Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is on the fourth floor of the Brooklyn Museum, New York.

History

The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art opened on March 23, 2007 at the Brooklyn Museum] . The 8,300 square foot center, on the fourth floor of the museum, aims to create a compelling and interactive environment to raise awareness and educate future generations about feminism’s impact on culture.

The Center will permanently house Judy Chicago's famed feminist work "The Dinner Party." [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/dinner_party/] The piece will be accompanied by rotating installations that highlight the lives of the women portrayed on the work's 39 place settings and 999 gold-inscribed tiles. The first of these installations, [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/pharaohs_queens_goddesses/ "Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses,"] will focus on women leaders and deities in Egyptian history (through September 16).

[http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/global_feminisms/ "Global Feminisms"] (through July 1), the Center's opening exhibition, spotlights international feminist art from 1990 to the present. Thematically arranged, multi-media works by more than 80 artists from nearly 50 countries explore diverse multicultural and intergenerational views of feminism.

Center namesake and benefactor, Elizabeth A. Sackler, is a philanthropist and art collector. She is a longtime friend of Judy Chicago's and daughter of Arthur M. Sackler, who himself endowed a wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [ 1 ]

Other feminist art events include "Wack! Art of the Feminist Revolution" opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) in Los Angeles on March 4, 2007 (it showcases international feminist art from 1965 to 1980).

[http://www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?id=10216 feminist wire | daily newsbriefs March 23, 2007 "Grand Opening of Feminist Art Center Today in Brooklyn"] Reproduced with permission from author.

Resources

* [http://www.msmagazine.com/winter2007/homeatlast.asp "Home At Last"] Article about "The Dinner Party" coming to the Sackler Center and other feminist art shows this year
* [http://msmagazine.com/winter2007/artcalendar.asp Feminist Art Calendar] Courtesy of [http://www.msmagazine.com "Ms."] magazine
* [http://feministartproject.rutgers.edu/ Feminist Art Project Official Site]

References

External links

* [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/ Brooklyn Museum of Art Official Site]
* [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/ Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Official Site]
* [http://www.moca-la.org/index.php Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Official Site]