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Critical Matrix THE PRINCETON JOURNAL OF WOMEN, GENDER AND CULTURE EDITED BY AND GUEST EDITOR Johanna Burton Anne Swartz VOLUME 17 SPRING 2008 ARLENE RAVEN’S LEGACY Critical Matrix: Critical Matrix The Princeton Journal of Women, Gender, and Culture Program in the Study of Women and Gender 113 Dickinson Hall, Princeton University Editor: Johanna Burton and Guest Editor Anne Swartz Princeton, New Jersey 08544 Critical Matrix is a forum for research, criticism and Fax: 609.258.1833 theory in feminism and gender studies. Seeking connections among scholarly, aesthetic and activist Critical Matrix is indexed by the MLA International approaches to gender, Critical Matrix brings together Bibliography and Feminist Periodicals. written and visual materials that explore, redefine or reach across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Critical Matrix alternates general and special issues Today an award-winning, internationally circulated or combines the two, including a special topic section. professional journal, Critical Matrix was founded Submission to the general issues is ongoing; for topics by feminist graduate students in the early 1980s to and deadlines for forth-coming special issues, contact provide academic support for exploratory scholar ship the editors. Articles may be 15-35 pages in length and in Women’s Studies and continues to encourage should be written with a cross-disciplinary readership in submission of work that might encounter resistance mind. Manuscripts should be prepared following the or neglect within established disciplines. We solicit Chicago Manual and sent to the address above. We new work by authors at any stage of their careers, with recommend that, before submitting, you review an issue or without academic affiliation. of Critical Matrix, keeping in mind that no one issue reflects the breadth of the journal’s editorial interests. Critical Matrix gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship of the Program in the Study of For additional subscription and submission information Women and Gender at Princeton University. visit our website. http://www.princeton.edu/~prowom/CM/ A special thank you to Marcelline Block and or e-mail us at [email protected] Megan Heuer for their copyediting contributions. Single copies are $15.00 Director: Professor R. Marie Griffith Authors retain copyright for Program Manager: Barbara Gershen Copying beyond fair use: articles published in Critical Matrix. For permission to Business Manager: Candice Kessel copy, please contact the author. Design: Elizabeth Azen, Make Design Content [email protected] ISSN: 1066-288 Cover Image: Arlene Raven being swung through the air by her student /colleagues at Woman’s Building Los Angeles, California, circa 1975, photo: Maria Karras, courtesy of The Estate of Arlene Raven Table of Contents 08 Johanna Burton and Anne Swartz Introduction 16 Arlene Raven and Jean Pieniadz Words of Honor: Contributions of a Feminist Art Critic 21 Suzanne Lacy and Arlene Raven Travels with Mona 32 Various Contributors Images of Arlene Raven 42 Leslie King-Hammond Images from Agents of Change 48 Anne Swartz She Is Who She Wants To Be: A Critical Biographical Essay on Arlene Raven 66 Terry Wolverton The Art of Lesbian Relationship: Arlene Raven and the Lesbian Art Project 72 Jerri Allyn Arlene Raven Tribute 77 Tom Knechtel The Giant Lesbian Princess 80 Suzanne Lacy The Artist Arlene Raven 88 Jenni Sorkin Arlene Raven: Homecoming 96 Carey Lovelace Arlene Raven and the Foresight of the Advocate Critic 106 Tanya Augsburg From Blurred Genres to the Integrative Process: Arlene Raven’s Interdisciplinary Feminist Art Criticism 114 Joanna Frueh All Queer 125 Elizabeth Garber The Voice of Arlene Raven in Art and Visual Culture Education 132 Maren Hassinger & Leslie King-Hammond Arlene Raven: Critic, Advocate, Arts Activist, and Friend 136 Leslie King-Hammond Agents of Change: Women, Art, and Intellect 138 Anne Swartz Arlene Raven: (In Progress) Chronology 154 Contributors 155 Back Issues 159 Sungmi Lee Scent of Sumi The Estate of Arlene Raven wishes to acknowledge the kind assistance and loving support of the following individuals: Ita and Joshua Aber, Jerri Allyn, Deidre Ford Aiken, Barbara Andrus, Eleanor Antin, Jorge Arango and James Tissot, Joan Arbeiter, Janet Axler, Helene Aylon, Nancy Azara and Darla Bjork, Judy Baca, Madeline and Frank Bagnardi, Will and Elena Barnet, Mary Beasley and Susie Mitchell, Carol Becker, Ruth and Bill Beesch, Suzanne Benton, Marilyn Berg, John Bergman, Bob and Nancy Berkowitz, Avis Berman, Nora and Melvin Berlin, Bruce and Roxanne Bethany, Carolyn Black, Nancy Bowen, Michael Brenson, Andi Brindley, Judy Brodsky and Ferris Olin, Jackie Brookner, Vance Brooks, Nancy Butkus, Connie Butler and David Schafer, Cynthia Carlson, Susie Carlton, Brent and Gina Carruthers, Carol Chen and Patsy Ong, Moki Cherry, Phyllis Chesler and Susan Bender, Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman, Lorna Christie, Nancy Chun, Tom and Libya Clancy, Edith Dee Cofrin, Ronny H. 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