Through The Flower Art Space in Belen, NM has a new and thought-provoking exhibition, Lessons for Today: Revisiting The Dinner Party, which will run through the end of March 2023 in celebration of Women’s History Month. The exhibition is open Wednesday through Saturday from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM MST.
“I believe that there is an urgent need to revisit the women represented in The Dinner Party in order to use their struggles and triumphs as a model to inspire people to stand up to an antiquated and patriarchal ideology as there is much to learn from their experiences. Moreover, the collaborative practices that I pioneered demonstrate how important it is for everyone to work together in order to make change.”
– Judy Chicago
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On November 5th, 2022, Judy Chicago and Diane Gelon, who worked for years as The Dinner Party coordinator and is now the President of the Board of Through the Flower, were in conversation together at Through the Flower Art Space. Their presentation, Revisiting The Dinner Party: Why It’s Important Now, highlighted The Dinner Party studio and discuss how many of the 400 women and men who worked on the project were empowered by learning the stories of the women seated at The Dinner Party. You can watch the video below.
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Judy Chicago and Through the Flower congratulate this year’s recipient, Tressa Berman, Ph.D. Her project titled “Wo/Manhouse 2022 and Beyond: The Living Transmission of Feminist Placemaking Through Art,” expands a comprehensive understanding of how Womanhouse and Wo/Manhouse 2022 establishes feminist place-making through collaborative art and will highlight their pivotal contributions to powerful generational transmission and the ongoing feminist art movement. The project will involve archival research conducted at multiple sites, which will be presented through a series of programs hosted at Through the Flower Art Space in Belen, NM.
Image: Judy Chicago Art Education Award, funded by MaryRoss Taylor (left to right) Megan Malcom-Morgan, Executive Director, Tressa Berman, Award Winner, Judy Chicago and Diane Gelon, President of Through the Flower. Photo by Donald Woodman.
Through the Flower Art Space has new winter hours:
Wednesday – Saturday – 12PM – 5PM
Closed: Sunday and Monday
Founded October 31, 1977, Through the Flower has highlighted feminist achievements for over 40 years. Through the Flower continues the legacy built by Judy Chicago's career and vision to counter the erasure of women in history through education, exhibition, and preservation.
