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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S CAUCUS FOR ART (NCWCA) IS A NON-PROFIT, NETWORKING ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN IN THE ARTS. WE OFFER ART-MAKING, ART-SHARE, MENTORSHIP, EXHIBITIONS, MUSEUM & GALLERY TOURS, MONTHLY MEETINGS, CONNECTING WITH ARTS PROFESSIONALS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND MORE...
SEPT 18 SIANA SMITH: CRMPL SOLO SHOW TOUR
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Siana Smith will provide a talk and tour of her solo show, CRMPL
"The Crmpl series began with a simple act of attention: noticing beauty in a crumpled tissue. In these fragile, discarded forms, which begin to resemble flowers, faces, and fleeting apparitions, I find sites of transformation, where the language of waste opens onto questions of environmental consequence, impermanence, and human vulnerability."
Where: Obelisk Gallery Applied Arts, 1945 Grant St Unit 1, Santa Clara
Date: Friday, September 18, 11am - 12pm followed by no-host lunch at Home Eat Santa Clara, 638 El Camino Real, Santa Clara (4-minute drive from gallery)
RSVP: Siana[at]jsgwis.net
"The Crmpl series began with a simple act of attention: noticing beauty in a crumpled tissue. In these fragile, discarded forms, which begin to resemble flowers, faces, and fleeting apparitions, I find sites of transformation, where the language of waste opens onto questions of environmental consequence, impermanence, and human vulnerability."
Where: Obelisk Gallery Applied Arts, 1945 Grant St Unit 1, Santa Clara
Date: Friday, September 18, 11am - 12pm followed by no-host lunch at Home Eat Santa Clara, 638 El Camino Real, Santa Clara (4-minute drive from gallery)
RSVP: Siana[at]jsgwis.net
SEPT 25 MILDRED HOWARD: POETICS OF MEMORY
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SAVE THE DATE! NCWCA Members Exclusive!NCWCA has been gifted at least 15 complimentary tickets to Mildred Howard: Poetics of Memory exhibition!
Where: Oakland Museum, 1000 Oak St, Oakland Date: September 25 at 11 am, followed by no-host lunch at Town Fare at OMCA. Members, contact Laura[at]ncwca.org to get your tickets. First come, first served "Mildred Howard: Poetics of Memory is the first major museum exhibition to celebrate the work of beloved Bay Area artist Mildred Howard. Spanning Howard’s five-decade practice, Poetics of Memory brings together her renowned collages, found-object sculptures, and immersive installations that explore memory, identity, and the African American experience. New and never-before-seen pieces punctuate the exhibition, while archival materials from Howard’s Oakland studio illuminate the cultural currents and lived experiences that shape her practice." |
WOMEN EMPOWERING WOMEN: CREATING FINANCIAL ABUNDANCE
Join us for the third event in the popular Women Empowering Women series: Creating Financial Abundance. The evening focuses on fiscal management, budgeting, investment strategies, and resources so women in the arts can take charge of their financial futures and build a foundation for long-term security and wealth.
We’ll hear from
· REGINA TSAI - Schwab Certified Financial Planner and Wealth Strategist
· SHEILA CUNNINGHAM - executive coach, teacher and workshop trainer
· VICTORIA VEEDELL - San Francisco-based landscape painter
Our moderator will be Debra Reabock, a San Francisco-based abstract photographer, Women Empowering Women MLF Chair, Outreach chair for the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, and a photo philanthropist.
After the panel, there will be interactive discussion followed by a light reception.
The Women Empowering Women series was created by NCWCA (Northern California Women Caucus for Art) presented at the Commonwealth Club. This is a series encouraging women and their supporters to embrace challenges and create pathways for achievement.
When: Tuesday Sept 29 5:30 pm
Where: Commonwealth Club, Toni Rembe Rock Auditorium, 110 Embarcadero, San Francisco
NCWCA members get a discount. At checkout, type in NCWCA at the bottom in the discount code section. Invite your friends! Get your tickets HERE
We’ll hear from
· REGINA TSAI - Schwab Certified Financial Planner and Wealth Strategist
· SHEILA CUNNINGHAM - executive coach, teacher and workshop trainer
· VICTORIA VEEDELL - San Francisco-based landscape painter
Our moderator will be Debra Reabock, a San Francisco-based abstract photographer, Women Empowering Women MLF Chair, Outreach chair for the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, and a photo philanthropist.
After the panel, there will be interactive discussion followed by a light reception.
The Women Empowering Women series was created by NCWCA (Northern California Women Caucus for Art) presented at the Commonwealth Club. This is a series encouraging women and their supporters to embrace challenges and create pathways for achievement.
