NCWCA IN 2023 

MAY 12 SOUTH BAY POD VISIT WITH KATHERINE LEVIN LAU

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We visited printmaker Katherine Levin Lau at her San Jose studio. Studio visit was followed by a brown bag lunch. 

APRIL 26 ART CRITIQUE

Professional guest reviewer Diane Olivier (NCWCA 2022 Art Star) reviewed the drawings and illustrations of NCWCA artists Laura Abrams, Salma Arastu, Sabra Briere, Viviana Leija, Jessica Phrogus, and Hwei-Li Tsao.

Each artist received a personalized critique from Olivier on the artwork they submitted. About 30 members attended to view and support the critique.  

APRIL 23 EARTH DAY
​CREATIVE TEXTILE REUSE WORKSHOP

For Earth Day weekend, NCWCA member Judith Schonebaum taught a Creative Reuse workshop on making small woven purses using fabric scraps and a cardboard loom.  ​

ART MARKET 2023 | NCWCA CULTURAL PARTNER + TIX + VIP TOUR

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Art Market San Francisco— the Bay Area’s modern and contemporary art fair—returned to Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion from April 20-23, with 85 top local, national, and international galleries. The fair's eleventh edition highlighted the region's vibrant arts community, while featuring innovative events, talks, performances, and installations, curated by new Creative Director, Nato Thompson. NCWCA was a Cultural Partner of Art Market San Francisco again this year!  As a Cultural Partner, our members received complimentary Fair passes and a VIP tour of women-owned galleries by Judith Rinehart from J. Rinehart Gallery. 
Photos courtesy of Chandrika Marla

MARCH 23 TRANSFORMING THE ARTS: WHAT'S NEW IN THE BAY AREA CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AT THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB

Deborah Cullinan, Stanford University Vice President for the Arts, moderated a distinguished panel of women leaders in the arts in a discussion focusing on the impact of Covid on their organizations, their perspectives as leaders, and their visions for the future. NCWCA President Priscilla Otani joined Tamara Rojo San Francisco Ballet Artistic Director and Danielle St. Germain Executive Director San Francisco Ballet and Jessica Bejarano, Founder and Director of San Francisco Philharmonic Jessica Bejarano on the stage.  Panel discussion recording here.
Photo courtesy of Myrna Ehrlich
Photo courtesy of Mague Calanche

April 4 Carolyn Tillie Curatorial Tour of "Mixed Emotions Reflections on Death, Dialogue, and Dinner During COVID-19"

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On Tuesday, April 4  at the ACCI Gallery, 1632 Shattuck Blvd, Berkeley, Carolyn Tillie treated NCWCA members to a wonderful curatorial tour of her solo exhibit and afternoon tea.  (Above photos by Carolyn Tillie) 

​"The exhibition is an installation of a dinner table and kitchen which includes over 100 pieces I have prepared. In short, I cut apart a vintage cookbook (the 1909 edition of The Whitehouse Cookbook) and, in a Duchampian act, reapply those cut words to kitchen items that have been inherited by friends whose parents or grandparents have passed away during the pandemic. The exhibit is an homage to all those shared meals with loved ones (including my own 20-year old stepson and a beloved sister, both of whom passed away last year), that will never get to be eaten and prandial conversations that will never be spoken."  Carolyn Tillie
https://www.accigallery.com/mixed-emotions.html

​MARCH 11 ART OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA (AOTAD) CURATORIAL TOUR 
AT THE RICHMOND ART CENTER

A wonderful tour of the "Art of the African Diaspora" exhibition on March 11 at the Richmond Art Center. Orlonda Uffre, curator of the exhibit, discussed the evolution of this annual exhibition and Cynthia Brannvall shared a brief history of African American art. Later, we meet up at Skates on the Bay for further discussion and brunch.  

JANUARY 22 POPUP EVENT: FRAYED STORIES CURATORIAL TOUR &
​NEW YEAR MANDALA SHOW & TELL

Rachel Leibman, NCWCA member and curator gives a tour of Frayed Stories at Arc Gallery. Photos by Priscilla Otani. 
Na Omi Judy Shintani, NCWCA member, leads a show & tell discussion of the 2023 New Year Mandala project. All photos courtesy of Na Omi Judy Shintani.

2023 EVENTS, WORKSHOPS AND INITIATIVES

January  Sebastopol Board Retreat, 2023 Mentor/Mentee Program begins, Frayed Stories curatorial tour & New Year Mandala Show & Tell, Casual Connections, Saturday ArtTag "Tending My Garden," Sunday ArtTag "Ancient Goddesses."
February Zoom Chapter Meeting, Art Share, WCA Lifetime Achievement Awards livestream, Casual Connections, South Bay Pod art book discussion and studio visits with Chandrika Marla and Kiana Honarmand, MidPeninsual Art Tag "Day Dreams," "Bay Area Art Tag "On the Road."
March Zoom Chapter Meeting, Portals call for art, Art of the African Diaspora curatorial tour with Orlonda Uffre and Cynthia Brannvall, Zaha Hadid salon with Debra Reabock, Casual Connections, Transforming the Arts Commonwealth Club panel, Salma Arastu curatorial tour of "We Are All One."
​April Zoom Chapter Meeting, Creative Textile Reuse Workshop, Art Crit: Dianne Olivier critique of drawings, Casual Connections, Global Art Tag "Portals," Carolyn Tillie curatorial tour of "Mixed Emotions Reflections on Death, Dialogue, and Dinner During COVID-19"