Second Saturday Sessions in 2023

We are excited to announce that we will be continuing our free Second Saturday Session programming for WCA members in 2023. Please mark your calendars!

Exclusive WCA member links will arrive in your inbox the week of each program. No registration is required unless otherwise indicated. All of the programs are free for WCA members and are a $200 value for your membership. All programs will be recorded and accessible to WCA members via the WCA membership portal.

Do you have friends who might be interested in our programs? Invite them to join us. Non-members may sign up for most programs for a $20 registration fee. Registration will open later in December via the Program page on our website. All registration fees will go towards paying for future WCA programming.

Misogyny and Modern Art: The Impacts of Sexist Oppression, Then and Now

with ALLISON LEIGH

This lecture will explore the role that misogyny and sexism played in the development of modern art since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Many who write on misogyny describe it as the oldest and most pervasive form of prejudice on the planet, but what really happens when so much of what is considered great art shows women being violated or demeaned? Dr. Leigh argues that answering this question means taking a hard look at some of the greatest masterpieces of the last two hundred years and thinking deeply about how they earned that status in the first place. A question-and-answer period will follow Dr. Leigh’s talk.

BIO:

Allison Leigh is an art historian and professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her upcoming book, from which this lecture is derived, is currently titled BURN THE LAST ONE: Misogyny and Modern Art from Delacroix to Picasso. It will be published by Abrams Press in 2024. To learn more about Dr. Leigh, please visit http://www.allison-leigh.com

FREE FOR WCA MEMBERS! An exclusive link will be sent to you via email. 

Writing Artist Statements

with Shantay Robinson

This interactive workshop will allow artists to revise their artist statements. Participants will read professional artists’ statements to assess their efficacy and work together in groups to state individual purposes and goals They will then engage in activities to develop their artist statements. Some of the activities planned for the workshop will be discussion to better understand the purpose of artist statements, deconstruction of artists statements to assess their usefulness, and a virtual gallery walk of mind maps where participants will look at their peers’ work to pose questions and offer suggestions.

BIO:

Shantay Robinson is a Writing and Rhetoric PhD candidate at George Mason University. In addition to teaching English Composition at GMU, she taught Writing for Artists in the College of Art and Design. She participated in the inaugural class of Burnaway Magazine’s Art Writers Mentorship Program, Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies Digital Publishing Project Editorial Fellowship, and CUE Art Foundation’s Art Critic Mentoring program. She currently writes for Smithsonian Magazine, and she has written for Black Art in America, Washington City Paper, Burnaway, Arts ATL, ARTS. BLACK, AFROPUNK, and Number, Inc. She also published a scholarly journal article in Teaching Artist Journal. She is currently a Lecturer of First-Year Writing at Howard University.

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
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Writing Artist Bios

with Shantay Robinson

The participants will read professional bios to identify and discuss elements of writing that make a bio effective. As a large group we will discuss the strengths of professional bios. In an interactive activity, participants will discuss the general accolades and accomplishments they would like to include in their bio and seek feedback on these initial thoughts in rotating conversations. By the end of this workshop, participants will create a new bio and then conduct peer review.

BIO:

Shantay Robinson is a Writing and Rhetoric PhD candidate at George Mason University. In addition to teaching English Composition at GMU, she taught Writing for Artists in the College of Art and Design. She participated in the inaugural class of Burnaway Magazine’s Art Writers Mentorship Program, Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies Digital Publishing Project Editorial Fellowship, and CUE Art Foundation’s Art Critic Mentoring program. She currently writes for Smithsonian Magazine, and she has written for Black Art in America, Washington City Paper, Burnaway, Arts ATL, ARTS. BLACK, AFROPUNK, and Number, Inc. She also published a scholarly journal article in Teaching Artist Journal. She is currently a Lecturer of First-Year Writing at Howard University.

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
(WCA members need to log in to view – https://nwca.memberclicks.net)

CURATING OTHER-WORLDS

with Susuana Amoah aka The Black Gallerina

Susuana will be presenting an overview of her doctoral research which explores how cultural equity can be realised in public contemporary art galleries through decolonial approaches to curatorial practice. Through this project, Susuana created an educational online video series called “Colour with me”, where she discusses decolonial theories, curatorial practices and experiences of inequity in UK contemporary art galleries. This practice-led research project ultimately aims to develop an ethical framework and guidance for more equitable gallery spaces.

BIO: Susuana Amoah aka The Black Gallerina is a London-born, Brighton-based cultural activist, curator and interdisciplinary artist. She is currently a PhD researcher at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she is researching decolonial praxis in public contemporary art galleries. Susuana is passionate about socially-engaged art, fugitive feminism, decolonial praxis and exploring creative ways of highlighting narratives and social movements by marginalised groups. She is also the Community Officer at Arts Emergency and the facilitator of the Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN) South East Cultural Equity Forum.

Website: https://www.blackgallerina.com

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/theblackgallerina

Article:  #GallerySoWhite: a digital exhibition exposing racism in contemporary art space https://theconversation.com/gallerysowhite-a-digital-exhibition-exposing-racism-in-contemporary-art-spaces-153920

WCA Artist Talk: INQUESTIGATION

Saturday April 29, 1pm EST
12 Central / 11 Mountain / 10 Pacific

Join us for a Zoom Artists’ Talk featuring women at the intersections of art and science, part of the WCA National exhibition at Monmouth Museum. The participating artists, who sustain a creative practice engaging science at varying levels and offer diverse readings, will discuss their works after a short exhibition video is presented. 

WCA members will receive a link in their email the week of the program. 

Non-members may attend.
Please contact laura.morrison@nationalwca.org for a link.  

See images from the exhibition

Visit the Gallery

DIY EXHIBITIONS

with Karen Gutfreund, independent curator, artist, partner Gutfreund Cornett Art

So you want to create an exhibition but don’t know where to start?
Join in for a lively discussion to go through the steps A-Z on all things exhibitions including setting roles and expectations with the group, determining the show title and writing the prospectus, managing the entry process and working with a juror or curator, working with the exhibition space and artists for loan agreements, managing show logistics and installing the works, creating a press release, catalog, labels, postcards, and managing publicity, coordinating the art opening,  programming and documentation of the events and return shipment of the works and managing art sales. After having managed over 40+ national exhibitions, Gutfreund will share her best practices to help create a successful exhibition experience.

