Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Videos

In commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, the first center within an art museum to be devoted to the exhibition and study of feminist art, the Museum is honoring fifteen extraordinary women who are first in their fields. Presented by Elizabeth A. Sackler and Gloria Steinem Hosted by Soledad O'Brien and Laura Flanders. Award designed by Judy Chicago. Honoring Marin Alsop, Connie Chung, Johnnetta B. Cole, Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, Sandy Lerner, Lucy R. Lippard, Chief Wilma Mankiller, (posthumous) Toni Morrison, Linda Nochlin, Jessye Norman, Associate Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor (Ret.), Judith Rodin, Muriel Siebert, Susan Stroman, Faye Wattleton. Sackler Center Fifth Anniversary Committee Dorothy Abbott, Beverly Ehrlich, Nicole Ehrlich, Stephanie Ingrassia, Carol Jenkins, Helen Kornblum, Myrna Ruskin, Elizabeth A. Sackler, Gloria Steinem, Regina Tully, Lola C. West. This event took place at the Brooklyn Museum Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Video courtesy of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation. www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/

Marjorie Rosen, author of Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, & the American Dream, discusses the disappearance of women as stars and subject matter from the silver screen. Using examples from popular cinema, Ms. Rosen explores what this change signified when it first occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s, what it means now, and what, if anything, can be done about it. This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on October 16, 2010. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.

The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art celebrates its first anniversary with a panel of women who are changing the face of philanthropy. Moderator Carol Jenkins, President of Women's Media Center and a board member of the African Medical Research Foundation, leads benefactors Jennifer Buffett, Barbara Dobkin, and Helen LaKelly Hunt as they discuss the goals and methods of their activist philanthropy. This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on March 15, 2008. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.

Feminist artist Cristina Biaggi will discuss the impact her political involvement has had on her artwork and writing. This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on June 15, 2008. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.