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Contact: Sally Douglas Arce
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F213:
ARTISTS PROVIDE THE IMAGERY. WRITERS RESPOND.
TOGETHER OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD.
Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art
April 13 through May 11, 2019
April 13 through May 11, 2019
San Francisco, December 11, 2018 – Women are rising. In unprecedented numbers and with ever-increasing volume, women are taking their outrage to the streets, to the press, and to the ballot box. As more and more women are openly voicing their fury about state-sanctioned abuses of power, the exhibition F213 spotlights strong and bold artistic expressions of feminist protest.
F213 is short for Fahrenheit 213, one degree above the boiling point of blood. This powerful exhibition by Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA) brings together over 40 national and Bay Area feminist artists who are, in a unique twist, paired with more than 40 writers who are incensed about the current misogyny, discrimination, and loss of hard-won civil rights in the United States, such as reproductive choice, freedom from unlawful detention, protection from police brutality, safety from gun violence, and more.
Curated by NCWCA’s feminist curatorial collective led by Tanya Augsburg, Ph.D., Professor of Humanities and Liberal Studies, San Francisco State University, F213 brings together a diverse and inclusive mix of multicultural, intersectional, multigenerational feminist artists and writers to express their concerns and offer insights to remedy current injustices and atrocities.
Augsburg says, “While we remain hopeful, we reject ‘thoughts and prayers’ as adequate responses to the corruption, cruelty, and discrimination we now experience daily in the U.S. Women, in particular, are past the boiling point and wish to make their voices heard. Artistic expression is our way forward toward social justice.”
Viewers will see:
Note: All quoted text above is from each artist’s statement submitted for F213 or on their website.
F213 runs from April 13, 2019 until May 11, 2019 at Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom St., San Francisco. Organized by the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA), a nonprofit, the opening reception takes place from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, April 13, 2019.
Exhibition hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., or by appointment.
Arc Gallery Exhibition Hours
1246 Folsom St. (between 8th and 9th Streets.), San Francisco 94103
Wed. & Thurs. from 1-6 p.m.
Sat. from 12-3 p.m. and by appointment
Programs (Note: Exhibit and event admission is free.)
Opening Reception, Saturday, April 13, 7 -10 PM: F213 artists and writers will discuss their work in the exhibit
Curatorial Tour, Saturday, April 27, 1:30 - 3:30 PM: Curatorial tour led by F213 Lead Curator, Prof. Tanya Augsburg, San Francisco State University.
AMPLIFY! A F213 Writers' Evening, Thursday, May 2, 6:30 - 10:00 PM: F213 writers Audrey Ferber, Christine No, Shannon Rose Riley and Nellie Wong will read from their works and F213 artist Sheila Pree Bright will discuss her short film and book, #1960Now: Photographs of Civil Rights Activists and Black Lives Matter Protests, and do a book-signing.
F213 Panel Discussion and Closing Reception, Saturday, May 11, 1:00 - 3:00 PM: Prof. Tanya Augsburg will lead a panel discussion by F213 participants Lenore Chinn, Nancy Hom, Patricia Montgomery, Judy Shintani, and Colette Standish.
Curators
Tanya Augsburg, Ph.D., Professor of Humanities and Liberal Studies, San Francisco State University, lead curator
Karen Gutfreund, co-curator, independent curator/artist
Priscilla Otani, co-curator, owner, Arc Gallery, San Francisco
Sawyer Rose, co-curator, activist artist
Ariana Davi, curatorial apprentice
Participating Artists
Amy Ahlstrom, Salma Arastu, Micah Bazant, Lorraine Bonner, Della Calfee, Indira Cesarine, Lenore Chinn, Parker Day, Justyne Fischer, Kelly Hammargren, Trudi Chamoff Hauptman, Ester Hernandez, Nancy Hom, Karen Gutfreund, Judy Johnson-Williams, Kay Kang, Kate Kretz, Karen LeCocq, Kristine Mays, Rosemary Meza Des Plas, Geri Montano, Patricia A. Montgomery, Laura Murray, Aqsa Naveed, Brenda Oelbaum, Priscilla Otani, Sheila Pree Bright, Favianna Rodriguez, Sawyer Rose, Sheree Rose, Rachel Sager, Kadie Salfi, Gigi Salij, Linda Friedman Schmidt, Mira Schor, Judy Shintani, Sarupa Sidaarth, Jennifer Kim Sohn, Colette Standish, Samanta Tello, Sandra Yagi.
