Women Helping Women: Stitch by Stitch Portland Opening

November 6th, 2008

Opening for Women Helping Women: Stitch by Stitch

at the Atrium, City Hall, Portland Oregon

Generously supported by Portland City Hall and WCA-Oregon

Save the Date: SWAN Day

October meeting Recap

Our new meting time of 7pm seems to be working out well! This month's meeting was a bit business-y, reporting back from exhibition committee, discussing Martha Knox's upcoming workshop, and a reminder to all that membership renewal time is here!

Exhibition news:

- The Rubia quilt is headed off to Portland, Oregon next!

-We've had a tentative positive response from the Delaware Art Museum's Outlooks series pending further discussion

-It will soon be time to seriously plan for our 2 March shows, "Plastic at the Plastic Club" here in Philly, and "Women and Environment" in St Louis. Please remember that only active, dues-paying members are eligible for our exhibitions, and the Plastic Club show is an open members exhibition.

Workshop News:

Martha Knox is kindly offering a woodcut relief workshop on November 2nd at 12 pm at her studio in Germantown. There will be a $5 fee to cover the cost of wood and inks. Please come prepared with a drawing and paper to print on, as well as an X-acto knife and brayer if you own them. Please RSVP to marfknox@gmail.com ASAP so she knows how much wood to buy.

Upcoming:

-If you pay your dues prior to the end of this year you can pay the current membership fee. If you wait till after January 1st you will pay National's new membership fee. Save money and pay dues early!!!!! When you pay dues you have the benefits of participating in member exhibitions, getting discounts at Pearl and Utrecht, links to your website from the National Website as well as our blog, opportunities anouncements, and getting publicity for your shows on our blog. You can renew your membership online http://www.nationalwca.org/membership/membership.html or bring your checkbook to our next meeting.

-November meeting, Wednesday, November 12th, 7pm, we will have Heather Bryson, artist and owner of B Square gallery, with us to talk about her dual role as artist and gallerist. Heather has hosted a WCA member show in the past, is a graduate of Moore College, and is a jeweler whose work focuses on nature-inspired forms. Please join us and bring a friend!

Member News : Kathy Dobash

NE PA 2008 Regional Art Exhibition Opening TODAY
Category: Art and Photography

Artist Kathy Dobash's submission of
Commemorative Relief Sculpture 2
was accepted for exhibition in
The Northeast PA Regional Art 2008



NEPA REGIONAL ART 2008, the fifth regional juried biennial exhibition for Northeastern Pennsylvania and adjoining counties of New York and New Jersey will run from October 11 through November 21.


There will be progressive opening receptions and an Awards Ceremony on Saturday, October 11th, as follows:

2pm: 'PALETTE' - Painting at Hope Horn Gallery, University of Scranton

3pm: 'FUSION' - 2-D Mixed Media at Afa Gallery

4pm: 'DIMENSIONS' - 3-D Mixed Media at Mahady Gallery, Marywood University

5:30pm: 'LENS' - Photography at Linder Gallery, Keystone College

6pm: Awards Ceremony, Evans Hall, Keystone College

The work was juried by Mary F. Holahan, Ph.D, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington. Recent exhibitions she has curated include a major retrospective of the work of Fernando Botero, featuring paintings, sculptures, and drawings chosen from Botero's private collection, and an exhibit of Nickolas Muray's photographs of Frida Kahlo and her circle.


The opening exhibit will conclude with the awards announcement at Evans Hall at Keystone College at 6 PM. Awards will include $1,000 Best of Show, along with other cash and merit awards. All entry fees go directly to the prize awards. A one-person show at each of the venues will also be awarded.
A full-color catalogue featuring selected works from the NEPA Regional 2008 will be published in conjunction with the
exhibition.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: Arlington Arts Center

UNLIMITED EDITION
CALL FOR ENTRIES

Application deadline:
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Notification date:
Friday, November 21, 2008
Exhibition dates:
December 12, 2008 - January 17, 2009
SPECIAL RECEPTION EVENT in collaboration with THE PINK LINE PROJECT on Friday, December 12

THE JURORS:
Kriston Capps,D.C.-basedarts writer appearing in Art Papers, Art in America, Sculpture Magazine, and on his influential blog, Grammar.police
Martin Irvine, gallerist, curator, and arts educator; director of Irvine Contemporary,Washington, D.C., and Professor at Georgetown University
Welmoed Laanstra, Public Art Projects Curator for Arlington County; curated Street Scenes and Found Sound in downtown D.C.

