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EveryBody!: Visual Resistance in Feminist Health Movements, 1969-2009

James David Morgan wrote this post at 1:43 pm on July 28th, 2009.

Christa Donner's work will be on display at EveryBody!
Christa Donner‘s work will be on display at EveryBody!

Chicago’s I Space Gallery will host a retrospective of the visual culture of the United States Women’s Health Movement this September 11-October 10, 2009.  EveryBody!, curated by Bonnie Fortune, includes contemporary and historical works, beginning with posters, ephemera, and literature of the late 1960s-1970s.  The show will include presentations and performances by artists and activists working towards health care justice in the present day offering

creative responses to and representations of the issues surrounding the health needs of women, men, and transgendered people.

Opening night will include a performance by cyberfeminists subRosa, and other such allies as Just Seeds, the Library of Radiant Optimism/Let’s Re-make the World, the Pink Bloque, and Favianna Rodriguez.

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just talked to Bonnie about this show, and i am SO excited about it. cannot wait!