THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Sabra Moore
“My life in New Mexico is different, but totally connected. It’s a definite straight line in different places.”
Artist, writer, activist. Women’s Caucus for Art, President 1980-1982. Involved in the Women’s Action Coalition. A member of the Heresies Collective from 1979 to 1992. A member of various groundbreaking collaborative arts groups in the 1970s, including Atlantic Gallery and WAR (Women Artists in Revolution).
Interviewed by Judy Waxman, Oral Historian, April 2026


Photo 1. Sabra in her studio, 1981, photo Roger Mignon. Photo 2. Sabra Moore, Artist
More About Sabra:
- Sabra Moore official website
- Sabra Moore’s memoir, Openings: A Memoir from the Women’s Art Movement, New York City 1970-1992
- Creating an opening: Sabra Moore remembers the women’s art movement, Michael Abatemarco, Mar 17, 2017
- Heresies Collective
- Barnard Archives and Special Collections; Sabra Moore NYC Women’s Art Movement Collection.
- Wikipedia page