BIO: Karen M. Gutfreund
Karen M. Gutfreund is an independent curator and artist with a focus on feminist and social justice art. She has worked in the Painting & Sculpture Department for MoMA, Andre Emmerick Gallery, The Knoll Group, the John Berggruen Gallery and the Pacific Art League, and is an art consultant to both corporations and individuals. She served on the board of the Women’s Caucus for Art, the Pacific Art League and the Petaluma Arts Council. She was the National Exhibitions Director for the Women’s Caucus for Art for six years, is a member of ArtTable, the Northern California Representative for The Feminist Art Project, and Curator for UniteWomen.org. To date Gutfreund has created over forty national exhibitions—recent exhibitions include: Agency: Feminist Art and Power, Deadlocked and Loaded: Disarming America, Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump, and Embedded Message, Debating the Dream: Truth, Justice and the American Way. She co-curated F213, F*ck U! In the Most Loving Way, and Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze. Karen is partner in Gutfreund Cornett Art, with curator Sherri Cornett, a curatorial partnership that creates art as activism exhibitions, with the motto “changing the world through art” with national touring exhibitions. GCA exhibitions included: Beyond Borders: Stories of im/Migration, Social Justice: It Happens to One, Happens to All, Rise: Empower, Change and Action, Vision: An Artist’s Perspective, What’s Right, What’s Left: Democracy in America, Visural: Sight, Sound and Action. Lastly, Gutfreund is an artist and exhibits extensively around the country. She has a BFA in Photographic Design and a BA in Art History, and studies towards an MA from New York University. Gutfreund has lived in all four corners of the United States and currently lives in Sonoma County, CA. www.KarenGutfreund.com, www.GutfreundCornettArt.com and @karengutfreundart 

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
(WCA members need to log in to view – https://nwca.memberclicks.net)

Instagram for Artists

with Christina Massey, artist and creator/curator of the WoArtBlog

Note: Class size is limited to 40 WCA members and registration is required. The class is free for WCA members. You must be a member to attend.

This course is for those who have a moderate comfort level with Instagram and not first time users. If you feel the app is not doing much to help your art career grow, this course aims to both inspire as well as give real nuts and bolts tools to use, specifically as Artists. It is designed to show how to use Instagram to your advantage. We will cover how to network with other artists, galleries, curators, writers and more. We’ll also discuss the changes that have been happening on Instagram, and how to stay up to date. Learn how to navigate the video content features such as stories and reels, or improve on the ones you’ve been making.  

I will share my own personal experiences and success stories of how I easily began to build real relationships that have led to a multitude of opportunities from residencies, exhibitions, art sales and in real life friendships.

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
(WCA members need to log in to view – https://nwca.memberclicks.net)

Archiving Your Work

with Karen Atkinson, President and Founder of GYST (Getting Your Sh*t Together)

Archiving your work in order to have everything at your fingertips is important to creating a legacy and having your estate ready. Learn about ways to keep your legacy alive for the future and how archiving can support your current projects.

You can find GYST at www.gyst-ink.com. To view some of Karen’s projects visit karenatkinsonstudio.org

Venues for Artists

with Karen Atkinson, President and Founder of GYST (Getting Your Sh*t Together)

Karen will talk about the pros and cons of various venues for artists to show their work. A wide range of alternative venues will also be discussed. She will also discuss how to approach various venues and how to find the right venue.

Karen Atkinson is a media, installation, public artist, independent curator, and collaborator. Exhibiting and curating internationally, Atkinson’s work has been shown in South Africa, Australia, Europe, Mexico, Canada, throughout the USA, and in the Fifth Havana Biennial in Cuba and the 2011 Biennale de Paris. She has a Ted Talk on hybrid careers for artists.

In 1991, she was a co-founding director of Side Street Projects, a non-profit artist-run organization in Los Angeles, which continues to thrive now in Pasadena. Atkinson taught at California Institute of the Arts for 31 years, and recently retired to a place off the grid outside of Lone Pine, California where she works on her own projects and recently joined the Inyo Council for the Arts Board of Directors.

Karen created the GYST software for artists from scratch and in 2000 she founded GYST as an artist-run professional practices service company. In her spare time she serves on Boards and
Advisory Boards of local and national arts organizations, advises artists on their careers, and tries to get into as much art trouble as possible. You can find GYST at www.gyst-ink.com. To view some of Karen’s projects visit karenatkinsonstudio.org

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
(WCA members need to log in to view – https://nwca.memberclicks.net)

The Psychology of Inkblots

Tapping into the Imagination: Jessica Ann Nunno will demonstrate the use of inkblots to free the imagination and heighten creativity, and will lead workshop participants in inkblot creation.

Workshop Leader: Jessica Ann Nunno

WCA BOOKCLUB PRESENTS:

Florine Stettheimer: A Biography

Author Barbara Bloemink joined us on Sept 14, 2022 to talk about her comprehensive biography, Florine Stettheimer: A Biography, that establishes Florine Stettheimer as one of the most innovative artists of the early twentieth century.  

The Women’s Environmental Photography Collective was born out of a desire to create a more inclusive space in the historically androcentric fields of landscape and environmental photography. Working to decolonize the dominant hierarchy of Western thought, our work interrogates and reconfigures the relationships among personal, cultural, scientific, and natural histories. Our panel discussion will focus on the power of collaboration among the arts, humanities, and sciences, to inspire socially-engaged art.

Panel Chair: Margaret LeJeune
Panelists: Judy Natal, Martina Shenal, Marion Belanger, Dana Fritz,  Terri Warpinski

Additional Chat Text

All in the Same Boat – or Are We?

Anne Farley Gaines will present a PowerPoint lecture on an exhibition that she curated in 2020 titled “All in the Same Boat – or Are We? Artists Respond to 2020” at Stola Contemporary Art in Chicago She will stipulate the logistics of curating and organizing the show, as well as hosting two “live openings” and a “live closing” during a time when numerous area galleries were temporarily closed or holding only on-line exhibits. She acknowledges Gallery Director Kelly Mathews as being of tremendous assistance.

Panel Chairs: Anne Farley Gaines

The 4 images in the left box read as follows: Top L: Audrey Ushenko, “She Can Breathe if She Wants To,” oil on board. Top R: Kathy Weaver, “Antagonist,” mixed-media on paper. Bottom L: Sydney Lewis, “It’s Layered,” digital collage. Bottom R: Kim Laurel, “Mutiny from the Covid,” mixed-media sculpture.

Download the PDF

Feminism, Art and Global Action: Collaborations in the Global Context

Feminism, Art and Global Action: Collaborations in the Global Context Emphasizing the fact that feminist artists have been at the forefront of collaborative art, Susan Ossman and Lydia Nakashima-Degarrod will discuss collaborative transnational art, new art forms and artists as agents of change in the landscape of the global art market.

