1. Arlene Raven was a feminist art historian, author, critic, educator, and curator.
11 Facts About Arlene Raven
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Arlene Raven's parents were Joseph and Annette Rubin, middle-class Jewish-American parents, in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Arlene Raven's father was a bar owner, and her mother a homemaker.
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Arlene Raven earned an Artium Baccalaureatus from Hood College in Maryland in 1965, then went on to complete graduate study.
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Arlene Raven earned an MFA in painting from George Washington University and completed a PhD in art history from Johns Hopkins University in 1975.
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Arlene Raven was a major figure in the Feminist Art Movement and was part of an effort to educate women artists and provide them with opportunities to make and show work that was specifically about their experiences as women.
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In 1973, Arlene Raven co-founded the Feminist Studio Workshop with Judy Chicago and Sheila Levrant de Bretteville.
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Arlene Raven curated ten exhibitions, including ones for the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Long Beach Museum of Art.
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In 2000, Arlene Raven became critic-in-residence at the Rinehart School of Sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
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Arlene Raven died of cancer at her home in Brooklyn, New York, on August 1,2006, aged 62.
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Arlene Raven was survived by her father, her sister Phyllis [Gelman], and Nancy Grossman, her life partner of 23 years.