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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S CAUCUS FOR ART (NCWCA) IS A NON-PROFIT, NETWORKING ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN IN THE ARTS. WE OFFER ART-MAKING, ART-SHARE, MENTORSHIP, EXHIBITIONS, MUSEUM & GALLERY TOURS, MONTHLY MEETINGS, CONNECTING WITH ARTS PROFESSIONALS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND MORE...
APRIL 22 SOUTH BAY POD: GAMBLE GARDEN DRAWING
The South Bay Pod will get together on Wednesday, April 22nd for a drawing session at the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden in Palo Alto https://www.gamblegarden.org/ . We'll meet at 11 am, and begin with conversations and lunch, to be followed by drawing. All current members are welcome to attend. Please join us even if you don't enjoy sketching! Read a book or catch up on your emails while other members sketch, and later gather to see what people have made.
Address: 1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto CA 94301
Everybody brings their own snack / drink.
See Gamble Garden's visitor policy HERE and rules for artists and photographers HERE
RSVP to Chandrika Marla at chandrika[at]ncwca.org
Address: 1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto CA 94301
Everybody brings their own snack / drink.
See Gamble Garden's visitor policy HERE and rules for artists and photographers HERE
RSVP to Chandrika Marla at chandrika[at]ncwca.org
APRIL 24 BARBARA POLLAK-LEWIS & RACHEL LEIBMAN DUO CURATORIAL TOUR AT ARC GALLERY
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Here's an opportunity to see two exhibitions at Arc Gallery!
Roadmap - An exhibit at Arc Gallery curated by Rachel Leibman and Barbara Pollak-Lewis
A roadmap is a plan that guides progress to a goal. The journey towards that object can be as important as the result. As artists, we need to create plans, whether detailed or amorphous, but we also must be open to the unexpected and surprising directions that the process can take us. For this show, the 12 Arc studio artists and 12 guest artists explored the theme of the roadmap in surprisingly creative and personal ways. This included individual geographies, diasporic passages, generational legacies, life states, or journeys of enjoyment or enlightenment. At its core, the art questions how we navigate identity, time, memory and space, both physically and metaphorically.
DETOUR - An exhibit at Arc Project Gallery curated by Barbara Pollak-Lewis
Detour highlights the diverse work of our Collage-a-Rama members; a group that meets monthly to cut, paste, explore, socialize, create and recycle imagery in new and innovative ways. We chose the theme of “Detour” to both complement and contrast with the main gallery’s “Roadmap” theme’ emphasizing the often spontaneous and unexpected nature of the medium itself.
When: Friday, April 24
Where: Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA
RSVP: Please RSVP to Rachel (rachel[at]rachelleibman.com to confirm attendance and if you play to stay for lunch. Lunch will be at Basil Thai, about a block from Arc.
Parking: There is metered street parking but it is not always easy to find a place close by. We suggest taking public transportation or car-pooling.
Roadmap - An exhibit at Arc Gallery curated by Rachel Leibman and Barbara Pollak-Lewis
A roadmap is a plan that guides progress to a goal. The journey towards that object can be as important as the result. As artists, we need to create plans, whether detailed or amorphous, but we also must be open to the unexpected and surprising directions that the process can take us. For this show, the 12 Arc studio artists and 12 guest artists explored the theme of the roadmap in surprisingly creative and personal ways. This included individual geographies, diasporic passages, generational legacies, life states, or journeys of enjoyment or enlightenment. At its core, the art questions how we navigate identity, time, memory and space, both physically and metaphorically.
DETOUR - An exhibit at Arc Project Gallery curated by Barbara Pollak-Lewis
Detour highlights the diverse work of our Collage-a-Rama members; a group that meets monthly to cut, paste, explore, socialize, create and recycle imagery in new and innovative ways. We chose the theme of “Detour” to both complement and contrast with the main gallery’s “Roadmap” theme’ emphasizing the often spontaneous and unexpected nature of the medium itself.
When: Friday, April 24
Where: Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA
RSVP: Please RSVP to Rachel (rachel[at]rachelleibman.com to confirm attendance and if you play to stay for lunch. Lunch will be at Basil Thai, about a block from Arc.
Parking: There is metered street parking but it is not always easy to find a place close by. We suggest taking public transportation or car-pooling.
