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Through theFlower
A nonprofit feminist art organization founded by Judy Chicago.
GALA OPENING OF THE DINNER PARTY
On March 23rd the country’s first public space dedicated to Feminist art opened at The Brooklyn Museum. At the heart of the Elizabeth A. Sackler
Center for Feminist Art is Judy Chicago’s monumental multi media installation The Dinner Party, the first blockbuster feminist work of art, now considered
an iconic work of 20th century art.
The Dinner Party, first shown in 1979, symbolically honors female achievement in Western history through a series of 39 place settings depicting
each woman, combining ceramics, china painting, and needlework.The runners create the context for the plates and feature images drawn from each
woman’s life. One of Judy Chicago’s goals in creating The Dinner Party was to stop the erasure of women’s achievements from history, which force
women to rediscover their heritage generation after generation.
Achieving a permanent home for The Dinner Party was no easy job. Its future was secured by Dr. Elizabeth A. Sackler of New York City and Santa
Fe, who saw The Dinner Party as museum-worthy and who was a trustee of an institution that could house it as her gift. Sackler, who earned her Ph.D. in
social history, has also worked with other museums on exhibitions and funded the repatriation of Native American artifacts. She collects works by Judy
Chicago and came to know her as a friend. Over time Sackler came to a momentous decision: she would acquire the work and gift it to The Brooklyn
Museum, and provide The Dinner Party with a permanent home in the context of a wing devoted to Feminist art.
On March 22nd, at a dinner celebrating the opening of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, over 300 supporters, artists, museum officials,
and political figures from all over the country gathered at a dinner party of their own hosted by Dr. Sackler and the museum.Throughout the
evening, speeches were made and New Mexico’s own Stuart Ashman, Secretary of Cultural Affairs, read a proclamation from Governor Bill Richardson
proclaiming March 22nd as Elizabeth Sackler and Judy Chicago Feminist art Day throughout the State of New Mexico.
Locals Molly Madden and Dr. Rick Madden of Los Lunas, NM traveled to Brooklyn to attend the opening celebration.They attended Through the
Flower’s Art Conversations, and participated in one on the making of The Dinner Party and are well versed in the piece. Molly Madden commented on
seeing the art for the first time.“Sometimes when you anticipate seeing a particular work of art and then you see it you are often let down. The Dinner
Party exceeded my expectations.” Molly continued “I was captivated by the runners beneath the plates. Judy Chicago and The Dinner Party broke the barriers
about what is art by elevating traditional crafts to the level of art.” Dr. Rick Madden said,“It is time that this artwork got a home and the building
that it is housed in is a great showcase for the elegance of the piece.” At the opening celebration, Dr. Madden “was pleased to hear the recognition of
the 400 plus volunteers who worked on The Dinner Party.”
Now that The Dinner Party has a permanent home,Through the Flower is working with Kutztown University in Pennsylvania to develop a K-12 curriculum
based on The Dinner Party, which will provide teachers and students a broad-based art curriculum so that they can teach about the accomplishments
of women and the current and future potential of women in this world.At the end of June, a week-long institute at Kutztown takes place to
develop a major curriculum resources initiative. Participants will be engaged in inquiry-based activities designed to deepen their understanding of The
Dinner Party while developing new ideas, activities, and lessons for use in K-12 teaching. Judy Chicago will introduce the concepts and practices associated
with feminist pedagogy, an approach to teaching synonymous with the artist since she introduced it in the 1970s.We will have an update about the
Dinner Party Curriculum Project (The DP-CP) in Through the Flower’s next newsletter.
If you would like to learn more about the Curriculum Project, please visit our website at www.throughtheflower.org and click the TTF Projects and
scroll to the bottom for the curriculum project.
Images at the top of the page, from left to right: The Dinner Party at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Judy Chicago, Gloria Steinem, Dr. Elizabeth A. Sackler.

THE CHICAGO CORNER
Wow; what a frenzy the last months have been.
In early February, I essentially moved into an
apartment in Manhattan near Columbus Circle,
which is my favorite part of town because it
features both a Gold’s Gym and a Whole
Foods.Things got off to a fast start at the
College Art Association where I did a book
signing at the booth of Merrell Publishers, who
produced the new (and gorgeous) Dinner Party
book. I also attended a
meeting of the Feminist
Art Project, which has
exploded into a wide
variety of exciting activities
all over the country
(for an update, just do a
web search for them by
name).Then there was
the day of panels about
Feminist art - so it was
a busy few days.
