5.5K views · 15 reactions | How did NYFA’s support impact artist Carolee Schneemann (Fellow in Performance/Multidisciplinary ’87, Hall of Fame ’18)? Watch this video to find out! Donate $10 to keep our programs going and support our work on behalf of visual, performing, and literary artists and arts organizations. Your support can make a difference. | New York Foundation for the Arts | Facebook

“...I had no precedent for being valued. Everything that came from a woman’s experience was considered trivial. I wasn’t sure if my work would shift that paradigm or not, but I had to try.” –Carolee Schneemann ... Today we celebrate the life of a woman who turned the art world upside down. From her early creative experimentation with the revolutionary Judson Dance Theater to her major retrospective "Kinetic Painting" at MoMA PS1 in 2017, #CaroleeSchneemann leaves behind a legacy of groundbreakin

“I lived what I call double knowledge: what I felt was true and could be life experience, and then what the culture told me was absolutely not possible and had to be marginalized or denigrated.” –#CaroleeSchneemann Remember Carolee Schneemann’s art, legacy, and spirit with a few moments from her visit to MoMA PS1's 2017 retrospective “Carolee Schneemann: Kinetic Painting” with curatorial associate Oliver Shultz and chief curator Peter Eleey. Watch the full video: mo.ma/honoringcarolee | MoMA The

Today we remember pioneering artist Carolee Schneemann, who passed away yesterday at the age of 79. In this 2016 video from The Met's Artist Project, Schneemann reflected on Cycladic figures that represent pregnancy, maternity, death, and the female form: met.org/2HhUgyU. | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York