Jacqueline Skiles

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Jacqueline Skiles
Born1937 (1937)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPrintmaker and sculptor

Jacqueline Skiles (born 1937) is an American artist. She was a member of Women Artists in Revolution (WAR) and participated in the group's demand that the Whitney Museum include more women in its annual exhibitions. [1] [2] She also directed a graphics and silk-screen workshop at the Women's Interart Center. [3]

Skiles was interviewed in 1971 by Doloris Holmes for the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art "Art World in Turmoil" oral history project. [4] Her papers from 1963 through 1980 are in the Archives of American Art. [5] Her image is included in the 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson. [6] Her photos are in the collection of the International Center of Photography. [7]

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References

  1. Broude, Norma; Garrard, Mary D.; Brodsky, Judith K. (1994). The power of feminist art : the American movement of the 1970s, history and impact. New York: H.N. Abrams. p. 90. ISBN   978-0810937321.
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  3. Broude, Norma; Garrard, Mary D.; Brodsky, Judith K. (1994). The power of feminist art : the American movement of the 1970s, history and impact. New York: H.N. Abrams. p. 106. ISBN   978-0810937321.
  4. "Oral history interview with Jacqueline Skiles, 1971". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  5. "Jacqueline Skiles papers, 1963-1980". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. "Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  7. "Jackie Skiles". International Center of Photography. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2022.