Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics

Heresies
Publisher Heresies Collective
Founded 1977
Language English
Ceased publication 1993
Headquarters New York
ISSN 0146-3411
OCLC number 2917688

HERESIES: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics was a feminist journal that was produced from 1977 to 1993 by the New York-based Heresies Collective.

History

HERESIES was first published in January 1977.[1] Each issue focused on a single theme related to feminism and the art world. The journal was organized using a nonhierarchical framework, in which members of the Heresies Collective and interested outsiders would come together and collectively edit each issue. Subjects included feminist theory, art, politics, patterns of communication, lesbian art and artists, women's traditional arts and politics of aesthetics, women and violence, working women together, women from peripheral nations, women and music, sex, film, activism, racism, and coming of age.[2][3]

The third issue "Lesbian Art and Artists" published in 1977 received criticism for the complete absence of lesbian artists of color. Combahee River Collective, a black feminist organization, wrote the all-white editorial group demanding the oversight be addressed. The letter was published by the Heresies Collective as a gesture of accountability.

The journal was seen as not only a major contribution to the feminist art scene, but a major forum for feminist thinking that experimented with an editorial format that asked contributors to grapple with hierarchical and societal issues of difference. And it created a public discourse in feminist thought and expression. Initial members of the Heresies Collective included Joan Braderman, Mary Beth Edelson, Harmony Hammond, Elizabeth Hess, Arlene Ladden, Lucy R. Lippard, Marty Pottenger, Miriam Schapiro and May Stevens.[4] The last issue, 27, was published in 1993.[1]

Members of the Mother Collective

This list of members is from Heresies Film Project.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "PDF Archive". Heresies Film Project. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ Napikoski, Linda. "Heresies A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics". About.com.
  3. ↑ Meagher, Michelle. "Feminist Media Studies". Taylor and Francis.
  4. ↑ "the Heretics". The Heretics Film Project.
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