Networking Day 2010 Recap

Co-President Alison Altergott and Past President/Young Women's Caucus Officer Bonnie MacAllister spoke at the May 22 WCA/DC Networking Day on the subject of "International Arts Exbitions and Activism." They shared imagery from our Rubia quilt collaboration, the Dress Project, Girls Gotta Run: Bodies in Motion (Holy Family University), Women (at International House, University of Pennsylvania), and Ni Una Mas (at Drexel).

The event took place at Montgomery College in Silver Spring, MD in conjunction with the college's student art show which featured WCA/DC member, Sunni Morgan.

WCA/DC Treasurer Holly Dodge, National Past President and WCA/DC Past President Marilyn Hayes (WCA Philadelphia Member), Bonnie, and Alison

Legendary WCA Member, Elloiuse Schoettler spoke of her story fighting for the ERA, founding of the WCA and political caucuses:
http://ellouisestory.blogspot.com/
Join her 2nd Wave Project here as we continue to chronicle the history of women's studies and the women's movement.

Member News: Nicole Dul (+ opportunity at Orchard Artworks)

Orchard Artworks Presents
Metamorphosis: Works on Paper
June 6, 2010

"Metamorphosis: Works on Paper" presents the works of four artists who explore the theme of metamorphosis through altered books, collage, painting, prints and alternate paper medias.

Meet Nicole Patrice Dul, Gloria Klaiman, Linda Lee Rossi and Brooke Schmidt at the Opening Reception on Sunday, June 6, 2010, from 1 - 4pm. The show runs through July 10.

June 6 - July 10, 2010.

NOTE: Art workshop space is available at Orchard Artworks, for free through 2010.The space has folding tables and chairs for up to 10 people, as well as a sink and counter space.

Classes must be held during gallery hours, 10am-4pm on Friday and Saturday, and 1-4pm on Sunday. Artists are responsible for handling all fees and materials charges, setting up and cleaning afterward.Orchard Artworks will publicize the schedule of workshops.

Please contact Nicole Dul, 215-673-8429 or OrchardArtworksGallery@gmail.com.

http://www.orchardartworks.org
Location: 520 Tomlinson Road, PO Box 759:
Bryn Athyn, PA
19006
215-947-9882
OrchardArtworksGallery@gmail.com

May 12 Meeting Minutes

Upcoming Dates to Remember:

Arise Academy Book Collaboration Workshop:
Final Workshop
Tuesday, May 25th from 3-6pm., 2nd workshop with girls at Arise Academy

NETWORKING DAY 2010: Women Representing Ourselves
Saturday May 22, 2010 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Montgomery College
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz
Foundation Arts Center
930 King Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910

$30 for Adults
$20 for Students
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Ellouise Schottler gives a presentation entitled "Pushing Boundaries" about moving to DC and trying to pass the Equal Rights Amendment
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Women’s Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter members speak on International Exhibits and Activism
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Cherie M. Redlinger demonstrates How to Photograph Your Artwork Professionally (For the Artist)
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Registration & Coffee: 9:30 –10:00 a.m.
Presentations: 10:00 –12:30
Networking/Lunch/Photo Demonstration/Art Share: 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
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Our very own Philadelphia Chapter members Alison Altergott and Bonnie MacAllister will be speaking.
Please RSVP to phila_wca@yahoo.com if you plan on attending Networking Day.

WCA Strategic Planning Meeting:
All are welcome to join the Strategic Planning Meeting at Virginia’s house, 3719 Lancaster Avenue, on June 13th at 1pm. We will be discussing upcoming exhibits and opportunities. The more the merrier as we will be interested in ideas for 2011! This meeting will be a potluck lunch.

Upcoming Exhibits/Opportunities:

Fringe Festival Demonstration and Exhibition:
For the upcoming Fringe Festival, The Philadelphia Chapter of WCA is forming our own version of "A Place at the Table" by Judy Chicago. Chairs will be artistically decorated/altered including statistical information on women’s placement in our society on Wednesday, August 8th at the member meeting at Moore College of Art and then used during the Fringe Festival in Old City on September 3rd to support women in the arts as a silent demonstration. Following the Fringe demonstration, the chairs will be housed at the Blackbox at the Adrienne Theatre for a run of September 13-20. There is also the opportunity for chapter members to exhibit other work at the theatre through Green Light Arts. 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.