THE SHOW:
UNLIMITED EDITION is a juried show about the relationship of the art world to reproduction and marketing. We're looking for artists who produce lots of unnumbered multiples of an image or an object...or who incorporate mass-produced products into their work...or who simply explore the commodification and mass-reproduction of art through various means.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE?
Artists living or working in Virginia, DC, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, and Pennsylvania may submit up to 5 jpegs, along with a statement-max length: 300 words-explaining what they propose to exhibit, and how it addresses the show's theme. Existing works must have been completed after 2005. Proposals for new work that take into account the AAC's exhibition spaces are encouraged. UNLIMITED EDITION will occupy the entire ground floor of the AAC. Floor plans are available on our website.

ENTRY FEE:
AAC Members$15
Non-Members $25
New members $40

New member entry fee includes a one year AAC Artist's Membership, which offers reduced rates on classes, professional development opportunities and workshops, and upcoming member-only events.

SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY VIA E-MAIL!

STEP 1:Send your entry materials to:
unlimited@arlingtonartscenter.org

Attach no more than 5 images
(resolution: 72 dpi; 4" X 6" jpegs)

Submitting video or audio? Please provide a link to this material so that it can be viewed on your website, on YouTube, etc.

Include your name, address, phone number, and website (if applicable)

Paste your statement (no more than 300 words) directly into the body of your e-mail message

STEP 2:You may pay your entry fee by check, MasterCard, or Visa.

Pay by credit card over the phone during regular gallery hours: (703)248-6800

Or mail your check to the address below:
Arlington Arts Center
Attn: UNLIMITED EDITION
3550 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201

OR...you may send your images, video, and statement on a CD to the above address, If you want your disc returned, be sure to enclose a SASE.

Once both your e-mail and payment have been processed, you will receive a confirmation e-mail.

Gallery hours: Tues–Sat, 11 am–5 pm
www.arlingtonartscenter.org

Opportunities: Call for Artists

CALL FOR ENTRIES: EXPO 28, NEW YORK

http://www.bjspokegallery.com/

b. j. spoke Gallery presents Expo 28, an international fine art competition. Juror: Stina Puotinen, The Whitney Museum, New York. All fine arts accepted, no craft. Deadline for submission: October 31, 2008. The winners’ show will take place March 2009. Download prospectus at www.bjspokegallery.com or call the gallery at 631.549.5106. b.j. spoke Gallery, 299 Main Street, Huntington, NY. 11743.


CALL FOR ENTRIES: MONEY-MONEY-MONEY

http://visualartsalberta.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/moneymoneymoney_application.pdf

ARC GALLERY & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, CHICAGO, USA
Deadline for Submissions: November 1, 2008
Notifications Sent: December 1, 2008
All Work To Arrive: Jan 2-3, 2009
Exhibition Dates: Jan 7 to 31, 2009
Open to all artists, works in any or all media will be considered.
This show seeks to address personal, political, and economic issues pertaining to the cultural currency of Money. In today’s political climate, how does money move, change, and effect both nations and/or individuals? The effects of economic issues on national decisions, the effect of a global economy on the individual, the individual artist’s relationship to the economy, and the aesthetic value of currency are some aspects that the artist is asked to contemplate. Artists are also encouraged to address other aspects of this encompassing topic that they find interesting and pertinent. Works in any or all media will be considered.
ARC Gallery is a non-profit, alternative space run by a collective of women artists since its inception in 1973. ARC is proud to be hosting “Money-Money-Money,”: a group exhibition juried by Mary Jane Jacob, Professor and Executive Director of Exhibitions at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. As chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and Los Angeles, she staged some of the first U.S. shows of American and European artists, such as Magdalena Abakanowicz, Ann Hamilton, Rebecca Horn, Jannis Kounellis, and Christian Boltanski, as well as the first retrospective of Gordon Matta-Clark. Shifting her workplace from the museum to the street, she has critically engaged the discourse around public space, organizing site and community-based programs that include “Places with a Past” in Charleston, “Culture in Action” in Chicago, and “Conversations at The Castle” in Atlanta. She also serves as curator for the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC. With the book Buddha Mind in Contemporary Art (University of California Press, 2004), she furthered her research into the nature of the art making today and her forthcoming anthology, Learning Mind: Experience into Art, will deal with the art experience and its relation to pedagogy.
For more information, please download and refer to the “Money-Money-Money” application and prospectus form.


CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: TRIANGLE GALLERY STUDIO ART SALE


2008 Studio Art Sale & Bohemian Extravaganza
Submission Opportunity
Calling all Professional & Emerging Artists!
Don’t miss this great opportunity to get your work and your vision out into the Calgary community. The Triangle Gallery is accepting original artworks from all professional & emerging artists for our well-attended 2008 Studio Art Sale & Bohemian Extravaganza (small format; maximum of 4; up to $450 per work). All artworks will be juried and then presented from November 6th - 8th. 50% of the proceeds support the programming at the Triangle.
The Triangle welcomes works in the following media: painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, glass, ceramics, wearable art, jewelry, metal design works, woodwork and mixed media compositions.
Include submission form with the artwork(s) between
October 30th - November 1st.

http://www.trianglegallery.com/docs/2008studioartsaleform.pdf

Coral St Arts House Openings

If you are looking for artist-friendly affordable live/work space, and if you are not a student, email Laura Semmelroth about openings at the Coral Street Arts House, a renovated textile mill in the thriving artists' neighborhood of East Kensington. There will be a number of openings at Coral St in the next few months. Most of the apartments that will be available are 2 bedrooms and $670 a month.
If anyone has any questions please contact Laura Semmelroth lsemmelroth@nkcdc.org

Member news- Marie H. Elcin

"The Stitching Hour"

opening reception Thursday Oct 9th, 6-9 pm

Abstract and Doodle Embroideries by Marie H. Elcin

October 9-24 at The Random Tearoom

713 N 4th St (between Brown and Fairmount)

http://www.therandomtearoom.com/

If you can't make it to the opening, come by another day for a cosy pot of tea for a crisp Fall day. Feeling inspired? Join me on Saturday October 18th at 5pm for the real stitching hour and try your hand at freestyle embroidery. $10 covers supplies and teacakes! please RSVP to curiositea@therandomtearoom.com

Welcome to our new members!

New WCA-Philadelphia Chapter members Jane Forth and Susan Feller with National WCA President, Marilyn Hayes at the Girls Gotta Run exhibition in Tacoma Park, MD (DC Chapter exhibition).

Girls Gotta Run Exhibition Photos

With my piece "Strides of Motion"

With National WCA President Marilyn Hayes

Member News: Kathy Dobash + Jane Craven, Michelle Wilson, Bonnie MacAllister, and Sonia Sherrod

Congratulations to Kathy Dobash for securing press for the Six Women: Six Perspectives show!

http://www.standardspeaker.com/articles/2008/10/05/lifestyles/entertainment/hz_standspeak.20081005.d.pg3.hz05ent_sixwomen_s1.1967035_ent.txt

Member News: Michelle Wilson, Madeline Adams, Kathy Dobash

Michelle Wilson is part of the exhibition, 'Bookverks 2008: The Information is Not Knowledge Project," at the Grassroots Arts Center in Jersey City, NJ. The online exhibition can be viewed at http://bookverks2008.googlepages.com/home
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Madeline Adams, one of 5 artists at Main Line Art Center, Oct 3 - 26;
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours Oct 4 & 5; Paint Snob Invitational: Oct
27 - Dec 5, McLennan Community College CSC Art Gallery, Waco TX; Solo
exhibition in Burrison Gallery, University Club at the University of
Pennsylvania, Aug - Sept 2009.

www.madelineadams.com
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Scranton Area Foundation PPA 2008 Grant recipient and PAEA 2008 Conference presenter Artist Kathy Dobash's submission of "Commemorative Relief Sculpture 2" was accepted for exhibition in The Northeast PA Regional Art 2008.

A free program at the Hazleton YMCA "Painterly Abstract Expressions of Luzerne County Landscapes" by Artist Kathy Dobash is designed for school-aged children and is made possible by The Scranton Area Foundation which administers funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Partners in the Arts(PPA).

Conference proposal: Connect the Past and Present with Art Nouveau Floral Relief Patterns by Artist Kathy Dobash of Beauty Flower Poem was accepted for presentation
for the PAEA Conference in Harrisburg, October 23 -26, 2008. For more information go to
the Pennsylvania Art Education Association Website at www.paea.org.

National WCA Update

All WCA Members
Jewish Women Artists’ Network, A special interest group within the Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA)
Annual Juried Exhibition
Like Water on Rock
February 22 - April 5, 2009
Platt/Bornstein Galleries at the American Jewish University (formerly The University of Judaism)
Los Angeles, California
Artists’ Reception: March 1, 2009
Entry Deadline: Friday, November 14, 2008, 5PM EST
Download the prospectus from WCA’s website www.nationalwca.org

All WCA Members
WCA 5th International Video Shorts Festival Seeks Submissions.
DEADLINE: October 15th, 2008
Download the prospectus from WCA’s website www.nationalwca.org


Institute for Women and Art Program Schedule 2008-09
Rutgers University - www.iwa.rutgers.edu
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Institute for Women & Art Exhibitions and Programming, 2008-09

September 22 to December 8, 2008
Never Has She Ever: Renée Cox
Estelle Lebowitz Visiting Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, part of the
Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series.
Renowned contemporary American photographer, Renée Cox,
celebrates black womanhood at the same time she challenges the roles
assigned to Blacks and women in our culture..
Douglass Library Galleries

