Member News: Madeline Adams

Madeline has work in the following exhibitions:

Phoenix Gallery: 2008 National Juried Exhibition
Esther Adler, Juror (Curatorial Assistant, Dept of Drawings, MoMA)
Phoenix Gallery: 210 Eleventh Ave, Ste 902, NY NY 10001
**18 June - 12 July, 2008 opening reception Thursday, June 19, 6-8pm**

Likeable Art (Art in City Hall)
City Hall, Philadelphia PA
9 June - 26 September, 2008
**Reception: Thursday, June 26th, 5-7pm**
(second and fourth floors of City Hall, NE entrance)

Long Beach Island Foundation: Works of Art on Paper
Charlotta Kotik, Juror
LBIF of the Arts and Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd, Loveladies NJ 08008
**21 June -14 July, 2008 opening reception Sunday, June 29, 5.30 - 7.30pm**

Take Action! Caucus Opportunities!

Two important opportunities are available for Caucus members:

#1. If you want to be included in an exhibition proposal for "Battle of the Sexes", send your resume (max 3 pg) to michelle_print@yahoo.com and update your Sandler Artist File.

#2. If you want discount tickets to see Tania Isaac's "STUPORWOMAN" during the Livearts/Philly Fringe, let us know if you are interested by emailing phila_wca@yahoo.com . If we can get a group of 10 or more the cost will be $20 per ticket instead of $25. The discount is open to friends and family of caucus members. "Stuporwoman" is an amazing interdisciplinary dance performance suitable for all ages, and explores the balancing act of life, work, family, and creativity. If we can get a group together, Livearts will allow us to include a promotional flyer for the caucus in the performance program, they will make special mention of our presence in the audience, there is a possibility for a one-day easel-displayed exhibit of member work in the lobby, and if we have a big enough group we can hold a reception after the show with time to talk to Tania in person. We are hoping to interest the DC chapter in coming up for a show and post-performance get together.

Opportunity: Call for Artists

Oakland Community College Women Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan,
seeks 2D and 3D artwork by women for the juried show From Our
Perspective: A National Women's Art Exhibition, to be held September
18th through October 10th, 2008. Submit up to 3 entries as digital
images. Entry fee is $25.00. Best of Show award: $800, Purchase Award:
$250 and President's Award: $250.

To view full prospectus, and to upload images online, go to
www.oaklandcc.edu/womencenter/artshow.htm

Deadline: August, 1, 2008

Member News: Michelle Wilson, a 2008 Puffin Foundation Grant Awardee

From Michelle Wilson:
"I have been selected to receive a 2008 Grant from the Puffin Foundation Ltd. This funding will be going into my next artist book project, which has the working title of Future Tense. This work will examine parallels between an endangered bird, the Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa), and the endangered languages at both ends of its migration, Inuktitut and Yámana. Through their intersecting narratives, I hope to reveal ideas about out dominant culture."

We congratulate Michelle for this prestigious honor!

http://www.puffinfoundation.org/

Art for the Cash Poor 9, June 14th (Photo Recap)

Bonnie MacAllister, MIchelle Wilson, Jane Craven (not pictured: Jen Hallden-Abberton)


Nicole Dul's Work

Call for Entries: AAC SOLOS 2009

Arlington Arts Center seeks contemporary fine artists working in all media for solo exhibitions in our 2009 season. Ten to fifteen artists will be chosen to show in our seven separate galleries—or on our grounds, in the case of outdoor sculpture. Jurors include: Anne Ellegood, Curator for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and Philip Barlow, notable Washington, D.C., art collector. Deadline for applications is July 1st; notifications will go out no later than September 30th, 2008.

