Press release for extended dates for "Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building"

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Doinʼ It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Womanʼs Building
Extended through February 26 at Otis Collegeʼs Ben Maltz Gallery
Exhibition Explores the Work and World of Feminist Artists, Art Collectives
at the Los Angeles Womanʼs Building from 1973-1991
Exhibition, Programs and Publications in Collaboration with
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980
LOS ANGELES – January 3, 2012 – Due to popular demand, the highly regarded exhibition Doinʼ It
in Public: Feminism and Art at the Womanʼs Building, has been extended through February 26 at
the Ben Maltz Gallery on the main campus of Otis College of Art and Design. Along with historical
ephemera and documentation, the show surveys the work of groundbreaking feminist artists,
designers and artist collectives who gathered together at the Los Angeles Womanʼs Building from
1973 through 1991. Doinʼ It in Public is part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980. This
unprecedented collaboration, initiated by the Getty, brings together more than sixty cultural institutions
from across Southern California to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene.
Otis College has organized multiple Doinʼ It in Public programs and events for the exhibitionʼs final two
months, including:
A gallery tour and presentation by Feminist Art Workers: Cheri Gaulke and Laurel Klick
on Saturday, January 14 in the Ben Maltz Gallery. Gaulke and Klick are original members of
the Feminist Art Workers, a collaborative performance group at the Woman's Building.
Show nʼ Tell will occur most Thursdays at Noon throughout the run of the exhibition at the
Ben Maltz Gallery. A case in the exhibition is opened by curatorial staff, offering a closer look
at some of the artists' books, graphic materials, and historical artifacts on display.
Updates and additions to an extensive website with an ongoing oral ʻherstoryʼ project linking to
YouTube and Facebook. Currently there are over 40 videos including interviews with artists
Judy Chicago and Rachel Rosenthal, and footage of 1970ʼs era feminist art performances.
The closing ceremony by artist Linda Vallejo on Sunday, February 26 will pay homage to the
elements of earth, water, fire, and air, the four cardinal directions, mother earth, father sky, and
the great spirit. An altar, built for the opening ceremony of the exhibition, will be dismantled
and momentos given to visitors as a remembrance of the Woman's Building community,
sharing renewed creative energy with a younger generation.
The full events calendar can be viewed at www.otis.edu/benmaltzgallery
The feminist art movement of the 1970s set off an explosion of art-making and analysis that continues
to reverberate in the art world today, and the Woman's Building (WB) in Los Angeles was one of its
epicenters. In 1973, artist Judy Chicago, graphic designer Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, and art