Description: The New York Feminist Art Institute (NYFAI) was founded in 1979 after more than 2 years of discussion with the art community. NYFAI offered workshops and classes, held performances and exhibitions and special events that contributed to the political import of the women’s movement of the time.
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(1979 - 1990) click to read the recent nparadoxa article click to access the NYFAI Oral History Project, 30 Interviews
Members of the Board of Directors and Faculty with Alice Neel at NYFAI Open House 1979 Left to Right Front Row: Barbara Hammer, Alice Neel, Elke Solomon Back Row: Sarah Draney, Linda Hill, Harriet Lyons, Judith Chiti, Virginia Jaramillo, Nancy Azara, Darla Bjor k
NYFAI Mission: (1979) Our vision of the New York Feminist Art Institute obliges us to act now to create an environment for the training of women in the arts. The challenge is to discover a teaching method which encourages women to use personal experience to create radiant art of our own. The curriculum of the school involves the development of self awareness in a social and political context, and the development of a sense of group identity. Work is both collective and individual. Consciousness raising and