Panel Co-Chairs: Susan Ossman, Lydia Nakashima-Degarrod
Panelists: Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, Marguerite Elliot, Susan Ossman, Nirmal Raja
Respondent: Jane Chin Davidson

Labor of Love

The Alabama chapter members will present “Labor of Love”, a member exhibition and performance art installation, offering discussions of the hidden labor of women, our quality of life, and how to create the life you want even in an often hostile environment. The panel considers labor inequities at home and work, and calls for a redefinition of economics as a discipline dedicated to people’s well-being.

Panel Co-Chairs: Amanda Banks, Jessica Nunno
Panelists: Anna Sue Courtney, Sylvia Bowyer

See the PDF for more info

The Role of Art and Activism in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education

Amanda Banks chairs a multimedia session on the role of art and activism in STEM education. Panelists will present projects that brought art into traditionally STEM disciplines such as life-science, medicine and engineering. The advantages of a more holistic education will be considered and innovative projects such as art made via bacterial culture will be presented.

Panel Chair: Amanda Banks
Panelists: Jessica Nunno, Sarah Adkins-Jablonsky, Phoebe Burns

WCA Leadership Interview Project

WCA’s Art Writer’s Committee will be interviewing Ruth Weisberg, Barbara Wolanin and Yuriko Takata with ample time allowed for audience interaction. The WCA Leadership Interview Project, spearheaded by WCA’s Art Writer’s Committee, is an initiative to record and share interviews with WCA leaders in conjunction with celebrating WCA’s 50th anniversary.

Panel Co-Chairs: Chiara Atoyebi, Patti Jordan
Panelists: Ruth Weisberg, Barbara Wolanin and Yuriko Takata

How an Almost-Forgotten Federal Program Kickstarted the Feminist Art Movement

From 1974 to 1981, more than 10,000 artists, actors, writers, and musicians were employed under the federally funded Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), in addition to 10,000 administrative art positions (museum curators, program directors, docents and guards; theatre technicians, lighting and costume designers; arts administrators and office staff). CETA especially benefited women and artists of color.

This panel will discuss how this little-known government program and its support of women artists helped give rise to the feminist art movement.

WCA co-hosted this program in conjunction with the exhibition ART/WORK, City Lore and Cuchifritos Gallery. The program was originally scheduled for the WCA 2022 Conference.
Click here to read more about the exhibition

From the producers of the event:
We are grateful to Getty Research Institute (GRI), for permission to share the Public Service Announcements produced by the L.A. Women’s Video Center, from the Archival Collection of the Long Beach Museum of Art, which now resides in the GRI Archive.

WCA Business Meeting at CAA

Featuring a roundtable discussion on the occasion of WCA’s 50th anniversary with WCA President Laura Morrison, President Elect Donna Jackson, Judith Brodsky (WCA Past President 1976-1978), and Ofelia Garcia (WCA Past President 1984-1986).

Panel Chairs: Laura Morrison
Panelists: Donna Jackson, Judith Brodsky, and Ofelia Garcia

CURATING OTHER-WORLDS

with Susuana Amoah aka The Black Gallerina

Susuana will be presenting an overview of her doctoral research which explores how cultural equity can be realised in public contemporary art galleries through decolonial approaches to curatorial practice. Through this project, Susuana created an educational online video series called “Colour with me”, where she discusses decolonial theories, curatorial practices and experiences of inequity in UK contemporary art galleries. This practice-led research project ultimately aims to develop an ethical framework and guidance for more equitable gallery spaces.

BIO: Susuana Amoah aka The Black Gallerina is a London-born, Brighton-based cultural activist, curator and interdisciplinary artist. She is currently a PhD researcher at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she is researching decolonial praxis in public contemporary art galleries. Susuana is passionate about socially-engaged art, fugitive feminism, decolonial praxis and exploring creative ways of highlighting narratives and social movements by marginalised groups. She is also the Community Officer at Arts Emergency and the facilitator of the Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN) South East Cultural Equity Forum.

Website: https://www.blackgallerina.com

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/theblackgallerina

Article:  #GallerySoWhite: a digital exhibition exposing racism in contemporary art space https://theconversation.com/gallerysowhite-a-digital-exhibition-exposing-racism-in-contemporary-art-spaces-153920

WCA Artist Talk: INQUESTIGATION

Saturday April 29, 1pm EST
12 Central / 11 Mountain / 10 Pacific

Join us for a Zoom Artists’ Talk featuring women at the intersections of art and science, part of the WCA National exhibition at Monmouth Museum. The participating artists, who sustain a creative practice engaging science at varying levels and offer diverse readings, will discuss their works after a short exhibition video is presented. 

WCA members will receive a link in their email the week of the program. 

Non-members may attend.
Please contact laura.morrison@nationalwca.org for a link.  

See images from the exhibition

Visit the Gallery

DIY EXHIBITIONS

with Karen Gutfreund, independent curator, artist, partner Gutfreund Cornett Art

So you want to create an exhibition but don’t know where to start?
Join in for a lively discussion to go through the steps A-Z on all things exhibitions including setting roles and expectations with the group, determining the show title and writing the prospectus, managing the entry process and working with a juror or curator, working with the exhibition space and artists for loan agreements, managing show logistics and installing the works, creating a press release, catalog, labels, postcards, and managing publicity, coordinating the art opening,  programming and documentation of the events and return shipment of the works and managing art sales. After having managed over 40+ national exhibitions, Gutfreund will share her best practices to help create a successful exhibition experience.

BIO: Karen M. Gutfreund
Karen M. Gutfreund is an independent curator and artist with a focus on feminist and social justice art. She has worked in the Painting & Sculpture Department for MoMA, Andre Emmerick Gallery, The Knoll Group, the John Berggruen Gallery and the Pacific Art League, and is an art consultant to both corporations and individuals. She served on the board of the Women’s Caucus for Art, the Pacific Art League and the Petaluma Arts Council. She was the National Exhibitions Director for the Women’s Caucus for Art for six years, is a member of ArtTable, the Northern California Representative for The Feminist Art Project, and Curator for UniteWomen.org. To date Gutfreund has created over forty national exhibitions—recent exhibitions include: Agency: Feminist Art and Power, Deadlocked and Loaded: Disarming America, Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump, and Embedded Message, Debating the Dream: Truth, Justice and the American Way. She co-curated F213, F*ck U! In the Most Loving Way, and Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze. Karen is partner in Gutfreund Cornett Art, with curator Sherri Cornett, a curatorial partnership that creates art as activism exhibitions, with the motto “changing the world through art” with national touring exhibitions. GCA exhibitions included: Beyond Borders: Stories of im/Migration, Social Justice: It Happens to One, Happens to All, Rise: Empower, Change and Action, Vision: An Artist’s Perspective, What’s Right, What’s Left: Democracy in America, Visural: Sight, Sound and Action. Lastly, Gutfreund is an artist and exhibits extensively around the country. She has a BFA in Photographic Design and a BA in Art History, and studies towards an MA from New York University. Gutfreund has lived in all four corners of the United States and currently lives in Sonoma County, CA. www.KarenGutfreund.com, www.GutfreundCornettArt.com and @karengutfreundart 

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
(WCA members need to log in to view – https://nwca.memberclicks.net)

Instagram for Artists

with Christina Massey, artist and creator/curator of the WoArtBlog

Note: Class size is limited to 40 WCA members and registration is required. The class is free for WCA members. You must be a member to attend.

