(re)FOCUS then and now : Philadelphia focuses on women in the visual arts, 1974-2024 / editors Judith K. Brodsky and Diane Burko ; essays [by] Robert Cozzolino, Ruth Fine, Imani Roach, Judith E. Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cozzolino, Robert, 1970- author of essay.

Fine, Ruth, 1941- author of essay.

Roach, Imani, author of essay.

Stein, Judith E., author of essay.

Contributor:

Brodsky, Judith K., editor.

Burko, Diane, 1945- editor.

Moore College of Art. Gallery, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women artists--United States--Exhibitions.

Women artists.

Feminism and art.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

195 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Other Title:

reFOCUS then and now

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : The Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art & Design, [2024]

Contents:

Introduction and acknowledgments / Judith K. Brodsky and Diane Burko

Takingaim: Philadelphia's feminist art activism in the 1970s / Judith E. Stein

Then and now: everything changes over time / Ruth Fine

A call to action / Robert Cozzolino

Houses need people: sitting a spell with Vashti Dubois and Michael Clemmons, the Colored Girls Museum / Imani Roach

Artist plates & biographies

Participating institutions, organizations & galleries

Checklist of the exhibition.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition (re)FOCUS Then and Now: Philadelphia Focuses on Women in the Visual Arts, The Galleries at Moore, January 27-March 16, 2024. ... This exhibition was curated by Judith K. Brodsky and Diane Burko. The exhibition catalog includes works from both the 1974 and 2024 exhibitions.

(re)FOCUS celebrates the 50th anniversary of Philadelphia Focuses on Women in the Visual Arts/1974, a citywide festival recognizing women artists. With over 150 exhibitions, panels, lectures, workshops, and demonstrations it was one of the first large-scale surveys of the work of contemporary American women artists, signaling the inception of the American Feminist Art Movement. (re)FOCUS 2024 is also a Philadelphia citywide festival showing how women-identified and BIPOC artists have moved from the periphery to the center of the art world. Like its 1974 predecessor, (re)FOCUS is a collaboration among Philadelphia's large, small, and diverse visual arts institutions.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum of Philadelphia mentioned on p. 134.

Athenaeum copy: Gift: Judith K. Brodsky.

ISBN:

9781584420606

158442060X

OCLC:

1420229462