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BREAKING NEWS! EXCLUSIVE CURATORIAL TOUR OF BROWN PALMS, YELLOW BALMS AT SOMARTS: MAY 16
NCWCA members are invited by AAWAA (Asian American Women Artists Association) for an exclusive curatorial tour of "Brown Palms Yellow Balms" exhibition at the SOMArts Cultural Center. This exhibition is co-presented by AAWAA and APICC (Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center) for the 28th Annual United States of Asian American Festival.
About: The Brown Palms, Yellow Balms exhibition unfolds in ever-expanding circles of caregiving, mirroring the Buddhist Metta practice—beginning with the body as the most intimate site of care and spiraling outward to embrace family, community, collective archetypes, deities, and the environment. Immerse yourself in depictions of nurturing, nursing, birthing, mothering, mending, comforting, restoring, resuscitating, protecting, soothing, cheering, reclaiming, and empowering—not just the Self, but Society and the Cosmos—all viewed through the lens of AAPI cultural heritage, history, and socio-political landscapes.
When: Friday May 16 at 5:30 PM
Where SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St, San Francisco
RSVP Here
About: The Brown Palms, Yellow Balms exhibition unfolds in ever-expanding circles of caregiving, mirroring the Buddhist Metta practice—beginning with the body as the most intimate site of care and spiraling outward to embrace family, community, collective archetypes, deities, and the environment. Immerse yourself in depictions of nurturing, nursing, birthing, mothering, mending, comforting, restoring, resuscitating, protecting, soothing, cheering, reclaiming, and empowering—not just the Self, but Society and the Cosmos—all viewed through the lens of AAPI cultural heritage, history, and socio-political landscapes.
When: Friday May 16 at 5:30 PM
Where SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St, San Francisco
RSVP Here
MENDINGS & MARVELS
An NCWCA Member Exhibition
June 14 - July 12, 2025
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CONGRATULATIONS PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Laura Abrams, Elizabeth Addison, Lynn Aisawa, Salma Arastu, Bev Barnett, Andrea Bass, Pamela Benham, Susan Bercu, Priscilla Birge, Clare Bond, Marie Cameron, Christine Cianci, Catherine Daley, Starr Davis, Nimisha Doongarwal, Marguerite Elliot, Miriam Fabbri, Marcela Florez, Anna Friesen, Jancy Fritsche, Bushra Gill, Stacey Gregory, Karen Gutfreund, Marc Ellen Hamel, Kelly Hammargren, Sarah Horowitz, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Ally Kraus, Julia LaChica, Leslie Lambert, Wendy Lowengrub, Leigh McLellan, Perry Meigs, Juliet Mevi, Dee Mostofi, Raji Musinipally, Priscilla Otani, Renee Owen, Jessica Phrogus, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Debra Reabock, Sawyer Rose, Eleanor Ruckman, Clara Saprasa, Sondra Schwetman, Durba Sen, Ria Sharma, Na Omi Judy Shintani, Mary Shisler, Anne Shulenberger, Siana Smith, Rachel Tirosh, Madi Toloui, Victoria Veedell, Angela White, Tanya Wilkinson, Emily Wiseman, Donna Wocher, Sandra Wolfson, Renate Woodbury, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, and Sandra Yagi.
OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, June 14 from 7 - 9 pm at Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom Street
For more details, go HERE
OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, June 14 from 7 - 9 pm at Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom Street
For more details, go HERE
MAY 17 SECOND NATURE, ANNETTE GOODFRIEND CURATORIAL TOUR
Second Nature features work by three Northern California artists: Annette Goodfriend, Ruth Tabancay, and Esther Traugot. Straddling the line between art and science, these artists craft dream-like representations of the natural world. Using varied media, ranging from organic materials such as insects, urchin shells, and tea bags to industrial steel and rubber, Goodfriend, Tabancay, and Traugot examine the changes human activity has wrought upon the world, and the need to better care for all the planet’s creatures.
