THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Suzanne Benton
“My Art Feeds My Activism – And My Activism Feeds My Art”
Activist Artist. Sculptor. Mask Maker. Performer. VFA Co-Founder. Founder, NOW Chapters Central and Western CT. Chair, NOW Women in the Arts. Founder, CT Feminists in the Arts. Title IX Advocate. Pinellas ACLU Civil Liberties Award Winner.
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Photo 1. Suzanne with her bronze of Susan B. Anthony. Photo 2. Suzanne wearing her Lady Macbeth steel mask.
More About Suzanne:
- VFA Fabulous Feminist Biography
- Suzanne’s Papers
- Jacqui Ceballos interviews Suzanne in 1991. The Tully-Crenshaw Feminist Oral History Project
- Suzanne’s website
- Suzanne is honored by the VFA – 2005 Cromwell, CT
- Suzanne salute to Betty Friedan 1999 – Nat’l Arts Club NYC
- Suzanne Benton Mask Performance 2011
- 2018 Mud Season Review Interview
- Suzanne’s Blog
- Chilton and Chadwick Interview
- Silvermine Arts Center
- ArtHaus – works by Suzanne
- The Print Center Gallery – works by Suzanne
- Suzanne’s Artist Facebook
- Art & Object: Artists Over 80
- Suzanne’s daughter Janet accepting 30th NOW anniversary award from VFA, 1996