First Friday, September 3rd Show Me to My Seat

"Show Me to My Seat!" Demonstration and Exhibition:

Important dates to remember:

September 3rd: 6-9pm : Meet at 2nd and Market during the Fringe Festival in Old City to support women in the arts as a silent demonstration. Call Ellen at 267.808.9422 if you have any concerns.

Members of the Women's Caucus for Art and friends have created artist chairs. See them in this outdoor exhibition for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival!

Chairs will then be housed at the Old Pine Community Center from September 10-12, 17th and 18. The chairs will form part of the set of "The Waiting Room" which will be a Judy Chicago/ Miriam Shapiro "Womanhouse" style installation featuring live arts performances each night at 7:00 pm.

Ticket info at http://www.livearts-fringe.org/details.cfm?id=14009.

If you have any trouble transporting chairs or storing chairs please email us at phila_wca@yahoo.com.

Thanks for participating!
Sponsored by Green Light Arts and The Philadelphia Chapter of the WCA

Exhibition: "What They Taught Us" at the Central Library

What they Taught Us at Free Library Central

The culminating exhibition for our collaborative book project completed back in June with students of Arise Academy Charter High School is now installed in the 2nd floor hallway that leads to the Prints and Pictures Department of the Free Library, Central Branch, 20th and Vine Streets. Each case contains one of the accordion books, a mirror that allows one to see the reverse side of the book, pictures of our collaboration sessions at Arise, and information about the project, the students, and the WCA. Project participants include WCA members Marie Elcin, Ruth Schanbacher, Katie Haegele, Bonnie MacAllister, Rachel Udell, Allison Altergott, Ellie Brown, and Ellen Bonett along with Arise students Dianne Pough, Braejean Turner, Jasmine Tyler, Jacquaya Randolph, Shartece Brown, Miaya Veal, and Jyqueen Galloway. The exhibit will be on view from August 16th - October 29th during library hours.

Thank you to all the participants and those who worked so hard to make this collaboration possible. Thanks to Arise Academy for permitting us to work with their students. Special thanks also to Karen Lightner, Head of the Art Department and Curator of the Print and Picture Collection at the Free Library for offering us this opportunity and for her assistance in installing the displays. Thanks to Ellie Brown for jumpstarting this project. Check it out next time you're at the library! You have until October 29th to get over there!

Featured Member Artist: Rachel Udell

The Philadelphia Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art proudly announces that Rachel Udell is the featured member artist through the month of September 2010. Please visit the links to her work on our toolbar.

Her official website is found here.



Rachel's Artist Statement:
I am drawn to using soft, comforting, highly textured materials because of their capacity for suggesting forms that feel alive; I think of them as plant-like forms and spirit beings that secretly “know” what I can’t, though they’ve come from inside of me. The resulting organ-like structures are metaphors for a connectedness specifically related to how human beings exist in the world: that a human being is not a self-contained biological organism, but part of an interacting, breathing membrane, transmitting and receiving the stuff of life between social and psychological systems, ecosystems, solar and cosmic systems, etc. We are all made of the same stuff: we are distinct entities and yet we flow, physically and emotionally into our surroundings. My sculptures are sentient extensions of myself, a delicate attempt to extinguish the unnaturalness of human isolation. In the face of unspeakable horrors and miraculous wonders, my art is both an attempt to create a channel through which I am able to come to terms with the often polarizing experience of existence, and the plane upon which I attempt to strike a balance between extremes.

Member News: Bonnie MacAllister

Fringe Festival Show "Crowning the May Queen" as part of "The Waiting Room" (Green Light Arts)
starring TS Hawkins, Kelly DeVose,
directed by Ashley Kerns,
written by Bonnie MacAllister,
Sept 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 at 7 p.m.
(part of the Philadelphia Live Arts and Fringe Festival)

"A play about birth and fissures, fibrous textures woven through song."

"This piece examines childbearing and fistula through personal anthems and exploration (and is deeply rooted in MacAllister's experience in Ethiopia.)"

Segments will be performed as part of the Monday Night Club Fringe Cabaret, August 23 @National Mechanics (Hosted by A.D. Amorosi and John Cecil Price)

Show Me to My Seat forms the set for "The Waiting Room" (as provided by the Women's Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter.

Call for Art: Young Women's Caucus

The Female Perspective “The Bedroom”

- Young Women’s Caucus 2011 Calendar Publication -

Open Call for Entry

The Young Women’s Caucus is publishing a 2011 Calendar on the theme of the bedroom. We hope to incorporate a variety of responses on the topic from the female perspective. Proceeds from the calendar will be sold to help fund the Young Women’s Caucus and their events.

Artwork will be chosen for the calendar to fill 12 full monthly pages and a cover. Artists chosen for the calendar will receive national recognition with their artwork and artist statement.


Organized by:

The Young Women’s Caucus (YoungWC) is an internal Caucus of the Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA). The mission of YoungWC is to provide resources, connections and support for all young women art students/artists. It is a national network for exchanging ideas, sharing opportunities, and promoting reflection and discussion about women’s issues in a fun and creative way.


About the Women’s Caucus for Art

The Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) is the leading national nonprofit organization for women in the visual arts professions. Founded in 1972, WCA is dedicated to the cultural, aesthetic and economic value of women’s art. WCA has 27 chapters across the country (six in California) and is an affiliate of the College Art Association. Visit www.nationalwca.org.


Eligibility

Open to all women artists between the ages of 16 and 35.


Entry Deadline

Postmarked by Friday, September 24th 2010


Entry Guidelines

· Each artist is limited to submit 3 pieces of artwork. If you are submitting a three-dimensional piece, two images per a piece are allowed.

· Artwork image submissions must be sent ready for publication as high-resolution jpegs with at least 300dpi.

· Please make sure to have all images labeled with the title of the piece and the artist’s name. Ex: JohnSmith_Artwork.jpeg

· 150 words about each specific art work you submit

To download application, visit the original post here and download application