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Media contact: Elizabeth Addison, [email protected]
Composing the Future: A NCWCA Member Exhibition
Northern California Women's Caucus for Art May 7 - June 27, 2021
Bankhead Theater Gallery, Livermore, CA, May 7 - June 27, 2021 – In Composing the Future, a NCWCA member exhibition, our artists were challenged to flex their artistic powers in response to the extreme events of the past year and to project their hopes, dreams, and ideas into the future.
This time of transition offers unique opportunities. As artists, we are witnesses and raw material for envisioning potential futures. We are now called upon to examine our own responses to the pandemic, the social upheaval, and the pervasive political madness that faces our country. These reflections will serve as inspirations to envision possibilities for cultural transformation.
The artworks in the Composing the Future exhibition engage on many levels – wonder, worry, hopefulness, and activism, in an inspired array of visual media. You will see responses ranging from intellectual to contemplative as NCWCA artists unleash their imaginations. Many works consider how the events of 2020-21 confront history or provoke change. Just as many reveal inspiration in isolation and blooms in the chaos. Artists have found beauty in the shadows, have reassessed priorities, adjusted their joy thresholds, and reset expectations.
Relevant and compelling, NCWCA is pleased to dedicate our member exhibition to this visionary theme. Composing the Future is sponsored by the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, a nonprofit. It runs May 7-June 27, 2021 at the Bankhead Theater, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, 2400 First St., Livermore CA 94550 and online at, https://www.ncwca.org/composing-the-future-members-exhibition.html - gallery
Bankhead Theatre, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center exhibition hours:
Fridays, 2:00 to 6:00pm, Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 to 5:00pm
Contact Box Office by calling 925-373-6800 or email [email protected]
For inquiries about purchasing artwork: Anne Giancola, [email protected] or visit our online gallery: www.onlinegallery
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 5th, 2021. 1:30 - 4:30pm.
Online Gallery and Store: https://www.ncwca.org/composing-the-future-members-exhibition.html#gallery
Online Artist Talks Series: Thursday, May 27, 7-8pm; Thursday, June 3, 7-8pm; Thursday, June 10, 7-8pm.
The Table Setting Project Curated by Jennifer Jigour: An installation accompanying Composing the Future.
Composing The Future Catalog: Available for purchase online , TBD.
Programs (Note: Exhibit and events are free.)
Composing the Future Artist Talks Series Online via Zoom:
Talk 1 Thursday, May 27, 7-8pm
Talk 2 Thursday, June 3, 7-8pm
Talk 3 Thursday, June 10, 7-8pm
The Table Setting – Curated by Jennifer Jigour
NCWCA’s Table Setting, curated by Jennifer Jigour, features uniquely representative place settings, which stand in as artist statements. These three dimensional self-portraits are based on Judy Chicago’s groundbreaking 1974-79 epic feminist artwork, Dinner party. But, unlike Chicago’s subjects, each artist in The Table Setting speaks for herself. After a year of separation due to the Pandemic, This project aims to bring us all back together while celebrating our bright collective future has the potential to help future generations understand this moment in time.
Bankhead Theater Gallery and Atrium at the Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center.
2400 First St., Livermore CA 94550
THE GALLERY IS OPEN ON A LIMITED BASIS. MASKS ARE REQUIRED.
