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LOST HISTORY OF FEMINIST ART MOVEMENT RECOGNIZED AS “THE SISTER CHAPEL” ON EXHIBIT FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1980

The Sister Chapel: An Essential Feminist Collaboration Gallery Reception on Thursday March 31, 2016 at 5:00 pm‬.

The Sister ChapelThe Sister Chapel, the historic collaborative installation conceived by artist Ilise Greenstein and created at height of 1970s women’s art movement. 12 bigger-than-life individual depictions of heroic female role models – from Joan of Arc to Betty Friedan– circle beneath Greenstein’s abstract ceiling. Debuted at MOMA PS1 in 1978, the installation was the first of its kind.

The Galleries at Rowan serve as a premier cultural destination for South Jersey, the Rowan community, and surrounding region. As a center for contemporary art by emerging and established professional artists from the region, nation, and global community, the gallery is committed to presenting the most current in contemporary art practices.

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Press Check-in: ‪4:30 pm‬

Rowan University Art Gallery West is located in Westby Hall, ‪201 Mullica Hill Rd., Glassboro, NJ. 08028‬

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