Participating Writers
Melinda Alexander, Lauren Araiza, Chimine Arfuso, Natasha Boas, Lorraine Bonner, Maria Elena Buszek, Sandra Butler, Sandra Cisneros, Meriwether Clarke, Daniel B. Coleman, Karen Crews Hendon, Burcu Doleneken, Sally Edelstein, Audrey Ferber, Rebecca M. Frank, Thaisa Frank, Sharon Gelman, Erica Goss, Likisha Griffin, Jessica Hendry Nelson, Yetta Howard, Susan Kirshbaum, Petra Kuppers, Berette Macaulay, Anna Mantzaris, Khadijah O. Miller, Tyler Mills, Janice Mirikitani, Christine No, Peggy Phelan, Shannon Rose Riley, Emily Sano, Helene Smith Romer, Mira Schor, Maw Shein Win, Genanne Walsh, Bridget Wagner, Tanya Wilkinson, Nellie Wong, Brianna Wu, Ani Zonneveld.
NCWCA Book Artists Exhibiting in the F213 Library
CJ Grossman, Trudi Chamoff Hauptman, Julie Mevi, Tanya Wilkinson
About Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA)
Formed in 1972, NCWCA is a chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, a national nonprofit that creates community through art, education, and social activism. For more information: [email protected] or https://www.ncwca.org
Press questions and requests for interviews: Sally Douglas Arce, 510-525-9552 or [email protected]
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F213 is short for Fahrenheit 213, one degree above the boiling point of blood. This powerful exhibition by Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA) brings together over 40 national and Bay Area feminist artists who are, in a unique twist, paired with more than 40 writers who are incensed about the current misogyny, discrimination, and loss of hard-won civil rights in the United States, such as reproductive choice, freedom from unlawful detention, protection from police brutality, safety from gun violence, and more.
Curated by NCWCA’s feminist curatorial collective led by Tanya Augsburg, Ph.D., Professor of Humanities and Liberal Studies, San Francisco State University, F213 brings together a diverse and inclusive mix of multicultural, intersectional, multigenerational feminist artists and writers to express their concerns and offer insights to remedy current injustices and atrocities.
Augsburg says, “While we remain hopeful, we reject ‘thoughts and prayers’ as adequate responses to the corruption, cruelty, and discrimination we now experience daily in the U.S. Women, in particular, are past the boiling point and wish to make their voices heard. Artistic expression is our way forward toward social justice.”
Viewers will see:
- Kate Kretz’s drawing titled Lie Hole, that addresses the “blustering, bragging, …[and] ignorance” in politics today, with a written response from Maria Elena Buszek. Kretz’s work focuses on “telling difficult truths” and has been widely shown and published internationally. Buszek is a scholar, critic, curator, and the author of Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture.
- Indira Cesarine's neon sculpture titled EQUAL MEANS EQUAL that "emphasizes the importance of equal rights for all humans, regardless of gender." Susan Kirschbaum offers a poetic response to her work. Cesarine is an artist, publisher, curator, and the owner of The Untitled Space gallery in NYC. Kirschbaum has written for The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, and New York Magazine and is the author of Who Town.
- Mira Schor’s painting titled Justice Bleeding Out, that depicts “spiritual and political darkness” and the loss of freedom, with a commentary from Peggy Phelan. As an artist, writer, and educator, Schor is a renowned art critic and scholar of contemporary art and feminist art history. Phelan is a prolific author of books and essays about contemporary art, feminism, and performance and is Ann O’Day Maples Professor of the Arts at Stanford University.
- Japanese American artist Judy Shintani’s weathered American flag Pledge Allegiance created with wood from the Tule Lake Segregation Camp where her family was incarcerated draws “parallels to current injustices.” Her sculpture is accompanied by written text from Emily Sano. Shintani’s powerful work focuses on “remembrance, connection, and storytelling” to give voice to important social issues. Now a senior advisor at the San Antonio Museum of Art, Sano previously served as director of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Note: All quoted text above is from each artist’s statement submitted for F213 or on their website.