For more information and a prospectus, visit http://www.arlingtonartscenter.org. Or send a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) to: Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201

Minutes of June 11 Meeting

June 11, 2008 Meeting

(attended by Jen Hallden-Abberton, Cynthia Back, Marie Elcin, Bonnie MacAllister, Virginia Maksymowicz, Diana Riukas, Sonia Sherrod, Heather Sundquist, Michelle Wilson)

• Wilmington Take Down Report
• Art Distribution to Meeting Attendees
• WHW: SBS Report
• Recap: Moore and School District Awards
• Art for the Cash Poor
• National Announcements (Marilyn Hayes): NOW Convention, National Board Meeting
• Elections
• Strategic Planning: Calendar Brainstorming on Exhibitions/Proposals, Trips, Workshops, Other Ideas

Women Helping Women: Stitch by Stitch
June 1st - June 30th
Grace Episcopal Church-Merchantville Art & Faith Space
www.gracechurchmerchantville.com
7 E Maple Ave, Merchantville, NJ 08109
Also showing Selected Photographs from Afghanistan
July 2008 has a tentative placement, more to be announced.
August 1 - August 26th
Exhibited with WCA- Florida member Betsy Bohrer (as part of a solo exhibition)
Arts on the Park Members Gallery, Upstairs Gallery, Lakeland, Florida
September 1 - September 30th
Pamplin Gallery at: Bartow Public Library
2150 South Broadway Ave., Bartow, Florida

Moore Award
We presented the $100 award + membership to Jen Hallden-Abberton. Jen presented her work, and she talked about her future projects. We welcomed to our chapter! She’ll be at Art for the Cash Poor with us this weekend so please stop by and meet her and see some of her work!

School District Award: This years winner of WCA Award in the Philadelphia School District's Young Artists show is Sokrutfhyda Lay, a junior from CAPA. The piece is pastel measuring approximately 40'. The awards ceremony was Saturday, June 7 at 10:00 am in the Atrium of the School District Building on Broad just south of Spring Garden. The student could not attend because she was taking the SATs, but her art teacher accepted it for her.
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ART FOR THE CASH POOR 9
Saturday, June 14, 2008, 1-6 pm
Come rain or shine.
The Crane Arts Building
1400 N. American Street
The Women's Caucus for Art Philadelphia will have a table with literature and items (and we're selling original work, too.) We have an indoor spot so we'll be there rain or shine.
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Elections:
WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE OPEN COMMITTEES AND OFFICES. PLEASE SIGN UP.
Co-Presidents: Marie Elcin & Bonnie MacAllister
Treasurer: Virginia Maksymowicz
Secretary: (open)
Blog Administrator: Sonia Sherrod
Resource Chair: Qaadira Allen
Exhibitions Chair: (open) works with committee
Exhibitions Committee: (open) Michelle Wilson, Cynthia Back, Jen Hallden-Abberton
Marketing/Publicity Chair: (open)
Membership Chair: (open)
Fundraising Chair: (open)
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NATIONAL BUSINESS:
NATIONAL SUMMER BOARD MEETING IN DC
Also, please RSVP to Marilyn Hayes (National WCA President, WCA-Phila & WCA/DC member) if you'd like to attend the National WCA Summer Board Meeting. She can possibly house you or find housing. All members are welcome.
National Board Meeting is July 25, 26, and 27 in D.C.
We can pay for the $40 food fee and reimburse travel (tolls, gas) if you carpool.
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From Marilyn Hayes:
Hello everyone -
Check out this exhibit of African American women artists at the Arlington Arts Center - Faith Ringgold is a WCA Lifetime Achievement Honoree.

The National NOW conference is in Washington, DC, July
18-20, 2008. If you are coming to DC for the NOW
Conference take time to see the exhibition. You can
easily get to the Arlington Arts Center on the Metro
from the conference hotel (Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One
Bethesda Metro Center (7400 Wisconsin Ave), Bethesda,
MD 20814).

