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.
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