Women's Suffrage at 100

Judith Scott 
October, 2014 - March, 2015
Born in Columbus, Ohio, with Down syndrome, Scott (1943–2005) was also largely deaf and did not speak. After thirty-five years living within an institutional setting for people with disabilities, she was introduced in 1987 to Creative Growth Art Center—a visionary studio art program founded more than forty years ago in Oakland, California, to foster and serve a community of artists with developmental and physical disabilities.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/judith_scott

Beverly Buchanan
October, 2016 - March, 2017
Judith Scott’s work is celebrated for its astonishing visual complexity. In a career spanning just seventeen years, Scott developed a unique and idiosyncratic method to produce a body of work of remarkable originality. Often working for weeks or months on individual pieces, she used yarn, thread, fabric, and other fibers to envelop found objects into fastidiously woven, wrapped, and bundled structures.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/beverly_buchanan_ruins_rituals  

We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women 1965-85
April - September, 2017
Focusing on the work of black women artists, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 examines the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic priorities of women of color during the emergence of second-wave feminism.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/we_wanted_a_revolution

Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection
August - March, 2019
Featuring more than 100 works from our collection, Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection explores a wide range of art-making, focusing on enduring political subjects—encompassing gender, race, and class—that remain relevant today. The exhibition’s intersectional feminist framework highlights artworks, in a plurality of voices, that aim to rally support or motivate action on behalf of a cause, or to combat stereotypes and dominant narratives.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/half_the_picture

Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985
April - July, 2018
This is the first exhibition to explore the groundbreaking contributions to contemporary art of Latin American and Latina women artists during a period of extraordinary conceptual and aesthetic experimentation.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/radical_women

Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall  
May - December, 2019
Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising—a six-day clash between police and civilians ignited by a routine raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City—and explores its profound legacy within contemporary art and visual culture today. The exhibition draws its title from the rallying words of transgender artist and activist Marsha P. Johnson, underscoring both the precariousness and the vitality of LGBTQ+ communities.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/stonewall   

Roots of “The Dinner Party”: History in the Making
October, 2017 - March, 2018
Since the 1970s, Judy Chicago has been a pioneer in the development of feminism as an artistic movement and an educational project that endeavors to restore women’s place in history. Her most influential and widely known work is the sweeping installation The Dinner Party (1974–79), celebrating women’s achievements in Western culture in the form of a meticulously executed banquet table set for 39 mythical and historical women and honoring 999 others. One of the most important artworks of the twentieth century, and one of the most popular in our collection, upon its public debut in 1979 it immediately became an icon of feminist art. The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art was established in 2007 with The Dinner Party as its foundation.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/roots_of_the_dinner_party

Learn more:

https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/women-suffrage-100

https://theundefeated.com/features/why-womens-suffrage-matters-for-black-people/

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/06/most-dangerous-women-american-politics/590959/

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