SHE’S SO ARTICULATE AT THE ARLINGTON ARTS CENTER

She's So Articulate sets out to expand how gallery-goers think about the relation of narrative to contemporary art by African-American women. The show includes selected works and room-filling installations by 11 artists: Maya Asante, Renee Cox, Stephanie Dinkins, Djakarta, Nekisha Durrett, Torkwase Dyson, Faith Ringgold, Erika Ranee, Nadine Robinson, Renee Stout, and Lauren Woods.

Reception: Friday, June 13th, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Show Dates: June 10th – July 19th, 2008

The Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington VA 22201
(703) 248-6800 www.arlingtonartscenter.org

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11:00am - 5:00pm
The Arlington Arts Center is located on the Orange
Line at Virginia Square/GMU Metro stop.

Marilyn J. Hayes
National President, The Women's Caucus for Art
Website: www.nationalwca.org
Contact: hayesarts@yahoo.com;
president@nationalwca.org
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STRATEGIC PLANNING
Exhibitions/Proposals
Trips
Workshops
Other Ideas
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We worked on the calendar for 2008-2009. It’s still evolving, but we have the following:

March 2009—“Plastic” at the Plastic Club [tentative title]
THIS IS A HISTORIC LOCATION AND A TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITY.
The group show will consist of smaller works. We have not yet set a number, but your contributions are open. All members are eligible to exhibit.

Meetings for 2008-2009 (All are at Moore College of Art and Design unless noted.)
July 9—Critique
August 13—Opportunity Meeting (bring three exhibitions, tips, possibilities to share)
September 10—NO MEETING (because of possible collaboration, September 3-7 instead, details forthcoming)
October 8—Art Share Meeting
November 12—Business Meeting
December 14—Holiday Party (at a member’s house, NOT at Moore)
Bring a small work to exchange
January 14—Presentation by Virginia Maksymowicz, “How We Survived Our IRS Audit”
February 11—Theme TBA
March 11—Theme TBA

Member News: Cynthia Back

New Exhibition- Art Bound: Book Design Past and Present

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Center
for the Book, invites you to an exhibition of book arts combining book
illustration and designed covers from the Athenaeum’s Rare Book collections with
the work of five contemporary artists. Supported by a grant from the Samuel S.
Fels Fund, this exhibition looks back to the Arts and Crafts movement while also
featuring contemporary approaches to book arts. Acknowledging the influential
work of designers and illustrators such as William Morris, Edmund Dulac, and
Edward Burne-Jones, the Athenaeum chiefly relies in this exhibition on works
by Margaret Armstrong, the Decorative Designers, Elbert Hubbard of the
Roycrofters, and Will Bradley, among others. These traditional designs, some drawn
from the legacy of the Athenaeum lending collection and others recently added
through the gift of Evan Hopkins Turner, display next to books by Cynthia Back,
John Fatula, Maria G. Pisano, Maddy Rosenberg, and Elysa Voshell.
Exhibition: June 16 - August 28, 2008, M-F, 9-5, Free Admission
Opening Reception: June 18, 2008, 6:00-8:00PM

Gallery Talks:
Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 5:30PM
Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 3:00PM
Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 5:30PM
For gallery talks RSVP to sgallo@philaathenaeum.org or call 215-925-2688
(limited space available)
Book Arts Workshops will be held throughout the summer. Download the
registration form.

Member News: Kathy Dobash

Kathy is showing at Mea's in the historic Markle Building, 8 West Broad Street, Suite 428, Hazleton, PA 18201.

Postcard Mail Art

The National Postal Museum is putting out a call for postcard mail art!

Postcard Art Connection
Saturday, June 28, 2008
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Postcards carry messages of friendship and travel. Design a creative postcard with your message of friendship and mail it to the National Postal Museum before this June program to participate in a “mail art” display. On the day of the workshop, all are welcome to create mail art.

Please mail your postcard art by June 20 to:

Postcard Art Connection
National Postal Museum Education Department
PO Box 37012, MRC 570
Washington, DC 20013-7012

Group projects and Individual contributions are both welcome.

