Women's Interart Center records
name: label: Creator
content: Women's Interart Center (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Skiles, Jacqueline Dean, 1937-
topic: label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Feminism and art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1981 by co-founder Jacqueline Skiles and board of directors member Dorothy Gillespie.
creator: label: Creator
content: Women's Interart Center (New York, N.Y.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Women's Interart Center records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered records of the Women's Interart Center date from 1970 to 1981 and measure 0.5 linear feet. Found are administrative materials such as address lists, blank forms, and financial records; correspondence; printed materials including exhibition announcements and catalogs, press releases, and posters produced by the Women's Art Center; and writings and notes, primarily by Jacqueline Skiles.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Women's Interart Center (1970-2016) was a feminist-oriented organization for women in the arts.

The Women's Interart Center was founded by members of Women Artists in Revolution (W.A.R.) and other organizations, including Jacqueline Skiles, Margo Lewitin, and Susan Kleckner. It was located at 549 W. 52nd Street in New York City.

The center, which included a gallery and a theatre, held exhibitions, theatrical and musical events, poetry readings, film screenings, panel discussions, lectures, and video performances. Co-founder Jacqueline Skiles served as co-director. Dorothy Gillespie was an artist-in-residence and, later, a member of the board of directors.

The Women's Interart Center was dissolved in 2016.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- New York (State) -- New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.womeinte
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2021.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered records of the Women's Interart Center date from 1970 to 1981 and measure 0.5 linear feet. Found are administrative materials such as address lists, blank forms, and financial records; correspondence; printed materials including exhibition announcements and catalogs, press releases, and posters produced by the Women's Art Center; and writings and notes, primarily by Jacqueline Skiles.