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 North East Digital VillageWomen in the ArtsNationalNational Museum of Women in the Arts: The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, is the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to recognizing the contributions of women artists. National Women's Caucus for Art: National organization unique in its multi-disciplinary, multicultural membership of artists, art historians, students /educators, museum professionals and galleries in the visual arts. ArtTable: National membership organization for professional women in leadership positions in the visual arts. ArtWomen.org: News about exhibitions of interest in different cities, stories about art-related legislation, new books being published, awards received by feminists, and public notices ranging from lectures to obituaries. Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum. an exhibition and education facility dedicated to feminist art—its past, present, and future. Fund for Women Artists: Non-profit arts service organization based in Western Massachusetts dedicated to increasing the diversity and employment of women in the arts. Focusing on artists whose work features non-traditional images of women and who are working in theatre, film, or video. Her Arts: Founded to create a safe haven for serious but fun-loving, intelligent women artists with an appetite for the anomalous. Three Arts Club: functions as a residence, gallery and performance space for women involved in the "three arts" - defined as Literary, Performance and Visual. Through the Flower: Fostering understanding of feminist art by documenting, preserving, exhibiting and sharing the studio teaching methods of pioneer feminist artist Judy Chicago and the art archive of her work owned by Through the Flower. Founded by Chicago TTF stands for the values expressed in her art: cooperation, recognition, creativity, empathy and diversity. Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party becomes the centerpiece of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum (March 23 2007). The Dinner Party "comprises a massive ceremonial banquet, arranged on a triangular table with a total of thirty-nine place settings, each commemorating an important woman from history. The settings consist of embroidered runners, gold chalices and utensils, and china-painted porcelain plates with raised central motifs that are based on vulvar and butterfly forms and rendered in styles appropriate to the individual women being honored. The names of another 999 women are inscribed in gold on the white tile floor below the triangular table. This permanent installation is enhanced by rotating biographical gallery shows relating to the 1,038 women honored at the table." -brooklynmuseum.org Also view Judy Chicago's artwork at LewAllenContemporary. "Judy Chicago is an artist, author, feminist, educator and intellectual whose career now spans four decades. Renowned for the convention-shattering nature of her work, Chicago has served as pioneer for an enlarged definition of art, an expanded role for the artist, and a woman’s right to freedom of expression." -lewallencontemporary.com Toxic Titties: Collaborative group of feminist artists working with performance, video, and film, bringing a subcultural phenomenon into the frame of conceptual art. Women, Art & Society: Catalog of links keyed to Whitney Chadwick's, Women, Art & Society, New York: Thames and Hudson, Third Edition, 2002. Women and Their Work: Texas art organization promoting greater recognition & appreciation of women's contribution to cultural life. On-going exhibits of Texas women artists. Woman Made Gallery: Not for profit organization supporting women in the arts by providing opportunities, awareness, and advocacy, accomplishing this through monthly thematic exhibitions which raise public awareness and recognition of women's cultural contributions Women's Studio Workshop: Encouraging the voice and vision of women artists, and providing professional opportunities and employment for women artists at various stages in their careers. Printmaking, photography, papermaking, ceramic and book arts studios that are always available for artists to create new work. What did it mean for a black woman to be an artist in our grandmothers' time? In our great-grandmothers' day? It is an answer cruel enough to stop the blood. African American Women ArtistsAfrican American Women Artists: A Selected Annotated Bibliography: Information or research assistance regarding African American women artists is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The following information has been prepared to assist those interested in this topic. African American Women Artists: Research by Dr. Cora Marshall focusing on contemporary African American artists, in particular, Black women artists. Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists: Featured works by twenty-five prominent, contemporary African American women including Howardena Pindell, Betye and Alison Saar, Faith Ringgold, Carrie Mae Weems, Elizabeth Catlett, Rachelle Puryear, and native Texan Jean Lacy. Black American Feminists: A Multidisciplinary Bibliography. The Arts and Humanities. "Crossing the Threshold" Exhibit: Celebrating the strength and resolve of thirty-two women artists, ranging in age from 70 to 95 years, who have persevered throughout the twentieth century and created a visual legacy for the future millennia. Entitled Black Women Artists at Skylight Gallery: A support network for women visual artists of African descent in the Americas. A cross-generational coalition of artists and arts professionals working in diverse media. International700 Important Women Artists 9th-19th Centuries. Women Artists: Self-Portraits & Represetnations of Womanhood from the Medieval Period to the Present. Artcyclopedia: Database of artists from around the world. ARTSY: A new magazine about female artists and writers that attempts to disprove the notion that female artwork is frivolous. We highlight a diversity of art practices and try to challenge any preconceptions of what women's work should be. We choose work we feel is strong and makes its own statement. Women in Photography International: Non-profit educational organization promoting the visibility of women photographers and their work through exhibitions, networking, outreach programs and an online resource center. Women Artists in History: Showcase of work of women artists down through the centuries. Australian Women's Art Register: An archive and repository of slides, published material and other written sources, both old and new, documenting Australian women artists, theocrat practice, their images and their writings - including craft, design, & photography. Celebrating Women's Achievements: Selective Bibliography, National Library of Canada Celebrating Women's History Month: Biographies highlighting the achievements of 23 women artists in Canada over the last 150 years. From the National Library of Canada Millennium Book Project: Womens art project giving women the opportunity to share stories, thoughts, feelings and ideas using words, pictures, collage and stitchwork in small hand made books. Arts Council of England, Luton Borough Council and Artists Network Beds. n. paradoxa: The only international feminist art journal exploring feminist theory and contemporary women's art practices. Based in London, England This section is under constant development. 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