Download the show poster here.
See images of the opening here.
Slide show:
Organized with the help and support of (alphabetical order):
Mary Antonakos, Ryan Griffis, Sharon Irish, Terri Kapsalis, Leslie Reagan, Faith Wilding and Hyla Willis. The School of Art and Design and the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
EveryBody!: Visual resistance in feminist health movements, 1969-2009
Exhibition History:
Carleton College Gallery: March-May,2011
Ispace Gallery Chicago: September-October, 2009
“Our feelings will lead us to our theory, our theory to our action, our feelings about that action to new theory and then to new action.” -Kathie Sarachild of Redstockings Radical Feminist group, presented at the First National Women’s Liberation Conference, Chicago, November 27, 1968
Every Body! presents work by artists and activists representing historical and visual exchanges around feminist health movements. By combining historical documents from the Women’s Health Movement (WHM) with presentations and performances by artists and activists working towards health care justice in the present day, Every Body! explores how feelings, theories, and actions are shaped into the creation of a place where all bodies are celebrated and health care is a human right. The exhibition begins with the visual culture of the WHM of the late 1960s-70s through posters, ephemera, and literature donated from individuals, groups, and institutions involved in the movement including the Chicago Women’s Graphics Collective and the Federation of Women’s Health Centers. The work of participating artists reflects this movement and its evolution with creative responses to and representations of the issues surrounding the health needs of women, men, and transgendered people. Every Body! is an ongoing conversation, taken up and shared over many years.
The exhibit includes original work from the following artists and contributors (alphabetical order):
Heather Ault, CureThis!, Chicago Women’s Graphics Collective, Christa Donner, Suzann Gage, Terri Kapsalis, Suzanne Lacy, Madsen Minax, the Pink Bloque, Favianna Rodriguez, Dewayne Slightweight, Meredith Stern, subRosa, Laura Szumowski, Video Data Bank, Sara Welch, Women on Waves, and Faith Wilding.
Curator: Bonnie Fortune
Printed Matter
The exhibit features a zine library focusing on Riot Grrl zines, in addition to other health related publications and posters from the following sources:
Duke University Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
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Suzanne Lacy's "Rape Is..." offset booklet on loan from the collection of Sharon Irish.
Temporary Services: Temporary Conversations : A new interview with artist/activist Suzann Gage, illustrator for the self-help book, A New View of a Woman's Body.
Ispace Events
Saturday, September 12, 2009 | 2pm
Artist Talk + Book Release with Suzann Gage
The California-based nurse practitioner and holistic health professional discusses her influential medical illustrations from the book New View of a Woman’s Body (Federation of Feminist Women’s Health Centers, 1981). Release of Temporary Conversations interview with Suzann Gage by Bonnie Fortune published by Temporary Services.
I Space Gallery | 230 West Superior Street 2nd Floor Chicago, IL
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 | 7:30pm
The Hysterical Alphabet: A Multimedia History
This multi-media production offers a history of hysteria with humor, playfulness, and critical insight. Terri Kapsalis reports episodes from medical lore in a “hysterical” version of the alphabet backed by Danny Thompson’s disquieting film collages and John Corbett’s musical manipulations.
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum | 600 South Gregory Urbana, IL | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Sponsored by CAS/Millercomm
Monday, October 5, 2009 | 5:30pm
Christa Donner Artist Talk
Christa Donner is a Chicago based, internationally exhibited artist. She will be discussing her work and visual research, which deals with body image, illness and injury, reproductive systems, power, and mass media.
Krannert Art Museum, Room 62 | 500 East Peabody Dr Champaign, IL | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Sponsored by the Visitor’s Committee of the School of Art and Design
September 9-October 1, 2009
Feminist Health Political Graphics Exhibit
Posters from the Chicago Women’s Graphics Collective and the Docs Populi Poster Archive.
Sponsored by Sharon Irish
For more information: CWLU and Docs Populi
Women’s Resource Center | 703 S. Wright Street, Champaign, IL | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.