THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Muriel Castanis
September 27, 1926 – November 22, 2006
“I firmly believe the ’70s is the decade of the woman. The women’s art movement is revolutionary because it affects every level of the art culture. You especially know the valuable contribution art makes to society’s health, and for that health we need the contribution of women for they can reach worlds that men never knew existed, self-imprisoned as they have been in their protective fortress. What W.A.R. began is in your hands now. Now, you are W.A.R.” – Muriel Castanis, 1973
Sculptor. A founder of Women Artists in Revolution (W.A.R.)
More About Muriel:
- Obituary, The New York Times
- Women Artists in Revolution (W.A.R.), Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative. Compilation of documents – newspaper articles, editorials, correspondences between museum officials, flyers, writings, and manifestos – by Women Artists in Revolution (W.A.R.) from 1969 to 1971. Members of W.A.R. included Juliette Gordon, Sara Saporta, Therese Schwartz, Muriel Castanis, Cindy Nemser, Dolores Holmes, Betsy Jones, Silvia Goldsmith, Jan McDevitt, Lucy Lippard, Grace Glueck, Poppy Johnson, Brenda Miller, Faith Ringgold, Emily Genauer, Agnes C. Denes, Doloris O’Kane, and Jacqueline Skiles.
- A Documentary HerStory of Women Artists in Revolution
- Oral history interview with Muriel Castanis, 1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Wikipedia page
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 77