This course is for those who have a moderate comfort level with Instagram and not first time users. If you feel the app is not doing much to help your art career grow, this course aims to both inspire as well as give real nuts and bolts tools to use, specifically as Artists. It is designed to show how to use Instagram to your advantage. We will cover how to network with other artists, galleries, curators, writers and more. We’ll also discuss the changes that have been happening on Instagram, and how to stay up to date. Learn how to navigate the video content features such as stories and reels, or improve on the ones you’ve been making.  

I will share my own personal experiences and success stories of how I easily began to build real relationships that have led to a multitude of opportunities from residencies, exhibitions, art sales and in real life friendships.

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
(WCA members need to log in to view – https://nwca.memberclicks.net)

Archiving Your Work

with Karen Atkinson, President and Founder of GYST (Getting Your Sh*t Together)

Archiving your work in order to have everything at your fingertips is important to creating a legacy and having your estate ready. Learn about ways to keep your legacy alive for the future and how archiving can support your current projects.

You can find GYST at www.gyst-ink.com. To view some of Karen’s projects visit karenatkinsonstudio.org

Venues for Artists

with Karen Atkinson, President and Founder of GYST (Getting Your Sh*t Together)

Karen will talk about the pros and cons of various venues for artists to show their work. A wide range of alternative venues will also be discussed. She will also discuss how to approach various venues and how to find the right venue.

Karen Atkinson is a media, installation, public artist, independent curator, and collaborator. Exhibiting and curating internationally, Atkinson’s work has been shown in South Africa, Australia, Europe, Mexico, Canada, throughout the USA, and in the Fifth Havana Biennial in Cuba and the 2011 Biennale de Paris. She has a Ted Talk on hybrid careers for artists.

In 1991, she was a co-founding director of Side Street Projects, a non-profit artist-run organization in Los Angeles, which continues to thrive now in Pasadena. Atkinson taught at California Institute of the Arts for 31 years, and recently retired to a place off the grid outside of Lone Pine, California where she works on her own projects and recently joined the Inyo Council for the Arts Board of Directors.

Karen created the GYST software for artists from scratch and in 2000 she founded GYST as an artist-run professional practices service company. In her spare time she serves on Boards and
Advisory Boards of local and national arts organizations, advises artists on their careers, and tries to get into as much art trouble as possible. You can find GYST at www.gyst-ink.com. To view some of Karen’s projects visit karenatkinsonstudio.org

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
(WCA members need to log in to view – https://nwca.memberclicks.net)

The Psychology of Inkblots

Tapping into the Imagination: Jessica Ann Nunno will demonstrate the use of inkblots to free the imagination and heighten creativity, and will lead workshop participants in inkblot creation.

Workshop Leader: Jessica Ann Nunno

WCA BOOKCLUB PRESENTS:

Florine Stettheimer: A Biography

Author Barbara Bloemink joined us on Sept 14, 2022 to talk about her comprehensive biography, Florine Stettheimer: A Biography, that establishes Florine Stettheimer as one of the most innovative artists of the early twentieth century.  

The Women’s Environmental Photography Collective was born out of a desire to create a more inclusive space in the historically androcentric fields of landscape and environmental photography. Working to decolonize the dominant hierarchy of Western thought, our work interrogates and reconfigures the relationships among personal, cultural, scientific, and natural histories. Our panel discussion will focus on the power of collaboration among the arts, humanities, and sciences, to inspire socially-engaged art.

Panel Chair: Margaret LeJeune
Panelists: Judy Natal, Martina Shenal, Marion Belanger, Dana Fritz,  Terri Warpinski

Additional Chat Text

All in the Same Boat – or Are We?

Anne Farley Gaines will present a PowerPoint lecture on an exhibition that she curated in 2020 titled “All in the Same Boat – or Are We? Artists Respond to 2020” at Stola Contemporary Art in Chicago She will stipulate the logistics of curating and organizing the show, as well as hosting two “live openings” and a “live closing” during a time when numerous area galleries were temporarily closed or holding only on-line exhibits. She acknowledges Gallery Director Kelly Mathews as being of tremendous assistance.

Panel Chairs: Anne Farley Gaines

The 4 images in the left box read as follows: Top L: Audrey Ushenko, “She Can Breathe if She Wants To,” oil on board. Top R: Kathy Weaver, “Antagonist,” mixed-media on paper. Bottom L: Sydney Lewis, “It’s Layered,” digital collage. Bottom R: Kim Laurel, “Mutiny from the Covid,” mixed-media sculpture.

Download the PDF

Feminism, Art and Global Action: Collaborations in the Global Context

Feminism, Art and Global Action: Collaborations in the Global Context Emphasizing the fact that feminist artists have been at the forefront of collaborative art, Susan Ossman and Lydia Nakashima-Degarrod will discuss collaborative transnational art, new art forms and artists as agents of change in the landscape of the global art market.

Panel Co-Chairs: Susan Ossman, Lydia Nakashima-Degarrod
Panelists: Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, Marguerite Elliot, Susan Ossman, Nirmal Raja
Respondent: Jane Chin Davidson

Labor of Love

The Alabama chapter members will present “Labor of Love”, a member exhibition and performance art installation, offering discussions of the hidden labor of women, our quality of life, and how to create the life you want even in an often hostile environment. The panel considers labor inequities at home and work, and calls for a redefinition of economics as a discipline dedicated to people’s well-being.

Panel Co-Chairs: Amanda Banks, Jessica Nunno
Panelists: Anna Sue Courtney, Sylvia Bowyer

See the PDF for more info

The Role of Art and Activism in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education

Amanda Banks chairs a multimedia session on the role of art and activism in STEM education. Panelists will present projects that brought art into traditionally STEM disciplines such as life-science, medicine and engineering. The advantages of a more holistic education will be considered and innovative projects such as art made via bacterial culture will be presented.

