Media contact: Elizabeth Addison, [email protected]
Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art presents
THE WILD SIDE:
California Women Celebrate the Untamed
Arc Studios & Gallery
June 18–August 13, 2022
Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, ncwca.org
You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you. ~Isadora Duncan
We all have a wild side, whether we stride boldly there or keep it under the radar. Women, traditionally, have been taught to keep their “wildness” under wraps – raucous, adventurous, risk-taking, bold & brave, sometimes licentious, or living outside traditional moral codes. For THE WILD SIDE, California women artists evoke drama, awe and strong emotions with works that excite visually… and celebrate the untamed!
Arc Gallery & Studios hosts THE WILD SIDE: California Women Celebrate the Untamed, a NCWCA sponsored exhibition. THE WILD SIDE, a juried exhibition featuring California Women artists, includes an invitational portion featuring six artists–each anchoring an interpretation of the theme.
The exhibition runs June 18-August 13, 2022 at Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco and online at www.ncwca.org.
VENUE & HOURS
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.arc-sf.com
[email protected]
Gallery hours:
Arc Gallery is open with social distancing 1-6PM on Wednesdays & Thursdays and 12-3PM on Saturdays.
Arc Gallery requires all visitors and staff to wear face masks during gallery hours and in-person events. Disposable masks will be available to all visitors, as needed.
THE WILD SIDE Catalog: Available for purchase online, details: TWS Catalog
EVENTS (exhibit and events are free):
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 18, 2022, 7-9 PM, in person. Watch video: vimeo.com/725405907
Online Artist Talk 1: Thursday, June 23, 7-8 PM Watch video: https://vimeo.com/725417322
In-person Curatorial Tour with Cynthia Brannvall, Juror: Saturday, July 9, 1:30-3:30 PM.
In-person Curatorial Tour 2 with Elizabeth Addison: Sunday, July 17, 1:30-3:30 PM.
Online Artist Talk 2: Thursday, July 28, 7-8 PM.
EXHIBITION NOTES
Exhibition Director, Curator
Elizabeth Addison, MFA, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Visual Artist, Educator
Juror
Cynthia Brannvall, Professor of Art History, Foothill College, Visual Artist, 2022 MOAD Emerging Artist Award Recipient
Featured Artists, Invitational Portion
Afatasi the Artist, Marguerite Elliot, Gillian Garro, Kate Jordahl, M. Louise Stanley, Debra Wright.
Featured Artists, Juried Portion
Mimi Abers, Salma Arastu, Karen BenioffFriedman, Susan Bercu, Jean Cacicedo, Mague Calanche, Kim Cardoso, Belinda Chlouber, Abigail Lee Goldberger, VestaMaria Gonzalez, Stacey Gregory, Vicki Gunter, Jennifer Huber, Juliet Mevi, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Emily Keyishian, Kayla Kirsch, Anna Kirsch, Susan Kitazawa, Mido Lee, Janet Lipkin, Yunan Ma, Linda R MacDonald, Anna Mathai, Priscilla Otani, Laura Paladini, Francesca Pera, Jude Pittman, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Wo Schiffman, Sondra Schwetman, Durba Sen, Dobee Snowber, Christina Spiegel, Nancy Tabeling, Judy Threadgill, Rachel Tirosh, Victoria Veedell, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, Jane Yuen Corich
Cynthia Brannvall, MA
Cynthia Brannvall is an art historian and a multimedia artist who teaches art history as a full time faculty member of Foothill Community College. She is a California native of African American and Swedish descent. Cynthia has undergraduate degrees in Art Practice and Art History from UC Berkeley where she was a Phi Beta Kappa and a Ronald E. McNair scholar and was awarded the Departmental Citation for her research in Art History. She has an MA in Art History from San Francisco State University with an emphasis on Modern and Contemporary art. An advocate and ally for social justice and equity, Cynthia’s artwork explores identity formation envisioned in an imagined deep time terrain of memory, reclamation, and the geographies of forced and voluntary migrations of body and spirit. Her artwork has been selected for juried group exhibitions in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Washington DC. Cynthia has been selected for the 2022-2023 Emerging Artists Program at the Museum of African Diaspora in San Francisco where her first solo exhibition began on March 29, 2022.
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. Elizabeth’s practice encompasses printmaking, mixed media, digital media, and immersive installation. She daily records images on her 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. Elizabeth 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 (NCWCA), and Creative Director of the Bay Area Women Artists’ Legacy Project.
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, 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 VEGA 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.
THE WILD SIDE Exhibition Committee
Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Exhibition Director & Curator
Cynthia Brannvall, Juror
Priscilla Otani, Exhibition Host and Consultant, Webmaster & Online Gallery
Laura Abrams, Editor, Marketing & Catalog, Installation
Angela Han, Social Media Coordinator
Julia La Chica, Catalog Design & Production
Renate Woodbury, Niloufar Farzam, cj grossman, Jessica Phrogus, Rachel Tirosh, Victoria Veedell, Volunteers at Large
***For more information: email [email protected] or visit www.ncwca.org***
Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art presents
THE WILD SIDE:
California Women Celebrate the Untamed
Arc Studios & Gallery
June 18–August 13, 2022
Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, ncwca.org
You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you. ~Isadora Duncan
We all have a wild side, whether we stride boldly there or keep it under the radar. Women, traditionally, have been taught to keep their “wildness” under wraps – raucous, adventurous, risk-taking, bold & brave, sometimes licentious, or living outside traditional moral codes. For THE WILD SIDE, California women artists evoke drama, awe and strong emotions with works that excite visually… and celebrate the untamed!
