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. 
2021 Board Retreat Participants
Top Row L to R: Namita Paul, Sawyer Rose, Priscilla Otani.
Second Row L to R: Durba Sen, Elizabeth Addison, Rachel Tirosh.
Third Row L to R: Tanya Augsburg, Sandra Yagi, Marguerite Elliot.
Fourth Row L to R: Angela Han, Bianca Lago, Theresa Giammattei.
Bottom Row L to R: Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Laura Abrams, Chandrika Marla.

WCA TECH WORKSHOPS

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National WCA is offering two free tech workshops for all of its members, including NCWCA!  For more information, go here! 

ARTISTS' IDEAS FOR PLANET EARTH!

​​Bringing together artists & thinkers to discuss the climate emergency - with Brian Eno, Rob Hopkins, Carolina Caycedo & Kostas Stasinopoulos.
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What can artists offer in response to climate change? The experience of the pandemic has shown us that a profound reimagining of many aspects of society is entirely possible. In what ways can we rethink our relationship to the environment? How can we effect change with our every action? Join us to hear from artists and thinkers delivering an urgent and innovative response to the climate emergency. 
This webinar from “5x15” in London will air on Monday, June 28, 2021 at 10 AM, Pacific time. Some of you may know Brian Eno’s music already. “5x15” has aired many interesting webinars and I thought many in our chapter might be interested. Registration for the event is free! Sign up here!

​27 Black Women in the Arts:
#6: Njideka Akunyili Crosby (1983 - Present)
By Namita Paul

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Njideka Akunyili Crosby (nnn-jee-DEH-car ah-KOON-yee-lee) is a Nigerian born, Los Angeles based artist known for her large-scale, figurative, densely layered, mixed media works on paper, made using the processes of painting, drawing, collage, and printmaking.
 
*** What can we learn from her life and work? *** 
 
1) Akunyili Crosby was a pre-med student before she decided to become an artist. She studied biology and art as an undergraduate at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and earned a Post-Baccalaureate certificate at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Following an MFA from Yale University, she was artist-in-residence at Studio Museum in Harlem. Akunyili Crosby has an Honorary Doctorate from Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.
 
2) A researcher at heart, Akunyili Crosby draws on art historical, personal, sociological and literary references, and depicts scenes of African Diaspora life. Her compositions offer intimate views of everyday, familial experiences, featuring herself, her husband, her immediate and extended family members, thereby collapsing times, spaces, and distances. Akunyili Crosby's work is a contemplation on what it means to be a global, hybridized citizen. Using photographs, magazine cuttings, commemorative fabrics, Nigerian pop and Nollywood references, she deftly navigates liminal spaces and ways of being.
 
3) Akunyili Crosby is only “the second artist to create an outdoor mural designed specifically to wrap the exterior of MOCA Grand Avenue, LA” (Source: The Museum of Contemporary Art). 
 
4) Akunyili Crosby has received several accolades for her work: a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship, 2016 Financial Times' Women of the Year, the Future Generation Art Prize 2017 Shortlist. She is the recipient of the 2020 Carnegie Corporation “Great Immigrant, Great American” Award; the 2019 African Art Award; the 2016 Prix Canson Prize; the 2015 Foreign Policy's Leading 100 Global Thinkers of 2015 Prize; the 2015 Next Generation Prize, New Museum of Contemporary Art; the 2015 Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize, and the 2014 Smithsonian American Art Museum's James Dicke Contemporary Art Prize (Source: Victoria Miro Gallery).
 
TAKE TIME: Read more about Njideka Akunyili Crosby at
Njideka Akunyili Crosby Website: http://www.njidekaakunyilicrosby.com/
 
Victoria Miro Gallery Artists: Njideka Akunyili Crosby: https://www.victoria-miro.com/artists/185-njideka-akunyili-crosby/
 
W Magazine: "Nigerian Artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby is Painting the Afropolitan Story in America”: https://www.wmagazine.com/story/njideka-akunyili-crosby-artist-painter
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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 in 2020 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. 

JOIN NCWCA NOW! 

Join NCWCA today and enjoy member benefits that last through December 31, 2021. CLICK HERE 
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JOIN US ON TUESDAY, JULY 13 FROM 6:00  - 9:00 PM VIA ZOOM!   
Board Meeting Agenda:
  • Welcome Members
  • Open Forum
  • May 2021 Minutes
  • President's Report
  • Exhibition Report
  • Treasurer Report
  • Professional Development Report
  • Membership Report
  • Communication Report
  • Other Business TBD
July Activity
Copyright Part 2 by Linda Joy Kattwinkel
​More info shortly! 

COMPOSING THE FUTURE: A NCWCA MEMBERS' EXHIBITION

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May 7 - June 27, 2021
Bankhead Theater, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center
2400 First St, Livermore, CA

Open to the public with social-distancing Thursdays through Sundays 12-5PM ​and online.
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​For our Online Gallery and details about the exhibition, go here.

THE TABLE SETTING PROJECT

 The NCWCA Table Setting Project is inspired by Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party,” Go here for more information!

2021 NCWCA GOALS

  1. Carry forward established programs: Bay Area Art Stars, Mentorship Program, Year End Party, 27 Black Women in the Arts, South Bay Pod
  2. Composing the Future members' show
  3. Form a grants committee
  4. Form connections with Pacific Region WCA chapters
  5. Arc Project Gallery exhibitions 2021/2022
  6. Establish formal onboarding procedure for new board members
  7. Make new connections with nonprofits, galleries, and/or arts organizations
  8. Trademark NCWCA logo​
  9. Form a book/podcast club
  10. Table Setting Project exhibition
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THESE ART TAG ROUNDS ARE IN PLAY
Peninsula Group: Space​​
Global Group: Black & White
Saturday Group: Transformation
​Sunday Group: Shift - Play

What Is Art Tag?

Click here for information about Art Tag
Click here for Art Tag works created

JUNE EXHIBITIONS BY NCWCA MEMBERS

Click here for more details

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CONTACT

NCWCA
P.O. Box 31101
San Francisco, CA 94131-0101
Email ncwcachapter@gmail.com or click Contact here

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WE ARE NONPROFIT

NCWCA is a 501(c)(3) organization, EIN 77-0183213. Our profile under Guidestar is www.guidestar.org/profile/77-0183213

DONATE TO NCWCA
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!

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, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Karen LeCocq, Elaine Louie, Chandrika Marla, Elise Marshall, Priscilla Otani, Miriam Owen, Cecile Picard, Pamela Pitt, Laurie Rich, Sawyer Rose, Sally Ruddy, Judy Shintani, Irma Velasquez, Caskey Weston,  Tamara White and Sandra Yagi
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