Panel Chair: Amanda Banks
Panelists: Jessica Nunno, Sarah Adkins-Jablonsky, Phoebe Burns

WCA Leadership Interview Project

WCA’s Art Writer’s Committee will be interviewing Ruth Weisberg, Barbara Wolanin and Yuriko Takata with ample time allowed for audience interaction. The WCA Leadership Interview Project, spearheaded by WCA’s Art Writer’s Committee, is an initiative to record and share interviews with WCA leaders in conjunction with celebrating WCA’s 50th anniversary.

Panel Co-Chairs: Chiara Atoyebi, Patti Jordan
Panelists: Ruth Weisberg, Barbara Wolanin and Yuriko Takata

How an Almost-Forgotten Federal Program Kickstarted the Feminist Art Movement

From 1974 to 1981, more than 10,000 artists, actors, writers, and musicians were employed under the federally funded Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), in addition to 10,000 administrative art positions (museum curators, program directors, docents and guards; theatre technicians, lighting and costume designers; arts administrators and office staff). CETA especially benefited women and artists of color.

This panel will discuss how this little-known government program and its support of women artists helped give rise to the feminist art movement.

WCA co-hosted this program in conjunction with the exhibition ART/WORK, City Lore and Cuchifritos Gallery. The program was originally scheduled for the WCA 2022 Conference.
Click here to read more about the exhibition

From the producers of the event:
We are grateful to Getty Research Institute (GRI), for permission to share the Public Service Announcements produced by the L.A. Women’s Video Center, from the Archival Collection of the Long Beach Museum of Art, which now resides in the GRI Archive.

WCA Business Meeting at CAA

Featuring a roundtable discussion on the occasion of WCA’s 50th anniversary with WCA President Laura Morrison, President Elect Donna Jackson, Judith Brodsky (WCA Past President 1976-1978), and Ofelia Garcia (WCA Past President 1984-1986).

Panel Chairs: Laura Morrison
Panelists: Donna Jackson, Judith Brodsky, and Ofelia Garcia

CURATING OTHER-WORLDS

with Susuana Amoah aka The Black Gallerina

Susuana will be presenting an overview of her doctoral research which explores how cultural equity can be realised in public contemporary art galleries through decolonial approaches to curatorial practice. Through this project, Susuana created an educational online video series called “Colour with me”, where she discusses decolonial theories, curatorial practices and experiences of inequity in UK contemporary art galleries. This practice-led research project ultimately aims to develop an ethical framework and guidance for more equitable gallery spaces.

BIO: Susuana Amoah aka The Black Gallerina is a London-born, Brighton-based cultural activist, curator and interdisciplinary artist. She is currently a PhD researcher at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she is researching decolonial praxis in public contemporary art galleries. Susuana is passionate about socially-engaged art, fugitive feminism, decolonial praxis and exploring creative ways of highlighting narratives and social movements by marginalised groups. She is also the Community Officer at Arts Emergency and the facilitator of the Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN) South East Cultural Equity Forum.

Website: https://www.blackgallerina.com

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/theblackgallerina

Article:  #GallerySoWhite: a digital exhibition exposing racism in contemporary art space https://theconversation.com/gallerysowhite-a-digital-exhibition-exposing-racism-in-contemporary-art-spaces-153920

WCA Artist Talk: INQUESTIGATION

Saturday April 29, 1pm EST
12 Central / 11 Mountain / 10 Pacific

Join us for a Zoom Artists’ Talk featuring women at the intersections of art and science, part of the WCA National exhibition at Monmouth Museum. The participating artists, who sustain a creative practice engaging science at varying levels and offer diverse readings, will discuss their works after a short exhibition video is presented. 

WCA members will receive a link in their email the week of the program. 

Non-members may attend.
Please contact laura.morrison@nationalwca.org for a link.  

See images from the exhibition

Visit the Gallery

DIY EXHIBITIONS

with Karen Gutfreund, independent curator, artist, partner Gutfreund Cornett Art

So you want to create an exhibition but don’t know where to start?
Join in for a lively discussion to go through the steps A-Z on all things exhibitions including setting roles and expectations with the group, determining the show title and writing the prospectus, managing the entry process and working with a juror or curator, working with the exhibition space and artists for loan agreements, managing show logistics and installing the works, creating a press release, catalog, labels, postcards, and managing publicity, coordinating the art opening,  programming and documentation of the events and return shipment of the works and managing art sales. After having managed over 40+ national exhibitions, Gutfreund will share her best practices to help create a successful exhibition experience.

BIO: Karen M. Gutfreund
Karen M. Gutfreund is an independent curator and artist with a focus on feminist and social justice art. She has worked in the Painting & Sculpture Department for MoMA, Andre Emmerick Gallery, The Knoll Group, the John Berggruen Gallery and the Pacific Art League, and is an art consultant to both corporations and individuals. She served on the board of the Women’s Caucus for Art, the Pacific Art League and the Petaluma Arts Council. She was the National Exhibitions Director for the Women’s Caucus for Art for six years, is a member of ArtTable, the Northern California Representative for The Feminist Art Project, and Curator for UniteWomen.org. To date Gutfreund has created over forty national exhibitions—recent exhibitions include: Agency: Feminist Art and Power, Deadlocked and Loaded: Disarming America, Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump, and Embedded Message, Debating the Dream: Truth, Justice and the American Way. She co-curated F213, F*ck U! In the Most Loving Way, and Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze. Karen is partner in Gutfreund Cornett Art, with curator Sherri Cornett, a curatorial partnership that creates art as activism exhibitions, with the motto “changing the world through art” with national touring exhibitions. GCA exhibitions included: Beyond Borders: Stories of im/Migration, Social Justice: It Happens to One, Happens to All, Rise: Empower, Change and Action, Vision: An Artist’s Perspective, What’s Right, What’s Left: Democracy in America, Visural: Sight, Sound and Action. Lastly, Gutfreund is an artist and exhibits extensively around the country. She has a BFA in Photographic Design and a BA in Art History, and studies towards an MA from New York University. Gutfreund has lived in all four corners of the United States and currently lives in Sonoma County, CA. www.KarenGutfreund.com, www.GutfreundCornettArt.com and @karengutfreundart 

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
(WCA members need to log in to view – https://nwca.memberclicks.net)

Instagram for Artists

with Christina Massey, artist and creator/curator of the WoArtBlog

Note: Class size is limited to 40 WCA members and registration is required. The class is free for WCA members. You must be a member to attend.

This course is for those who have a moderate comfort level with Instagram and not first time users. If you feel the app is not doing much to help your art career grow, this course aims to both inspire as well as give real nuts and bolts tools to use, specifically as Artists. It is designed to show how to use Instagram to your advantage. We will cover how to network with other artists, galleries, curators, writers and more. We’ll also discuss the changes that have been happening on Instagram, and how to stay up to date. Learn how to navigate the video content features such as stories and reels, or improve on the ones you’ve been making.  