Arc Gallery & Studios hosts THE WILD SIDE: California Women Celebrate the Untamed, a NCWCA sponsored exhibition. THE WILD SIDE, a juried exhibition featuring California Women artists, includes an invitational portion featuring six artists–each anchoring an interpretation of the theme.
The exhibition runs June 18-August 13, 2022 at Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco and online at www.ncwca.org.
VENUE & HOURS
Arc Gallery & Studios
1246 Folsom Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.arc-sf.com
[email protected]
Gallery hours:
Arc Gallery is open with social distancing 1-6PM on Wednesdays & Thursdays and 12-3PM on Saturdays.
Arc Gallery requires all visitors and staff to wear face masks during gallery hours and in-person events. Disposable masks will be available to all visitors, as needed.
THE WILD SIDE Catalog: Available for purchase online, details: TWS Catalog
EVENTS (exhibit and events are free):
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 18, 2022, 7-9 PM, in person. Watch video: vimeo.com/725405907
Online Artist Talk 1: Thursday, June 23, 7-8 PM Watch video: https://vimeo.com/725417322
In-person Curatorial Tour with Cynthia Brannvall, Juror: Saturday, July 9, 1:30-3:30 PM.
In-person Curatorial Tour 2 with Elizabeth Addison: Sunday, July 17, 1:30-3:30 PM.
Online Artist Talk 2: Thursday, July 28, 7-8 PM.
EXHIBITION NOTES
Exhibition Director, Curator
Elizabeth Addison, MFA, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Visual Artist, Educator
Juror
Cynthia Brannvall, Professor of Art History, Foothill College, Visual Artist, 2022 MOAD Emerging Artist Award Recipient
Featured Artists, Invitational Portion
Afatasi the Artist, Marguerite Elliot, Gillian Garro, Kate Jordahl, M. Louise Stanley, Debra Wright.
Featured Artists, Juried Portion
Mimi Abers, Salma Arastu, Karen BenioffFriedman, Susan Bercu, Jean Cacicedo, Mague Calanche, Kim Cardoso, Belinda Chlouber, Abigail Lee Goldberger, VestaMaria Gonzalez, Stacey Gregory, Vicki Gunter, Jennifer Huber, Juliet Mevi, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Emily Keyishian, Kayla Kirsch, Anna Kirsch, Susan Kitazawa, Mido Lee, Janet Lipkin, Yunan Ma, Linda R MacDonald, Anna Mathai, Priscilla Otani, Laura Paladini, Francesca Pera, Jude Pittman, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Wo Schiffman, Sondra Schwetman, Durba Sen, Dobee Snowber, Christina Spiegel, Nancy Tabeling, Judy Threadgill, Rachel Tirosh, Victoria Veedell, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, Jane Yuen Corich
Cynthia Brannvall, MA
Cynthia Brannvall is an art historian and a multimedia artist who teaches art history as a full time faculty member of Foothill Community College. She is a California native of African American and Swedish descent. Cynthia has undergraduate degrees in Art Practice and Art History from UC Berkeley where she was a Phi Beta Kappa and a Ronald E. McNair scholar and was awarded the Departmental Citation for her research in Art History. She has an MA in Art History from San Francisco State University with an emphasis on Modern and Contemporary art. An advocate and ally for social justice and equity, Cynthia’s artwork explores identity formation envisioned in an imagined deep time terrain of memory, reclamation, and the geographies of forced and voluntary migrations of body and spirit. Her artwork has been selected for juried group exhibitions in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Washington DC. Cynthia has been selected for the 2022-2023 Emerging Artists Program at the Museum of African Diaspora in San Francisco where her first solo exhibition began on March 29, 2022.
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. Elizabeth’s practice encompasses printmaking, mixed media, digital media, and immersive installation. She daily records images on her 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. Elizabeth 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 (NCWCA), and Creative Director of the Bay Area Women Artists’ Legacy Project.
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, 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 VEGA 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.
THE WILD SIDE Exhibition Committee
Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Exhibition Director & Curator
Cynthia Brannvall, Juror
Priscilla Otani, Exhibition Host and Consultant, Webmaster & Online Gallery
Laura Abrams, Editor, Marketing & Catalog, Installation
Angela Han, Social Media Coordinator
Julia La Chica, Catalog Design & Production
Renate Woodbury, Niloufar Farzam, cj grossman, Jessica Phrogus, Rachel Tirosh, Victoria Veedell, Volunteers at Large
***For more information: email [email protected] or visit www.ncwca.org***