If you are interesting in participating in the demonstration and exhibition, please email us at phila_wca@yahoo.com and specify your availability and the level in which you wish to contribute, i.e. – will you be present at the August meeting or Fringe? Do you have a chair available? Do you wish to make a chair from scratch instead of altering one? The demonstration will be most effective if we can get as many members involved as possible.


Member News:
Alison Altergott - represented the Women's Caucus for Art at Ni Una Mas ArtMarch at Drexel University on May 15th, 2010.
Ellen Bonett – “REDefined” at The Midwives Collective Gallery from June 11-July 2, Opening Reception June 11th from 6-10pm.
Marie Elcin – “Text/Textile” at Some Things Looming in Reading, PA from May 9-June 13
Virginia Maksymowicz – “Constructed Visions” at the Woodmere Art Museum from May 15-August 22, Opening Reception on Saturday, June 12th from 5-7pm. Also Virginia represented the Women's Caucus for Art at Ni Una Mas ArtMarch at Drexel University on May 15th, 2010.
Bonnie MacAllister – New Light Play at the Adrienne Theatre opening the week of June 20 at the Adrienne Theatre. Also, Bonnie is organizing a solo show at GERM Bookstore in Fishtown on Coptic Mysticism in Ethiopia – dates to be announced. Bonnie also represented the Women's Caucus for Art at Ni Una Mas ArtMarch at Drexel University on May 15th, 2010.

Information Requests:

Girls Gotta Run Foundation
We are asking you to write a quick review so that Girls Gotta Run Foundation can receive a grant:
http://greatnonprofits.org/reviews/profile2/girls-gotta-run-foundation-incorporated
It will not take more than three-five minutes. What matters most that you give them five stars! Remember that you know four athletes who will benefit directly from your time!

Young Women’s Caucus for Art
The YWCA is looking for ideas for the New York Conference in February 2011. They are looking for a theme for a Flash Mob in New York. Please email phila_wca@yahoo.com if you have something to contribute. Thank you for your help!

WCA Elections:
Elections for 2011 are quickly approaching. If you are interested in nominating yourself for one of the following positions, sned an email to the phila_wca@yahoo.com.

The positions include:
- Treasurer (currently Virginia Maksymowicz)
- Secretary (Currently Ellen Bonett)
- Membership Coordinator (Currently Ellen Bonett)
- Exhibitions Coordinator (Currently available)
- President (Currently Marie Elcin and Alison Altergott)

Irving Sandler Database:
A few reminders about the Artists File:
If you are a new member of the WCA, one of your benefits is to join the Irving Sandler Database – an artist file online. Please go to the following website and once completed, email us at phila_wca@yahoo.com so we can update our blog with your file.
To access the Irving Sandler Database go to: http://afonline.artistsspace.org/. Once you have uploaded at least 2 artwork images to your page, the Artists File Coordinator will briefly review and publish your portfolio. Please allow 1 - 2 weeks for this process.

- As a renewing member: It is important that you keep your contact information up-to-date, particularly your email as this is the primary method by which curators will get in touch with you! You can log-in to your Artists File at any time to update your contact information. (http://afonline.artistsspace.org/login.php)

- We recommend you update your Artists File Online portfolio regularly. Please note that if you have not updated your portfolio page in 2 years, you will be automatically removed from the database. You will receive a warning email a month before this happens. .

If you are having trouble or have questions about the Artists File, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions page first. (http://www.artistsspace.org/faq.html)
If you still have a question you may email the Artists File Coordinator at artfile@artistsspace.org or call the Artists File between 10am - 6pm on Fridays and Saturdays at 212-226-3970 ext. 308.
Thank you for your participation, and we’ll see you online!

