Member News: Philadelphia Open Studio Tours

The PHILADELPHIA OPEN STUDIO TOURS is the largest tour of artist studios and creative workspaces in the region, and one of the premier open studio tour events in the country. The 2011 Tours will take place Saturday and Sunday OCTOBER 1-2 for venues WEST of Broad Street and OCTOBER 15-16 for venues EAST of Broad Street. All Tours are free and run from 12 noon - 6pm.  
http://www.philaopenstudios.com


 Member shows Saturday and Sunday, OCTOBER 1-2 for venues WEST of Broad Street:


Bonnie MacAllister and Virginia Maksymowicz as part of
Women of Lancaster Avenue
as part of the Look! on Lancaster Avenue Initiative
Fattah Homes Gallery
4017 Lancaster Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104 (West Philadelphia)
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Virginia Maksymowicz as part of 
Queries
as part of the Look! on Lancaster Avenue Initiative
Art on the Avenue Gallery
3808 Lancaster Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104 (West Philadelphia)
12-6
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Member shows Saturday and Sunday OCTOBER 15-16 for venues EAST of Broad Street:


Ellen Bonett as part of 
The Midwives Collective
1241 Carpenter Street
Second Floor, Suite 2
Philadelphia, PA 19147 (South Philadelphia)
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Rachel Citrino
Globe Dye Works
102B
4500 Worth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19124 (Port Richmond)
12-6
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Barbara Gesshel
314 Catharine Street

# 102

Philadelphia, PA 19147 (Queen Village & Bella Vista)

12-6

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Call for Art: National WCA Calls for Art (deadline November 18)

National WCA Calls for Art

EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES Below are 3 opportunities sponsored by national WCA and the internal caucuses to have your work exhibited/showcased on a national level. We hope you will take advantage of these opportunities. Please note the contact information for each listing is different. Entry portals for all exhibitions shown here are available online at www.nationalwca.org unless otherwise noted

2012 WCA Featured Artist   Entry Deadline: November 18, 2011 Details: Twelve WCA members will be selected to be featured on the front page of the WCA website www.nationalwca.org. The “Featured Artist” section of the website includes the artist’s name, 5-7 rotating images and a link to the artists’ website, Eligibility: All current 2011 paid members of WCA may submit but you must be a member in good standing in 2012 to be featured. Entry fee: FREE Juror: WCA President, Janice Nesser-Chu Application process: To facilitate a blind review, please email one jpeg to nationalwca@gmail.com using “Featured Member Competition” as the subject line and naming your JPEG with your member id number (for example: 0123456.jpg). You must use this email address to be considered. Upon preliminary selection, members will be asked to submit five images for final selection. Image size: 72dpi, not exceeding 500 pixels in any direction. Notification: December 16, 2011   2012 National Women's Caucus for Art  Momentum - Contemporary Women’s Art Entry Deadline:  Friday, November 18, uploaded to online entry system by 11:59 PM PST About the Exhibition: Commemorating 40 years of the Women’s Caucus for Art, Momentum presents the art and ideas of intergenerational contemporary women artists. “Momentum” is part of WCA's Momentum: 40 Years of WCA Conference, February 23-27, 2012 in Los Angeles. Eligibility: Open to all women artists Entry Fee: $35 for WCA. $45 for nonmembers Juror: Rita Gonzalez, Associate Curator in the Department of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (LACMA) Exhibition Venue: Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825 825 N. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Dates: February 17 to March 2, 2012 Reception with the artists:Friday, February 24, 2012, 6 - 9:00 p.m Submissions: Online link at: www.nationalwca.org   2012 WCA Jewish Women Artist Network (JWAN)  Song of the Land Entry Deadline: Friday, November 18, uploaded to online entry system by 11:59 PM PST About the Exhibition: We learn from Genesis, 43:11, the historical awareness and significance of the land, its produce and its sanctity. Aware and concerned about our environment physically and spiritually, how do we, as artists, focus attention to the challenge of preserving, sustaining and protecting our planet? How do we help ensure the future of Earth's blessings?  Eligibility: Open to all women artists. Accepted artists must be a paid-up 2012 WCA member in order to exhibit. Entry Fee: $30 Juror: Ruth Weisberg, Artist, Professor of Fine Arts and former Dean at the University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Arts and past CAA President Exhibition Venue: Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, Jack H. Skirball Campus 3077 University Avenue, Los Angeles Show Dates: January  20  - May 31, 2012 Reception with the artists: Thurs, February 23, 2012, 5- 7:00 p.m.    Submissions: Online submission at: www.nationalwca.org

Opportunity: Second Annual Feminist Art History Conference

Second Annual Feminist Art History Conference

Free and open to the public at American University in Washington, DC.

