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Building History

Following Standard's vacating the building, a women's art cooperative, the Feminist Studio Workshop (FSW), moved into it. According to Neyat Yohannes, writing in the Contemporary Art Review.la website: "When artist Judy Chicago, art historian Arlene Raven, and graphic designer Sheila Levrant de Bretteville founded the FSW as the first independent school for women artists in 1973, it was more centrally located in the former Chouinard Art Institute on Grand View Street, just off of MacArthur Park. When the Chouinard building was sold in 1975, the group moved its operations to Spring Street. The FSW disbanded in 1981, though the Woman’s Building stayed in operation as a feminist hub before shuttering in 1991 due to financial struggles." (See Neyat Yohannes, Contemporary Art Review.la, "Hidden Archives: L.A.’s Historic-Cultural Monuments and the Women They Leave Out," published 05/18/2021. accessed 10/15/2021.)