Nancy Spero

We are having our WCAGA Annual Members Meeting on Saturday, October 27 at 11 am at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. http://www.thecontemporary.org/

After the meeting some of us will be having lunch at nearby restaurants and returning to the Contemporary afterwards for the film showing at 2 pm.

Golub/Spero is a documentary by Gordon Quinn & Jerry Blumenthal who "visit the studios of Leon Golub and Nancy Spero, two world-renowned activist artists, as they make paintings and prints that examine abuses of power, human rights, and freedom of expression."











Nancy Spero is considered one of the premier artists of her time and has been the subject of numerous books and articles (Amazon has 182 listings). She is one of twelve artists profiled in the recent book After the Revolution: Women Who Transformed Contemporary Art by Eleanor Heartney. Spero will be one of the featured artists on the new ART 21 series that starts October 28, on PBS.

Preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjPU4BL7RJM).
PBS website feature: http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/spero/index.html

Nancy Spero received WCA’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. The next year she donated a print to be raffled off at the 2004 WCA conference. She was one of the founders of A.I.R., the first artist-run, not-for-profit gallery for women artists in the United States (1972, the same year WCA was founded).

Spero has a long history of support for women artists. My personal experience began in the 1980s when she generously agreed to a solo show of her work at Center/Gallery in Carrboro, NC. She exhibited her own work, served as curator for our annual juried show and attended an informal dinner in her honor. Over the years she met with many Center/Gallery artists individually in the studio/home near NYU which she shared with her husband, painter Leon Golub. I visited her in 1985. It was an inspiring visit; just walking through their studio was incredible. The bulk of their loft was their work area, divided equally down the length of the space. One side was Nancy’s; the other side was Leon’s. I found myself immersed in their artwork! In the back was a perfunctory kitchen (the table piled with books) and living area (bedroom, etc). Nancy looked at my slides and made suggestion about venues for my work and possible future directions, then advised me on relevant exhibitions to see while I was in New York. Both Nancy and Leon were incredibly gracious and down to earth. I was overwhelmed!

Ann Rowles

10/25/07

WCA-GA Member Show Listing for October

Artist: Peggy Blood
Artist Website: http://www.fineartamerica.com/index.html
Show Title: “Overcoming By Choice”
Location: APEX Museum
Address: 135 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone Number: (404) 523-2739
Opening/Closing Reception: Saturday, July 21, 2007, 7:00-9:00 pm
Show Dates: June 25 - October 2007
Hours: Monday – Saturday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Artist: Evelyn Mayers Breit
Show Title: “The National View at Grandview”
Location: Atlanta Artists Center
Address: 2979 Grandview Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30305
Phone Number: (404) 237-2324
Opening/Closing Reception: Saturday, September 8, 2007, 6:00–8:00 pm
Show Dates: August 21 – October 2, 2007
Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm; Saturday, 12:00–5:00 pm

Artist: Jennifer Julian
Artist Website: http://www.jenniferjulian.com
Show Title: “OPEN STUDIO: New Work”
Location: Buisson Arts Center
Address: 199 Choice Avenue, Studio #46, Dahlonega, GA 30533
Phone Number: (404) 232-9797 or (706) 867-0050
Open Studio: Thursday, October 4, 2007, 4:00-6:00 pm and Friday, October 5, 2007, 6:00-8:00 pm (In conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography, North Georgia College & State University and Buisson Arts Center.)

Artist: Kym Hepworth
Artist Website:
http://www.womenandtheirwork.org/onlineRegistry/hepworth/hepworth,%20kym.html
Show Title: “Halpert Biennial ‘07”
Location: Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University
Address: 423 West King Street, Boone, NC 28608
Phone Number: (828) 262-7520
Opening/Closing Reception: Friday, July 6, 2007, 7:00-9:00 pm
Show Dates: July 6 – October 6, 2007
Hours: Tuesday – Thursday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm; Friday, 12:00-8:00 pm; Saturday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Artist: Jacqueline Allison
Artist Website: http://www.jacquelineallison.com
Show Title: “Coming Out”
Location: The Forum at Defoor Centre
Address: 1710 Defoor Ave NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone Number: (404) 591-3599
Opening/Closing Reception: Friday, September 14, 2007, 6:00-9:00 pm
Show Dates: August 28 - October 8, 2007

Artist: Yvonne Wilhelmi
Artist Website: http://www.yvonnewilhelmi.com
Show Title: “Conceptual Expressions”
Location: Brown Gallery at Mercer University
Address: Mercer University, 3001 Mercer University Drive, Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone Number: (678) 547-6280
Show Dates: August 28 – October 10, 2007