The rest of the
month was full of interviews
and events around
the publication of my
book, then Gail Levin’s
biography, Becoming Judy
Chicago and the exhibition,
Judy Chicago: Jewish Identity at the Hebrew
Union College Gallery in the historic
Greenwich Village. Its official opening was on
February 27th and it was a mob scene. Gail
and I did a dialogue moderated by Laura
Kruger, the HUC curator.At the end of the
evening, there was a celebratory dinner. In the
elevator on the way to the dining hall, someone
produced an advance copy of the NY
Times review of Gail’s book and when the elevator
door opened, everyone in the crowded
elevator was excitedly scanning what was a
wonderful review.
This was somewhat embarrassing because
during the dialogue with Gail, I had made a few
comments full of bravado about never reading
reviews and there I was, caught in the act so to
speak. But even before I could fully digest the
fact that the tide seemed to have turned, at
least as far as the New York Times goes,
Donald and I were on the plane to L.A. for the
opening of WACK:Art and the Feminist
Revolution, the first major exhibition of Feminist
art 1965-1980, curated by Connie Butler at the
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
(LAMOCA).We were in California for a jampacked
week: the opening, many interviews and
several public events.
We managed a few days back in New
Mexico, in part so that our beloved cats would
not think that we had entirely abandoned them
Judy Chicago with board member Dr. Constance Gee
- then it was back to New York and the buildup
to the events at Brooklyn around the opening
of The Dinner Party’s permanent housing. I
must admit that March was a blur of activities
but finally, the BIG DAY arrived: March 22,
2007, 28 years and 8 days after The Dinner Party
premiered at the San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art.
There were over 400 journalists at the
press preview with media from all over the
world and a bank of cameras that were blinding.And
5,000 people
attended the opening,
which was capped by a
private dinner for 300 at
tables set in the form of
a giant triangle.As has
happened at Dinner Party
openings around the
world, viewers circumnavigated
the piece in a
slow line. But this time,
the setting was beyond
any other installation.
Glass walls surround the
piece, whose reflective
surfaces seem to extend
into the universe.
The next day
brought a third review
in the New York Times (the second on WACK
by Holland Cotter). I had been interested to
see how the mainstream art world was going
to react to the confrontation between its longheld
position that Feminist art was something
of the 1970s and definitely passe and the reality
of a global movement that seemed in no
danger of subsiding.As she was in 2002,
Roberta Smith was kind to The Dinner Party
and both reviews
acknowledged that
feminism was the single
greatest influence
on art in the second
half of the twentieth
century. But neither
of them seemed able
to acknowledge the
idea of Feminist art.
In fact, Smith went so
far as to deny its
existence.
I regret that
there was no public
opportunity for me
to address this question
but since it
seems to need countering,
allow me to state that there certainly is
such a thing as Feminist art. One major challenge
for the mainstream art world is that
Feminist art is not stylistically similar, as
becomes entirely evident through both WACK
and Global Feminisms (the show at the Brooklyn
Museum exploring contemporary Feminist art
around the world).
What connects the work in both shows is
not only their content, which takes into
account women’s experiences and perspectives
but also, their context, i.e. they address some
of the world-wide problems faced by women.
However, feminism has come to different parts
of the world at varying times, which is the reason
one sees themes and images in both exhibitions
that appear similar.The art world’s
response to this repetition is to brand it ‘old
hat’, but this attitude reflects a lack of understanding.
The critical response to WACK and Global
Feminisms makes it very evident that the work
of Through the Flower continues to be essential,
particularly our educational efforts, which
is where much of our work is now focused.
Clearly, there continues to be a lack of understanding
of what actually constitutes Feminist
art though The Dinner Party might be thought
of as an outstanding example. But it is not the
only form of Feminist art, not at all. Feminist
art takes many forms but it requires education
to be able to recognize and evaluate it.
Our mission now is to provide education
through our public programming and most
importantly, through the K-12 Dinner Party curriculum
that we are developing.