HOURS:
Fridays, 2:00 to 6:00pm
Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 to 5:00pm
Contact Box Office by calling 925-373-6800 or email [email protected]
For inquiries about purchasing artwork: Anne Giancola, [email protected] or visit our online gallery: www.onlinegallery
Saturday, June 5, 2021, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. – Opening Reception:
Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore CA 94550
Exhibition Notes
Exhibition Director
Elizabeth Addison, MFA, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair and Berkeley-based artist
Jurors
Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Artist, Educator, Curator
Anne Giancola, Visual Arts Manager, Livermore Arts, Artist and Muralist
Marianne McGrath, Art Historian, Curator, Art Consultant; Owner, MKM Art Consulting
Featured Artists
Laura Abrams, Elizabeth Addison, Jill Andre, Salma Arastu, Susan Bercu, Priscilla Birge, Lorraine Bonner, Megan Broughton, Jan Buscho, Christine Cianci, Sas Colby, Lia Cook, Parmalee Cover, Starr Davis, Joan Clair Di Stefano, Myrna Ehrlich, Marguerite Elliot, Miriam Fabbri, Niloufar Farzam, Anna Friesen, Nicole Rose Gelormino, Anne Giancola, Deborah Green, Stacey Gregory, c.j. grossman, Vicki Gunter, Karen Gutfreund, Angela Han, Trudi Chamoff Hauptman, Suzanne Jacquot, Jennifer Jigour, Judy Johnson-Williams, Kay Kang, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Bianca Lago, Karen LeCocq, Bonnie Levinson, Tanya Lin, Nancy Margulies, Chandrika Marla, Tanya Momi, Tomye Neal Madison, Juliet Mevi, Carol Newborg, Priscilla Otani, Kelly Parady, Namita Paul, Laura Phelps Rogers, Pamela Pitt, Katalina Prince, Monique Rardin Richardson, Sawyer Rose, Hilary Saner, Sondra Schwetman, Larraine Seiden, Durba Sen, Judy Shintani, Mary Shisler, Fleur Spolidor, Rachel Tirosh, Victoria Veedell, Diane Williams
About Elizabeth Addison, MFA
Elizabeth Addison is a Berkeley-based visual artist, curator, and educator whose creative practice dwells at the intersection of art and science, examining connections between the microscopic and cosmic realms. Her primary media include printmaking, installation, and digital media and her works are included in numerous private and public collections. Ms. Addison’s work has been featured locally and nationally. She is NCWCA’s Exhibition Chair, an Artist-in-Residence at Kala Art Institute, and a member of the Bay Area Women’s Artists Legacy Project and WEAD (Women’s Environmental Artists Dialog.)
About Anne Giancola
Anne is the Visual Arts Manager at Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center. A working artist, Anne has run a mural painting business for more than 18 years. Combining her skills as a community collaborator with her affinity for working artists, Anne brings together diverse community groups to develop exhibits, performing arts, seminars, workshops and public art projects. A graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara, she has a strong arts and communications background. Anne completed her master’s degree with distinction in Applied Communications from Fitchburg State University in 2013.
About Marianne K. McGrath
Marianne McGrath is an art historian, independent curator and consultant. After a successful decade with New Museum Los Gatos and The Museums of Los Gatos curating exhibits and presenting art and education programs, Marianne founded MKM Art Consulting, LLC, which offers curatorial projects and consulting services to art institutions, galleries and artists. Marianne holds a BA degree in Art, MA degree in Art History and her professional affiliations include ArtTable, College Art Association and the Women’s Caucus for Art.
About Jennifer Jigour
Jennifer Jigour is a visual artist who focuses on important social and environmental issues. She has an eclectic range of artistic expressions including painting, photography, theatre design, and film. She is also the author and illustrator of the graphic novel, Secret Agent Moscow. Jennifer is the The Artist with the Golden Paintbrush, Erotic Art Ambassador and NCWCA’s Professional Development Chair. Her artwork can be found at Gallery Erato in Seattle, Washington and Arc Galley’s FourSquared show this summer. She is the recipient of the Denis Diderot [A-i-R] Grant at Chateau d’Orquevaux, France. The Table Setting is Jennifer’s first curatorial project.
About Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA)
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. Formed in 1973, NCWCA is a chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art is an affiliate society of the College Art Association, founding partner of the Feminist Art Project and a national nonprofit.
Composing the Future’s exhibition committee includes:
Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Juror
Anne Giancola, Visual Arts Manager, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, Juror
Marianne McGrath, Art Historian, Independent Curator and Consultant, Juror
Priscilla Otani, Webmaster, Online Gallery Lead and Mentor
Laura Abrams, Lead Editor and Artist Liaison
Marguerite Elliot, Artist Liaison and Marketing
Niloufar Farzam, Online Gallery
Jennifer Jigour, The Table Setting Project
Bianca Lago, Marketing and Catalog
Chandrika Marla, Social Media Coordinator
Namita Paul, Online Gallery
Sawyer Rose, NCWCA President
Durba Sen, Artist Liaison
Mary Shisler, Artist Liaison and Catalog
Rachel Tirosh, Artist Liaison, Marketing and Artists Talks Coordinator
For more information: email mailto:[email protected] or visit www.ncwca.org
About Bankhead Theater, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center
Since it opened in September 2007, the 507-seat Bankhead Theater has welcomed hundreds of artists to its stage, outdoor plaza, and art galleries, representing a very diverse range of musical genres, dance, theater, comedy, and other performing and visual arts. From renowned world-class musicians to rising stars, from decades-old resident companies to young student performers, from emerging artists to established visual arts professionals, events at the Bankhead Theater and Bothwell Arts Center continue to bring joy and excitement to audiences of all ages. Putting art at the heart of a community enhances our lives and inspires us to think beyond the norm. That is why it is so important to feature visual artists in the Bankhead Theater’s gallery and atrium, as well as in the Bothwell Arts Center.
