No Compromise: Lessons in Feminist Art with Judy Chicago

Duration: :53

Year Published: 2002

Creator: Indiana U Television

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Shows artist Judy Chicago working with a group of women students while serving as a visiting professor at Indiana University. Explores the nature of artistic expression, the character of feminist art, and the commitment needed to forge an artistic identity. Shows Chicago teaching these women to think clearly and to express their feelings about being a woman. Presents three lessons: Pushing the Inner Self, Giving Voice, and Making Choices. Shows the students getting feedback from Chicago, working on their art, and talking about their classroom experiences. Interviews Edward Lucie-Smith, who has written several books about Chicago; Lucy Lippard, an art critic; and Kathy Foster, the curator of the I.U. Art Museum, where the students' work was shown.