APRIL 26 LAND ART DAY AT DI ROSA
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NCWCA has been invited to use the Olive Grove at the beautiful DiRosa Center for Art in Napa, on the grounds amongst their stunning collection of outdoor sculptures for our annual land art day on Sunday, April 26, 10am-4pm.
Land Art Day is an annual event established in 2011 by the Northern California Women's Caucus for Art, encouraging members and friends to create eco-art using natural materials. We invite members, prospective members, and guests to a day of land artmaking at DiRosa.
This event is free to members, family members, and prospective NCWCA members. And, we have secured tickets for Land Art Day participants to visit the DiRosa galleries while on site.
Please reserve your tickets now! We look forward to making art with you. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ncwca-land-art-day-tickets-1985612698031?aff=oddtdtcreator
Land Art Day is an annual event established in 2011 by the Northern California Women's Caucus for Art, encouraging members and friends to create eco-art using natural materials. We invite members, prospective members, and guests to a day of land artmaking at DiRosa.
This event is free to members, family members, and prospective NCWCA members. And, we have secured tickets for Land Art Day participants to visit the DiRosa galleries while on site.
Please reserve your tickets now! We look forward to making art with you. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ncwca-land-art-day-tickets-1985612698031?aff=oddtdtcreator
GREEN CALL FOR ENTRY IS OPEN!
GREEN is an exhibition that explores the myriad expressions conjured by this single word—its colors, concepts, contradictions, and cultural weight.
Green is the color of nature: grass, leaves, renewal, and growth. It is also the color of money, graft, avarice, and desire. Green can signify healing and vitality, but also disease, envy, and unease. It is the hue of photosynthesis, innocence, and emotional rebirth. It is energy, lifestyle, and possibility.
This exhibition invites artists to interpret GREEN in ways that are literal, symbolic, or metaphorical. Works might explore environmental themes such as landscapes, ecological cycles, sustainability, climate change, or green energy; cultural and social associations referencing money, capitalism, greed, or movements tied to “green” ideals; emotional and psychological states portraying envy, or renewal, innocence, nostalgia, and healing; material explorations through the use of green pigments, recycled or “green” materials, or layered textures that evoke growth and decay; or conceptual approaches with abstract meditations on color, immersive works that dissolve boundaries between viewer and environment, or playful takes on the word itself.
Exhibition Dates: Saturday July 25-Saturday August 22, 2026
Venue: ARC Gallery 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco
Curated by: Christine Cianci
Juror: JD Beltran, Co-Founder, ART + WATER, San Francisco
Eligibility: NCWCA members, self-identified women within California
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: Friday, May 1, 2026, 11:59 PM
For details and to apply: go HERE
Green is the color of nature: grass, leaves, renewal, and growth. It is also the color of money, graft, avarice, and desire. Green can signify healing and vitality, but also disease, envy, and unease. It is the hue of photosynthesis, innocence, and emotional rebirth. It is energy, lifestyle, and possibility.
This exhibition invites artists to interpret GREEN in ways that are literal, symbolic, or metaphorical. Works might explore environmental themes such as landscapes, ecological cycles, sustainability, climate change, or green energy; cultural and social associations referencing money, capitalism, greed, or movements tied to “green” ideals; emotional and psychological states portraying envy, or renewal, innocence, nostalgia, and healing; material explorations through the use of green pigments, recycled or “green” materials, or layered textures that evoke growth and decay; or conceptual approaches with abstract meditations on color, immersive works that dissolve boundaries between viewer and environment, or playful takes on the word itself.
Exhibition Dates: Saturday July 25-Saturday August 22, 2026
Venue: ARC Gallery 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco
Curated by: Christine Cianci
Juror: JD Beltran, Co-Founder, ART + WATER, San Francisco
Eligibility: NCWCA members, self-identified women within California
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: Friday, May 1, 2026, 11:59 PM
For details and to apply: go HERE
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2026 MENTORS & MENTEES
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Congratulations to our 2026 mentors & mentees! We had a particularly competitive group of applications this year and the jurors had a tough (but fun) time making our pairings from the terrific group of submissions. If you are interested in NCWCA's other professional development opportunities, check this website, read our monthly newsletter (sign up below), and members should watch their inboxes for announcements. We have SO MANY mentoring/prof dev events happening all year long! |
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