At the end of June, I and Dr. Constance
Gee (an art educator and one of our board
members) will participate in a Teacher’s
Institute being convened at Kutztown
University, where we will begin work on a curriculum
whose goal is bring women’s achievements
along with an
understanding of both
feminism and Feminist
art into the school
system. In our next
newsletter, we will
report on the
progress of this
important undertaking.Thanks
to Through
the Flower’s on-going
community of friends,
we are able to continue
breaking new
From left to right: Edward Lucie-Smith, Charles Desmaris,
Deputy Director of Brooklyn Museum, Sherry Bronfman, and
Judy Chicago at the ACA opening in New York.
ground. Much has
been accomplished
but there is still a
great deal to be done.

THE DINNER PARTY SYMPOSIUM
For those who could not attend the opening of The Dinner Party in
Brooklyn there was a weekend symposium in Santa Fe (May 11th -
13th). Judy Chicago gave the keynote lecture and kicked off the
events, which focused on the wide-reaching influence of The Dinner
Party and its historical significance.The symposium was sponsored
by LewAllen Contemporary and the Santa Fe Art Institute in association
with Through the Flower. Judy Chicago’s lecture discussed
how this monumental work of art came into being, the subsequent
controversy, and the eventual permanent housing at the Brooklyn
Museum.
Attendees from across the nation and England participated
throughout the weekend in a vibrant discussion about The Dinner
Party’s significance as a symbol, its place in art history, and the role
it has played and is continuing to play in effecting personal and
social transformation.
On May 12th, in the morning session of the symposium, two
noted academics presented lectures. Dr. Gail Levin, author of the
biography Becoming Judy Chicago, narrated the artist’s story and
emphasized Chicago’s family background and her early successes
and frustrations as a female artist in a male-dominated art world.
Birth Project at the Albuquerque Museum
Edward Lucie-Smith, the internationally known art writer and historian,
lectured on the significance of The Dinner Party as a pivotal
work on the leading edge of late 20th century art currents and
placed it within the historical context of other influential art movements
throughout art history.
The afternoon session consisted of panelists discussing different
identity-based art movements. Harmony Hammond, artist,
writer, and curator discussed lesbian identity and art. She presented
39 lesbian artists that she would like to see invited to “dinner”.
Edward Lucie-Smith presented the role of gay men throughout art
history.Tey Marianna Nunn,Visual Arts Director and Chief Curator
for the National Hispanic Cultural Center spoke about identity
issues for the Latina artist. John Grimes, Director of the Institute
of American Indian Art commented on the art market and role of
museums in identity based art and in particular Native American
artists. In his presentation, John Grimes succinctly summed up the
purpose of the symposium, which was to create a dialogue about
what we can do to effect social change within the arts.
“If we are to create a world that does not overlook, and walk
past, the wonderful and miraculous creativity of whole segments of
the human family, then we must actively abandon the frames of reference
that are the causes of the problem. It cannot be solved
through a battle of isms, but rather through a thorough and deliberate
re-conception and re-building of the institutions in society that
define art and creativity.”
The Saturday session concluded with a reception and private
walk-through with Judy Chicago of her exhibition of rare preparatory
materials and test plates from The Dinner Party at LewAllen
Contemporary.
On Sunday morning, Judy Chicago and Elizabeth Sackler held
an informal and informing discussion about how their partnership
evolved, the role of "matronage" and how cultural acts such as the
establishment of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
differs from traditional philanthropy and instead can best be
described as cultural activism. Issues discussed were as expansive
and encompassing as the effect of motherhood on an artist's
career, the backlash against feminism, and the differing life experiences
of male vs female and how that affects such things as critical
response and understanding of art.
BIRTH PROJECT AT THE
ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM
In the fall of 1997,Through the Flower presented a core collection
of thirteen major Birth Project works to the Albuquerque Museum,
in New Mexico, which has plans to establish a rotating
permanent exhibition space and study center. Currently,
the Albuquerque Museum is showing a selection of the
Core Collection of the Birth Project, which will be on
exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum until August 19th.
New introductory text placing the works in a contemporary
context was written by Dr.Viki Thompson Wylder, a
scholar on Judy Chicago’s oeuvre.
From 1980 - 1985, Judy Chicago created dozens of
images on the subject of birth and creation to be embellished
by needleworkers around the United States, Canada
and as far away as New Zealand.The pieces, which range
in size from very small petit point works to a twenty-foot long crochet
work, are presented with documentation that contextualize
the art and educates the audience about needlework, birth, and the
reality of women's lives.