I will share my own personal experiences and success stories of how I easily began to build real relationships that have led to a multitude of opportunities from residencies, exhibitions, art sales and in real life friendships.

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
(WCA members need to log in to view – https://nwca.memberclicks.net)

Archiving Your Work

with Karen Atkinson, President and Founder of GYST (Getting Your Sh*t Together)

Archiving your work in order to have everything at your fingertips is important to creating a legacy and having your estate ready. Learn about ways to keep your legacy alive for the future and how archiving can support your current projects.

You can find GYST at www.gyst-ink.com. To view some of Karen’s projects visit karenatkinsonstudio.org

Venues for Artists

with Karen Atkinson, President and Founder of GYST (Getting Your Sh*t Together)

Karen will talk about the pros and cons of various venues for artists to show their work. A wide range of alternative venues will also be discussed. She will also discuss how to approach various venues and how to find the right venue.

Karen Atkinson is a media, installation, public artist, independent curator, and collaborator. Exhibiting and curating internationally, Atkinson’s work has been shown in South Africa, Australia, Europe, Mexico, Canada, throughout the USA, and in the Fifth Havana Biennial in Cuba and the 2011 Biennale de Paris. She has a Ted Talk on hybrid careers for artists.

In 1991, she was a co-founding director of Side Street Projects, a non-profit artist-run organization in Los Angeles, which continues to thrive now in Pasadena. Atkinson taught at California Institute of the Arts for 31 years, and recently retired to a place off the grid outside of Lone Pine, California where she works on her own projects and recently joined the Inyo Council for the Arts Board of Directors.

Karen created the GYST software for artists from scratch and in 2000 she founded GYST as an artist-run professional practices service company. In her spare time she serves on Boards and
Advisory Boards of local and national arts organizations, advises artists on their careers, and tries to get into as much art trouble as possible. You can find GYST at www.gyst-ink.com. To view some of Karen’s projects visit karenatkinsonstudio.org

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
(WCA members need to log in to view – https://nwca.memberclicks.net)

The Psychology of Inkblots

Tapping into the Imagination: Jessica Ann Nunno will demonstrate the use of inkblots to free the imagination and heighten creativity, and will lead workshop participants in inkblot creation.

Workshop Leader: Jessica Ann Nunno

WCA BOOKCLUB PRESENTS:

Florine Stettheimer: A Biography

Author Barbara Bloemink joined us on Sept 14, 2022 to talk about her comprehensive biography, Florine Stettheimer: A Biography, that establishes Florine Stettheimer as one of the most innovative artists of the early twentieth century.  

The Women’s Environmental Photography Collective was born out of a desire to create a more inclusive space in the historically androcentric fields of landscape and environmental photography. Working to decolonize the dominant hierarchy of Western thought, our work interrogates and reconfigures the relationships among personal, cultural, scientific, and natural histories. Our panel discussion will focus on the power of collaboration among the arts, humanities, and sciences, to inspire socially-engaged art.

Panel Chair: Margaret LeJeune
Panelists: Judy Natal, Martina Shenal, Marion Belanger, Dana Fritz,  Terri Warpinski

Additional Chat Text

All in the Same Boat – or Are We?

Anne Farley Gaines will present a PowerPoint lecture on an exhibition that she curated in 2020 titled “All in the Same Boat – or Are We? Artists Respond to 2020” at Stola Contemporary Art in Chicago She will stipulate the logistics of curating and organizing the show, as well as hosting two “live openings” and a “live closing” during a time when numerous area galleries were temporarily closed or holding only on-line exhibits. She acknowledges Gallery Director Kelly Mathews as being of tremendous assistance.

Panel Chairs: Anne Farley Gaines

The 4 images in the left box read as follows: Top L: Audrey Ushenko, “She Can Breathe if She Wants To,” oil on board. Top R: Kathy Weaver, “Antagonist,” mixed-media on paper. Bottom L: Sydney Lewis, “It’s Layered,” digital collage. Bottom R: Kim Laurel, “Mutiny from the Covid,” mixed-media sculpture.

Download the PDF

Feminism, Art and Global Action: Collaborations in the Global Context

Feminism, Art and Global Action: Collaborations in the Global Context Emphasizing the fact that feminist artists have been at the forefront of collaborative art, Susan Ossman and Lydia Nakashima-Degarrod will discuss collaborative transnational art, new art forms and artists as agents of change in the landscape of the global art market.

Panel Co-Chairs: Susan Ossman, Lydia Nakashima-Degarrod
Panelists: Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, Marguerite Elliot, Susan Ossman, Nirmal Raja
Respondent: Jane Chin Davidson

Labor of Love

The Alabama chapter members will present “Labor of Love”, a member exhibition and performance art installation, offering discussions of the hidden labor of women, our quality of life, and how to create the life you want even in an often hostile environment. The panel considers labor inequities at home and work, and calls for a redefinition of economics as a discipline dedicated to people’s well-being.

Panel Co-Chairs: Amanda Banks, Jessica Nunno
Panelists: Anna Sue Courtney, Sylvia Bowyer

See the PDF for more info

The Role of Art and Activism in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education

Amanda Banks chairs a multimedia session on the role of art and activism in STEM education. Panelists will present projects that brought art into traditionally STEM disciplines such as life-science, medicine and engineering. The advantages of a more holistic education will be considered and innovative projects such as art made via bacterial culture will be presented.

Panel Chair: Amanda Banks
Panelists: Jessica Nunno, Sarah Adkins-Jablonsky, Phoebe Burns

WCA Leadership Interview Project

WCA’s Art Writer’s Committee will be interviewing Ruth Weisberg, Barbara Wolanin and Yuriko Takata with ample time allowed for audience interaction. The WCA Leadership Interview Project, spearheaded by WCA’s Art Writer’s Committee, is an initiative to record and share interviews with WCA leaders in conjunction with celebrating WCA’s 50th anniversary.

Panel Co-Chairs: Chiara Atoyebi, Patti Jordan
Panelists: Ruth Weisberg, Barbara Wolanin and Yuriko Takata

How an Almost-Forgotten Federal Program Kickstarted the Feminist Art Movement

From 1974 to 1981, more than 10,000 artists, actors, writers, and musicians were employed under the federally funded Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), in addition to 10,000 administrative art positions (museum curators, program directors, docents and guards; theatre technicians, lighting and costume designers; arts administrators and office staff). CETA especially benefited women and artists of color.

