, 5/9–11, 5/16, 5/23–25)
Performance by Nancy Buchanan (5/13)
In Silence Secrets Turn to Lies, performance by Terry Wolverton for “Bedtime Stories” exhibit (10/18)
Performances by Leslie Belt, KMC Minns, Catherine Stifter, and Chris Wong for “Bedtime Stories” exhibit (11/15)

FILM AND VIDEO ART

Lebisia, film by Jere Van Syoc (LAP) (3/31)
Screening of Social Art Videotapes: Record Companies Drag Their Feet and In Mourning and In Rage (6/16)

WOMEN’S GRAPHICS CENTER

Open House (10/13)
Open Wall Show (10/13)

LITERARY EVENTS

Women Writers Series: Adrienne Rich, Mary Daly (1/10)
Open Mike readings:
Eloise Klein Healy on Gertrude Stein (4/1)
Nan Hunt on Anais Nin (6/3)
Doris Lemieux (5/6)
Jacqueline de Angelis on Katherine Mansfield, Doris Lemieux on Margaret Atwood (8/5)
Discussion of Djuna Barnes (10/14)
Women Writers Series (9/14-10/7):
Susan Griffin (9/14)
Ntozake Shange (date unknown)
Honor Moore (date unknown)
Writers Series Workshop: Do Not Hear Weeping, Karen Minns (9/12)
Writers Series Workshop: Intensive Writing, Kate Braverman (9/13)
Writers Series Workshop:
Journal Writing, Alice Bloch (date unknown)
How to Prepare and Submit a Manuscript, Eloise Klein-Healy (date unknown)
Collaborative Writing, Nan Hunt (date unknown)
Lesbian Writers: Keeping in Touch, Joy Fisher (date unknown)
Susan Griffin, informal lecture workshop (9/15)
Women Writers Night (12/2)

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Feminist Studio Workshop
Lesbian Art Project Open House (3/25)
Summer Art Program ( begins 6/16)
Summer Graphics Program (7/16)
Open House, Educational Programs at the Women’s Building (8/25)
“Translations: An International Dialogue of Women Artists,” Monica Mayer, Jo Goodwin, Denise Yarfitz, and Florence Rosen travel to Mexico City to speak to women’s groups about feminist art and education (12/8)

EXTENSION PROGRAMS

Sobrevivir: English as a Second Language, Miriam Vogelfanger (1/8, 1/11)
Drawing Techniques, Nancy Buchanan (1/8)
Ceramics: Earth Magic, Cheryl Swannack (1/8)
Beginning Offset Printing, Donna Farnsworth (1/8, 1/10) Cynthia Marsh (10/20)
Ariadne Workshop, Leslie Labowitz, Suzanne Lacy (1/8)
Do It in a Group: The Art of Collaborative Performance (1/9)
Pattern Design for Paper and Fabric, Cynthia Stewart (1/9)
Sculpture, Structure, and Process, Bruria (1/9)
In Our Own Voices: A Writer’s Workshop, Karen Minns (1/9)
Oral Herstory of Lesbianism Workshop (begins 1/10)
Painting, Deanne Belinoff (1/10)
Spanish for Educators, Miriam Vogelfanger (1/11)
Women Left Alone: Widowed, Divorced, Annette (Nan) Hunt (1/11)
Lesbian Creator’s Workshop, Arlene Raven (1/11, 3/6)
Feeling to Form, Sheila de Bretteville, Jane Rosenzweig (1/13)
Tai Chi as a Way of Being, Christina Ismael White (1/13–14)
Exploring Our Body Language, Melya Kaplan (1/13)
Myth Making Workshop, Jere Van Syoc (1/14)
Tip of Your Tongue, Clsuf (1/18)
Beneath Anger and Depression, Valerie Kirkgaard (1/20)
Amazons of Art, Arlene Raven (1/21)
Women Identification and Women Love in Contemporary Art, Arlene Raven (1/28)
The Astrology Project, Terry Wolverton, Part 1 (1/13), Part 2 (2/10)
Political Significance of Women’s Art (2/4)
Our Body is Our Expression, Pamela K. Maloney and Tamara Gilbert, Part 1(2/4), Part 2 (2/18), Part 3 (3/4)
Grantswomanship, Michele Kort (2/10, 10/20)
Sharing Saturn Cycle, Clsuf (2/25)
Journal Workshop for Women, Alice Bloch (2/25, 4/22, 7/28, 10/20, 10/24)
In Our Own Voices II: For Beginning Writers, Karen Minns (3/5)
Self Image/Self Defense, Ann Shannon (3/5)
Women Art Makers: Faith Wilding, Joanne Goodwin, Barbara Smith, Denise Yarfitz, Paula Lumbard, Arlene Raven, Vanalyne Green (3/5)
Mime, Suzanne Fox (3/6)
Tap Dance, Hildi Woode (3/7)
Writing Workshop, Annette Hunt (3/8)
Action Art for Middle Aged Women, Barbara Smith (3/10)
Come Play with Me, Ann Hershey (3/10)
Earth and Water (3/12)
Beginning Letterpress Printing, Susan King (3/17)
Lesbian Poetry, Alice Bloch (3/24)
Tools of Performance, Ann Shannon (4/3)
The Feminist Tarot, Z. Budapest (4/14, 7/12)
Double X in Depth (4/14)
Women: A Show of Photographs, Herminia Dorsal (4/14)
Color Xerox Workshop, Aviva Rahmani (4/14)
Management and Women, Valerie Kirkgaard, Chris Faulconer (4/21)
Getting Shown Being Known, Ruth Iskin (4/21, 7/7, 10/27)
Women and Science Fiction: Feminist Future Visions (4/21)
The Dog and Cat from Birth to Senescence, Donna den Boer (4/22)
The Feminist Tarot II, Z. Budapest (4/28)
Feeling to Form to Feeling to Form: Sheila de Bretteville, Jane Rosenzweig (5/4, 7/14, 12/9)
Writing Workshop II, Annette Hunt (5/10)
Workshop on Racism, Califia Task Force and feminists of color (6/2)
Flowers from the Rock: Autobiography as Fiction, Karen Minns (7/2)
Psychic Healing, Dian Mitchell (7/2)
Beginning Drawing, Connie Simon (7/3)
Oriental Dance (Belly Dance), Angelique Draper (7/3)
Addressing Our Clothes, Our Selves, Shoshanah Dubliner (7/5)
Meditation for Psychic Development, Dian Mitchell (7/7)
Making Your Own Music, Anna Rubin (7/11)
Portrait: Faces Known and Unknown, Tyaga (7/11)
Expanding Sense, Anna Rubin (7/14)
Basic Photography, Mary McNally (7/18)
Women’s Sexuality: Fact and Fiction, Betty Brooks (7/21)
Mask making, Barbara Stopha (8/4)
Anti-Rape and Self-Defense Workshop, Betty Brooks (8/4, 8/11, 11/4)
Abstracts Naturally, Maria Johnson (8/5)
Liberating Disco, Vanalyne Green (8/11)
Women and the Martial Arts (8/12)
Photographing Your Own Art, Mary McNally (8/25)
Slide Lecture about The Dinner Party (9/19)
Drawing and Painting, Mary Jones and Deanne Belinoff (10/14)
Reading Women Writers, Eloise Klein Healy (10/15)
Introduction to Video, L.A. Women’s Video Center Staff (10/15)
ACTing: Creating Theater in Your Life, Terry Wolverton (10/17)
Posters: The Personal Voice in Public Communication, Sheila de Bretteville (10/19)
Healing Artmaking, Betty Gordon (10/20)
Lesbian Perspectives, Terry Wolverton (begins 10/21)
Lesbian Identity,(10/21)
Homophobia(10/28)
Separatism (11/4)
Lesbian Creators Workshop (11/11)
Sorcerer’s Dialectic, Paula Lumbard and Tyaga (11/2)
Bedtime Stories: Workshop on Incest, Paula Lumbard (11/3)
Women Call the Shots; Basic Photography, Mary McNally (11/6)
Imprint/Reprint, Betye Saar (12/19)

SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY EVENTS

Party to benefit L.A. Women’s Video Center with performances by Barbara Smith, Suzanne Lacy, Gronk, Cheri Gaulke, Sister Angelica Furiosa, Wayne Kuwada, Kim Weir, Tracers, and Nervous Gender (private studio) (date unknown)
Workshop on Racism, sponsored by feminists of color and Califia Task Force, followed by Women’s Dance (6/2)
Music and Poetry by Wanda Coleman, sponsored by Women on Welfare and Ariadne (8/11)
Woman’s Building Membership Meeting, featuring Dee Moulton, from Alliance for Survival, and screening of videotape of Dr. Helen Caldicott (8/18)
Lecture by Sandra Butler for “Bedtime Stories” exhibit (10/18)
Birthday Concert and Dance for Scorpio Women, with Jean Simmons and Julie James (11/17)
Women’s Building Open House (5/19, 9/8, 12/1)
Holiday Craft Sale (12/8)