Birth Trinity from the Birth Project
© Judy Chicago, 1983, Needlepoint on 6-mesh canvas by Teaneck, NJ. Group: Susan
Bloomenstein with Elizabeth Colten, Karen Fogel, Helene Hirmes, Bernice Levitt, Linda
Rothenberg, and Miriam Vogelman. , 51" x 130", Collection of the Albuquerque
Museum,Albuquerque, NM, Photo © Through the Flower Archives
Formatted into provocative exhibition units, these works
toured the U.S and Canada, and were eventually placed by Through
the Flower in numerous institutions, where they are on public view
or used as part of university curricula. Prior to the Birth Project, few
images of birth existed in Western art, a puzzling omission as birth
is a central focus of many women's lives and a universal experience

of all humanity - as everyone is born. Seeking
to fill this void, Judy Chicago created multiple
images of birth to be realized through needlework,
a visually rich medium which has been
ignored or trivialized by the mainstream art
community.The imagery in this project uses
figurative, symbolic and mythological references
to convey different aspects of childbirth.
The administration and exhibition tour of
the Birth Project were skillfully coordinated by
MaryRoss Taylor and were carried out under
the auspices of Through the Flower, which
both owned and toured the work.The exhibition
tour came to an end in 1987 after almost
one hundred shows; the work was seen by
more than 250,000 people.Through the
Flower, utilizing its Birth Project Placement
Program, has gifted exhibition units to qualifying
institutions including birthing centers, hospitals,
universities, and museums.To date, Birth
Project works are included in the permanent
collection of more than 30 institutions: including
UCLA Armand Hammer Museum and
Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA; Florida
State University Museum of Fine Arts,
Tallahassee, FL;Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
Richmond,VA; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis
University, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson
Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA.A small collection remains in
the care of Through the Flower.
If you are coming to New Mexico this
summer or know someone who is, do not
miss the opportunity to see this show.
HONORING
NEW MEXICO’S FEMINIST
ART PIONEERS
As part of our commitment to foster the
understanding of Feminist
art,Through the Flower is
one of the ten Founding
Program Partners of the
nationwide The Feminist
Art Project.The project
began with a handful of
Feminist artists, curators,
and historians who recognized
that now is the time
to rewrite history to
acknowledge the importance
of feminist art and May Stevens at the Albuquerque Museum
provide future artists with an education in the
depth and breadth of women’s achievements.
The project is a strategic intervention against
the ongoing erasure of women from the cul-
tural record. As part of its program for The
Feminist Art Project,Through the Flower
recently honored three of New Mexico’s
Feminist art pioneers.
We asked the most prominent contributors
to the Feminist art movement in New
Mexico to present public lectures at different
locations on the
New Mexico
Women’s Cultural
Corridor Map and
discuss how they
would like to see
their art recognized
in art history.
Through the Flower
presented May
Stevens, Lucy
Lippard, and
Harmony Hammond
with a framed digital
print of Through the
Flower Judy
Chicago’s landmark
1973 painting. In addition to this artwork, these
pioneering women were awarded with a certificate
of recognition for their contributions to
the Feminist art movement from New
Mexico’s Governor Bill Richardson.
In January, Judy Chicago began our lecture
series by showing slides and speaking about the
continuity and expansion of Feminist art from
the 1970’s to the present; her role in the
founding of the Feminist art movement; and the
continuing importance of Feminist art today.
She showed slides by many Feminist artists
emphasizing the variety of ways in which various
themes were explored.
In April, May Stevens was honored by
Through the Flower at the Albuquerque
Museum, where she gave a public lecture and
showed slides. May’s work is particularly relevant
in today’s war-torn global climate. Focusing
on world peace and human rights issues,
Stevens was active in the tumultuous New York
art world of the 1970’s and
80’s and remains a vital
voice in the contemporary
art scene as a political
artist, social activist, educator,
and writer. For over 50
years, Stevens has sustained
a passionate commitment
to the cultural conditions
of American life, especially
as they affect women.
Given the chaotic state of
much of the world today,
her art speaks to diverse audiences with
increasing urgency. Living and working in Santa
Fe, her work is collected by major national
Susannah Rodee, Lucy Lippard, and Judy Chicago
museums including the National Museum of
Women in the Arts and the New Mexico Fine
Arts Museum.
