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ART364B is a feminist art collective and critique group of seven women founded by Melissa Potter who sought to overcome the isolation of an individual studio practice and develop a forum where critical feedback could be shared among a group of women on a regular basis. The group's monthly meetings initially took place in the conference room of the New York Foundation for the Arts, where Potter was employed at the time but the meetings were eventually relocated to studios, apartments and cafes. The meetings have followed a structure allotting each person approximately fifteen minutes to discuss their current work or upcoming projects. From the outset, this group has been committed to quality dialogues and a format promoting intellectual stimulation and individual growth. As the critique group became solidified through consistent meetings and email exchanges, the group considered presenting itself to the public through exhibition. This introduced a new dynamic and the need to select a group name. After many emails, Potter threw out the idea of naming the group after the first art history course that dealt with the representation of women. NYU professor Linda Nochlin, a pioneer in the field of feminist art history, was a professor at Vassar College in 1970, when she selected this subject for the undergraduate seminar - ART364B: The Image of Women in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Professor Nochlin's strategic move within academia propelled investigations of an active feminine presence as well as the construction of feminine representations within the art historical canon. ART364B seems an appropriate name because it signals a connection to a past moment but also underscores the subject matter that has been central to each member's artistic and critical practice. Today, the collective ART364B continues the practices initiated by Nochlin and other trail blazers of second wave feminism in the formation of women art collectives and a focus on the female subject. Representation and constructions of identity take on different forms throughout the work of the six artists and a curator/art historian. Excited by the recent burst of exhibitions and symposia reviving discussions of feminist art past and present, ART364B is thrilled to present itself as a feminist art collective actively continuing and expanding the contemporary discourse of feminist art.

For further information, please email: kimmel.galleries@nyu.edu or ART364B@gmail.com