WCA 2010 CONFERENCE INFO

Join WCA in Chicago for our Out of the Box CONFAB 'From the Center'
Thursday, February 10 – Monday, February 15, 2010

Registration for WCA’s Chicago Confab ends on Sunday, Feb 7. 
Don’t miss out register NOW!

Buy Tickets through---Must be received by Feb.8 >>

The WCA CONFAB in Chicago is an ‘out of the box’, energizing experience. From the thought provoking panels to the welcome reception featuring the premiere viewing of cutting edge selections from our national Video Arts competition, to the ‘Centering’ workshop and the bus tours that will focus on the emerging and highly touted art scenes including Woman Made Gallery, the Beverly Arts Center of Chicago, the National Museum of Mexican Art and Hyde Park Center, WCA’s CONFAB will wow you with an array of great art experiences.

This year, the Lifetime Achievement Awards events move out of the usual hotel ballroom to the beautiful landmark Chicago Cultural Center. The Cultural Center is considered to be ‘one of the most comprehensive art showcases in the United States.’ Stop in early to visit one of their eight gallery exhibitions. Plan to attend the Life Time Achievement Awards, as well as, the Chicago chapter ‘Awards of Excellence in the Arts.”

Missed purchasing a ticket? There is a limited number left to purchase.
Visit the WCA book table at CAA to check on availability!

Experience the thriving Chicago Art Scene and to find your ‘Center’ with WCA!!

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SCHEDULE

Hotel Allegro, 171 West Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60601
Hyatt Regency Hotel, 151 East Wacker Drive

Wednesday, Feb 10 – Hotel Allegro/Hyatt Regency Hotel

Noon -4:00PM -‘Women’s Work is Never Done’ – Hotel; Allegro lobby
We need you to help us prep for the Confab. Volunteers are needed to help set up the book fair table at CAA and to help put together WCA registration packets at the Hotel Allegro.

5:00-6:00PM – For WCA Hotel Allegro Guests, FREE wine reception, hot cider and appetizers in the hotel lobby.

6:30PM - Meet-up in the lobby of the Hotel Allegro for a night on the town – dinner and drinks (taxi transportation)

 
Thursday, Feb 11 - Hyatt Regency Hotel, 151 East Wacker Drive

9:00AM – 4:00PM CAA panels or visit some of the wonderful art on display in the ‘windy’ city. See your registration packet for the Chicago Gallery guide.

1:00-5:00PM Book-signing with Artist Carol Bjerke and her new book ‘Hidden Agendas.’ (Carol’s exhibition will be featured on the WCA Sunday bus tour.) WCA book table at the CAA book fairs (must be CAA member or purchase book fair pass)

5:00-6:00PM – For WCA Hotel Allegro Guests, FREE wine reception, hot cider and appetizers in the hotel lobby

5:30-7:00PM WCA 1 1/2 hour panel -”Investigating the Need for Women's Art Galleries, Exhibitions and Organizations: From Our Center.” Regency B, Gold Level, West Tower, Hyatt Regency (FREE and open to the public)

8:00-10:30PM- WCA-sponsored CAA panel “The Power of the Image: Studio Artist and Civil Society.” Grand CD South, Gold Level, East Tower, Hyatt Regency (must be CAA conference attendee)

Friday, Feb 12

NOT TO BE MISSED! 12:30-2:00PM - WCA Welcome Reception and Screening of the winners of the International Video Shorts competition. Regency A Room, Gold Level, West Tower, Hyatt Regency (FREE and open to the public).
Welcome address: Marilyn Hayes, WCA president and Keynote address: Verena Mund, film author, curator, professor, organizer and co-juror for the 2010 Video Competition. Mund's credits include: Co-Director of Feminale, International Women's Film Festival, Cologne; selection committee, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, and co- editor Working Girls. Zur Ökonomie von Liebe und Arbeit.
2:00-5:30PM Free time. CAA panels or visit Chicago art venues. See your registration package.
2:30-5:30PM ‘Visiting Dadaland with Helene Smith-Romer’. Chicago based artist Romer brings her Dada museum to the Hotel Allegro. Check message board for room number
JUST ADDED! 400-5:30PM Young Women’s Caucus meeting, Hotel Allegro Lobby. All are welcome!!
5:00-6:00PM – For WCA Hotel Allegro Guests, FREE wine reception, hot cider and appetizers in the hotel lobby
(Dinner on your own before or after the bus tour)
SOLD OUT! 5:45-9:00PM – WCA BUS TOUR Board bus at Hotel Allegro at 5:30PM.
Bus departs promptly at 5:45PM (You must have purchased a ticket to board the bus) Missed the bus? You can still attend the receptions.