This panel will discuss how this little-known government program and its support of women artists helped give rise to the feminist art movement.

WCA co-hosted this program in conjunction with the exhibition ART/WORK, City Lore and Cuchifritos Gallery. The program was originally scheduled for the WCA 2022 Conference.
Click here to read more about the exhibition

From the producers of the event:
We are grateful to Getty Research Institute (GRI), for permission to share the Public Service Announcements produced by the L.A. Women’s Video Center, from the Archival Collection of the Long Beach Museum of Art, which now resides in the GRI Archive.

WCA Business Meeting at CAA

Featuring a roundtable discussion on the occasion of WCA’s 50th anniversary with WCA President Laura Morrison, President Elect Donna Jackson, Judith Brodsky (WCA Past President 1976-1978), and Ofelia Garcia (WCA Past President 1984-1986).

Panel Chairs: Laura Morrison
Panelists: Donna Jackson, Judith Brodsky, and Ofelia Garcia

CURATING OTHER-WORLDS

with Susuana Amoah aka The Black Gallerina

Susuana will be presenting an overview of her doctoral research which explores how cultural equity can be realised in public contemporary art galleries through decolonial approaches to curatorial practice. Through this project, Susuana created an educational online video series called “Colour with me”, where she discusses decolonial theories, curatorial practices and experiences of inequity in UK contemporary art galleries. This practice-led research project ultimately aims to develop an ethical framework and guidance for more equitable gallery spaces.

BIO: Susuana Amoah aka The Black Gallerina is a London-born, Brighton-based cultural activist, curator and interdisciplinary artist. She is currently a PhD researcher at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she is researching decolonial praxis in public contemporary art galleries. Susuana is passionate about socially-engaged art, fugitive feminism, decolonial praxis and exploring creative ways of highlighting narratives and social movements by marginalised groups. She is also the Community Officer at Arts Emergency and the facilitator of the Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN) South East Cultural Equity Forum.

Website: https://www.blackgallerina.com

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/theblackgallerina

Article:  #GallerySoWhite: a digital exhibition exposing racism in contemporary art space https://theconversation.com/gallerysowhite-a-digital-exhibition-exposing-racism-in-contemporary-art-spaces-153920

WCA Artist Talk: INQUESTIGATION

Saturday April 29, 1pm EST
12 Central / 11 Mountain / 10 Pacific

Join us for a Zoom Artists’ Talk featuring women at the intersections of art and science, part of the WCA National exhibition at Monmouth Museum. The participating artists, who sustain a creative practice engaging science at varying levels and offer diverse readings, will discuss their works after a short exhibition video is presented. 

WCA members will receive a link in their email the week of the program. 

Non-members may attend.
Please contact laura.morrison@nationalwca.org for a link.  

See images from the exhibition

Visit the Gallery

DIY EXHIBITIONS

with Karen Gutfreund, independent curator, artist, partner Gutfreund Cornett Art

So you want to create an exhibition but don’t know where to start?
Join in for a lively discussion to go through the steps A-Z on all things exhibitions including setting roles and expectations with the group, determining the show title and writing the prospectus, managing the entry process and working with a juror or curator, working with the exhibition space and artists for loan agreements, managing show logistics and installing the works, creating a press release, catalog, labels, postcards, and managing publicity, coordinating the art opening,  programming and documentation of the events and return shipment of the works and managing art sales. After having managed over 40+ national exhibitions, Gutfreund will share her best practices to help create a successful exhibition experience.

BIO: Karen M. Gutfreund
Karen M. Gutfreund is an independent curator and artist with a focus on feminist and social justice art. She has worked in the Painting & Sculpture Department for MoMA, Andre Emmerick Gallery, The Knoll Group, the John Berggruen Gallery and the Pacific Art League, and is an art consultant to both corporations and individuals. She served on the board of the Women’s Caucus for Art, the Pacific Art League and the Petaluma Arts Council. She was the National Exhibitions Director for the Women’s Caucus for Art for six years, is a member of ArtTable, the Northern California Representative for The Feminist Art Project, and Curator for UniteWomen.org. To date Gutfreund has created over forty national exhibitions—recent exhibitions include: Agency: Feminist Art and Power, Deadlocked and Loaded: Disarming America, Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump, and Embedded Message, Debating the Dream: Truth, Justice and the American Way. She co-curated F213, F*ck U! In the Most Loving Way, and Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze. Karen is partner in Gutfreund Cornett Art, with curator Sherri Cornett, a curatorial partnership that creates art as activism exhibitions, with the motto “changing the world through art” with national touring exhibitions. GCA exhibitions included: Beyond Borders: Stories of im/Migration, Social Justice: It Happens to One, Happens to All, Rise: Empower, Change and Action, Vision: An Artist’s Perspective, What’s Right, What’s Left: Democracy in America, Visural: Sight, Sound and Action. Lastly, Gutfreund is an artist and exhibits extensively around the country. She has a BFA in Photographic Design and a BA in Art History, and studies towards an MA from New York University. Gutfreund has lived in all four corners of the United States and currently lives in Sonoma County, CA. www.KarenGutfreund.com, www.GutfreundCornettArt.com and @karengutfreundart 

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
(WCA members need to log in to view – https://nwca.memberclicks.net)

Instagram for Artists

with Christina Massey, artist and creator/curator of the WoArtBlog

Note: Class size is limited to 40 WCA members and registration is required. The class is free for WCA members. You must be a member to attend.

This course is for those who have a moderate comfort level with Instagram and not first time users. If you feel the app is not doing much to help your art career grow, this course aims to both inspire as well as give real nuts and bolts tools to use, specifically as Artists. It is designed to show how to use Instagram to your advantage. We will cover how to network with other artists, galleries, curators, writers and more. We’ll also discuss the changes that have been happening on Instagram, and how to stay up to date. Learn how to navigate the video content features such as stories and reels, or improve on the ones you’ve been making.  

I will share my own personal experiences and success stories of how I easily began to build real relationships that have led to a multitude of opportunities from residencies, exhibitions, art sales and in real life friendships.

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
(WCA members need to log in to view – https://nwca.memberclicks.net)

Archiving Your Work

with Karen Atkinson, President and Founder of GYST (Getting Your Sh*t Together)

Archiving your work in order to have everything at your fingertips is important to creating a legacy and having your estate ready. Learn about ways to keep your legacy alive for the future and how archiving can support your current projects.

You can find GYST at www.gyst-ink.com. To view some of Karen’s projects visit karenatkinsonstudio.org

Venues for Artists

with Karen Atkinson, President and Founder of GYST (Getting Your Sh*t Together)

Karen will talk about the pros and cons of various venues for artists to show their work. A wide range of alternative venues will also be discussed. She will also discuss how to approach various venues and how to find the right venue.