October 14 - October 31, 2008
Never Has She Ever… A thematic group show by 10 women artists
featuring large-scale works by Renée Cox, organized by the Dana
Women Artists Series and the Visual Arts Department, Mason Gross
School of the Arts
Mason Gross School of the Arts Galleries, Civic Square Building

Thursday, October 16, 2008; 5 to 7 p.m.
Never Has She Ever… Public Reception
Mason Gross School of the Arts Galleries, Civic Square Building

Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at 6 p.m. (reception), 6:30 lecture
Renée Cox: Estelle Lebowitz Visiting Artist-in-Residence Public
Lecture
Mabel Smith Douglass Room, Douglass Library

January 20 to March 9, 2009
The Culture of Rights/The Rights of Culture: Jenny Polak, a juried
exhibition that provides a visual arts component to the IRW
interdisciplinary seminar.
Jenny Polak “designs and installs fictional architectural hiding
and dwelling places for people without immigration papers… In
alluding to illegal assistance of undocumented and stateless people, I
draw on my life as a resident alien, my migratory family history, and
current events.”
Douglass Library Galleries (204A)

February 19, 2009, 12 noon
Jenny Polack gallery talk.
Mabel Smith Douglass Room, Douglass Library.

February 19- March 12, 2009
The Culture of Rights/The Rights of Culture: Loren Schwerd, a juried
exhibition that provides a visual arts component to the IRW
interdisciplinary seminar.
Loren Schwerd has created a series of memorials to the communities of
New Orleans that were devastated by the flooding following Hurricane
Katrina, using human hair as one of her materials. “Hair acts as
the essential metaphor for these works by evoking a sense of profound
intimacy and absence, by referring to Victorian mourning practices,
and by incorporating the racial politics that have paralyzed the
city's recovery effort.”
Douglass Library Galleries (204B)

March 10, 2009
“Cinematic Collage: The Experimental Films of Yvonne
Rainer,” a lecture by Dr. Gwen Raaberg,
IWA Visiting Scholar and English and Women’s & Gender Studies,
Western Michigan University.
Lecture location and time TBD.

March 19 to June 8, 2009
End of Life: The Art and Science of Contemplating Death
Two-person exhibition of photographic works by Ernestine Ruben and
Cathy Stein Greenblat. Each artist has been working on the visual
imagery of life and death, one metaphorically and one documentarily.
Ruben, based in Princeton, NJ, is internationally known through
exhibitions, publications, and workshops. Her work is included in many
major museums and private collections. Greenblat is a sociologist,
Professor Emerita of Sociology at Rutgers University, a Visiting
Researcher at the Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, France,
and an Artist Fellow at Rutgers Brodsky Center for Innovative
Editions.
Douglass Library Galleries

March 20, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Etched in Memory. A one-day forum for artists in record-keeping,
archiving, establishing an artistic legacy, and estate planning,
co-sponsored with WAAND: Women Artists Archives National Directory,
and RUL, pending funding.
Trayes Hall, Douglass Residential College campus

April 16, 2009, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Reception for End of Life
Mabel Smith Douglass Room, Douglass Library

May 8-June 30, 2009
Faith Ringgold, solo exhibition
Faith Ringgold, a painter, is best known for her painted story
quilts—art that combines painting, quilted fabric and
storytelling. She has exhibited in major museums in the USA, Europe,
South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and her work is in
the permanent collection of museums that include the Studio Museum in
Harlem, the Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and the
Museum of Modern Art. She has written and illustrated eleven
children's books and she has received more than 75 awards,
fellowships, citations and honors, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim
Fellowship for painting and two awards from the National Endowment for
the Arts. Among her numerous awards, her children’s book, Tar
Beach, was a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King
Award for Illustration.
Mason Gross School of the Arts Galleries, Civic Square Building

May 9, 2009
IWA Gala
Mason Gross School of the Arts Galleries, Civic Square Building

May 20, 2009
Graduation Breakfast at MGSA Galleries-Faith Ringgold exhibit

October Meeting Announcement

Please note that we will have a time change for the
2008-2009 meetings. Because of a space change at Moore College of Art and Design, we will be meeting every
second Wednesday from 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Please adjust
your calendars.

The next meeting will be on October 8 from 7-8:30
at Moore College, 19th and the Benjamin Franklin
Parkway, Philadelphia, PA.

We hope to see you all there.

For directions: www.moore.edu

The Women's Caucus for Art, Philadelphia Chapter
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http://home.earthlink.net/~philawcamembers/index.html
http://www.marycrowley.com/rubia/ (Collaborative Project with Rubia)
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