Receptions/Openings National WCA exhibition “From the Center,” at Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, 60642 and Chicago WCA Chapter regional exhibition, 'Off Center’ at ARC Gallery, 832 W. Superior St. #204 Chicago, IL 60622

9:00PM -12AM ‘Visiting Dadaland’ with Helene Smith-Romer - Chicago based artist Romer brings her Dada museum to the Hotel Allegro. Check message board for room number

 

Saturday, Feb 13

7:30-9:00AM - CHAPTERS’ COUNCIL MEETING, Grand CD North, Gold Level, East Tower, Hyatt Regency

9:00-5:00PM - Feminist Art Project Special Sessions (Free and open to the public) See session details in your registration packet.

9:00–10:30AM - When No Means More Than No

10:45AM–noon - Feminist Artists and Feminist Curators: A Conversation about Collaboration

12:30–1:45PM - Wandering Uteri, De/ReConstructed Vulvas, and Architectures of Hospitality

2:00–3:30PM - Feminist Painting

3:45–5:00PM - Push and/or Pull: Trans and Gender-Variant Artists Discuss the Role of Feminism in Their Work

The following events will be held at the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 East Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (Walking distance or 5 minute cab ride from the Hotel Allegro)

4:00-6:00PM - Chicago WCA Chapter’s 2010 Awards for ‘Excellence in the Arts and Reception.’ Awardees are Janina Ciezadlo, Pearl Hirshfield, Joyce Owens, Judith Roth, and June Spiezer.

4:15-7:00 PM – WCA Silent Auction – Bid on a variety of items from signed artwork to elegant cultured pearls to signed copies of Lifetime Achievement Awardee Mary Jane Jacob’s new book, ‘Learning Mind: Experience into Art,’ published Jan. 18, 2010. Proceeds to support the Life Time Achievement Awards. WCA Raffle tickets will also be on sale!

6:30-7:30PM – (PRE-PURCHASE REQUIRED) WCA'S 2010 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS DINNER

7:40-9:30PM - WCA’S NATIONAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS CEREMONY (FREE and open to the public)

2010 Lifetime Achievement Awardees: Tritobia Hayes Benjamin, Mary Jane Jacob, Senga Nengudi, Joyce J. Scott, and Spiderwomen Theater. President’s Awardees: Juana Guzman and Karen Reimer. For detailed information on this year’s honorees check your registration packet.

Sunday, Feb 14

WCA ‘FROM THE CENTER’ ACTIVITIES AND BUS TOUR
Bus boards at Hotel Allegro at 7:45 AM. Departs promptly at 8:00AM
(You must have purchased a ticket to board the bus)

8:30AM -Arrive at the International Museum of Surgical Science 1524 N. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago IL, 60610

8:30AM – Yueh-mei Cheng: Centering Qigong Meditation

8:45-9:45AM - Breakfast, Chapters’ Council Meeting/Elections

9:45-10:30AM - Tour exhibition by Carol Bjerke, Hidden Agendas

11:00-1200PM - National Museum of Mexican Ar , 1852 West 19th Street, Chicago 60608. Special tour with Juana Guzman, NMMA VP and 2010 WCA President’s Award recipient.

12:45PM - Arrive Beverly Arts Center of Chicago, 2407 W. 111th St. Chicago, IL 60655

12:45-1:15PM - Box lunch (please note that box lunches will only be available for those who purchased a bus tour ticket)

1:15-2:00PM - Young Women’s Caucus panel

2:00-3:00PM - JWAN exhibition and dessert reception ‘Drawing the Line’

3:30-4:30PM - Tour Exhibitions at Hyde Park Art Center , 5020 S. Cornell Ave, Chicago 60615

4:30-5:00PM en route back to hotels

5:00-6:00PM – For WCA Hotel Allegro Guests, FREE wine reception, hot cider and appetizers in the hotel lobby

 

Monday, Feb 15

7:15-8:15AM-- NY 2011 committee meeting Hotel Allegro Lobby

9:00AM-3:00PM---WCA National Board Meeting, Columbia College, 600 S. Michigan Avenue. There is a $20 fee to be paid at the meeting for everyone attending to cover breakfast, snacks, beverages and lunch. (Check WCA message board for room number)

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For 2010 Lifetime Achievement Awards info click here

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