| The Women's Art Registry of Minnesota
(WARM) began semi-officially in the 1970s as a slide registry of
work by Minnesota women artists housed in the Art Department of
the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul. Still in existence, the
group founded a cooperative gallery, a journal, and a mentor program
for emerging women artists. This exhibition, curated by College
of St. Catherine professor Joanna Inglot, features twelve members
of the group's early years: Harriet Bart, Hazel Belvo, Sally Brown,
Elizabeth Erickson, Carole Fisher, Linda Gammel, Sandra Taylor,
Joyce Lyon, Vesna Kittelson, Patricia Olson, Susan McDonald, and
Jantje Visscher. The exhibition will include work from the 1970s
through the1990s in order to illuminate and celebrate WARM's contributions
to the larger field of feminist art in the United States. Considering
both individual artists and shared themes and styles, the exhibition
will be the first to focus critical attention on this vital movement
often eclipsed by its sister movements on the East and West coasts.
This exhibit will play an important role in bringing to light this
forgotten chapter of feminist art history and will showcase the
work of some these artists.
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