WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, the first comprehensive, historical exhibition to examine the international foundations and legacy of feminist art, will include a special series of performances, interventions, dance, music, film, readings, and panel discussions at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center every weekend from February 16 through March 16, 2008. The series will connect featured artists with younger generations inspired by feminism. All events are free with admission and take place in the Third Floor Main Gallery unless otherwise noted.

Saturday, Feb. 16

• 2 pm Differences and Dialogues: World Views on the Feminist Movement. Panel with Margaret Harrison, Nil Yalter, Kirsten Justesen, Lisa Steele, Lorraine O’Grady, moderated by Jo Anna Isaak.  

Sunday February 17 – Opening Day

• 2pm 30th Anniversary Reunion of DISBAND featuring Ilona Granet, Donna Hennes, Diane Torr and Martha Wilson.

• 3pm Marta Minujin, homage to Fluxus artists Charlotte Moorman and Al Hansen in Soft Gallery (second floor, north wing). Performers Richard Squires and Megan Palaima.

• 4pm I.U.D., musical performance by Lizzie Bougatsos and Sadie Laska.

Monday February 18

• 2pm-6pm Soho Open Studios Walking Tour with WACK! artists Camille Billops, Joan Jonas, Joan Semmel, Mimi Smith, Joyce Kozloff, Nancy Spero. Coordinated by Mary Beth Edelson. Click here for map and participation details.

Saturday February 23

• 2pm-6pm LTTR presents an all-day roving installation by the editors and contributors of the journal, designed to inspire collaboration and conversation.

Sunday February 24

• 2pm Protest and Survive: The Legacy of Collective Action with panelists Marlene McCarty & John Lindell (Gran Fury), Joyce Kozloff (Artists Against the War), Doug Ashford (Group Material), Eugenie Tsai (Godzilla). Moderated by Carey Lovelace. Co-presented by P.S.1 and The Museum of Modern Art's Feminist Future Series, made possible by The Modern Women's Fund.

• 4pm Pink Bloque Revisited, an interactive workshop with re-united members of the radical Chicago street dance troupe.

Saturday March 1

• 12pm-2pm Faith Wilding performs Wait-With (location announced on day of event).

• 2pm Women in Experimental Film, screenings of 16mm films by Peggy Ahwesh, Abigail Child, Barbara Hammer, Marjorie Keller, Marie Menken, Barbara Rubin, Carolee Schneemann, coordinated by M.M. Serra.
• 4pm Women in Experimental Film, panel with contributors to the book, Women’s Experimental Cinema, with Carolee Schneemann, Peggy Ahwesh, Ara Osterweil, Melissa Ragona, moderated by editor Robin Blaetz.

Sunday March 2

• 2pm Telepathe, musical performance by the Brooklyn duo.

• 4pm Anna Oxygen, electronic music and performance by Los Angeles artist.

Saturday March 8

• 2pm: Early Rainer: 1960-70, live dance performances and film of works by Yvonne Rainer, performed by Pat Catterson, Emily Coates, Patricia Hoffbauer, Keith Sabado, Sally Silvers.

• 4pm: Sally Silvers’ Surprise Score with dancers/choreographers Mark Dendy, Patricia Hoffbauer, and Pooh Kaye, plus a film screening, duet with writer Bruce Andrews, and more.

Sunday March 9

• 2 pm (H)errata: Women, Art, and Revolution film-in-progress by Lynn Hershman Leeson followed by a panel with Faith Ringgold, Joan Semmel, Mimi Smith, moderated by Ferris Olin.

• 4pm Heretics film preview by Joan Braderman followed by a panel with Harmony Hammond, Joan Snyder, Cecilia Vicuña, moderated by Judith K. Brodsky.

These events co-presented by P.S.1 and The Feminist Art Project.

Friday March 14

• 7pm-11pm Dirt Palace: The fantasy/fake/true/science-fiction/candy-coated/stripped-bare/all-lies/documentary history of the Dirt Palace, presented by P.S.1 and PopRally (admission event). For more information about the event and to purchase tickets online, please visit PopRally.

Saturday March 15

• 2pm-6pm Ridykeulous: The Odds Are Against Us, an over-animated panel discussion with special performances.

Sunday March 16

• 1:30-3:30pm Joan Jonas presents Mirror Check in the Third Floor Main Gallery.

• 2pm Eileen Myles hosts poets Myra Mniewski & Chana Pollack, writer Tisa Bryant, and folksinger/filmmaker Emily Lacy.

This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

• 4pm Cecilia Vicuña performs a ceremonial multimedia work, mtChondrial Eve, mother of threads.

WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution is organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The presentation of the exhibition at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is made possible by Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Agnes Gund, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, and the Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Inc. Additional support is provided by The Modern Women’s Fund, David Teiger, the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art.

The presentation at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles was made possible by The Annenberg Foundation. Additional generous support was provided by Geraldine and Harold Alden; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; the National Endowment for the Arts; The Peter Norton Family Foundation; Audrey M. Irmas; The Jamie and Steve Tisch Foundation; The MOCA Contemporaries; Wells Fargo Foundation; The Broad Art Foundation; Vivian and Hans Buehler; the Barbara Lee Family Foundation Donor Advised Fund at the Boston Foundation; Étant donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art; the Robert Lehman Foundation; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e. V., Stuttgart; the Pasadena Art Alliance; Frances Dittmer Family Foundation; the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation; Peg Yorkin; Merrill Lynch; the Fifth Floor Foundation; The Cowles Charitable Trust; Rosette V. Delug; The Herringer Family Foundation; and the Polish Cultural Institute. Major support was also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy with the members of the WACK! Women's Consortium.

Operations and programs of P.S.1 are supported by the P.S.1 Board of Directors, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Office of the President of the Borough of Queens, The Council of the City of New York, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. Additional funding is provided by individuals, foundations and corporate contributions.