Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics ran independently from 1977 to 1993. Each issue focused on a different topic such as food, theater, or ecology. Between the covers you’ll find photography, film stills, sculptures, paintings, poems, prose, memoirs, collage, and documentations of performance art. Contributors included Harmony Hammond, Ida Applebroog, May Stevens, Mary Beth Edelson, Sally Webster, and Amy Sillman.
Here is the homepage for the 2009 documentary on Heresies called “The Heretics”, directed by Joan Braderman. The site includes an index to the articles.
We have 24 of the 27 issues of Heresies in our back stacks. Come explore them.
Heresies, Vol. 4, No. 1, Issue 13. 1981.
Cover, Back cover.
Heresies, Vol. 6, No. 1, Issue 21. 1987.
Heresies, Vol. 6, No. 1, Issue 21. 1987.
Cover, Back cover.
Heresies, Vol. 4, No. 2, Issue 14. 1982.
Cover, Back cover.
Heresies, Vol. 3, No. 4, Issue 12. 1981.
Cover, Back cover.
Heresies, Vol. 2, No. 3, Issue 7. Spring 1979.
From the article “Portrait of an Office” by Margaret Willey
Heresies, Vol. 2, No. 3, Issue 7. Spring 1979.
Heresies, Vol. 7, No. 3, Issue 27. 1993.
Heresies, Vol. 6, No. 3, Issue 23. 1988.
“Baby Contest” by Annette Savitski
Heresies, Vol. 5, No. 1, Issue 17. 1984.
Feminist Theatrical Performances
Heresies, Vol. 3, No. 4, Issue 12. 1981.
Jersey Shore Women’s Wrestling Club
Heresies, Vol. 7, No. 2, Issue 26. 1992.
Maria Serebriakova, untitled collage, 1989.
Heresies, Vol. 7, No. 2, Issue 26. 1992.
Russian Billboard
Heresies, Vol. 7, No. 1, Issue 25. 1990.
“Predominant Ideology” by Kristin Reed, 1988. Krylon, xerox, gouache, chalk. 12″x14″.
Heresies, Vol. 1, No. 3, Issue 3. Fall 1977.
Betsy Dam, The 7000 Year Old Woman. Performance #2, a street event, fully clothed. Photo by Su Friedrich.
Heresies, Vol. 6, No. 1, Issue 21. 1987.
Heresies, Vol. 5, No. 1, Issue 17. 1984.
Judith Ren-Lay as “Ivy Mouse”
Heresies, Vol. 2, No. 3, Issue 17. Spring 1979.
Heresies, Vol. 3, No. 4, Issue 12. 1981.
Photo by Carol Harmel.
Heresies, Vol. 1, No. 3, Issue 3. 1977.
Heresies, Vol. 1, No. 3, Issue 3. Fall 1977.
Sandra Desando
Heresies, Vol. 6, No. 3, Issue 23. Fall 1988.
“No Longer Afraid” by Susan Spencer Cole
Heresies, Vol. 6, No. 3, Issue 23. Fall 1988.
Installation and Set for “Private Places” by Vernita Nemec
Heresies, Vol. 5, No. 1, Issue 17. 1984.
“T.V.” by Marina Gutierrez, 1979, Monoprint/Color Etching
Heresies, Vol. 4, No. 1, Issue 13. 1981.
“The Rat Patrol” by Christy Rupp, 1979
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