Christina Schlesinger
| Christina Schlesinger | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Radcliffe College, Rutgers |
| Known for | Painting and Mural creation |
| Website | http://christinaschlesinger.com |
Christina Schlesinger is a painter and muralist who currently lives and works in East Hampton. Schlesinger is known for her part in founding the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) in 1976. Her art ranges from realistic to abstract. She uses many different media to create her work.
Schlesinger is the daughter of the famous historian, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr and artist Marian Cannon Schlesinger. Schlesinger grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She had two brothers, one sister, and several half-siblings. She was the middle child. Schlesinger's mother could paint and made portraits of her children.
Schlesinger always considered herself a tomboy and recalls that she and her mother argued about her wearing dresses. Instead, she wanted to do things which were considered traditionally male at the time.
Schlesinger attended Radcliffe College and was an English and Fine Arts major, graduating cum laude in 1968. She attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture during the summer of 1968. After Schlesinger finished school, she started to create "protest art." Her mother and father were divorced in 1970. The divorce created a desire in Schlesinger to "get away" and she also wanted to prove that she was more than a famous name and she had her own things to say.
In 1971, Schlesinger moved to Los Angeles. Schlesinger came out as a lesbian in Venice, California and found the Chicano community to be supportive of her. Schlesinger met artist, Judy Baca, at a feminist workshop with Judy Chicago. The two artists collaborated on a mural in Venice. In 1976, she and Baca and filmmaker Donna Deitch, co-founded SPARC. Schlesinger was instrumental in coming up with the name of the center. Schlesinger remains proud of her part in SPARC and its commitment to public art that uncovers hidden parts of history and lends a political and social consciousness to art. She was also part of the team of artists who helped design The Great Wall of Los Angeles.
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