Portals

PORTALS CATALOG AND ARTIST TALK RECORDINGS

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Go here for the recording of the Zoom Portals Artist Talk #1

PORTALS PRESS RELEASE

For immediate release:

Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art presents

***PORTALS*: An NCWCA Member Exhibition
June 17-August 12, 2023

Online with select works at
Arc Studios & Gallery

www.ncwca, @ncwca

Media contact: Elizabeth Addison, [email protected]**

Portals can be openings into new realities, liminal gateways to otherworldly realms, or doorways for the world of matter to commune with spirit. A portal might signify personal growth, self-actualization, or transcendence. This exhibition features artwork from 92 members of Northern California’s Women’s Caucus for Art that tells a story, invites the viewer into other realms, evokes transcendence, or inspires a good laugh.

Arc Gallery & Studios is hosting the in-person portion of Portals, a juried, NCWCA Member exhibition. The in-person exhibition features 21 artworks that represent the collection as a whole. All 92 artworks will be exhibited in the Portals Online Gallery and in the Portals exhibition catalog.

VENUE & HOURS

Online Exhibition
https://www.ncwca.org/portals-gallery.html#gallery
Select works at: Arc Project Gallery
1246 Folsom Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.arc-sf.com
[email protected]
Arc Gallery is open 1-6PM on Wednesdays & Thursdays and 12-3PM on Saturdays. Viewing by appointment is also available.

PORTALS Catalog: Available for purchase online, details: www.ncwca.org

EVENTS (Note: Exhibit and events are free.)

Opening Reception: Sat., 06/17/23, 7-9pm, live.

Online Gallery: https://www.ncwca.org/portals-gallery.html#gallery

Online Artist Talk 1: Wed., 06/21/23, 7-8pm. Featuring artists: Kayla Kirsch, Angela Han, Debra Reabock, Priscilla Otani, Belinda Chlouber, Marie Cameron, Jean Brodie, Rinat Goren, Lonnie Zarem, Liz Bloomfield, Sondra Schwetman, Larraine Seiden
Join talk: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84125256741?pwd=OCtaT1pJWWR5N3BvTENsSTVkaUtmZz09

In-person Curatorial Tour: Sun., 07/16, 1:30-3:30pm. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-person-curatorial-tour-portals-exhibition-tickets-658564463037

Online Artist Talk 2: Thurs., 08/03/23, 7-8pm. Featuring artists: Sandra Yagi, Carol Newborg, Linah Sofi, Cecile J Picard, Lorraine Bonner, Sandra Wolfson, Miriam Fabbri, Janna Waldinger, Suzanne Perkins, Nilou Farzam, Salma Arastu and Laurie Toby Edison
Join talk: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83505103913?pwd=OGR0dVZUU1VLTmtEblNSTGQ0a2xzUT09

EXHIBITION NOTES

Exhibition Director:
Elizabeth Addison, MFA, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Visual Artist, Educator

Juror:
Karen Gutfreund, NCWCA Member, Artist, Curator

Online Exhibition Artists: Laura Abrams, Wendy Ackrell, Elizabeth Addison, Sally Allen, Salma Arastu, Susan Bercu, Irene Berrones Kolb, Priscilla Birge, Elizabeth Bloomfield, Michelle Bond, Lorraine Bonner, Sabra Briere, Jean Brodie, Mague Calanche, Marie Cameron, Belinda Chlouber, Christine Cianci, Nimisha Doongarwal, Laurie Toby Edison, Marguerite Elliot, Daisy Eneix, Miriam Fabbri, Niloufar Farzam, Beth Fein, Anna Friesen, Rinat Goren, Stacey Gregory, Jane Grimm, Kristen Gundlach, Vicki Gunter, Karen Gutfreund, Marc Ellen Hamel, Angela Han, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Quinn Keck, E.A. (Betsy) Kellas, Emily Keyishian, Kayla Kirsch, Susan Kirshenbaum, Audrey Kral, Julia LaChica, Bianca Lago, Karen LeCocq, Mido Lee, Meghan Lewis MacLeod, Jamie Luoto, Juliet Mevi, Melissa Mohammadi, Tanya Momi, Laurus Myth, Carol Newborg, Priscilla Otani, Laura Paladini, Suzanne Perkins, Laura Phelps Rogers, Jessica Phrogus, Cecile Picard, Pamela Pitt, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Elayne Prince, Debra Reabock, Blakeney Sanford, Clara Saprasa, Wo Schiffman, Judith Schonebaum, Sondra Schwetman, Larraine Seiden, Hilary Sheehan, Carol Diggory Shields, Mary Shisler, Suzanne Slatcher, Siana Smith, Dobee Snowber, Christine So, Linah Sofi, Susan Spector, Fleur Spolidor, Helena Tiainen, Sujata Tibrewala, Rachel Tirosh, Olga Tsoudis, Linda von Wartburg, Janna Waldinger, Tanya Wilkinson, Sandra Wolfson, Renate Woodbury, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, Sandra Yagi, Marian Yap, Anne Ylvisaker, Jane Yuen Corich, Lonnie Zarem

Featured Gallery Artists: Wendy Ackrell, Salma Arastu, Elizabeth Bloomfield, Marie Cameron, Belinda Chlouber, Rinat Goren, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Kayla Kirsch, Audrey Kral, Karen LeCocq, Carol Newborg, Priscilla Otani, Cecile Picard, Elayne Prince, Debra Reabock, Blakeney Sanford, Hilary Sheehan, Christine So, Olga Tsoudis, Sandra Yagi, Lonnie Zarem

Karen M. Gutfreund
Karen M. Gutfreund is an independent curator with a focus on feminist and social justice art. She has worked in the Painting & Sculpture Department at MoMA/New York, as well as in numerous galleries, has served on the boards of art organizations, is a member of ArtTable, and a representative for The Feminist Art Project. Gutfreund has created more than forty national exhibitions—most recently Agency: Feminist Art and Power at the Museum of Sonoma County. A partner in Gutfreund Cornett Art—a curatorial partnership with the motto “changing the world through art,” that creates national touring exhibitions. Gutfreund splits her time between Sonoma County and her ranch near Yosemite.

Elizabeth Addison, MFA
Elizabeth Addison is a Berkeley, California-based, visual artist, curator, and educator whose works are included in numerous private and public collections. Addison’s practice encompasses printmaking, mixed media, digital media, and immersive installation. She records images on her daily walks and transforms them into mandalas of ‘the one… the universe.’ Her work ranges from examining California’s native flora and the cosmos to social justice and environmental equity. Addison has exhibited throughout the West Coast and nationally. She is an Artist-in-Residence at Kala Art Institute, Exhibitions Chair for Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, and Creative Director of the Bay Area Women Artists’ Legacy Project.

About Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA)
The Northern California Women's Caucus for Art is a networking organization for women in the arts. NCWCA offers 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, an affiliate society of the College Art Association, founding partner of the Feminist Art Project, and a national nonprofit. www.ncwca.org, @ncwca.

About Arc Gallery & Studios
Arc Gallery & Studios features a 1,000 sq. ft. art gallery, a smaller project gallery, a fine art consulting office & gallery, an art education center, and ten quality artist studios, along with the Kearny Street Workshop office, the San Francisco Artist Network office, and Coffee Shop.

Arc supports the making of quality art in all media, provides a nurturing environment for artists to create their work, builds a community of artists to encourage exploration of art, provides resources for the professional development of visual artists, and promotes appreciation of the visual arts in the city of San Francisco. www.arc-sf.com, [email protected]

For more information: email [email protected] or visit www.ncwca.org