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The Northern California Women's Caucus for Art (NCWCA) is a networking organization for women in the arts.  We offer a broad range of events and programs: member forums, exhibitions, art-making, art activism and community. 
2020 Board Retreat Participants (Back Row L to R) Melissa Harmon, Marguerite Elliot, Theresa Giammattei.  (Front Row L to R) Jennifer Jigour,  Angela Han, Sawyer Rose, Bianca Lago, Priscilla Otani, Sandy Yagi, Chandrika Marla, Elizabeth Addison.

27 BLACK WOMEN IN THE ARTS:
#4 CARRIE MAE WEEMS (1953-PRESENT)
By Priscilla Otani

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​Carrie Mae Weems is an American artist who, through a wide range of media such as photography, text, fiber, audio, digital images, installation and video, creates works that focus on self- and cultural-identity, family, relationships, race, sexism, politics and social justice.
 
*** What can we learn from her life and work? ***
 
1) “…Carrie Mae Weems has yearned to insert marginalized peoples into the historical record. She does this not only to bring ignored or erased experiences to light but to provide a more multidimensional picture of humanity as a whole, a picture that ultimately will spur greater awareness and compassion.” Kathryn E. Delmez, Editor, “Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video.” Some of her ground-breaking bodies of work include “The Kitchen Table Series “(1990), “From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried” (1995-1996) and “The Hampton Project” (2000).  
 
2)  Weems has exhibited extensively in the US and internationally, in more than 120 venues including the Museum of Modern Art, Getty Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), and the Whitney Museum. In 2014, Weems became the first African American woman to have a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum. Weems was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame Museum in St. Louis, MO on October 30, 2020.
 
3) Weems is a recipient of many prestigious awards and honorary degrees. In 2013, she was awarded the MacArthur Genius Award and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award; in 2015, she was awarded both a Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellow and the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard. She has received honorary degrees from California College of the Arts, the School of Visual Arts, Syracuse University among others.
 
4) In 2002, Weems and Pierre Loving co-founded Social Studies 101 in Syracuse, New York. Through this organization, Weems has empowered Black and Latino youth to acquire marketable skills in technological, visual and graphic arts and to affect positive social change in their own community by getting involved in issues such as confronting gun violence and preventing the spread of COVID-19.
 
TAKE TIME: Learn more about Carrie Mae Weems at
 
1. Fresh Talk: Carrie Mae Weems, National Museum of Women in the Arts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBxwugaFRhg&list=FLjBSq1m_Qump1ZcTxf0VH7Q&index=3
 
2. How Carrie Mae Weems Rewrote the Rules of Image-Making, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/t-magazine/carrie-mae-weems-interview.html
 
3. Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, Yale University Press, 2012, ISBN: 9780300176896
 
4. Social Studies 101: http://socialstudiesproject.org/
 
TAKE ACTION: Continue the legacy of Carrie Mae Weems by supporting Black Women in the Arts: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/where-to-donate-black-lives-matter-1879701
* Special attention to the following organizations: Black Girl Magik, Black Trans Femmes in the Arts, Black Women’s Blueprint, and (Fem)power
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 ABOUT THE PROJECT: As an arts organization dedicated to recognizing the contributions of women in the arts, NCWCA will be highlighting 27 Black Women in the Arts in honor of Breonna Taylor. Breonna would have turned 27 years old this year had she not been murdered in her own home by the police on March 13th. #JusticeForBre For more Black Women in the Arts, go here. 
For Black Women in the Arts we have honored, go here. 
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Our Membership portal is open now! Join NCWCA today and enjoy member benefits right away that lasts through December 31, 2021. CLICK HERE 
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JOIN US FOR NCWCA'S ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY VIA ZOOM. 
Sunday, December 20, 5 - 8 PM
5 - 5:30 Guided Meditation by Tanya Momi
5:30 - 6 NCWCA Table Setting Project inspired by Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party"
6 - 6:30 Environmentally Sound Video & Dinner
6:30 - 7 Holiday Unboxing Gift Exchange
7 - 8 "Promise Hands" Art-making Workshop
Members have been provided details by Chapter News. If you are not a member and are interested in joining our fun-filled party, please email us at ncwcachapter[at]gmail.com.

NCWCA will keep you informed as conditions evolve with COVID-19. Meanwhile stay safe, make art, wear masks, shelter in place.  
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THESE ART TAG ROUNDS ARE IN PLAY
​Saturday Group: Solitude
Sunday Group: On the Edge
​Peninsula Group: Fairytales/Dreams
​Global Group: Hope


What Is Art Tag?

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2020 NCWCA GOALS

  1. Bay Area Art Stars Year 3
  2. Art Market Booth and Apply for Another Art Fair
  3. Form a Grants Committee
  4. Mentorship Program Year 3
  5. Trademark NCWCA
  6. Collaborate with Other Nonprofits
  7. Host a South Bay event
  8. Organize a Full-day Workshop Event
  9. Field Trips to Important Exhibitions
  10. Implement Phase 2 Communication Plan 

OCTOBER EXHIBITIONS BY NCWCA MEMBERS

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NCWCA
P.O. Box 31101
San Francisco, CA 94131-0101
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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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