The organization holds conferences, produces exhibitions, conducts research and issues awards.
[8] The following year, "Paula Harper and twenty-one participants in the Feminist Art Program" conceived of "a landmark collaborative installation staged in an empty house in Los Angeles" and called Womanhouse[9] At its annual conference in San Francisco, women within the College Art Association formed a women's caucus on 28 January 1972, electing Ann Sutherland Harris as the first president (1972-1974).
Arlene Raven, who, with Judy Chicago and Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, founded the Feminist Studio Workshop of Women's Building, was also part of WCA's roots[13] as was Eleanor Dickenson.
[14] The WCA grew, establishing regional chapters and publishing research on women's art.
[10] In 1977 the Coalition of Women's Art Organizations (CWAO) was formed as a political arm of the WCA.
[10] The Women's Caucus for Art is a national member organization with 23 regional chapters located throughout the United States.
An important annual function, honorees are selected by a group of notable WCA scholars and artists.
[34] An NGO is "any non-profit, voluntary citizens' group which is organized on a local, national or international level.
Task-oriented and driven by people with a common interest, NGOs perform a variety of service and humanitarian functions, bring citizen concerns to Governments, advocate and monitor policies and encourage political participation through provision of information.
"[35] As the liaison group between WCA and the United Nations, WCA's International Caucus members have participated in, and created exhibitions,[36] side events at UN DPI/NGO conferences in support of UN goals and priorities and participated in UN Commission on the Status of Women conferences.