“Upstarts and Matriarchs: Jewish Women Artists and the Transformation of American Art” is a multidisciplinary project at the Jewish Community Center in Glendale.

This project started with a visual art exhibit and a talk by artist Judy Chicago.

The exhibit includes works by a number of Jewish women artists who speak about feminism, their Jewish identity and the Holocaust. Artists include Mierle Ukeles , Miriam Schapiro, Joyce Kozloff, Audrey Flack, Nancy Spero and Joan Snyder.

All of the images in the exhibit are powerful and intense with the feeling of lost lives and Jewish and female identities.

Judy Chicago was joined by Gail Levin, professor of Art History at the City University of New York.

In their “Conversation: Feminism Art, Radical Politics, Jewish Identity,” Levin asked Chicago about her life growing up in a Jewish family in the 1950s.

She also asked Chicago how she developed her idea that women should have equal rights.

Chicago described instances when she encountered discrimination against Jews and discrimination against women.

Chicago also spoke about a few of her art installations, which include the Holocaust Project and the Dinner Party.

Parts of her installations are on view in the “Upstarts and Matriarchs” exhibit.

This exhibition continues through March 27.

Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 1 to 4 p.m.

The project includes videos, panelists, theatre and educational lectures.