Judy Gerowitz Chicago, artist, feminist, educator, founder of the
Women's Art Education collective, and author of many books, including
'Through the Flower: My Struggle as a Woman Artist' (1965) and 'The
Dinner Party: A Symbol of our Heritage' (1979). Her Through the Flower
company is a non-profit organization dedicated to the exhibition and
preservation of her participatory projects. She works in a variety of
media, including such traditionally "feminine" crafts as needlework and
china painting. Her best-known work, 'The Dinner Party' (1974-1978), is
a sexually explicit multimedia installation executed by Chicago and
other women. She was the older of two children born into a Jewish
family. She took art lessons at the age of 8, and eventually studied at
the University of California at Los Angeles.