Contemporary Art and Feminism Project Timeline

By Jaqueline Millner and Catriona Moore

Contemporary Art and Feminism (CAF) was founded by Catriona Moore, Jaqueline Millner and Jo Holder in 2012. Run out of the University of Sydney and The Cross Art Projects, Sydney, the project was founded with the following objectives:

• Create a community of artists, writers, researchers with a common interest in the generative relationship between contemporary art and feminism;
• create an online presence, through a combination of blog, website and social media, that acts as a resource for this community and the general public for information about events and activities that engage with contemporary art and feminism;
• Create an ever expanding archive of feminist materials relating to contemporary art and its modernist forebears that represents the most dynamic and current thinking in the field;
• Provide a platform for the development of collaborative research projects on specific issues relating to the links between contemporary art and feminism;
• Host activities and events, including symposia, exhibitions, performances and forums, that may lead to scholarly publications and outcomes as well as generate broader interest in feminist perspectives on the visual arts;

Here, Jaqueline Millner and Catriona Moore map the history of CAF. Their illustrated timeline offers an insight into the development of feminist thought within the Australian contemporary art scene, which intersects with Womanisfsto's own activities in Australia.

Suggested citation: Jaqueline Millner and Catriona Moore, 'Contemporary Art and Feminism Project Timeline', in Low, Yvonne, Varsha Nair, Roger Nelson, Phaptawan Suwannakudt, Nitaya Ueareeworakul and Marni Williams, The Womanifesto Way, Power Publications, 2026.