This time of transition offers unique opportunities. As artists, we are witnesses and raw material for envisioning potential futures. We are now called upon to examine our own responses to the pandemic, the social upheaval, and the pervasive political madness that faces our country. These reflections will serve as inspirations to envision possibilities for cultural transformation.
The artworks in the Composing the Future exhibition engage on many levels – wonder, worry, hopefulness, and activism, in an inspired array of visual media. You will see responses ranging from intellectual to contemplative as NCWCA artists unleash their imaginations. Many works consider how the events of 2020-21 confront history or provoke change. Just as many reveal inspiration in isolation and blooms in the chaos. Artists have found beauty in the shadows, have reassessed priorities, adjusted their joy thresholds, and reset expectations.
Relevant and compelling, NCWCA is pleased to dedicate our member exhibition to this visionary theme. Composing the Future is sponsored by the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, a nonprofit. It runs May 7-June 27, 2021 at the Bankhead Theater, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, 2400 First St., Livermore CA 94550 and online at, https://www.ncwca.org/composing-the-future-members-exhibition.html - gallery
Bankhead Theatre, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center exhibition hours:
Fridays, 2:00 to 6:00pm, Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 to 5:00pm
Contact Box Office by calling 925-373-6800 or email [email protected]
For inquiries about purchasing artwork: Anne Giancola, [email protected] or visit our online gallery: www.onlinegallery
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 5th, 2021. 1:30 - 4:30pm.
Online Gallery and Store: https://www.ncwca.org/composing-the-future-members-exhibition.html#gallery
Online Artist Talks Series: Thursday, May 27, 7-8pm; Thursday, June 3, 7-8pm; Thursday, June 10, 7-8pm.
The Table Setting Project Curated by Jennifer Jigour: An installation accompanying Composing the Future.
Composing The Future Catalog: Available for purchase online , TBD.
Programs (Note: Exhibit and events are free.)
Composing the Future Artist Talks Series Online via Zoom:
Talk 1 Thursday, May 27, 7-8pm
Talk 2 Thursday, June 3, 7-8pm
Talk 3 Thursday, June 10, 7-8pm
The Table Setting – Curated by Jennifer Jigour
NCWCA’s Table Setting, curated by Jennifer Jigour, features uniquely representative place settings, which stand in as artist statements. These three dimensional self-portraits are based on Judy Chicago’s groundbreaking 1974-79 epic feminist artwork, Dinner party. But, unlike Chicago’s subjects, each artist in The Table Setting speaks for herself. After a year of separation due to the Pandemic, This project aims to bring us all back together while celebrating our bright collective future has the potential to help future generations understand this moment in time.
Bankhead Theater Gallery and Atrium at the Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center.
2400 First St., Livermore CA 94550
THE GALLERY IS OPEN ON A LIMITED BASIS. MASKS ARE REQUIRED.
HOURS:
Fridays, 2:00 to 6:00pm
Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 to 5:00pm
Contact Box Office by calling 925-373-6800 or email [email protected]
For inquiries about purchasing artwork: Anne Giancola, [email protected] or visit our online gallery: www.onlinegallery
Saturday, June 5, 2021, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. – Opening Reception:
Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore CA 94550
Exhibition Notes
Exhibition Director
Elizabeth Addison, MFA, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair and Berkeley-based artist
Jurors
Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Artist, Educator, Curator
Anne Giancola, Visual Arts Manager, Livermore Arts, Artist and Muralist
Marianne McGrath, Art Historian, Curator, Art Consultant; Owner, MKM Art Consulting
Featured Artists
Laura Abrams, Elizabeth Addison, Jill Andre, Salma Arastu, Susan Bercu, Priscilla Birge, Lorraine Bonner, Megan Broughton, Jan Buscho, Christine Cianci, Sas Colby, Lia Cook, Parmalee Cover, Starr Davis, Joan Clair Di Stefano, Myrna Ehrlich, Marguerite Elliot, Miriam Fabbri, Niloufar Farzam, Anna Friesen, Nicole Rose Gelormino, Anne Giancola, Deborah Green, Stacey Gregory, c.j. grossman, Vicki Gunter, Karen Gutfreund, Angela Han, Trudi Chamoff Hauptman, Suzanne Jacquot, Jennifer Jigour, Judy Johnson-Williams, Kay Kang, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Bianca Lago, Karen LeCocq, Bonnie Levinson, Tanya Lin, Nancy Margulies, Chandrika Marla, Tanya Momi, Tomye Neal Madison, Juliet Mevi, Carol Newborg, Priscilla Otani, Kelly Parady, Namita Paul, Laura Phelps Rogers, Pamela Pitt, Katalina Prince, Monique Rardin Richardson, Sawyer Rose, Hilary Saner, Sondra Schwetman, Larraine Seiden, Durba Sen, Judy Shintani, Mary Shisler, Fleur Spolidor, Rachel Tirosh, Victoria Veedell, Diane Williams
About Elizabeth Addison, MFA
Elizabeth Addison is a Berkeley-based visual artist, curator, and educator whose creative practice dwells at the intersection of art and science, examining connections between the microscopic and cosmic realms. Her primary media include printmaking, installation, and digital media and her works are included in numerous private and public collections. Ms. Addison’s work has been featured locally and nationally. She is NCWCA’s Exhibition Chair, an Artist-in-Residence at Kala Art Institute, and a member of the Bay Area Women’s Artists Legacy Project and WEAD (Women’s Environmental Artists Dialog.)
