NCWCA WELCOMES YOU

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:
#2 ADRIAN PIPER (1948 - PRESENT)

By Bianca Lago

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Adrian Piper is an American conceptual and performance artist, philosopher, and thought provoker. Her work confronts themes of race, gender, class and identity.
 
Learn more about Adrian Piper by visiting her website: http://www.adrianpiper.com/biography.shtml



(Above) Adrian Piper winning the Venice Biennale Lion Award in 2015
 
*** What can we learn from her life and work? ***
 
1) Philosophy influences her conceptual and performance art pieces. So much so that she attained her Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University in 1981 and became a tenured philosophy professor at Wellesley College in 1990.
 
2) Piper’s introduction to performative art in the 1970s explicitly addressed her multiracial background and gender. Her well-known performance of The Mythic Being was filmed during this time where she challenged passers-by to categorize her by race, gender, and class while dressed as an African American man.
 
3) Before moving to Germany in 2005, Piper founded the Adrian Piper Research Archive (APRA) in Berlin to function as a personal archive as well as an ongoing art project. 
 
4) Well-versed in Kantian ethics, Piper self-published philosophical works of hers like Rationality and the Structure of the Self, Volume I: The Humean Conception and Volume II: A Kantian Conception. These works can be found on her website http://www.adrianpiper.com/index.html
 
TAKE TIME: Read more about Piper at  
TAKE ACTION: Continue the legacy of Adrian Piper 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

Photo courtesy of Awakening/Getty Images from news.artnet.com, "Artist Adrian Piper Responds to Our Special ‘Women’s Place in the Art World’ Report"
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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 throughout 2020 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.

We Appreciate Our Donors

Elizabeth Addison , Ann Marie Carleton, Sylvia Chesson, Gina Chiao, Marguerite Elliot, Tracy Ferron, Kathy Fujii-Oka, J. Ruth Gendler, Kelly Hammargren, Melissa Harmon, Marge Healy, Hilla Hueber, Kay Kang, Elaine Louie, Elise Marshall, Priscilla Otani, Miriam Owen, Pamela Pitt, Laurie Rich, Sally Ruddy, Judy Shintani, Irma Velasquez, Caskey Weston,  Tamara White and Sandra Yagi
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THANK YOU IN-KIND DONORS!

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NCWCA'S AUGUST CHAPTER MEETING WILL BE HELD VIA ZOOM
Chapter members will be notified by email on how to join the meeting via Zoom on August 11. 
NCWCA will keep you informed as conditions evolve with COVID-19. Meanwhile stay safe, make art, make masks, shelter in place.  
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THESE ART TAG ROUNDS ARE IN PLAY
​Saturday Group: Solitude
Sunday Group: On the Edge


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 

MAY EXHIBITIONS BY NCWCA MEMBERS

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Contact

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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