Opportunity in Wilmington DE

Hello Artists,

While the art loop normally takes a vacation in July and August, this summer we are trying something new! Outdoor art loops in the LOMA design district of Wilmington--even re:Fresh will be held outdoors so we can dance under the stars. The outdoor art loops will take place on the 200 block of North Market Street (LOMA design district) The street will be closed for this event. This opportunity is completely free to all art vendors. Please see attached application and I hope to see you out on the art loop!

Also don't forget this Friday is Art Loop--brochure can be downloaded at www.ci.wilmington.de.us/artloop and re:Fresh will be at Opera Delaware Studios on the Riverfront (pass the train station on MLK blvd.--Next rigth onto Poplar St.)

Thanks!!

Jeni

Jeni Barton
Consultant for Arts Programming
photosensei1@yahoo.com
302-256-4666

Member News: Sharon Burton, Marilyn Hayes, & Jennifer Judelsohn

Several WCA-Phila members (and also DC members) are participating in H3: The Remix including National WCA President Marilyn Hayes, Jennifer Judelsohn, and Sharon Burton:

H3: The REMIX
MOCA DC
Canal Square, Georgetown
1054 31st St NW
Washington, DC 20007

Opening Reception: Friday, June 6, 2008, 6 pm - 9 pm

Co-sponsored by Authentic Art Consulting and The ThickArt Collaborative. Join us as we bring Making Herstory 3: Connected Sisterhood, an art exhibit celebrating the visual art of women in the DC/MD/VA area to Washington!

Special Note: Authentic Art Consulting and The ThickArt Collaborative have joined Design Scheme Interiors, LLC, Unity Health Care, Inc., The Ward 7 Arts Collaborative, and the Decorators' Alliance of North America (DANA) to help brighten the lives of residents East of the River in Washington, DC through Unity Health Care's East of the River Key Corner Project.

AAC and TAC will be requesting artists and guests to bring to the reception donated books, school backpacks and art supplies for children ages 2-10 to contribute to a new children's reading corner and patient waiting room at Unity's East of the River Health Center. The community served by Unity's East of the River Health Center is tremendously challenged with the issues of poverty, homelessness, lack of education, unemployment, substance abuse, poor education and HIV infection rates that are 12 times that of the national average.

For more information about the exhibition and the artists, visit the Making Herstory website at http://makinherstory.blogspot.com/.
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Sharon Burton is one of the participating artists in:

TEA AND THE ARTS
featuring "A Kaleidoscope of Art"
by the Prince George's Artists Association

Oxon Hill Manor
6901 Oxon Hill Road
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
Phone: (301) 839-7782

Saturday, June 14, 2008, 1:00 - 3:00 PM

Come to the Manor and enjoy a relaxing afternoon of tea and the arts. Treat yourself to a variety of tempting delicacies and a soothing cup of tea. You will be serenaded by a strolling violinist, and will also be able to view unique works of art by the Prince George's Artists Association.

The fee is $10.00 and can be paid by VISA, Mastercard. Please RSVP by June 5, 2008.
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Also, another Sharon Burton connection/sponsored show:

"La Femme: The Feminine"
Project 3: Empowered Artistry Exhibition
Sewall-Belmont House and Museum
144 Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002

Exhibition Dates: June 11, 2008 - Aug 30, 2008

Co-Sponsored by Art for Global Development, Authentic Art Consulting, Girls Gotta Run Foundation, and The ThickArt Collaborative.

Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

La Femme: The feminine is an exhibition featuring women artists from the DC Metropolitan area and an extension of the Making Herstory exhibition series sponsored by AAC and ThickArt. In addition, this special exhibition of women artists is a part of a larger exhibition featuring artwork of women from two additional organizations including the Girls Gotta Run Foundation and Art for Global Development (Treasure Postcards). Artwork selected for La Femme portion of the exhibition is based on the theme of the power and softness of women.

