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was undoubtedly the most significant project of this collectively-run enterprise. Accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue, the exhibition toured throughout New
Zealand from 1981 and afterwards went to Sydney for the Women and Arts Festival (October 1982). In this country it was shown in community
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Government Printing Office. It was compiled and edited by Evans, Lonie and Tilly Lloyd. Most of the women artists featured in the book had exhibited pieces in the Women's Gallery and the book includes information about the gallery.
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centres as well as galleries, in an effort to reach a wider audience. Many women who saw this show were deeply moved to recognise their own experience in art for perhaps the first time.
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exhibition, a group show, opened on 21 January 1980. The exhibition featured the work of Paul, Eagle, McPherson, Lonie, Juliet Batten,
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