When: Tuesday Sept 29 5:30 pm
Where: Commonwealth Club, Toni Rembe Rock Auditorium, 110 Embarcadero, San Francisco
NCWCA members get a discount. At checkout, type in NCWCA at the bottom in the discount code section. Invite your friends! Get your tickets HERE
SEPT 27 AAWAA COMMUNITY PICNIC
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A picnic Invitation from the Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)!
NCWCA members are invited to join AAWAA members for a fun afternoon potluck and picnic on Sunday, September 27 from 3-6 pm. It happens to be around the time of the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, so there will be moon cakes! Also included: 👋 Social bingo (with prizes!): Learn something new about an old friend or strike up a conversation with the person next to you to fill out your bingo card. 🎨 Art activities: Sit down at the art table—complete with drawing paper, markers, color pencils, and prompts—to create a memento of the picnic. 🎉 Lots of time to get to know each other's organizations and make new friends! Where: San Francisco Glen Park picnic area next to the playground (Elk St & Chenery St) RSVP & sign up for potluck item by Sept https://luma.com/r1uddvgp |
OCT 23 MAGUE CALANCHE: RESILIENCE SOLO SHOW TOUR
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Mague Calanche is a Mexican-American, self-taught, multi-disciplinary artist rooted in San Francisco. Her work reflects her childhood memories of Anahuac, Chihuahua, countless border crossings, and firsthand observations of why people risk everything to immigrate. In 2020, she entered the Matamoros refugee camp in Mexico, where she transformed her art into activism—recording harrowing stories of mothers at the border and capturing their courage in the face of crisis through sketches and interviews.
In 2025, Calanche was awarded a San Francisco Arts Commission grant for a series of life-size portraits of immigrant Latina working mothers in their occupations, with their recorded interviews. “RESILIENCE" will be in a solo exhibition this October. To build community, Calanche reached out to numerous immigrant grassroots organizations. She established an alliance with Nuevo Sol SF, a San Francisco member-led immigrant organization that provides protections, information, and employment opportunities. To raise awareness and challenge current circumstances, Calanche produced ten large-scale mixed-media paintings and recorded interviews with Latina workers in the Bay Area. To reinforce individual/group identity, each full-figure portrait depicts a woman she interviewed, portrayed on panels in her occupation. These occupations ranged from farm work to elder care to legal activism. The goal is to provide insight into the daily challenges Latina immigrant working women face in the Bay Area, while enabling the public to understand different perspectives through visual narratives and testimonials. Calanche seeks to empower these women laborers by highlighting their pride, beauty, unique identities, and resilience, and to facilitate broader understanding in our communities and among employers, underscoring the genuine value these laborers bring to performing work too often considered ‘marginal’. Calanche aims to connect people from diverse backgrounds and promote informed dialogue, understanding, and change.
Where: SunnyCo Studio Gallery, 480 Francisco St., SF
Date: Friday, October 23, 11am-12pm followed by no-host lunch
RSVP: maguecalanche[at]mac.com
In 2025, Calanche was awarded a San Francisco Arts Commission grant for a series of life-size portraits of immigrant Latina working mothers in their occupations, with their recorded interviews. “RESILIENCE" will be in a solo exhibition this October. To build community, Calanche reached out to numerous immigrant grassroots organizations. She established an alliance with Nuevo Sol SF, a San Francisco member-led immigrant organization that provides protections, information, and employment opportunities. To raise awareness and challenge current circumstances, Calanche produced ten large-scale mixed-media paintings and recorded interviews with Latina workers in the Bay Area. To reinforce individual/group identity, each full-figure portrait depicts a woman she interviewed, portrayed on panels in her occupation. These occupations ranged from farm work to elder care to legal activism. The goal is to provide insight into the daily challenges Latina immigrant working women face in the Bay Area, while enabling the public to understand different perspectives through visual narratives and testimonials. Calanche seeks to empower these women laborers by highlighting their pride, beauty, unique identities, and resilience, and to facilitate broader understanding in our communities and among employers, underscoring the genuine value these laborers bring to performing work too often considered ‘marginal’. Calanche aims to connect people from diverse backgrounds and promote informed dialogue, understanding, and change.
Where: SunnyCo Studio Gallery, 480 Francisco St., SF
Date: Friday, October 23, 11am-12pm followed by no-host lunch
RSVP: maguecalanche[at]mac.com
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NEXT CHAPTER MEETING OCT 13 Art Crit
6:00 PM Chapter Meeting followed by Art Crit led by Marianne McGrath. Members will be provided with a Zoom link via chaptermail. COMING NEXT!
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