Gilah Yelin Hirsch (born 1944) is an artist who works as a painter and
writer. She has been a professor of art at California State
University, Dominguez Hills in Los Angeles since 1973.Hirsch earned a
B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967, and an MFA
in pictorial arts from UCLA in 1970. After graduating she taught at
Santa Monica College and the University of Judaism, (now American
Jewish University), then in 1973 joined the art department at
California State University Dominguez Hills in Los Angeles, and
obtained tenure in 1978.She was a founding member of the Los Angeles
Council of Women Artists (1971), the "mother" organization of many
subsequent feminist art organizations. She also named and facilitated
the Joan of Art Seminars, (originated by June Wayne), teaching artists
the business aspects of their professional careers. Since then,
(1972), this has become common practice and a regular component of art
school curricula.
writer. She has been a professor of art at California State
University, Dominguez Hills in Los Angeles since 1973.Hirsch earned a
B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967, and an MFA
in pictorial arts from UCLA in 1970. After graduating she taught at
Santa Monica College and the University of Judaism, (now American
Jewish University), then in 1973 joined the art department at
California State University Dominguez Hills in Los Angeles, and
obtained tenure in 1978.She was a founding member of the Los Angeles
Council of Women Artists (1971), the "mother" organization of many
subsequent feminist art organizations. She also named and facilitated
the Joan of Art Seminars, (originated by June Wayne), teaching artists
the business aspects of their professional careers. Since then,
(1972), this has become common practice and a regular component of art
school curricula.
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