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Feminist Art Finds Home in Brooklyn

by Sally Herships

NEW YORK, NY March 23, 2007 —In 1970 artist Judy Chicago founded the first feminist art program at California State University. Now, thirty years later, the art world is experiencing a major resurgence of interest in feminist works.

Today, the Brooklyn Museum opens the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art - a permanent dedicated home to feminist works. But it’s not always been an easy road for feminist art. By WNYC’s Sally Herships.


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