For details of sessions and speakers please see:
2011 Feminist Art History Conference Program

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
"The Future of Feminist Art History.
Where Have We Come From, Where Are We Going?"
Mary D. Sheriff, W. R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Art History
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

HIGHLIGHTS

FRIDAY: PRELIMINARY EVENTS

• Friday afternoon program at the National Portrait Gallery in connection with the exhibition  Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories (lunch, tour of exhibition with curators, and speakers/panel), 12:00-6:00 p.m.
• Friday evening: Opening Conference Reception at American University, Katzen Center, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
• Friday evening: AU Chamber Singers: Gender Settings, music focused on women composers and writers, 8:00 p.m

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: FEMINIST ART HISTORY CONFERENCE
Conference registration on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning

• Saturday and Sunday conference events will be held at American University
• 51 papers will be presented in 9 sessions on Saturday and 3 sessions on Sunday morning
• Conference networking Luncheon on Saturday ($10 fee)
• Saturday Evening: Reception followed by the Keynote Address

WHEN/WHERE
November 4-6, 2011
Katzen Arts Center
American University
Washington, DC

Exhibition: half the sky: women in the new art of china

half the sky: women in the new art of china

Drexel University Curates Major Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Women Artists
featuring 60 works of art by 22 Chinese Women Artists

An historic exhibition of contemporary Chinese women artists will be presented at Drexel University from September 23 to November 12, 2011. Co-curated by the National Art Museum of China and the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery of Drexel University, this survey-scale exhibition will be the first of its kind in the United States. More than 60 artworks by 22 woman artists, including painting, photography, sculpture, video and installation, will be on display.

In July, 2008, Holland Carter of the NY Times referred to Chinese women artists as the "quietly emerging sector" of the Chinese contemporary art world. But the phenomenal rush of so many Chinese artists to international success has bypassed the majority of deserving women artists. Half the Sky attempts to redress this situation by representing a cross section of gifted women artists currently working both inside China and in the Chinese diaspora.

It has been decades since Mao Zedong set communist ideology by proclaiming that women "hold up half the sky." In the West, the Women’s Movement of the 1970s and 80s has elevated the esteem in which women artists are held to a point of approximate parity with men. And yet Chinese women artists, while certainly not ignored on the world stage, are nevertheless overlooked to a significant degree.

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Event Details

• The New Leonard Pearlstein Gallery (3401 Filbert St)
• Friday, September 23 through Saturday, November 12th
• Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Contact: 215-895-2548 or e: gallery@drexel.edu
• Location: 3401 Filbert ST, Philadlephia, PA 19104

Xiao Lu

Qing Qing

Featured Member Artist: Rosalind Bloom

We are pleased to announce that Rosalind Bloom is the Featured Member Artist for September.

Rosalind Bloom, Tumble, mixed media on paper, 14 inches x 11 inches, email

Rosalind Bloom attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and has an MA in Art History from Columbia University. She has been a teacher, writer, and resident at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Ucross Foundation. Her mixed media paintings are in many public and private collections.

Rosalind Bloom, Wasteland, mixed media, 32 inches x 40 inches, email

Assemblage: Into the Third Decade 

Stedman Gallery

Rutgers University Camden campus. 

Show runs Sept. 6 - Oct. 29. 

Gallery hours Mon.-Sat. 10-4. 

Call for reception date and time, and special Sunday hours. 856.225.6245

Re-New Work

June 2012

Da Vinci Art Alliance

704 Catharine Street

Philadelphia, PA  19147

Phone:  215-829-0466

http://rosalindbloom.net

http://web.me.com/assemblage

Click here for a direct link to her featured work.

Member News: Alison Altergott

Congratulations to our WCA Philadelphia Chapter President, Alison Altergott who just closed Full Circle/Half Moon at Twenty-Two Gallery, 236 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.  Alison was also the Featured Member Artist on this blog in August.

 "Most of my artistic endeavors are inspired by the landscapes around me, either industrial or natural. I have become more interested in stories, and what the adults in the world leave for the children – emotionally, psychologically, and physically. Some of the motifs in my work are trees, houses, and birds, symbols of intent and also omens of destruction. As a human race, we are always balancing our desires with the inevitable damage we leave in our wake: making a safe home for our family while wreaking havoc on the environment, trying to break free and still feeling trapped. In my printmaking, I often come back to my own story, and what I want to leave behind – and I am still an optimist." 

Member News: Donna Lo Grasso

Congratulations to our member, Donna Lo Grasso whose solo show "Recent Work" at Rocket Cat's Craft Hustle at 2005 Frankford Avenue opened this Friday.  