About Anne Giancola
Anne is the Visual Arts Manager at Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center. A working artist, Anne has run a mural painting business for more than 18 years. Combining her skills as a community collaborator with her affinity for working artists, Anne brings together diverse community groups to develop exhibits, performing arts, seminars, workshops and public art projects. A graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara, she has a strong arts and communications background. Anne completed her master’s degree with distinction in Applied Communications from Fitchburg State University in 2013.
About Marianne K. McGrath
Marianne McGrath is an art historian, independent curator and consultant. After a successful decade with New Museum Los Gatos and The Museums of Los Gatos curating exhibits and presenting art and education programs, Marianne founded MKM Art Consulting, LLC, which offers curatorial projects and consulting services to art institutions, galleries and artists. Marianne holds a BA degree in Art, MA degree in Art History and her professional affiliations include ArtTable, College Art Association and the Women’s Caucus for Art.
About Jennifer Jigour
Jennifer Jigour is a visual artist who focuses on important social and environmental issues. She has an eclectic range of artistic expressions including painting, photography, theatre design, and film. She is also the author and illustrator of the graphic novel, Secret Agent Moscow. Jennifer is the The Artist with the Golden Paintbrush, Erotic Art Ambassador and NCWCA’s Professional Development Chair. Her artwork can be found at Gallery Erato in Seattle, Washington and Arc Galley’s FourSquared show this summer. She is the recipient of the Denis Diderot [A-i-R] Grant at Chateau d’Orquevaux, France. The Table Setting is Jennifer’s first curatorial project.
About Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA)
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. Formed in 1973, NCWCA is a chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art is an affiliate society of the College Art Association, founding partner of the Feminist Art Project and a national nonprofit.
Composing the Future’s exhibition committee includes:
Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Juror
Anne Giancola, Visual Arts Manager, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, Juror
Marianne McGrath, Art Historian, Independent Curator and Consultant, Juror
Priscilla Otani, Webmaster, Online Gallery Lead and Mentor
Laura Abrams, Lead Editor and Artist Liaison
Marguerite Elliot, Artist Liaison and Marketing
Niloufar Farzam, Online Gallery
Jennifer Jigour, The Table Setting Project
Bianca Lago, Marketing and Catalog
Chandrika Marla, Social Media Coordinator
Namita Paul, Online Gallery
Sawyer Rose, NCWCA President
Durba Sen, Artist Liaison
Mary Shisler, Artist Liaison and Catalog
Rachel Tirosh, Artist Liaison, Marketing and Artists Talks Coordinator
For more information: email mailto:[email protected] or visit www.ncwca.org
About Bankhead Theater, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center
Since it opened in September 2007, the 507-seat Bankhead Theater has welcomed hundreds of artists to its stage, outdoor plaza, and art galleries, representing a very diverse range of musical genres, dance, theater, comedy, and other performing and visual arts. From renowned world-class musicians to rising stars, from decades-old resident companies to young student performers, from emerging artists to established visual arts professionals, events at the Bankhead Theater and Bothwell Arts Center continue to bring joy and excitement to audiences of all ages. Putting art at the heart of a community enhances our lives and inspires us to think beyond the norm. That is why it is so important to feature visual artists in the Bankhead Theater’s gallery and atrium, as well as in the Bothwell Arts Center.