MEMBER NEWS

June - October at the Morris Arboretum: Cynthia Back
is participating in the Northwest Artists Coalitions
exhibition Musings on Nature. 100 E. Northwestern
Avenue, Philadelphia.

Rachel Citrino
Da Vinci Art Alliance
704 Catharine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
215.829.0466
davinciartalliance@verizon.net
www.davinciartalliance.org
PRESENTS
Envisioning Othello
A collaborative exhibition and symposium inspired by
Lantern Theater Company's production of Shakespeare's
timeless tragedy
Curated by Dr. Debra Miller
Exhibition Dates: 7-29 June 2008
Gallery Hours: Wed 6-8 pm; Sat-Sun noon-5 pm
Opening Awards Reception: Saturday, June 7, 6-9 pm
Awards Judges: Charles McMahon and Theodora W.
Ashmead, Lantern Theater Company
with art by Craig Bandy, Pat Burns, Rachel Citrino,
Alden Cole, Anthony Cortosi & Karen McDonnell, Ray
Costello, Siobhan Cusumano, Lilliana Didovic, Gerard
Di Falco, Michael Di Prinzio, Nathan Farbman, David
Foss, Ron Funk, Joroko, Ona Kalstein, Maria Keane,
Gail Kotel, Rikard Larma, Richard Marr, Karey Maurice,
Tim McKenna, Debra Miller, Marcy Morris, Liz Nicklus,
Kathryn Pannepacker, Eileen Schaller, Rob Solomon,
Jane Steinsnyder, Katarina Stojkovic, Francine
Strauss, and Ted Warchal

Kathy Dobash exhibited with the North Mountain Art
League's work was exhibited in the State Capitol in
Harrisburg, PA. Kathy also dedicated a mural in
Hazelton, PA that she designed and facilitated with
school children, and she was featured on WLYN as the
subject of an interview.

Diand Riukas created a new mural for her school which
was funded by her recent grant from the Geraldine R.
Dodge Foundation . If it's not still on the front
page then scroll down through past stories to see
"Artist Creates Mural:
www.Trenton.k12.nj.us

Member News: Carol Taylor-Kearney

Carol Taylor-Kearney (MFA 1998) will be participating in a group exhibition at NurtureArt in Brooklyn, New York. The title of the exhibition is ECO:DEMO:M.O. Art in Art and is curated by Linda Weintraub. Each artist was selected by Ms. Weintraub based on a proposal and previous artwork. For this exhibition, the participants are required to create an art piece based on environmentally friendly studio practices using homemade, recycled, and retrievable materials. The exhibition runs from July 15th to August 15th. For more information about NurtureArt visit www.nurtureart.org.

Carol Taylor-Kearney (MFA 1998) will be a visiting artist at Peters Valley in Layton, New Jersey in July 2008. She will be presenting a three-day workshop on Reverse Painting on Glass from July 18th through July 20th. In February 2009 Carol Taylor-Kearney will participate in an artist residency at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT. This is Carol's second visit to VSC-- in 2003, she had received a Full Fellowship through the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. For more information on Peters Valley visit www.petersvalley.org; for more information on Vermont Studio Center see www.vermontstudiocenter.org.

Member News: Nicole Patrice Dul

Grain of Salt: Feminine Symbols and Identities:
An Exhibition of Works on Paper
and Sculptures

Opening reception: June 1, 2008, 1-4 PM
Show runs through the month of June

Artists: Brooke Schmidt and Nicole Patrice Dul

Both artists Brooke Schmidt and Nicole Patrice Dul, will be exhibiting works which explore personal symbols that identify their journey to womanhood. In addition, many of the works will pay homage to the women who have inhabited their lives and influenced who they are. The two artists will also display collaborative work.

Orchard Artworks
520 Tomlinson Road · PO Box 759 · Bryn Athyn, PA 19009 · 215-947-9882
www.orchardartworks.org