In May, Lucy Lippard was honored by
Through the Flower during the Santa Fe symposium
on The Dinner Party. Lucy was among
the first writers to recognize the de-materialization
at work in
conceptual art and
was an early champion
of Feminist art.
She is the author of
eighteen books on
contemporary art,
and the recipient of
a 1968 Guggenheim
Fellowship, the
Frank Mather
Award for Criticism
from the College
Art Association, and
two National
Endowment for the
Arts grants in criticism.
She has written art criticism for Art in
America, The Village Voice, and other publications.
She has also curated over 50 exhibitions, done
performances, comics, guerrilla theater, and
edited several independent publications, the latest
of which is La Puente de Galisteo in her
home community in Galisteo, New Mexico. She
has infused aesthetics with politics, and disdained
disinterestedness for ethical activism.
By the time you read this, Harmony
Hammond will have given a public lecture and
been honored by Through the Flower at the
Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos. Harmony is
an artist, art writer and independent curator
who lives and works in Northern New
Mexico. Considered a pioneer of the Feminist
art movement, she lectures, writes and publishes
extensively on Feminist art, Lesbian art, and
the cultural representation of “difference”. In
1969, she moved to Manhattan where she was
a co-founder of A.I.R., the first women’s cooperative
art gallery in New York in 1972, and
coeditor of Heresies:A Feminist Publication on Art
& Politics in 1976. She has had over 30 solo
exhibitions and her work has been shown
internationally. Hammond's book Wrappings:
Essays on Feminism,Art & the Martial Arts, (TSL
Press, 1984), is a classic on 70s Feminist art.
Her recent ground-breaking book Lesbian Art in
America:A Contemporary History (Rizzoli, 2000)
received a Lambda Literary Award.
We look forward to continuing to honor
Feminist artists and share their work with the
public. Please visit our website for upcoming
programs at www.throughtheflower.org

John Bullard, Director, New Orleans Museum of Art; Judy Chicago;
Henry Hopkins, former Director, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
CALENDAR OF EVENTS – Local, National and International
Ongoing through December 2007 Women of The Dinner Party: Mary Wollstonecraft, Pioneering Feminist Writer (1759-1797) at
Through the Flower and the Belen Hotel Gallery, Belen, NM
June 11 - September 9, 2007 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. 45 Years of Art & Feminism at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Museoko
Plaza, 2, 48011 Bilbao, Spain, 94-439-6060
September 6, 2007 National Canadian Webcast, Sponsored by American Consulate in Canada
September 7, 2007 Preview, Chicago In Glass at Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, 25 Caroline St. N.,Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5,
Canada, 519-746-1882, http://www.canadianclayandglass.ca/
September 8, 2007 Harbingers of which Future? by Donald Woodman at the Harbinger Gallery, 22 Dupont E,Waterloo, ON,
Canada, 519-747-4644
September 9, 2007 Lecture and Public opening, Chicago In Glass, Lecture at 1 pm, Opening 2-5 pm at the Canadian Clay and
Glass Gallery, 25 Caroline St. N.,Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, Canada, 519-746-1882, http://www.canadianclayandglass.ca/
September 10, 2007 Book signing event in Toronto,TBA
Judy Chicago and Diane Gelon, administrator of
The Dinner Party studio and its exhibition tour
September 11, 2007 Lecture, Four Decades of Making Art, 5 pm - 6:30 pm at the University of Western Ontario, London,
Ontario, Canada, 519-661-2111
September 13 - December 9, 2007 Gender Battle at the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea (CGAC), Rua Valle Inclan
s/n, 15704 Santiago de Compostela,A Coruna, Spain, 34-981-54-66-04
September 21 - December 16, 2007 WACK! at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20005-3970, 202-783-5000, 1-800-222-7270
October 16 – 18, 2007 Three Lectures
1) Overview: 1965-1985, 2) 1985–Present, 3) Feminist Art in the 21 st Century: Content/Context/Continuity
All lectures take place at the Center of Documentation and Advanced Studies in Contemporary Art (CENDEAC) Pabellon 5
(Antiguo Cuartel de Artilleria), C/Cartagena s/n, 30002 Murcia, Spain, 34-639-77-46-54, www.cendeac.net/eng/cendeac/index.htm
November 3, 2007 Dialogue Women's Work with Judy Chicago and Riane Eisler, co-sponsored by the New Mexico Women's
Foundation. Location in Santa Fe to be announced. Riane Eisler is a scholar, writer, and social activist best known for her internationally
influential book The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future.
