PAST AWARDS & CATALOGS
Chicago 2022
Lynda Benglis, Beate Minkovski, Gladys Nilsson, Lorraine O’Grady,
Linda Vallejo
President’s Award for Art & Activism: Sabrina Nelson
Emerging Artists Award: Ashley January
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Chicago 2020
Joyce Fernandes, Michiko Itatani, Judy Onofrio, Alison Saar, Judith Stein
President’s Award for Art & Activism: Rose B. Simpson
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New York 2019
Olga de Amaral, Mary Beth Edelson, Gladys Barker Grauer,
Mira Schor
President’s Awards for Art & Activism: L.J. Roberts, Aruna D’Souza
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Los Angeles 2018
Lee Bontecou, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Gloria Orenstein, Renée Stout
President’s Awards for Art & Activism: Kathy Gallegos, Amelia Jones
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New York 2017
Audrey Flack, Mary Schmidt Campbell, Charlene Teters, Martha Rosler
President’s Award for Art & Activism: Kat Griefen
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Washington DC 2016
Tomie Arai, Helène Aylon, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Juana Guzman
President’s Award for Art & Activism: Stephanie Sherman
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New York 2015
Sue Coe, Kiki Smith, Martha Wilson
President’s Award for Art & Activism: Petra Kuppers
Chicago 2014
Phyllis Bramson, Harmony Hammond, Adrian Piper, Faith Wilding
President’s Award for Art & Activism: Hye-Seong Tak Lee,
Janice Nesser-Chu
New York 2013
Tina Dunkley, Artis Lane, Susana Torruella Leval, Joan Semmel
President’s Award for Art & Activism: Leanne Stella
Los Angeles 2012
Whitney Chadwick, Suzanne Lacy, Ferris Olin, Bernice Steinbaum
Trinh T. Minh-ha
President’s Award for Art & Activism: Karen Mary Davalos, Cathy Salser
This catalogue is WCA’s 40th Anniversary edition and contains essays and contributions by past presidents and past honor awards recipients.
New York 2011
Beverly Buchanan, Diane Burko, Ofelia Garcia, Joan Marter,
Carolee Schneemann, Sylvia Sleigh
President’s Award for Art & Activism: Maria Torres
Chicago 2010
Tritobia Hayes Benjamin, Mary Jane Jacob, Senga Nengudi, Joyce J. Scott, Spiderwoman Theater (Lisa Mayo, Gloria Miguel, Muriel Miguel)
President’s Award: JuanaGuzman, Karen Reimer
Los Angeles 2009
Maren Hassinger, Ester Hernandez, Joyce Kozloff, Margo Machida,
Ruth Weisberg
President’s Award: Catherine Opie, Susan Fisher Sterling
Dallas 2008
Ida Applebroog, Joanna Frueh, Nancy Grossman, Leslie King-Hammond,
Yolanda López, Lowery Stokes Sims
President’s Award: Santa Barraza, Joan Davidow, Tey Marianna Nunn
New York 2007
Co-hosted wit the CAA Committee on Women in the Arts.
CWA Award Recipients: Ferris Olin, Judith K. Brodsky.