Curatorial tour of Second Nature with Annette Goodfriend
Saturday, May 17, 11:30am
di Rosa Downtown, the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art's new satellite gallery
300 First St., Suite 251, Napa, CA 94459
RSVP: [email protected]
Followed by no-host lunch at Contimo, 950 Randolph St., Napa, CA
https://www.contimonapa.com/
Curatorial tour of Second Nature with Annette Goodfriend
Saturday, May 17, 11:30am
di Rosa Downtown, the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art's new satellite gallery
300 First St., Suite 251, Napa, CA 94459
RSVP: [email protected]
Followed by no-host lunch at Contimo, 950 Randolph St., Napa, CA
https://www.contimonapa.com/
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CONGRATULATIONS NCWCA MEMBERS IN WCA'S PAIN POINTS ONLINE EXHIBITION!
Go HERE to view the Kunstmatrix gallery and the catalog of the exhibition.
NCWCA members selected for the exhibition: Laura Abrams, Elizabeth Addison, Susan Bercu, Blond Jenny, Lorraine Bonner, Cynthia Brannvall, Starr Davis, Quin De La Mer, Marguerite Elliot, Bushra Gill, Karen Gutfreund, Kelly Hammargren, Vivana Leija-Sysak, Tanya Momi, Raji Musinipally, Carol Newborg, Priscilla Otani, Durba Sen, Ruth Peterson-Shorer, Sondra Schwetman, Fleur Spolidor, Caskey Weston, Tanya Wilkinson. Sandra Wolfson, and Marian Yap.
NCWCA members selected for the exhibition: Laura Abrams, Elizabeth Addison, Susan Bercu, Blond Jenny, Lorraine Bonner, Cynthia Brannvall, Starr Davis, Quin De La Mer, Marguerite Elliot, Bushra Gill, Karen Gutfreund, Kelly Hammargren, Vivana Leija-Sysak, Tanya Momi, Raji Musinipally, Carol Newborg, Priscilla Otani, Durba Sen, Ruth Peterson-Shorer, Sondra Schwetman, Fleur Spolidor, Caskey Weston, Tanya Wilkinson. Sandra Wolfson, and Marian Yap.
JUN 10 CHAPTER MEETINGWhen Tuesday, June 10, 6 pm
Where: Zoom - chapter members will receive the link via chaptermail What: 2025 Board Elections followed by 2025 Mentor/Mentee experience discussion led by Sawyer Rose |
SOLD OUT! DI ROSA SEMINAR APR 4 - JUN 13The opportunity to view artworks by well-known Northern California women artists in the Di Rosa collection and make artwork in response, over three sessions, was widely popular. The first come, first served event sold out quickly. We look forward to future opportunities for collaboration with Di Rosa and other arts organizations.
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WE APPRECIATE OUR DONORS AND SUPPORTERS
Your donations make a wide range of exhibitions, professional development programs and special events such as Bay Area Art Stars possible. Thank you for your generosity!
Member Donors: Laura Abrams, Elizabeth Addison , Ann Marie Carleton, Sylvia Chesson, Gina Chiao, Marguerite Elliot, Tracy Ferron, Jacqueline D. Flaten, Kathy Fujii-Oka, J. Ruth Gendler, Theresa Giammattei, Cooper Goldman, Kelly Hammargren, Melissa Harmon, Marge Healy, Jennifer Huber, Hilla Hueber, Kay Kang, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Betsy Kellas, Karen LeCocq, Elaine Louie, Chandrika Marla, Elise Marshall, Leigh McLellan, Jo Moniz, Priscilla Otani, Miriam Owen, Namita Paul, Cecile Picard, Pamela Pitt, Remedios L. Rapoport, Laurie Rich, Sawyer Rose, Sally Ruddy, Wo Schiffman, Na Omi Judy Shintani, Irma Velasquez, Caskey Weston, Tamara White, Hertha Wong, Sandra Yagi, and Fumiyo Yoshikawa
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NCWCA is a 501(c)(3) organization, EIN 77-0183213. Our profile under Guidestar is www.guidestar.org/profile/77-0183213
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