In 2000, Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman worked with students at Duke University to create the exhibition “From Theory to Practice.” The projects focused on three areas Chicago had previously explored in her studio practice: women’s history, birth, and the Holocaust.
“From Theory to Practice” in the Archives
Below are links to pdf and media files of materials from the From Theory to Practice Teaching Project in the Judy Chicago Art Education Collection archived at The Eberly Special Collections at Penn State. Publications are available in alternative media on request.
Preparations
- Readings [A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light. Judy Chicago with Photography by Donald Woodman]
- Research
- Self Presentations
- Building Group
- Content Search
- Artmaking Goals
Process
- Work Mode Selection
- Media Selection
- Format Decisions
- Ideal to Real
- Support Structure
ArtMaking
- Participant Selection
- From Process to Image
- Balancing Support and Guidance
- Content-based Critique
- Audience
- Art from the final exhibition
- Evaluations
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