Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is on the fourth floor of the Brooklyn Museum, New York.

History

The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art opened on March 23, 2007 at the Brooklyn Museum. The 8,300-square-foot (770 m²) center, located on the museum's fourth floor, aims to create a compelling and interactive environment to raise awareness and educate future generations about feminism’s impact on culture. The Center's namesake and benefactor, Elizabeth A. Sackler, is a philanthropist and art collector.

The Center houses Judy Chicago's landmark feminist work "The Dinner Party."[1] as well as a gallery space regular exhibitions of feminist art, and a study area. Chicago's piece, which includes 39 biographical place settings for women in history and fiction as well as the names of an additional 999 women on gold-inscribed tiles, has been the anchor for some of the exhibitions in the center, including "Global Feminisms", the Center's opening exhibition, which spotlighted international feminist art from 1990 to the present.

Resources

• "Home At Last" Article about "The Dinner Party" coming to the Sackler Center and other feminist art shows this year
• Feminist Art Calendar Courtesy of Ms. magazine
• Feminist Art Project Official Site
• "Grand Opening of Feminist Art Center Today in Brooklyn" – Ms Magazine
• "Feminist art gets place of pride in Brooklyn" – New York Times

External links

• Brooklyn Museum of Art Official Site
• Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Official Site
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Official Site