History

Bluestockings, a feminist art collective, was founded by women in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area operating professional art/craft/creative practices with the desire to band together, talk shop, have critiques, share business tips, and support each other while raising awareness of the awesome community of art ladies that make this a cool place to live. 

Mission

Bluestockings is a non-profit 501(c)(3) in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area in Iowa. This organization recognizes that the same societal gender oppression that impacts women is even more restrictive to the lives and creative freedoms of people of marginalized gender identities. We feel that together we can be most effective against the patriarchal oppression that marginalizes all of our contributions to the community, as artists, and as awesome humans.

Membership is open to both cis and trans women, trans men, and non-binary people.
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