Jacqueline Skiles Explained

Jacqueline Skiles (born 1937) is an American artist. She was a member of Women Artists in Revolution (WAR) and participated in the group's demand that the Whitney Museum include more women in its annual exhibitions.^{[1] [2]} She also directed a graphics and silk-screen workshop at the Women's Interart Center.^[3]

Skiles was interviewed in 1971 by Doloris Holmes for the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art "Art World in Turmoil" oral history project.^[4] Her papers from 1963 through 1980 are in the Archives of American Art.^[5] Her image is included in the 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson.^[6] Her photos are in the collection of the International Center of Photography.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: Broude . Norma . Garrard . Mary D. . Brodsky . Judith K. . The power of feminist art : the American movement of the 1970s, history and impact . 1994 . H.N. Abrams . New York . 978-0810937321 . 90.
2. Book: Swartz . A. . Oxford Art Online . Women Artists in Revolution . https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7002214396 . Grove Art Online . 2011 . 10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T2214396 . 978-1-884446-05-4 . 2 February 2022.
3. Book: Broude . Norma . Garrard . Mary D. . Brodsky . Judith K. . The power of feminist art : the American movement of the 1970s, history and impact . 1994 . H.N. Abrams . New York . 978-0810937321 . 106.
4. Web site: Oral history interview with Jacqueline Skiles, 1971 . Archives of American Art . Smithsonian Institution . 2 February 2022 . en.
5. Web site: Jacqueline Skiles papers, 1963-1980 . Archives of American Art . Smithsonian Institution . 2 February 2022 . en.
6. Web site: Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper . Smithsonian American Art Museum . 2 February 2022.
7. Web site: Jackie Skiles . International Center of Photography . 2 February 2022 . en . 31 January 2018.