F213 runs from April 13, 2019 until May 11, 2019 at Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom St., San Francisco. Organized by the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA), a nonprofit, the opening reception takes place from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, April 13, 2019.
Exhibition hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., or by appointment.
Arc Gallery Exhibition Hours
1246 Folsom St. (between 8th and 9th Streets.), San Francisco 94103
Wed. & Thurs. from 1-6 p.m.
Sat. from 12-3 p.m. and by appointment
Programs (Note: Exhibit and event admission is free.)
Opening Reception, Saturday, April 13, 7 -10 PM: F213 artists and writers will discuss their work in the exhibit
Curatorial Tour, Saturday, April 27, 1:30 - 3:30 PM: Curatorial tour led by F213 Lead Curator, Prof. Tanya Augsburg, San Francisco State University.
AMPLIFY! A F213 Writers' Evening, Thursday, May 2, 6:30 - 10:00 PM: F213 writers Audrey Ferber, Christine No, Shannon Rose Riley and Nellie Wong will read from their works and F213 artist Sheila Pree Bright will discuss her short film and book, #1960Now: Photographs of Civil Rights Activists and Black Lives Matter Protests, and do a book-signing.
F213 Panel Discussion and Closing Reception, Saturday, May 11, 1:00 - 3:00 PM: Prof. Tanya Augsburg will lead a panel discussion by F213 participants Lenore Chinn, Nancy Hom, Patricia Montgomery, Judy Shintani, and Colette Standish.
Curators
Tanya Augsburg, Ph.D., Professor of Humanities and Liberal Studies, San Francisco State University, lead curator
Karen Gutfreund, co-curator, independent curator/artist
Priscilla Otani, co-curator, owner, Arc Gallery, San Francisco
Sawyer Rose, co-curator, activist artist
Ariana Davi, curatorial apprentice
Participating Artists
Amy Ahlstrom, Salma Arastu, Micah Bazant, Lorraine Bonner, Della Calfee, Indira Cesarine, Lenore Chinn, Parker Day, Justyne Fischer, Kelly Hammargren, Trudi Chamoff Hauptman, Ester Hernandez, Nancy Hom, Karen Gutfreund, Judy Johnson-Williams, Kay Kang, Kate Kretz, Karen LeCocq, Kristine Mays, Rosemary Meza Des Plas, Geri Montano, Patricia A. Montgomery, Laura Murray, Aqsa Naveed, Brenda Oelbaum, Priscilla Otani, Sheila Pree Bright, Favianna Rodriguez, Sawyer Rose, Sheree Rose, Rachel Sager, Kadie Salfi, Gigi Salij, Linda Friedman Schmidt, Mira Schor, Judy Shintani, Sarupa Sidaarth, Jennifer Kim Sohn, Colette Standish, Samanta Tello, Sandra Yagi.
Participating Writers
Melinda Alexander, Lauren Araiza, Chimine Arfuso, Natasha Boas, Lorraine Bonner, Maria Elena Buszek, Sandra Butler, Sandra Cisneros, Meriwether Clarke, Daniel B. Coleman, Karen Crews Hendon, Burcu Doleneken, Sally Edelstein, Audrey Ferber, Rebecca M. Frank, Thaisa Frank, Sharon Gelman, Erica Goss, Likisha Griffin, Jessica Hendry Nelson, Yetta Howard, Susan Kirshbaum, Petra Kuppers, Berette Macaulay, Anna Mantzaris, Khadijah O. Miller, Tyler Mills, Janice Mirikitani, Christine No, Peggy Phelan, Shannon Rose Riley, Emily Sano, Helene Smith Romer, Mira Schor, Maw Shein Win, Genanne Walsh, Bridget Wagner, Tanya Wilkinson, Nellie Wong, Brianna Wu, Ani Zonneveld.
NCWCA Book Artists Exhibiting in the F213 Library
CJ Grossman, Trudi Chamoff Hauptman, Julie Mevi, Tanya Wilkinson
About Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA)
Formed in 1972, NCWCA is a chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, a national nonprofit that creates community through art, education, and social activism. For more information: [email protected] or https://www.ncwca.org
Press questions and requests for interviews: Sally Douglas Arce, 510-525-9552 or [email protected]
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