Bay area artist Lynn Hershman Leeson is a recipient of the 2009 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, an award that supports her forthcoming documentary “Women Art Revolution: The Turbulent and (Formerly) Secret History of the Feminist Art Movement, 1968-2009”.
Judy Chicago and The Dinner Party play a significant role in the film (and the trailer). You’ll also recognize others. The film is slated for release sometime in 2010. Check it out at http://womenartrevolution.com/trailer.html
As a feature-length documentary, “Women Art Revolution” reveals how the Feminist Art Revolution radically transformed the art and culture of our times. Shot over four decades, the film includes intimate interviews, provocative art, and rare, historical film and video footage that annotates evolution of the Feminist Art Movement in the United States. This film is also supported by Creative Capital and The National Endowment for the Arts.
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