Women's Graphic Center

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The Women's Graphic Center (WGC) was a print workshop located in the Woman's Building in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1973 by Sheila Levrant de Bretteville. [1] Susan E. King was the artistic director and Sue Maberry was the business manager. [2] The workshop provided the tools for typesetting, printing, and bookbinding. [3] The center had equipment for offset lithography, letterpress printing and silkscreen printing. [4] The WGC had exhibition space, as well as offering classes and renting studio time. [5] The WGC evolved into the Women's Graphic Center Typesetting and Design, a business providing design and printing service. It closed in 1991 along with The Woman's Building. [6]

The archives of the workshop are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution. [7] and the Los Angeles Public Library. [5]

References

  1. ↑ The power of feminist art: the American movement of the 1970s, history and impact. New York: H.N. Abrams. 1994. p. 151. ISBN   0810937328.
  2. ↑ James, David (2009). Sons And Daughters Of Los: Culture and Community in L.A. Philadelphia PA: Temple University Press. pp. 58–59. ISBN   9781439901373.
  3. ↑ From site to vision: the Woman's Building in contemporary culture. Los Angeles, CA: Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design. 2011. p. 330. ISBN   978-0930209230.
  4. ↑ Lampert, Nicolas (2013). A People's Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements. Toronto: New Press, The. p. 231. ISBN   9781595583246.
  5. 1 2 "Looking at Art: Woman's Building". Los Angeles Public Library. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  6. ↑ Harris, Julia Golda (3 July 2023). "Lesbian Interiors, Part 3: The Woman's Building, Los Angeles". Dyke Domesticity. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Series 4 | A Finding Aid to the Woman's Building records, 1970-1992". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2 March 2025.

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