The Goddess in Art TV Series: Interview with Starhawk

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The Goddess in Art TV Series: Interview with Starhawk
17,926 views Mar 7, 2015 The Goddess In Art is a cable TV series that began in 1986 and ran until 1991. Dedicated to the Return of the Goddess, the series explored the legacy of this oldest tradition in art as well as feminist spirituality in contemporary art. The moderator, Starr Goode, interviewed scholars to uncover Her suppressed history and artists who were inspired by a radical re-imagining of the feminine.

Witch, peace activist, and teacher of earth-based, feminist spirituality, Starhawk visits the show to celebrate the 10 year anniversary and reissue of The Spiral Dance, a seminal book on the religion of the Goddess. The conversation reflects on the zeitgeist of the Goddess movement and the many books being published about Her and how much the Goddess has become a part of modern consciousness. A momentous time with Berlin Wall coming down and the end of the Cold War. Starhawk speaks of the importance of renewal through spiritual practice to avoid burnout from political activism.

Links: Starhawk, The Spiral Dance, www.starhawk.org

Starr Goode, MA, teaches literature at Santa Monica College. She is producer and moderator for the cable TV series The Goddess in Art. An award-winning writer, she has been profiled for her work as a cultural commentator in such publications as the L.A. Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the New Yorker. Her work on Sheela na gigs can be read in numerous journals and encyclopedias. Her latest book, Sheela na gig: the Dark Goddess of Sacred Power, won the 2018 Sarasvati Award for Best Non-Fiction Book presented by the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology. Her latest article, “The Icon of the Vulva, A Basis of Civilization,” has just been published in The Journal of Archaeomythology, Spring 2021.

website: www.starrgoode.com
email: starrgoode@mindspring.com