The Women's Caucus for Art, Philadelphia Chapter
http://phila-wca.blogspot.com
http://www.girlsgottarun.org (Girls Gotta Run Foundation)
http://www.marycrowley.com/rubia/ (Collaborative Project with Rubia)
http://www.inliquid.com/wca/framset.html
A Partner of Inliquid

Young Women's Caucus at WCA National Conference, February 2011

Past President Bonnie MacAllister was recently named Performance Chair for the WCA Conference NY 2011 (February 2011.) The Young Women's Caucus are now currently curating the performance for the WCA National Conference which will be February 2011. If you are interested in participating in the public or gallery performance or would like to help with themes or production, please send an email to Bonnie at macallister.bonnie[at]gmail.com or leave a note on this discussion board:
Young Women's Caucus Discussion Board

Ni Una Mas Artmarch, Drexel University, May 15, 2010

WCA Philadelphia Members Alison Altergott (Co-President), Virginia Maksymowicz (Treasurer), and Bonnie MacAllister (Past President, Young Women's Caucus Officer) represented the Women's Caucus for Art at Ni Una Mas...

http://www.drexel.edu/juarez/

"UPDATE: IN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF 2010, 34 WOMEN HAVE BEEN REPORTED MISSING, ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR THE NORTHERN ZONE IN JUAREZ.

Major Art Exhibition, ARTMARCH, Film Screenings, Concerts and Lectures Will Bring Attention to the murders of over 700 Women in Juarez, Mexico
Ni Una Mas is a powerful Drexel University-wide collaboration of academic, student and institutional departments intended to raise awareness about gender violence and, in particular, crimes against women in the Mexican bordertown of Juarez. The cornerstone of Ni Una Mas is an art exhibition featuring over 70 works of art by twenty international artists, including Yoko Ono, Kiki Smith, Nancy Spero, Irish activist painter Brian Maguire and local artists Arlene Love and Jen Blazina. Work of noted forensic artist and Philadelphia native Frank Bender will also be included in the exhibition. Ni Una Mas will demonstrate to students and the Philadelphia region that art can be a force for social change."











Norwegian Performance Artist kicks off NI Una Mas
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Member News: Virginia Maksymowicz

Wilmington Fringe Festival Call for artists!

Calling all Artists! Have you heard the big news?
Fringe Wilmington-Delaware's deliciously different arts festival-is coming back this fall!
After an amazing inaugural year, the Fringe Wilmington Festival returns in 2010 with another five days of creative mayhem September 29 through October 3. Once again, we are seeking adventurous artists interested in pushing the boundaries of performance, visual art, and film!
Applications are available on the festival website: www.fringewilmingtonde.com
(deadline: June 1, 2010).
While you're visiting our website, take a moment to check out our awesome online gallery to see photos and video of what we cooked-up at last year's history-making festival: http://fringewilmingtonde.com/festivalInfo_mediaGallery.php.
Why participate in the Fringe Wilmington Festival? Wilmington is "in the middle of it all" both figuratively and literally. Thanks to our convenient, central location, we draw artists and audiences from throughout the mid-Atlantic corridor, including New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. Don't miss your chance to be a part of Wilmington's latest (and most irreverent) festival-Fringe Wilmington 2010!

Call for writers!

WHAT TO US (press) now accepting submissions for all types of work (poetry, fiction or any hybrid in between).
Deadline for submissionsis June 1, 2010.
Work should be 10 pages or less.
For this book, it is important that work be:
1. by a woman writer
2. by a writer without a significant number of chapbook publications or without a book publication.

Please send a small card with submission telling US something aboutyou. Submissions should be sent in hard copy to: Hailey Higdon @2205 E Boston St, Philadelphia, PA 19125
for further info, see: www.whattous.blogspot.com or the original call for work below

WHAT TO US (press) is looking for a new species relationship, ie MUTUALISM.Like a cow and celluose-digesting microbes. (Just like that, actually.)
MEANING: WHAT TO US is seeking a new book to make.In this instance, here are the pieces that would make it a whole:
WHAT TO US is looking for work...by a WOMAN;
by a writer without a significant number of chapbook publications or without a larger book publication;
and looking for a smaller work, 10 pages or less.
The work can be POETRY, FICTION, or any happy IN BETWEEN you think is worth me working hours to make into a tiny book.
Work can be sent in hard copy to Hailey Higdon @ 2205 E Boston Street,Philadelphia, PA 19125. Also, I like little cards. Can you send me a little card telling me something about you? It can be anything you want really, just something.
Deadline for submissions is June 1, 2010. Tell your friends, tell yourfamily, tell the celluose-digesting microbes that the cow is eating grass now!