Artist: Kym Hepworth
Artist Website:
http://www.womenandtheirwork.org/onlineRegistry/hepworth/hepworth,%20kym.html
Show Title: “From Our Perspective: National Women’s Art Exhibition”
Location: Smith Theatre Gallery, Oakland Community College Womencenter
Address: 27055 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Phone Number: (248) 522-3641
Opening/Closing Reception: Thursday, September 20, 7:00 pm
Show Dates: September 20 – October 12, 2007
Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Artist: Linda Hudgins
Artist Website: http://www.theartistindex.com/lindahudgins/index.htm or http://www.lindahudgins.com/
Show Title: “Linda Hudgins: The Grateful Eye”
Location: The Red Clover Gallery
Address: 214 East Rutherford Street, Landrum, SC 29356
Phone Number: (864) 457-3311
Opening/Closing Reception: Friday, September 14, 2007, 6:00-8:00 pm
Artist’s Talk/Book Signing: Friday, September 14, 2007, 6:00-8:00 pm
Show Dates: September 14 – October 18, 2007
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Artist: Linda Hudgins
Artist Website: http://www.theartistindex.com/lindahudgins/index.htm or http://www.lindahudgins.com/
Show Title: “A Landscape for All Seasons”
Location: Upstairs Artspace
Address: 49 South Trade Street, Tryon, NC 28782
Phone Number: (828) 859-2828
Opening/Closing Reception: Saturday, August 25, 2007
Artist’s Talk/Book Signing: Sunday, October 7, 2007, 2:00-3:00 pm
Show Dates: August 24 – October 20, 2007
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Artists: Nan Albertson, Serey Andree, Marilynn Brandenburger, Pam Beagle-Daresta, Margaret Estes, Patricia Hetzler, Flora Rosefsky, Cheryl Southern
Artists Website: http://www.particularwomen.org
Show Title: “Particular Women Artists Current View”
Location: Atlanta Public Library, Lower Level Art Gallery
Address: One Margaret Mitchell Square, Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone Number: (404) 730-1700
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 4, 2007, 6:00-8:00 pm
Artists Talk/Book Signing: Thursday, October 4, 2007, 7:00 pm
Show Dates: October 4-26, 2007
Hours: Monday – Thursday, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm; Friday – Saturday, 9:00 am – 10:00 pm; Sunday, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm

Artist: Marygrace Perkins
Artist Website: http://www.mgperkins.com
Show Title: "Ocala Arts Festival"
Location: McPherson Government Complex
Address: Booth: F-14 SE 25th Ave at Ft King Ave, Ocala, FL
Phone Number: (352) 867-4788
Show Dates: October 27-28, 2007
Hours: Saturday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Artists: Yvonne Wilhelmi; Patricia Hetzler
Artists Website: http://www.yvonnewilhelmi.com ; http://www.particularwomen.org/
Show Title: “National Collage Society 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition”
Location: Cornell Museum of Art & American History
Address: 51 North Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444
Phone Number: (561) 243-7922
Opening/Closing Reception: Thursday, October 18, 2007
Show dates: September 13 - October 28, 2007
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10:30 am – 4:30 pm; Sunday, 1:00-4:30 pm

Artist: Kate Crosby
Artist Website: http://www.exlucis.org
Show Title: "When Day Turns to Night"
Location: East Side Lounge
Address: 485A Flat Shoals Ave., Atlanta, GA 30316
Phone Number: (404) 521-9666
Opening/Closing Reception: Thursday, October 4, 2007, 8:00-10:00 pm
Show Dates: October 1–31, 2007
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 9:00 pm – 3:00 am

Artist: Kate Crosby
Artist Website: http://www.exlucis.org
Show Title: “Two Bodies of Imagery”
Location: Supernal gallery located inside the Toco Hills Fast Frame
Address: 2205D Lavista Rd., Atlanta, GA 30345
Phone Number: (404) 636-2787
Artist's Talk/Closing Reception: Sunday, October 28, 2007, 4:00-7:00 pm
Show Dates: October 1-31, 2007
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm; Friday - Saturday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Artist: Teresa M. Sims
Artist Website: http://www.teresasims.com
Show Title: "WIF XIV (Women in Focus Annual Juried Show)"
Location: Ferst Center Galleries at the Ferst Center for the Arts
Address: 349 Ferst Drive Atlanta, GA 30332-0468
Phone Number: (404) 894-2787
Opening/Closing Reception: Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 7:00-9:00 pm
Show Dates: October 2–31, 2007
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, and during performances

