This tribute ould
have been 'ten decade
o. Ther are definitel
more than 16 oman in the
Art orld 0 ha: con­
tributed po itively to its
growth and development,
If the p ould allo
I ould e pand this list
to Ie 50.
I am ure it will be
prising to th lay-public,
the number of dedicated
om n ho h e been
quietly and meticulo y
orking at raising the arts
d culture of our country
to Is th t they ha
er enjoyed before.
Over a d de go in
ero ded field of over 200 Dintinf on of the blac artist.
gaIleri in e York one, first galleries to 0 th
there re only fi galleri orks of b ck artists, be-
that ere headed by omen fore it became fashionab e.
hich were considered At this point a oman
among the mo prestigious who must be mentioned .
galle . in the country. Peg Alston, an art collector
They re the Betty Parson turned gallery 0 er be-
Gallery, Bertha Schaeffer cause of a burning com-
allery, artha J c son mitment to the idea of
Gallery, Gertrude Stein giving the blac artist a
Gallery, and Terry complete show . After
Dintenf Gallery. orking at the Studio
Dintenf: , ho dedi- useum and on many
cation to the Arts' trans- committees that had to do
cended by none, al ys with the promotion of bl c
maintained that an artist, art, Alston felt that not
if he or she' really good, enough being done to
ould be own,teprdless artists the proper exposure.
of race, color or creed. e con rted her a­
Largely a result of partm t into a pllery ,
her efforts, famed artists king out new and ex-
h J e Lawrence, citing black art, but also
Ramond Saunders, Bill holding minars in order
King, to name a fe , were to educate all who were
gfml maximum exposire. intere ed in, the bleties
Dintenf still look of the"BIa Art Exper-
at the 0 of s . ee," and iii collecting only gall
relulll11 If ot eri ,but
y. b art. Alston con- the m un ha
ted and stantly in con ct with realiZed the ents and
mu urns and cultural ag- abill' of oman. So much
de tina "liaison so that the Studio
be een the and_ .
Another very important
oman who must be men­
tioned . linda Bryant who
with her equally important
partner, arcy S. Phillip,
runs a gallery on e t
57th Street called Just
bove idtown. Entering
the gallery ene when rents
ere" high" and the
chance of succe where
slim, these dedicated wo­
men felt that a gallery
for black artist on 57th
Street a must if the
true dream of complete
Black art exposure to
be realized. ot only did
they open the gallery, but
they also published a boo
called CoDtextura that set
quite a few points straight
concerning black artists that
re omitted in so many
of the "mainstream" art
books
I its Director, Mary Cambell
the first woman director of
the museum. In her re­
lati Iy short time there
e has put on rat
major exhibitons and h
aided in gaining national
prominence for the
mu urn.
On the board of direc­
tors of the Whitney useum
its the brilliant and talent­
ed Geanie Faulkner, a
talented singer in her own
right who has total de­
dication to the arts hether­
it b music or art. She
feels th t it i important
that the arti t gets the
proper recognition he de-
rves, and to thi end
e se tirelessly for the
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the Harlem Culture Council.
Perhap one of the
mo t important po ition
black oman has obtained
in the contemporary art
odd is th t Lowry
Simms hold at e etro­
politan urn I of Art.
Simms" the cting Curator
for T . th Centruy Art.
A Johns . U 'ty
SEPT 5 - 11, 1979
graduate she has been the
curator of the museum for
three year, travelling as
far as Russia and J pan
wi th u urn exhibitions.
She also take part in the
lections of art for the
useurn's Twentieth Cen­
tury collection.
omen are not only
active on the gallery seen
and in th mu urn world,
but also acti in producing
the "art product."
In re arching this arti­
cle, I was pleasantly r­
pri d to I am of the role
of the very dynamic Art
Connoi ur Louisa
rie berg. Beca of her
experti and. familiarity
with the art orld, e
selected by the useum of
odem Art Director of
Public Information. She was
ery helpful by pplying
me with information on
women artists in the field.
on the staff of th
useum of odern rt,
curator in the Print
Department " Ho ardin
Pindell ho is al very
competent painter in her
own right. Ho er be-
use the artist find it
hard to Ii on painting
alon ,Pindell found the
ideal compromi be een
painting and profi . 0 -
Ii . She" member of
the AlA. Gallery and
in the �ery
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The Woman as Land-
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scape. t a very
successful sho and
hailed by many as an
artistic bre through
for the artistic imag of
women.
J
h
oman ho
her 0 ith
equal su is Betty
Blayton T ylor Director of
the Children' Art Carnival
in Harlem. Here e
the ch d at an early
and through a ri of
carefully panned art ctivi­
ti , brio out th tent
talents of the children of
the community .
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