WCA Recipients: Barbara Chase-Riboud,Wanda Corn, Buffie Johnson,
Lucy R. Lippard, Elizabeth Murray
President’s Award: Connie Butler
Boston 2006
Eleanor Antin, Marisol Escobar, Elinor Gadon, Yayoi Kusama
President’s Award: Maura Reilly
Atlanta 2005
Betty Blayton-Taylor, Rosalynn Carter, Mary D. Garrard, Agnes Martin, Yoko Ono, Ann Sutherland Harris
President’s Award: Andrea Barnwell
Seattle 2004
Emma Amos, Jo Baer, Michi Itami, Helen Levitt, Yvonne Rainer
President’s Awards: Elizabeth A. Sackler, Tara Donovan
New York 2003
Eleanor Dickinson, Suzi Gablik, Grace Glueck, Ronne Hartfield,
Eleanor Munro, Nancy Spero
Philadelphia 2002
Camille Billops, Judith K. Brodsky, Muriel Magenta, Linda Nochlin,
Marilyn J. Stokstad
President’s Award: Barbara Wolanin
Chicago 2001
Joyce Aiken, Marie Johnson Calloway, Dorothy Gillespie, Thalia Gouma-Peterson, Wilhemina Holladay, Ellen Lanyon, Ruth Waddy
Los Angeles 1999
Judy Baca, Judy Chicago, Linda Frye Burnham, Evangeline J. Montgomery,
Arlene Raven, Barbara T. Smith
Philadelphia 1997
Jo Hanson, Sadie Krauss Kriebel, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Moira Roth,
Kay Sekimachi
Boston 1996
Bernice Bing, Alicia Craig Faxon, Elsa Honig Fine, Howardena Pindell,
Marianna Pineda, Kay WalkingStick
San Antonio 1995
Irene Clark, Jacqueline Clipsham, Alessandra Comini, Jean Lacy,
Amalia Mesa-Bains, Celia Alvarez Muñoz
New York 1994
Mary Adams, Maria Enriquez de Allen, Beverly Pepper, Faith Ringgold,
Rachel Rosenthal, Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein
President’s Award: Annie Shaver-Crandell
Seattle 1993
Ruth Asawa, Shifra M. Goldman, Nancy Graves, Gwen Knight, Agueda Salazar Martinez, Emily Waheneka
Chicago 1992
Vera Berdich, Paula Gerard, Lucy Lewis, Louise Noun, Margaret Tafoya,
Anna Tate
Washington DC 1991
Theresa Bernstein, Mildred Constantine, Otellie Loloma, Mine Okubo,
Delilah Pierce
New York 1990
Ilse Bing, Elizabeth Layton, Helen Serger, May Stevens, Pablita Velarde
San Francisco 1989
Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Margret Craver, Clare Leighton, Betye Saar,
Samella Sanders Lewis
Houston 1988
Margaret Burroughs, Dorothy Hood, Miriam Schapiro, Edith Standen, Jane Teller
Boston 1987
Grace Hartigan, Agnes Mongan, Maud Morgan, Honoré Sharrer, Elizabeth Talford Scott, Beatrice Wood
President’s Award: Patricia Hills
New York 1986
Nell Blaine, Leonora Carrington, Sue Fuller, Lois Mailou Jones
Dorothy Miller, Barbara Morgan
New York 1985/Toronto 1984
Minna Citron, Clyde Connell, Eleanor Raymond, Joyce Treiman
June Wayne, Rachel Wischnitzer
Philadelphia 1983
Edna Andrade, Dorothy Dehner, Lotte Jacobi, Ellen Johnson
Stella Kramrisch, Lenore Tawney, Pecolia Warner
New York 1982
Bernice Abbott, Elsie Driggs, Elizabeth Gilmore Holt, Katharine Kuh, Charmion von Wiegand, Claire Zeisler
San Francisco 1981
Ruth Bernhard, Adelyn Breeskin, Elizabeth Catlett, Sari Dienes, Claire Falkenstein, Helen Lundeberg
Washingon DC Alternate Awards 1980
Bella Abzug, Sonia Johnson, Sister Theresa Kane, Grace Paley, Rosa Parks,
Gloria Steinem
New Orleans 1980
Anni Albers, Louise Bourgeois, Carolyn Durieux, Ida Kohlmeyer,
Lee Krasner
Washington DC 1979
Isabel Bishop, Selma Burke, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson,
Georgia O’Keeffe
2019 Updated PowerPoint Presentation by Barbara Wolanin.
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IMPACT!
The Legacy of the Women’s Caucus for Art
The 2016 exhibition for the WCA conference at the American University Museum in Washington, D.C. honored the achievements and legacy of all the women in the visual arts who received WCA Lifetime Achievement awards since 1979, as documented in the honor catalogs. The addition of awardees through 2019 brings the total number of women honored to 206. They are shown chronologically by award year.
More info about this exhibition, visit https://nationalwca.org/past-exhibitions/
Mailing Address
Women's Caucus for Art
PO Box 1498
Canal Street Station
New York, NY 10013
Director of Operations
Karin Luner
k.luner@nationalwca.org
212-634-0007
WCA President
Sandra Davis
sanda.davis@nationalwca.org
