Yesterday and Tomorrow: California Women Artists

New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1989. vi, 376 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean text. Faint stain/title page & facing inside front cover. CONTENTS: Introduction, by Sylvia Moore; Women of the WPA Art Projects: California murals, 1933-1943, by Nancy Acord; Strength, vision and diversity: women's community murals, by Timothy W. Drescher; Artists of the California landscape, 1850-1950, by Heather Anderson; California women artists, 1900-1920, by Merle Schipper; Fragments of a vision, by Rita Cummings Belle; Twelve artists, by Roberta Loach; Autobiographical imagery in the art of Los Angeles women, by Betty Ann Brown; Art and spirituality: eight women, by Bruria Finkel and Melinda Wortz; Leading ladies: June Wayne, Claire Falkenstein, Helen Lundeberg, Joyce Treiman, Beatrice Wood; Silken threads and golden butterflies: Asian-Americans, by Kathy Zimmerer; Black women artists in California, by Betty Kaplan Gubert. Mujeres de California: Latin American women artists, by Shifra M. Goldman; Folk, naive, outsider and funk, by John Turner and Meredith Tromble; Remarkable conjunction: feminism and performance art, by Arlene Raven; Spectacular visions: video art, by Christine Tamblyn; Filmmakers, by Barbara Hammer; 19th century photographers, by Peter E. Palmquist; 20th century photographers, by Leah Ollman; Golden clay: California ceramists, by Elaine Levin; Quiltmakers, by Linda K. O'Dell; Art and politics: a history, by Eleanor Dickinson; Quest for visibility, by Rita Cummings Belle; Feminist art movement Southern California style, 1970-1980, by Faith Wilding; Recalling Womanhouse, by Miriam Schapiro; Judy Chicago: The Dinner party and The Birth project, by Rita Cummings Belle. ARTWEEK: a backward look, by Cecile N. McCann; Visual dialog: a historical perspective, 1975-1980, by Roberta Loach; High performance, by Linda Frye Burnham; Chrysalis: a magazine of women's culture, by Kirsten Grimstad.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.