For more of Donna's work: www.donnalograsso.com

Member News: Katie Haegele

Time Magazine reporter Meredith Melnick interviewed our own Katie Haegele for her story on the resurgence of the popularity of zines. You can read the piece here.  


Katie has a terrific website: thelalatheory.tumblr.com and sells her zines here.

Member News: Veronica Gledhill

Member Veronica Gledhill participated in the Peace Quilt project for International Peace Day

which will be held at Albright College in Reading, PA on SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 at 7 p.m.  The night is dedicated to HOPE and PEACEMAKING in Albright College’s  Merner-Pfeiffer-Klein Chapel (located along North 13^thStreet).  

Everyone is invited to participate in a moment of silence and meditation, spiritual readings, poetry, prayers, music, and interfaith peace-building  in observance of the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE.

In conjunction with the service, and in commemoration of the Day of Peace, “The Fabric of Peace” will be on display in the lobby of the chapel. “The Fabric of Peace” is a quilt made by women artists from around the world and sponsored by the Regional Center for Women in the Arts. “The Fabric of Peace” is a positive statement by women who share an interest in keeping peace in the world. “The Fabric of Peace” will remain on view in the Merner-Pfeiffer-Klein Chapel at Albright College from September 15 to October 6, 2011.

For more information contact: Nancy Sarangoulis at 610-779-0708 or nsarangoulis@alb.edu

Exhibition: Call for Art for Sandy Spring Museum (deadline 9/30)

UPCOMING EXHIBITION--SANDY SPRING MUSEUM 


CALL is now CLOSED.  CURRENT at JURY.

We have been asked to collaborate with the WCA/DC for 2012 in a prestigious museum show.  They are inviting us to submit artwork as well as to create performances.  Before we establish what performances will be for this show, we must submit work to the curator in DC.  All work submitted will also be displayed on the WCA/DC's Zhibit Online Art Gallery: http://www.zhibit.org/wca-dc

Participants sent jpgs to wcadcfeaturedartist@gmail.com with the subject line "Philadelphia."  All jpgs answer the theme of the proposal below.  You will be asked to make your 2012 dues current before 12/31.

Submission by Cynthia Back Assault #1

CONTACT:  phila_wca@yahoo.com

Exhibit opens September 10, 2012
Reception Sunday, September 16, 2012 2-4pm.

Proposal – Art Exhibit –Sandy Spring Museum Art Gallery

RE/Using Our RE/Sources

The Women’s Caucus for Art-Washington DC exhibit proposal  is inspired by the ideals of living in greater harmony with our natural environment.  Our idea is to create and exhibit engaging work about our natural resources and our concerns for environmental balance.  We also value the ideals of community and maintaining the special qualities of place.  We believe that visual art is direct and immediate in conveying the message of environmental urgency. We would like to exhibit artwork that celebrates natural themes or that uses natural materials with a transformative vision. The Washington DC Chapter wishes to organize this exhibit in partnership with the Philadelphia WCA Chapter, also an affiliate of the National Women’s Caucus.   Among the Philadelphia Chapter’s members are performance artists and artists experienced in community art projects.  We would invite these members to develop art and collaborative programming.  One of the major goals of WCA is activism and participating in community programs.

Visual art is important in developing our understanding of ourselves and the natural environment  we have inherited.  It teaches us to look deeper, take introspection and to learn value.  One avenue of communication within our project may be to engage students from local schools to create visual art using recycled and/or natural materials and have the possibility of exhibiting this work.

Additionally the exhibiting artists may wish to provide written material in the form of a book or catalog in order to explain the relationship of their work to environmental themes.

Thank you to our juror Barbara Wolanin, Ph.D.  Dr. Barbara Wolanin has been the Curator for the Architect of the Capitol since 1985. She is responsible for the care of the works of art and historical records under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol. Her duties include overseeing the art conservation program, research, and exhibitions. Among the conservation projects she has managed have been the bronze Statue of Freedom atop the Capitol dome, the murals in the 1897 Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, and numerous murals by Constantino Brumidi, including The Apotheosis of Washington, the frieze under the dome, and the Brumidi Corridors. The book she prepared on Brumidi, published in 1998 for the U.S. Congress, highlights the conservation of his murals. She works closely with the United States Capitol Historical Society in managing the fellowship program and in planning symposia.

She earned a Ph.D. in art history from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and also has master's degrees from Harvard University and Oberlin College. She is an expert on the American modernist painter Arthur B. Carles, the subject of the doctoral dissertation and two exhibition catalogues. She previously taught art history at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Trinity College in Washington, D.C.