Karen Atkinson is a media, installation, public artist, independent curator, and collaborator. Exhibiting and curating internationally, Atkinson’s work has been shown in South Africa, Australia, Europe, Mexico, Canada, throughout the USA, and in the Fifth Havana Biennial in Cuba and the 2011 Biennale de Paris. She has a Ted Talk on hybrid careers for artists.

In 1991, she was a co-founding director of Side Street Projects, a non-profit artist-run organization in Los Angeles, which continues to thrive now in Pasadena. Atkinson taught at California Institute of the Arts for 31 years, and recently retired to a place off the grid outside of Lone Pine, California where she works on her own projects and recently joined the Inyo Council for the Arts Board of Directors.

Karen created the GYST software for artists from scratch and in 2000 she founded GYST as an artist-run professional practices service company. In her spare time she serves on Boards and
Advisory Boards of local and national arts organizations, advises artists on their careers, and tries to get into as much art trouble as possible. You can find GYST at www.gyst-ink.com. To view some of Karen’s projects visit karenatkinsonstudio.org

VIDEO IS AVAILABLE FOR WCA MEMBERS ONLY
(WCA members need to log in to view – https://nwca.memberclicks.net)

The Psychology of Inkblots

Tapping into the Imagination: Jessica Ann Nunno will demonstrate the use of inkblots to free the imagination and heighten creativity, and will lead workshop participants in inkblot creation.

Workshop Leader: Jessica Ann Nunno

WCA BOOKCLUB PRESENTS:

Florine Stettheimer: A Biography

Author Barbara Bloemink joined us on Sept 14, 2022 to talk about her comprehensive biography, Florine Stettheimer: A Biography, that establishes Florine Stettheimer as one of the most innovative artists of the early twentieth century.  

The Women’s Environmental Photography Collective was born out of a desire to create a more inclusive space in the historically androcentric fields of landscape and environmental photography. Working to decolonize the dominant hierarchy of Western thought, our work interrogates and reconfigures the relationships among personal, cultural, scientific, and natural histories. Our panel discussion will focus on the power of collaboration among the arts, humanities, and sciences, to inspire socially-engaged art.

Panel Chair: Margaret LeJeune
Panelists: Judy Natal, Martina Shenal, Marion Belanger, Dana Fritz,  Terri Warpinski

Additional Chat Text

All in the Same Boat – or Are We?

Anne Farley Gaines will present a PowerPoint lecture on an exhibition that she curated in 2020 titled “All in the Same Boat – or Are We? Artists Respond to 2020” at Stola Contemporary Art in Chicago She will stipulate the logistics of curating and organizing the show, as well as hosting two “live openings” and a “live closing” during a time when numerous area galleries were temporarily closed or holding only on-line exhibits. She acknowledges Gallery Director Kelly Mathews as being of tremendous assistance.

Panel Chairs: Anne Farley Gaines

The 4 images in the left box read as follows: Top L: Audrey Ushenko, “She Can Breathe if She Wants To,” oil on board. Top R: Kathy Weaver, “Antagonist,” mixed-media on paper. Bottom L: Sydney Lewis, “It’s Layered,” digital collage. Bottom R: Kim Laurel, “Mutiny from the Covid,” mixed-media sculpture.

Download the PDF

Feminism, Art and Global Action: Collaborations in the Global Context

Feminism, Art and Global Action: Collaborations in the Global Context Emphasizing the fact that feminist artists have been at the forefront of collaborative art, Susan Ossman and Lydia Nakashima-Degarrod will discuss collaborative transnational art, new art forms and artists as agents of change in the landscape of the global art market.

Panel Co-Chairs: Susan Ossman, Lydia Nakashima-Degarrod
Panelists: Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, Marguerite Elliot, Susan Ossman, Nirmal Raja
Respondent: Jane Chin Davidson

Labor of Love

The Alabama chapter members will present “Labor of Love”, a member exhibition and performance art installation, offering discussions of the hidden labor of women, our quality of life, and how to create the life you want even in an often hostile environment. The panel considers labor inequities at home and work, and calls for a redefinition of economics as a discipline dedicated to people’s well-being.

Panel Co-Chairs: Amanda Banks, Jessica Nunno
Panelists: Anna Sue Courtney, Sylvia Bowyer

See the PDF for more info

The Role of Art and Activism in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education

Amanda Banks chairs a multimedia session on the role of art and activism in STEM education. Panelists will present projects that brought art into traditionally STEM disciplines such as life-science, medicine and engineering. The advantages of a more holistic education will be considered and innovative projects such as art made via bacterial culture will be presented.

Panel Chair: Amanda Banks
Panelists: Jessica Nunno, Sarah Adkins-Jablonsky, Phoebe Burns

WCA Leadership Interview Project

WCA’s Art Writer’s Committee will be interviewing Ruth Weisberg, Barbara Wolanin and Yuriko Takata with ample time allowed for audience interaction. The WCA Leadership Interview Project, spearheaded by WCA’s Art Writer’s Committee, is an initiative to record and share interviews with WCA leaders in conjunction with celebrating WCA’s 50th anniversary.

Panel Co-Chairs: Chiara Atoyebi, Patti Jordan
Panelists: Ruth Weisberg, Barbara Wolanin and Yuriko Takata

How an Almost-Forgotten Federal Program Kickstarted the Feminist Art Movement

From 1974 to 1981, more than 10,000 artists, actors, writers, and musicians were employed under the federally funded Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), in addition to 10,000 administrative art positions (museum curators, program directors, docents and guards; theatre technicians, lighting and costume designers; arts administrators and office staff). CETA especially benefited women and artists of color.

This panel will discuss how this little-known government program and its support of women artists helped give rise to the feminist art movement.

WCA co-hosted this program in conjunction with the exhibition ART/WORK, City Lore and Cuchifritos Gallery. The program was originally scheduled for the WCA 2022 Conference.
Click here to read more about the exhibition

From the producers of the event:
We are grateful to Getty Research Institute (GRI), for permission to share the Public Service Announcements produced by the L.A. Women’s Video Center, from the Archival Collection of the Long Beach Museum of Art, which now resides in the GRI Archive.

WCA Business Meeting at CAA

Featuring a roundtable discussion on the occasion of WCA’s 50th anniversary with WCA President Laura Morrison, President Elect Donna Jackson, Judith Brodsky (WCA Past President 1976-1978), and Ofelia Garcia (WCA Past President 1984-1986).

Panel Chairs: Laura Morrison
Panelists: Donna Jackson, Judith Brodsky, and Ofelia Garcia