ARTstor: Works by Judy Chicago

ARTstor is collaborating with Judy Chicago to share approximately 400 images of works by the artist in the Digital Library. Judy Chicago (b. 1939) is an artist, author, feminist, and educator whose career spans four decades. Her art has been frequently exhibited in the United States and internationally, and her ten published books are distributed worldwide.

Chicago's most well-known work, The Dinner Party (1974-1979), is an icon of feminist art and was executed with the participation of hundreds of volunteers. This monumental multimedia project is comprised of a triangular table with 39 individual place settings for notable women arranged chronologically along the three wings. Collectively, the place settings trace a symbolic history of women in western civilization from prehistory through the 20th century.

Demonstrating an openly female point of view through collaborative art, Chicago helped to initiate a worldwide feminist art movement. In the early 1970s, Chicago pioneered feminist art education through unique programs for women at California State University, Fresno and later (with the American painter Miriam Schapiro) at the California Institute of the Arts.

To view the Judy Chicago collection go to the ARTstor Digital Library, and search the keywords: judy chicago

To view ARTstor from off campus locations you need to create an ARTstor account at http://www.artstor.org/index.shtml from any computer on the Southwestern College campuses.

Southwestern College library also has books and materials written by and about Judy Chicago. For library hours and other information pleave visit our website http://www.swccd.edu/~library/.