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[[image]] [[caption]] Dough Sculpture, Nancy Fried [[/caption]] The Woman's Building is the place in time and space which defines our community and, in turn, is the us which it symbolizes at any given moment. We gather here to gather ourselves, each into her own center, and to gather together, each out of her own center shaping with her own contribution the shape of us. From this process we truly come to share our values and vision. We can give testimony. We have experienced that. We are our community, and our community lives in each of us. We are the Woman's Community; we live and grow in the Woman's Building. Arlene Raven The Woman's Building was created to make a place in the public sector for the variety of ways women have contributed, are contributing and will contribute to our society. In co-founding the Woman's Building I have felt a participant in the creation of space for others, in all their magic variety so I would have a context for the variety and complexity in myself within a public setting. If there was a place where women could meet outside of the dominance of the culture that devalues our most precious-if conditioned-characteristics, perhaps there we would develop those cooperative and complex forms, that would allow us to fully participate in bringing a humane future closer. It is this optimism about woman's culture that the Woman's Building symbolizes. Sheila Levrant de Bretteville the Woman's Building Welcomes You 1727 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, California 90012 (213)221-6161 [[image]] [[caption]] Entrance, Woman's Building, 1893 [[/caption]] We have such an organization as has never before existed of women for women. Women's thought and sympathy have traveled to us along the slender, imperishable line of the thought railway. Our building is like the terminal station of a vast city, where the iron rails come together from the north, south, east, and west. The exposition will thus benefit women not alone by means of the material objects brought together, but there will be a more lasting and permanent result through the interchange of thought and sympathy among women of all countries, now for the first time working together with a common purpose and an established means of communication. On the occasion of the opening of the Woman's Building May 1, 1893. The Los Angeles Woman's Building opened its doors in 1973, 80 years after the opening of the Woman's Building at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Both Buildings were created by feminists to provide a public space for exhibiting women's art and culture. Today's Building also provides a focal point for the exchange of ideas, support and criticism so essential for the growth of the individual, the creation of art, and the development of a vision for the future. Women come together through an array of programs, projects, classes and events to create women's culture. Feminist Studio Workshop The Feminist Studio Workshop is the heart of the educational programs at the Woman's Building. It was founded in 1972 by artist Judy Chicago, designer Sheila Levrant de Bretteville and art historian Arlene Raven as a two-year alternative educational program for feminist art students. The workshop emphasizes the development of feminist consciousness along with technical skills in fine arts, writing, design, video, dance and performance. Although the Feminist Studio Workshop has chosen to remain non-accredited, it is affiliated with several degree granting institutions whose programs can be taken concurrently with the FSW program. Newsletter Spinning Off is a monthly newsletter of women's culture published by the Woman's Building. Each issue contains a feature article on a particular topic or event of interest to women, previews of upcoming events, and a comprehensive calendar of workshops, films, concerts, political meetings, gallery openings and other activities. Spinning Off is available free to Building members, by subscription at $6.00 a year, and at newsstands and feminist businesses throughout Los Angeles. [[image]] [[caption]] Woman's Building Artifacts [[/caption]] [[image - map showing location of the Woman's Building]] Women's Community, Inc. The Woman's Building 1727 N. Spring St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 Non Profit Org. U S. Postage PAID Permit No. 32056 Los Angeles, CA Directions The Woman's Building is just north of downtown Los Angeles, immediately adjacent to Chinatown. To get here, take the Alameda St. exit from the San Bernardino Freeway. At the end of the exit ramp, turn right and then right again into Alameda St. Take Alameda north, past Union Station and it will turn into N. Spring St.-just follow the railroad tracks that run in the center of the street. The Woman's Building, at 1727 N. Spring St., is the three-story red brick structure on the left, immediately before the street bulges up over a bridge. There is ample free parking on the street. For bus information, call 213-221-6161. [image] [[caption: Entrance, Woman's Building, 1973-]] a public center for woman's culture We invite you to explore the programs and facilities available at the Woman's Building and to join us in carrying the tradition of the 1893 Woman's Building into the future.
