"Energy and a sense of forging new paths are palpable...

                 -  About "Judy Chicago & the California Girls", Feminist Collections, 2008

Arlis Members:

Please take a look at the documentary Judy Chicago & the California Girls-- http://www.judychicagoandthecaliforniagirls.com, for a unique view of the start of the women's art movement and a candid portrait of this iconic artist when she was young.  Check out the site for streaming video of Judy discussing female imagery, a talk by the feminist theorist Ti-Grace Atkinson, early performance art, and a true time capsule of an art world and society in flux.

Judy Chicago & the California Girls http://www.judychicagoandthecaliforniagirls.com has screened at and is owned by numerous museums and universities in the U.S. and abroad including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Geneva, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Toledo Museum of Art, the Schlesinger Center at Radcliffe, Princeton University, Stanford University, Columbia University, and several campuses of the University of California, to only name a few. 

This film can be purchased on the website http://www.judychicagoandthecaliforniagirls.com or by purchase order.  Institutional copies of this DVD confer all public performance rights in perpetuity.  The filmmaker is also available for campus visits at reasonable rates.  Take a look at http://www.judychicagoandthecaliforniagirls.com and enjoy the clips!

 Judith Dancoff

California Girl Productions

463 Crane Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA  90065

Tel. 323-225-5633