November 12, 2007 – January 24, 2008 Claiming Space:The American Feminist Originators, Curated by Mary Garrard and
Norma Broude at the Katzen Art Center,American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW,Washington, DC 20016
Please check our website under Through the Flower’s Events for updates and further information, www.throughtheflower.org.

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Programs at Through the Flower are made possible in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
THROUGH THE FLOWER’S NEW WEBSITE
If you like the new look of the newsletter, you will love visiting the
new website designed by graphic designer and fiber artist Sarah
Hewitt of Santa Fe. Now you have more ways than ever to interact
with the Through the Flower community at the new website
www.throughtheflower.org
Explore all of TTF’s projects with Judy Chicago including the
latest Dinner Party Curriculum Project. Learn more about Judy’s art
pedagogy and career. Catch up on events in your area.You can also
download a PDF version of The New Mexico Women’s Cultural
Corridor to use on your next visit to New Mexico.
Shopping in the new online store is now easier to navigate with
items categorized by project. New areas include Educator’s Corner
and Collector’s Corner. Featured Items highlight new products like
the new book on The Dinner Party, and the new magnets, postcards,
and bookmarks produced by Pomegranate. Donate online with a
new and more secure shopping cart.
Knowing that all proceeds go to support Through the Flower’s
educational programs and that all books and posters are personalized
by Judy Chicago; why go any where else?
FOUNDING ARTIST:
Judy Chicago
BOARD MEMBERS:
Linda Adreveno,Audrey Cowan, Cindy B. Ewing, Penny A. Friedberg,
Dr. Constance Gee, Stefanie Griswold, Lauri Kibby, Marcia Levine,
Elizabeth Nichols, Peggy A. Sloves, MaryRoss Taylor
BOARD MEMBERS EMERITUS:
Judith Sherman Asher, Elyse Grinstein, Susan Grode
STAFF:
Susannah E. Rodee, Executive Director
Ginger Mercer, Assistant to the Director
PHOTOGRAPHER: Donald Woodman
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Straitjacket Design
MISSION STATEMENT:
Through the Flower is a non-profit Feminist art organization
founded by Judy Chicago in 1978. Our mission is to educate a broad
public about the importance of art and its power in countering the
erasure of women's achievements.

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Marian Rouse
Ann Rowlett
Sandy Runningdeer
Connie Schiff
Marilee Schmit-Nason
Diane Schwartz
Patricia Schulz
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Joseph Shepherd
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Toba Barth
Marilyn
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Janet Bloch
Linda Bloch &
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Liz Bobo
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Hilary &
Eric Braysmith
Mary Bridget &
Susan Radbourne
Joan & Paul Broseman
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Doris Conway
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AmberCare
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Becker Street Pub
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& Gary Wilkie
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Barry Thompson
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Howard Berkowitz
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Albert Glickman
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Ann Isolde
Danny Jacobson
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Anita Johnson
Ellen Kanner
Kentucky Foundation
for Women
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Margery &
Lee Kohrman
Sandra Korn
Susan Landau
Linton Lethlean
Lucy Lippard
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Randi Markowitz &
Robert Israel
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Darrin Massena
Diana Meehan &
Gary Goldberg
Leslie Millenson
Joan Meyers &
Bernie Lopez
Juliet Myers
Betty & Peter Parisi
Diane Paster
Linda &
Stephen Patterson
Claire Philip
Marsha &
Ray Rasmussen
Beverly M. Richey &
Michael Kaplan
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Sandra Rose
Cynthia &
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Sharon Schuster
Sue Severin
Alice & Moshe Shalvi
Dee Shkolnik
Susan Fisher Sterling
Lester Strong
Louise Taper
Jane &
Ray Thompson
Betty Tisel
Beth Tittman
Marie Unini
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Dee Dee Phillips
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Matthew Graham
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Daniel Alter
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Lewis Kruger
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Bill Seltz
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Howard Rosen
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