Artist: Cindy Sheffield Michaels (showing with nonmembers Christina M. Helms, Jane Conboy, and Martha Cornish)
Artist Website: http://www.myspace.com/cindysheffieldmichaels
Show Title: “Quatre”
Location: Mocha Match Coffee Bar
Address: 627 East College Avenue, Suite F, Decatur, GA 30030
Phone Number: (404) 377-7788
Opening Reception: Friday, October 2, 2007, 7:00-9:00 pm; featuring live music by Darren Michaels, solo bassist
Show Dates: October 2 – November 2, 2007
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 7:00 am – 9:00 pm; Friday, 7:00 am - 11:00 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am - 11:00 pm

Artist: Julie Bender
Artist Website: http://www.juliebender.com
Show Title: “2007 Fall Open Juried Exhibition at the International Museum of the Horse”
Location: William G. Kenton Gallery, Kentucky Horse Park
Address: 4089 Iron Works Parkway, Lexington, KY 40511
Phone Number: (859) 233-4303
Opening/Closing Reception: Friday, September 21, 2007, 6:30-9:00 pm
Show Dates: September 22 – November 4, 2007
Hours: Daily, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Artist: Teresa M. Sims
Artist Website: http://www.teresasims.com
Show Title: "Women in Focus Artist’s Choice"
Location: Digital Arts Studio
Address: 1082-B Huff Rd. NW, Atlanta, GA 30318-4153
Phone Number: (404) 352-9779
Opening/Closing Reception: Saturday, October 13, 2007, 7:00-9:00 pm
Show Dates: October 6 – November 5, 2007
Hours: Tuesday – Thursday, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, and during performances

Artist: Teresa M. Sims
Artist Website: http://www.teresasims.com
Show Title: "My Hometown"
Location: Washington Gallery of Photography
Address: 4850 Rugby Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone Number: (301) 654-8228
Opening/Closing Reception: Friday, October 12, 2007, 6:00-9:00 pm
Show Dates: October 12 – November 5, 2007
Hours: Monday - Thursday 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Artist: Marilyn Suriani
Artist Website: http://www.surianiphoto.com
Show Title: “Natural Selections”
Location: Rialto Center for the Arts
Address: 80 Forsyth St., Atlanta, GA 30301 (The Fairlie Poplar District)
Phone Number: (404) 413-9849
Opening/Closing Reception: Thursday, October 4, 2007, 5:00-8:00 pm and Thursday, November 1, 2007, 5:00-8:00 pm
Artist’s Talk/Book Signing: Thursday, October 4, 2007, 7:30 pm
Show dates: October 4 - November 16, 2007
Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm or by appointment, 404-413-9820

Artist: Ann Rhodes
Artist Website: http://www.annrhodes.com
Show Title: “Reflections along the Shore”
Location: Left Bank Gallery
Address: 3600 Fredericka Road, St. Simon’s Island, GA 31522
Phone Number: (800) 336-9469 or (912) 638-3017
Opening/Closing Reception: Friday, August 17, 2007
Show Dates: August 17 – November 17, 2007

Artist: Marilyn Suriani
Artist Website: http://www.surianiphoto.com
Show Title: "looking/longing"
Location: Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College
Address: Dana Fine Arts Building, 141 East College Ave., Decatur, GA 30030
Phone Number: (404) 471-5361
Opening/Closing Reception: Thursday, October 11, 2007, 6:00-8:00 pm
Show Dates: October 11 - November 18, 2007
Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm; Saturday - Sunday, 12:00-4:00 pm

Artist: Patricia Hetzler
Artist Website: http://www.particularwomen.org/
Show Title: “Three Person Exhibition”
Location: River Gallery
Address: 400 East Second Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone Number: (423) 265-5033 (ext. 5) or (800) 374-2923
Opening/Closing Reception: Friday, November 2, 2007, 6:00-8:30 pm
Show Dates: November 2 – November 30, 2007
Hours: Monday – Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm

Artist: Flora Rosefsky
Artist Website: http://www.florageart.com
Show Title: “Sukkat Shalom: A Shelter of Peace”
Location: Central Reform Synagogue
Address: 5020 Waterman, St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone Number: (314) 361-1564
Opening Reception: Sunday, Sept. 29, 2007; 7:00-9:00 pm
Show Dates: September 29 - December 1, 2007
Hours: Monday – Friday, regular business hours; Saturday, 8:30 am - 1:30 pm; Sunday, call for hours.

Artist: Helen DeRamus
Artist Website: http://www.helenderamus.com
Show Title: “Encaustic Works 2007” (International Biennial Juried Exhibit)
Location: Ball State University’s Atrium Gallery
Address: 2000 W. University Avenue, Muncie, Indiana 47306
Phone Number: (765) 285-5838
Opening/Closing Reception: Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Show Dates: October 31 – December 1, 2007
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm