WELCOME TO NCWCA'S SPEAKER'S BUREAU!
The NCWCA Speakers’ Bureau showcases the expertise of its members. We address a range of topics from “Tech Tools for Nonprofits”, “Art and Historical Trauma”, “Gallery Management” to “Community Art”, and more.
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Elizabeth Addison
Topics of Expertise
Biography Elizabeth Addison is a San Francisco Bay Area visual artist, curator, and educator whose works are included in The California Endowment permanent collection and collected by numerous private and public collectors. Her primary media include experimental printmaking, installation, audio and digital media. Addison’s recent works are in response to visual connections and functional similarities between the microscopic and the cosmic realms. Informed by the relationship between science and artistic vision, she invokes the threshold created at their intersection. Her liminal environments reflect upon humankind and its relationship with nature, science, and the comparison between belief and data-driven conclusions. Addison is an artist-in-residence at Kala Art Institute and is a board member and Professional Development Chair of the Northern California Women's Caucus for Art. She is a graduate of Northwestern University and received her MFA from JFK University in Berkeley. Lydia Nakashima Degarrod
Topics of Expertise
Biography Lydia Nakashima Degarrod is a visual artist and a cultural anthropologist who creates installations that blur the line between ethnography and art in order to convey experiences of extraordinary nature. Combining visual art and ethnography, she has explored the beauty of Mapuche dreams of heaven (Harvard University 1997-98), miracles in Chilean cities (UC Berkeley 2000-02), people and birds at Lake Merritt (2005-O6) long term exile (Center for Art and Public Life, 2007-8), maps of urban memorable dreams (2015-18), and currently, artmaking as a form of communication in collaborative projects. She has been a recipient of a Fulbright-Hayes doctoral research grant, National Endowment for the Humanities grant, senior fellowship at Harvard University, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Virginia. She has received awards from the Wing Luke Memorial Museum of Art, Saint John’s University, and the Ministry of Culture of Chile. She has been an artist in residence at de Young Museum of Art, and the Center for Art and Public Life. Degarrod is an associate editor of the Journal for the Society for Anthropology of Consciousness. She serves on the advisory board of the Asian American Women Artists Association. She teaches at the California College of the Arts. Website www.NakashimaDegarrod.com Priscilla Otani
Topics of Expertise
Biography Priscilla Otani is a managing partner at Arc Studios & Gallery, a mixed-use gallery, group studio and micro-business space in San Francisco. Arc is dedicated to showcasing and promoting emerging and established artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 2010, Otani and her partners have provided exhibition opportunities for over 500 mostly local artists and studio space for fifteen artists. Otani has served on the board of the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art in various capacities since 2006 and is currently the communications chair. She was elected president of the National Women’s Caucus for Art from 2012 – 2014. In addition to non-profit and gallery experience, Otani has held corporate executive positions in employee benefits, human resources and corporate social responsibility. Otani has a BA in Psychology and Asian Studies from Mills College and an MA in Japanese Literature from Columbia University. Website www.mrpotani.com |
Tanya Augsburg
Topics of Expertise
Biography Tanya Augsburg is a humanities-trained, interdisciplinary feminist performance scholar, critic, and curator who can be occasionally persuaded to perform. She has been talking to, and writing about, feminist art and performance since the 1990s. Her 1996 doctoral dissertation, “Private Theaters Onstage: Hysteria and the Female Medical Subject” examined images of who dared to speak publicly, from Bernini’s Saint Teresa in Ecstasy to ORLAN’s medical performances. She teaches at San Francisco State University, where she is Professor of Humanities and Creative Arts. Her current projects include completing a book-length manuscript on the interdisciplinary arts and a book-length manuscript on what she is calling feminist ars erotica. Websites http://faculty.sfsu.edu/~tanya http://www.tanyaaugsburg.weebly.com https://sfsu.academia.edu/TanyaAugsburg https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tanya_Augsburg https://medium.com/@fogphd Judy Johnson-Williams
Topics of Expertise
Biography Judy Johnson-Williams has been an artist for 40 years and taught art for over 20 years (8 years in a drop-in program at migrant house and 13 years in Oakland public schools). Johnson-Williams has developed customized programs to meet the needs of her students, whether they are adults or traumatized, special needs children. She believes that art is about thinking and communicating, and while she loves making her own, it is also necessary to share and teach those who don't have the skills. Website www.judyjohnson-williams.com K. Sawyer Rose
Topics of Expertise
Biography Sawyer Rose is a sculpture, installation, and social practice artist. Born and raised in North Carolina and a graduate of Williams College in Massachusetts, she currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. Throughout her career, Sawyer has used her artwork to shine a spotlight on contemporary social and ecological issues. The Carrying Stones Project addresses women’s work inequity and her metalwork sculptures explore the ways living things adapt to changing environments. Her work has been exhibited widely across the US. Sawyer has been a resident artist at MASS MoCA, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco, Vermont Studio Center, Ragdale Foundation, and The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland. She has been awarded merit grants from The Creative Capacity Fund, The Awesome Foundation, and Vermont Studio Center. Sawyer is the President of the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, and formerly served on the Board of Directors of Oakland Art Murmur, Oakland, CA. Websites www.sawyerrose.com www.carrying-stones.com Judy Shintani
Topics of Expertise
Biography Judy Shintani's art focuses on remembrance, connection, and storytelling. As a daughter of a Japanese American incarceree, she has researched and created work about this history. Shintani's masters in Transformative Art groomed her to facilitate and speak about community art and the creative process. Shintani has exhibited internationally and has been an artist in residence at Vermont Studio Center, Santa Fe Art Institute, and Creativity Explored for Disabled Adults. Shintani founded the Kitsune Community Art Studio in Half Moon Bay and is a teaching artist at Foothill College in Menlo Park, CA. She is a member of the Asian American Women’s Artist Association and on the board of the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art. Shintani's Master's Degree in Transformative Art is from JFK University in Berkeley and her Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design is from San Jose State University. Website www.judyshintani.com/ |
