[2] Run as collectives, the groups facilitated consciousness-raising studio and exhibition workshops, aiming to analyse the political implications of personal experiences in visual art.
[9] Marie McMahon was a founding member,[2] Vivienne Binns, Barbara Hall, Frances Phoenix, Beverley Garlick, Jude Adams and Toni Robertson, were at the forefront of the development of The Women's Art Movement in Sydney.
[14] Participating artists included Stephanie Radok, Loene Furler, Bonita Ely, Jude Adams, Margaret Dodd, Frances Budden (later Phoenix), Marie McMahon, and many others.
[15] WAM members included Anne Marsh, Frances Phoenix, Jenny Boult, Polly Siems, Jane Kew, Kate Millington, Phil McKillup,[16] and Jacky Redgate was actively involved.
Adelaide members exhibited their work in other states, and some went abroad:[16] Jane Kent[19] and Anne Marsh went to California in 1984 to look at performance art, publishing a book on their findings afterwards.