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Media contact: Elizabeth Addison, [email protected]
The Ground Upon Which We Stand: A Regional Juried Art Exhibition
Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art – April 15-May 31, 2020
The past month has been a whirlwind of transition and uncertainty, and many are deeply affected by the Coronavirus crisis. Because the date to a return of normal socializing cannot be determined, The Ground Upon Which We Stand Exhibition is now an online experience at https://www.ncwca.org/the-ground-upon-which-we-stand-exhibition.html with an accompanying online store hosted by Abrams Claghorn Gallery, https://abramsclaghornshop.com/collections/the-ground-upon-which-we-stand?page=1.
Berkeley, CA, February April 15, 2020 – Seventy-seven artists speak out about the sacredness of the land and the importance of standing your ground in this era of climate change in The Ground Upon Which We Stand. This regional juried exhibition sponsored by the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, a nonprofit, opens online on April 15, 2020 at Abrams Claghorn Gallery, 1215 Solano Ave., Albany CA.
In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, broken climate accord agreements, gutting of the EPA, record-breaking heat, and global conflagration, this show examines artists’ reactions to the sacredness of nature and the existential crisis of our time: global degradation. The Ground Upon Which We Stand also shines a spotlight on women's identities and their embodied experiences with planet Earth.
With works represented in all media, The Ground Upon Which We Stand offers messages to and from the planet through the artists’ examinations and responses to nature, environmental pressures, society and the fate of our only home, Planet Earth. The artworks engage on many levels – wonder, worry, hopefulness, activism. Some of the exhibit’s artists clearly oppose technology-industry-capitalism-globalization and advocate for a simpler way of life or a return to ancestral lifeways. Alternatively, some portray technology and globalization as compatible with environmental integrity, envisioning a future that ends pollution, over-crowding, and the extinction of species. Echoing Greta Thunberg’s call to action, The Ground Upon Which We Stand stresses that there is no plan B or planet B.
The Ground Upon Which We Stand exhibition is more relevant than ever, because the well-being of our planet is intricately interwoven with our own.
Stay tuned for:
Environmentally Sound, (formally a live performance and panel event, April 18), will be transformed into an online experience in which special guests will respond to the exhibition artwork and messaging through poetry, song, science, and computer animation, introducing viewers to a wide variety of local and national nature-oriented grass roots organizations and their calls to action. Each special guest will share a wealth of experience and engagement opportunities with our online visitors.
The Ground Upon Which We Stand Catalog with a forward by Laurie Rich, Executive Director, David Brower Center, will be available for purchase mid-April.
Abrams Claghorn Gallery exhibition hours are suspended until further notice.
Opening Reception is postponed until further notice.
Programs (Note: Exhibit and events will be online and are free.)
ONLINE SOON: Environmentally Sound, Performance and Panel Event (formally scheduled to be a live performance and panel event on April 18), is being transformed into an online experience. Special guests include:
Loa Niumeitolu, Indigenous Poet, Activist, and Community Organizer
Ruby Mountain, Singer, Songwriter, Producer, www.rubymountainmusic.com
Ann Marie Carleton, Associate Professor, Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry, UC Irvine, thecarltongroup.wordpress.com
Jonali Bhattaacharyya, Founder & CEO at Bits Bytes & Pixels | Department Lead - Digital Media Arts at San Jose City College, www.linkedin.com/in/jonali, JONALI BHATTACHARYYA - Home
TEMPORARILY CLOSED: Abrams Claghorn Gallery Exhibition Hours
1215 Solano Ave, Albany, CA 94706
Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10am-6 p.m., Sundays from 10am-3pm
abramsclaghorn.com, 510-526-9558
For inquiries about purchasing artwork, contact: [email protected]
CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Saturday, April 11, 2020, 4-8 p.m. – Opening Reception:
Abrams Claghorn Gallery, 1215 Solano Ave, Albany, CA 94706
Special guest: Laurie Rich, Executive Director, David Brower Center will introduce the exhibition and talk about the David Brower legacy.
About Laurie Rich: With a background of over 25 years in the private, corporate, and nonprofit sectors, Laurie brings a wealth of experience and depth of knowledge to directing the Brower Center. A Brower Center stalwart since 2010, Laurie has overseen the conference center, facility management, property management, exhibition, curation and served on its executive leadership team. She became Executive Director in 2015 and has found it to be the perfect combination of her love of building community and leading an organization dedicated to inspiring change. Laurie takes pride in stewarding the Art/Act Exhibition series which serves to amplify youth, local, and national environmental artists creating cultural transformation for our planet.
Exhibition Notes
Exhibition Director
Elizabeth Addison, MFA, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair and Berkeley-based artist
Featured Artists
Laura Abrams, Phoebe Ackley, Salma Arastu, Renee Austin, Donna Barati, Susan Bercu, Wendy Bertrand, Priscilla Birge, Pamela Blotner, Lorraine Bonner, Valerie Boyar, Megan Broughton, Jan Buscho, Carla Caletti, Lois Cantor, Beth Cataldo, Melanie Cates, Sylvia Chesson, Belinda Chlouber, Elin Christopherson, Parmalee Cover, Lanny DeVuono, Jessica Dunegan, Rachel Dwan, Marguerite Elliot, Leta Eydelberg, Miriam Fabbri, Theresa Giammattei, Vicki Gunter, Kelly Hammargren, Rebecca Haseltine, Trudi Chamoff Hauptman, Kennedy Hull, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Kayla Kirsch, Susan Kraft, Krisztina Lazar, Karen LeCocq, Rachel Leibman, Lorraine Lerman, Carol Brent Levin, Bonnie Levinson, Janet Lipkin, Jennifer Lothrigel, Linda R MacDonald, Karina Mago, Margie Manogue-Lillich, Elise Marshall, Sheila Metcalf Tobin, Juliet Mevi, Kate Mitchell, Sophia Moreau, Tomye Neal-Madison, Carol Newborg, Priscilla Otani, Luna Ruth Paesch, Sydney Palmer, Cheryl Perman, Pamela Pitt, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Monique Rardin Richardson, Danielle Satinover, Maria Schechter, Larraine Seiden, Durba Sen, Christine So, Phyllis Thelen, Jeannie Jarwin Tilghman, Rachel Tirosh, Victoria Veedell, Annie Walker, Céline Wallace, Melissa Wang, Michelle Waters, Diane Williams, Sandra Yagi, Marian Yap, Joanne Yeaton
Jurors
Elizabeth Addison, Elizabeth Addison, MFA, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair and Berkeley-based artist
Robert Abrams, Owner, Abrams Claghorn Gallery and Berkeley-based artist
Natalie Borges, Gallery Manager, Abrams Claghorn Gallery and Berkeley-based artist
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. A two-decade artist participant in SOMArts’ annual Día De Los Muertos annual immersive exhibition, Ms. Addison’s work has been featured locally and nationally. She is NCWCA’s (Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art) Exhibition’s Chair, an Artist-in-Residence at Kala Art Institute, and a member of both the Bay Area Women’s Artists Legacy Project and WEAD (Women’s Environmental Artists Dialog.)
About Robert Abrams, MFA
Robert Abrams is a lifelong resident of the East Bay, minus a few formidable years in his family’s New York City business, Sam Ash Music. He returned to the Bay Area in 2000 and earned a Masters in Fine Art Sculpture in 2007 at Academy of Art University, San Francisco, having previously earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Psychology at UC Berkeley. He currently shows his artwork at Room Art Gallery in Mill Valley, CA, Turtle & Hare in Downtown Oakland, CA, and exhibits regularly in solo and group shows in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Robert is owner of Abrams Claghorn Gallery, part owner of the Potters’ Studio in Berkeley, sits on the Solano Avenue Association board, and teaches at Laney College and at the Mill Valley Potters Studio.
About Natalie Borges
Natalie Mae Borges is an Oakland-based artist and a “facilitator of creativity” for many local artists by assisting in fabrication for small-scale projects as well as large public artworks and murals. Natalie has been working in the East Bay gallery scene for over a decade and values the important role galleries play in the visibility of an Artist’s message. Her own creative practice tackles topics including climate change, mental health. Natalie studied at California College of the Arts in Oakland in 2008 and is currently Gallery Manager and Workshop Coordinator at Abrams Claghorn Gallery.
About Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA)
Formed in 1973, NCWCA is a chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, a national nonprofit that creates community through art, education, and social activism. The Ground Upon Which We Stand exhibition committee includes Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair and Juror; Robert Abrams, Owner, Abrams Claghorn and Juror; Natalie Borges, Juror; Priscilla Otani, Submissions Administrator, Online Gallery and Mentor; Sawyer Rose, Editing and Publicity Mentor; Marguerite Elliot, Publicity; Rachel Tirosh, Publicity; Danielle Satinover, Artist Liaison; Maria Schechter, Artist Liaison; Victoria Veedell, Exhibition Catalog; cj grossman, Special Guest Liaison; and a special thank you to Erma Murphy, Director of Programs and Outreach, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts.
For more information: email [email protected] or visit www.ncwca.org
About Abrams Claghorn Gallery
The Abrams Claghorn Gallery pairs a curated gallery space with a museum-style store that have exhibited and sold fine and functional artworks created by diverse Bay Area artists since April 2015. The Gallery hosts workshops that invite community members to learn about and work alongside the artists showcased in our exhibits. The Abrams Claghorn exhibition space has shown over 40 art shows by local, emerging artists since the Gallery opened in 2015. The Gallery’s thoughtfully planned exhibitions begin with the choice of a broad concept, such as human rights, current events, and issues of identity. These concepts materialize through the selection of artists that represent the ethnic and gender demographics of the Bay Area artist community. In this way, Abrams Claghorn aims to ensure that the undistorted voice of local artists is communicated to the public.
For more information: email [email protected] or visit abramsclaghorn.com
The past month has been a whirlwind of transition and uncertainty, and many are deeply affected by the Coronavirus crisis. Because the date to a return of normal socializing cannot be determined, The Ground Upon Which We Stand Exhibition is now an online experience at https://www.ncwca.org/the-ground-upon-which-we-stand-exhibition.html with an accompanying online store hosted by Abrams Claghorn Gallery, https://abramsclaghornshop.com/collections/the-ground-upon-which-we-stand?page=1.
Berkeley, CA, February April 15, 2020 – Seventy-seven artists speak out about the sacredness of the land and the importance of standing your ground in this era of climate change in The Ground Upon Which We Stand. This regional juried exhibition sponsored by the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, a nonprofit, opens online on April 15, 2020 at Abrams Claghorn Gallery, 1215 Solano Ave., Albany CA.
In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, broken climate accord agreements, gutting of the EPA, record-breaking heat, and global conflagration, this show examines artists’ reactions to the sacredness of nature and the existential crisis of our time: global degradation. The Ground Upon Which We Stand also shines a spotlight on women's identities and their embodied experiences with planet Earth.
With works represented in all media, The Ground Upon Which We Stand offers messages to and from the planet through the artists’ examinations and responses to nature, environmental pressures, society and the fate of our only home, Planet Earth. The artworks engage on many levels – wonder, worry, hopefulness, activism. Some of the exhibit’s artists clearly oppose technology-industry-capitalism-globalization and advocate for a simpler way of life or a return to ancestral lifeways. Alternatively, some portray technology and globalization as compatible with environmental integrity, envisioning a future that ends pollution, over-crowding, and the extinction of species. Echoing Greta Thunberg’s call to action, The Ground Upon Which We Stand stresses that there is no plan B or planet B.
The Ground Upon Which We Stand exhibition is more relevant than ever, because the well-being of our planet is intricately interwoven with our own.
Stay tuned for:
Environmentally Sound, (formally a live performance and panel event, April 18), will be transformed into an online experience in which special guests will respond to the exhibition artwork and messaging through poetry, song, science, and computer animation, introducing viewers to a wide variety of local and national nature-oriented grass roots organizations and their calls to action. Each special guest will share a wealth of experience and engagement opportunities with our online visitors.
The Ground Upon Which We Stand Catalog with a forward by Laurie Rich, Executive Director, David Brower Center, will be available for purchase mid-April.
Abrams Claghorn Gallery exhibition hours are suspended until further notice.
Opening Reception is postponed until further notice.
Programs (Note: Exhibit and events will be online and are free.)
ONLINE SOON: Environmentally Sound, Performance and Panel Event (formally scheduled to be a live performance and panel event on April 18), is being transformed into an online experience. Special guests include:
Loa Niumeitolu, Indigenous Poet, Activist, and Community Organizer
Ruby Mountain, Singer, Songwriter, Producer, www.rubymountainmusic.com
Ann Marie Carleton, Associate Professor, Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry, UC Irvine, thecarltongroup.wordpress.com
Jonali Bhattaacharyya, Founder & CEO at Bits Bytes & Pixels | Department Lead - Digital Media Arts at San Jose City College, www.linkedin.com/in/jonali, JONALI BHATTACHARYYA - Home
TEMPORARILY CLOSED: Abrams Claghorn Gallery Exhibition Hours
1215 Solano Ave, Albany, CA 94706
Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10am-6 p.m., Sundays from 10am-3pm
abramsclaghorn.com, 510-526-9558
For inquiries about purchasing artwork, contact: [email protected]
CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: Saturday, April 11, 2020, 4-8 p.m. – Opening Reception:
Abrams Claghorn Gallery, 1215 Solano Ave, Albany, CA 94706
Special guest: Laurie Rich, Executive Director, David Brower Center will introduce the exhibition and talk about the David Brower legacy.
About Laurie Rich: With a background of over 25 years in the private, corporate, and nonprofit sectors, Laurie brings a wealth of experience and depth of knowledge to directing the Brower Center. A Brower Center stalwart since 2010, Laurie has overseen the conference center, facility management, property management, exhibition, curation and served on its executive leadership team. She became Executive Director in 2015 and has found it to be the perfect combination of her love of building community and leading an organization dedicated to inspiring change. Laurie takes pride in stewarding the Art/Act Exhibition series which serves to amplify youth, local, and national environmental artists creating cultural transformation for our planet.
Exhibition Notes
Exhibition Director
Elizabeth Addison, MFA, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair and Berkeley-based artist
Featured Artists
Laura Abrams, Phoebe Ackley, Salma Arastu, Renee Austin, Donna Barati, Susan Bercu, Wendy Bertrand, Priscilla Birge, Pamela Blotner, Lorraine Bonner, Valerie Boyar, Megan Broughton, Jan Buscho, Carla Caletti, Lois Cantor, Beth Cataldo, Melanie Cates, Sylvia Chesson, Belinda Chlouber, Elin Christopherson, Parmalee Cover, Lanny DeVuono, Jessica Dunegan, Rachel Dwan, Marguerite Elliot, Leta Eydelberg, Miriam Fabbri, Theresa Giammattei, Vicki Gunter, Kelly Hammargren, Rebecca Haseltine, Trudi Chamoff Hauptman, Kennedy Hull, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Kayla Kirsch, Susan Kraft, Krisztina Lazar, Karen LeCocq, Rachel Leibman, Lorraine Lerman, Carol Brent Levin, Bonnie Levinson, Janet Lipkin, Jennifer Lothrigel, Linda R MacDonald, Karina Mago, Margie Manogue-Lillich, Elise Marshall, Sheila Metcalf Tobin, Juliet Mevi, Kate Mitchell, Sophia Moreau, Tomye Neal-Madison, Carol Newborg, Priscilla Otani, Luna Ruth Paesch, Sydney Palmer, Cheryl Perman, Pamela Pitt, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Monique Rardin Richardson, Danielle Satinover, Maria Schechter, Larraine Seiden, Durba Sen, Christine So, Phyllis Thelen, Jeannie Jarwin Tilghman, Rachel Tirosh, Victoria Veedell, Annie Walker, Céline Wallace, Melissa Wang, Michelle Waters, Diane Williams, Sandra Yagi, Marian Yap, Joanne Yeaton
Jurors
Elizabeth Addison, Elizabeth Addison, MFA, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair and Berkeley-based artist
Robert Abrams, Owner, Abrams Claghorn Gallery and Berkeley-based artist
Natalie Borges, Gallery Manager, Abrams Claghorn Gallery and Berkeley-based artist
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. A two-decade artist participant in SOMArts’ annual Día De Los Muertos annual immersive exhibition, Ms. Addison’s work has been featured locally and nationally. She is NCWCA’s (Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art) Exhibition’s Chair, an Artist-in-Residence at Kala Art Institute, and a member of both the Bay Area Women’s Artists Legacy Project and WEAD (Women’s Environmental Artists Dialog.)
About Robert Abrams, MFA
Robert Abrams is a lifelong resident of the East Bay, minus a few formidable years in his family’s New York City business, Sam Ash Music. He returned to the Bay Area in 2000 and earned a Masters in Fine Art Sculpture in 2007 at Academy of Art University, San Francisco, having previously earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Psychology at UC Berkeley. He currently shows his artwork at Room Art Gallery in Mill Valley, CA, Turtle & Hare in Downtown Oakland, CA, and exhibits regularly in solo and group shows in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Robert is owner of Abrams Claghorn Gallery, part owner of the Potters’ Studio in Berkeley, sits on the Solano Avenue Association board, and teaches at Laney College and at the Mill Valley Potters Studio.
About Natalie Borges
Natalie Mae Borges is an Oakland-based artist and a “facilitator of creativity” for many local artists by assisting in fabrication for small-scale projects as well as large public artworks and murals. Natalie has been working in the East Bay gallery scene for over a decade and values the important role galleries play in the visibility of an Artist’s message. Her own creative practice tackles topics including climate change, mental health. Natalie studied at California College of the Arts in Oakland in 2008 and is currently Gallery Manager and Workshop Coordinator at Abrams Claghorn Gallery.
About Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA)
Formed in 1973, NCWCA is a chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, a national nonprofit that creates community through art, education, and social activism. The Ground Upon Which We Stand exhibition committee includes Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair and Juror; Robert Abrams, Owner, Abrams Claghorn and Juror; Natalie Borges, Juror; Priscilla Otani, Submissions Administrator, Online Gallery and Mentor; Sawyer Rose, Editing and Publicity Mentor; Marguerite Elliot, Publicity; Rachel Tirosh, Publicity; Danielle Satinover, Artist Liaison; Maria Schechter, Artist Liaison; Victoria Veedell, Exhibition Catalog; cj grossman, Special Guest Liaison; and a special thank you to Erma Murphy, Director of Programs and Outreach, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts.
For more information: email [email protected] or visit www.ncwca.org
About Abrams Claghorn Gallery
The Abrams Claghorn Gallery pairs a curated gallery space with a museum-style store that have exhibited and sold fine and functional artworks created by diverse Bay Area artists since April 2015. The Gallery hosts workshops that invite community members to learn about and work alongside the artists showcased in our exhibits. The Abrams Claghorn exhibition space has shown over 40 art shows by local, emerging artists since the Gallery opened in 2015. The Gallery’s thoughtfully planned exhibitions begin with the choice of a broad concept, such as human rights, current events, and issues of identity. These concepts materialize through the selection of artists that represent the ethnic and gender demographics of the Bay Area artist community. In this way, Abrams Claghorn aims to ensure that the undistorted voice of local artists is communicated to the public.
For more information: email [email protected] or visit abramsclaghorn.com
