Women Artists News

Women Artists News (vol. 1, no. 1-vol. 17) was a feminist magazine produced between 1975 and 1992 in New York City.

## History

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Established in 1975, Women Artists Newsletter was published by Cynthia Navaretta,[1] with founding editor Judy Seigel,[2] under the Midmarch Associates imprint along with a staff of volunteer writers, photographers and graphic designers. Functioning as a space for information exchange and communication for and among a community of women artists, the newsletter published books reviews, articles, museum and gallery listings, event listings, interviews, how-to information, and other assorted news related to art, feminism and women's issues. With the January 1978 issue (vol. 3, no 7) the publication changed its name to Women Artists News, to account for the increasing page count and purview of the publication. Circulation remained around 6000-7000, at one point reaching a readership of 10,000.[3] Contributors throughout the run of the publication included Isabel Case Borgatta,[4] Joyce Kozloff, Lil Picard, Miriam Schapiro, Sylvia Sleigh, Joan Snyder, Nancy Spero and May Stevens, many of whom were also affiliated with the feminist collective and journal Heresies.

### Cynthia Navaretta

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Navaretta (1923 - 2020)[2] was a founding member of the Women's Caucus for Art, the Coalition of Women's Arts Organizations, and Women in the Arts in 1972. In addition to founding Women Artists Newsletter, she also established Midmarch Arts Press, which published dozens of books including Navaretta's Guide to Women's Art Organizations and Directory for the Arts (Midmarch Arts Press, 1979).[2] She has edited several volumes of women in the arts and maintains a major archive of women artists in the U.S. since the later 1960s.[5] The archive, housed at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, includes press releases, exhibition and events announcements, catalogs, posters, and newspaper clippings regarding women artists and organizations. Photographs are of women's organizations, events and artists including Faith Ringgold, Susan Schwalb, Lowery Simms, Sari Dienes, Judy Seigel, Audrey Flack, and June Wayne, among others. Correspondence is between Navaretta and various women's art organizations.

## See also

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* Feminist art movement in the United States
* List of feminist art magazines
* Feminist art criticism
* Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics

## References

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1. ^ "Cynthia Navaretta research files on women artists, circa 1975-2005, Smithsonian Archives of American Art".
2. ^ a b c Neil Genzlinger, "Cynthia Navaretta, Who Promoted Female Artists, Is Dead at 97," The New York Times, June 12, 2020.
3. ^ Allen, Gwen (2011). Artists' Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. p. 311.
4. ^ Weisbord, Mimi; Haber, Ira Joel; McGee, Barbara; Seigel, Judy; Marxer, Donna; Jurinek, Jerilyn; Borgatta, Isabel Case; Stevens, May. "Women Artists Newsletter: Women Artists Newsletter". Open JSTOR Collection. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
5. ^ Love, Barbara J. (2006). Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975. Urbana; Chicago: University of Illinois Press. pp. 332. ISBN 978-0252031892.

## External links

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* Women Artists News, digital archive, 1 January 1978 - 1 January 1991 (68 issues), Independent Voices Open Access Collection, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University.
* Cynthia Navaretta research files on women artists, circa 1975-2005, Smithsonian Archives of American Art.

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Feminist art movement in the United States

* Feminist art movement
* Women artists

Precursors|

* American Association of University Women (1881)
* National Association of Women Artists (1889)
* New York School of Applied Design for Women (1892)

Venues or organizations|

* A.I.R. Gallery
* Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art (Brooklyn Museum)
* Feminist Art Coalition
* Hera Gallery
* Lesbian Art Project
* National Museum of Women in the Arts
* New York Feminist Art Institute
* SOHO20 Gallery
* tArt Collective
* Washington Women's Art Center
* Women Artists in Revolution (WAR)
* Women's Art Resources of Minnesota
* Woman's Building (Los Angeles)
* The Women's Building (San Francisco)
* Women's Graphic Center
* Women's Interart Center
* Women's Studio Workshop

Exhibitions or installations|

* Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists (1971)
* Womanhouse (1972)
* Three Weeks in May (1977)
* The Sister Chapel (1974–1978)
* The Dinner Party (1979)
* WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution (2007)

Films or documentaries|

* !Women Art Revolution

Publications|

* Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics (1977–1992)
* The Feminist Art Journal (1972–1977)
* Women Artists News {1975-1992)
* "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" (1971)

Groups|

* subRosa
* Guerrilla Girls
* The Waitresses
* Women Artists in Revolution
* Women's Caucus for Art
* Where We At

Notable women|

* Alison Bechdel
* Lynda Benglis
* Louise Bourgeois
* Norma Broude
* Judy Chicago
* Elaine de Kooning
* Mary Beth Edelson
* Suzi Ferrer
* Helen Frankenthaler
* Mary Garrard
* Nancy Graves
* Eva Hesse
* Lila Katzen
* Jane Kaufman
* Lee Krasner
* Georgia O'Keeffe
* Barbara Kruger
* Louise Nevelson
* Yoko Ono
* M. C. Richards
* Rachel Rosenthal
* Carolee Schneemann
* Cindy Sherman
* Sylvia Sleigh
* Alma Thomas
* June Wayne

Lists|

* List of feminist artists
* Women in the art history field

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