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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.

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Join NCWCA and enjoy year-round meetings, exhibition opportunities, art-making, museum tours and member discounts. Become a 2022 member right now by clicking Here!

CONGRATULATIONS 2022 MENTORS AND MENTEES!

MENTOR MENTEE
Salma Arastu Sunroop Kaur
Lydia Nakashima Degarrod Siana Smith
Sawyer Rose Kiana Honarmand
Victoria Veedell Renee Switkes
Ashley Voss Julia LaChica

NCWCA's Mentorship Program pairs experienced NCWCA members with promising emerging Bay Area female-identifying artists, curators, art teachers, art historians, and/or aspiring gallerists. Mentoring period runs January - June 2022.

COMPOSING THE FUTURE II

December 3, 2021 – January 14, 2022
A NCWCA Group Exhibition Celebrating Collaborative Creative Resilience

Di Napoli Gallery, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, SJSU, 2nd floor
150 E. San Fernando Street, San Jose, CA 95112

Join us Thursday evening, Jan. 6, 7-8pm for an engaging discussion with a selection of the exhibit’s artists. Click below to join the Zoom presentation,
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88595183668?pwd=TzhjVWNDUWJaRW50S3FRTjJQc0VqQT09

Click image above to view the online catalog

For details about the exhibition, go here!

WOMEN'S CAUCUS FOR ART CONFERENCE 2022
GOING VIRTUAL DUE TO COVID-19 & OMICRON

Given the growing concerns around Covid-19 and the Omicron variant, WCA is working to transform WCA’s Occupy the Moment: Embracing Our History, Enhancing Our Impact conference panels, board meeting, and LTA Awards and Gala to virtual formats that will be rolled out during the course of 2022.

Dates and details will be coming early in 2022.

For details go here: https://nationalwca.org/conference/

Due to the change in conference format, the NCWCA Chapter Rep Stipend will not be available in 2022.

NCWCA INITIATIVE: 27 BLACK WOMEN IN THE ARTS WANGECHI MUTU

Wangechi Mutu is a Kenyan-American artist whose work challenges worldviews steeped in racism, sexism, colonialism, and consumerism as well as the historicization of Africa and exoticization of the Black female body.
To Read More 27 BLACK WOMEN IN THE ARTS

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JOINING NCWCA

Join NCWCA now and enjoy membership in both NCWCA and National WCA through December 31, 2022. To join or renew, go HERE.

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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: 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