THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Helène Aylon
February 4, 1931 – April 6, 2020
“All those years [of Yeshiva study] and never did I read words by a woman.”
Multimedia, eco-feminist artist, educator and author. New York based artist known for pioneering work involving feminist, environmentalist and Jewish themes.
Photo. Image Courtesy of the Feminist Press.
More About Helène:
- Obituary
- Pioneering Feminist Helène Aylon Gets Her Due at Princeton University Art Museum, November 2024
- Slow Art: Helène Aylon, The Morgan’s collection, March 2021
- Helène’s remarks, Veteran Feminists of America Salute to Feminists in the Arts, National Art Club, New York City November 6, 2003
- Helène Aylon, The Jewish Women’s Archive
- Wikipedia page
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 24