CALL FOR ENTRY- MOOD: Frame of mind A WCAGA Juried Exhibit

Women's Caucus for Art of Georgia CALL FOR ENTRY MOOD:  Frame of mind   A WCAGA Juried Exhibit noun: temporary state of mind or feeling. adjective: inducing or suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind. This year the Women’s Caucus for Art of Georgia will be showing photo-based work for Atlanta Celebrates Photography. We are delighted to have this exhibition juried by V. Elizabeth Turk and are asking that you submit work around the theme of MOOD.  Works will illustrate, suggest or convey a feeling or state of mind and/or leave the viewer in a certain mood. Mood can be personal, political, historical or cultural. What mood are you in? What is the general mood of the world? Depicting a mood involves entering into or visualizing a certain state of mind or connecting with a feeling.  Questions to consider: What changes your mood? What are all the different kinds of moods? When we talk about our moods we sometimes talk about the mood of the evening, the mood of a group, the mood of an artistic movement or symphony, the mood of the country or the world…What kinds of moods do we experience? Funny, sad, good, angry, peaceful, somber, calm, mysterious moods among so many others.  Help us understand MOOD from your frame of mind.

What is "Atlanta Celebrates Photography"? Click here to find out. ABOUT THE JUROR: Artist V. Elizabeth Turk was an undergraduate student of painting before making a life in photography–in which she holds a Master of Visual Arts Degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta. For decades she has mentored young photographers as a professor of photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Atlanta. Turk continues her active engagement with her peers as a career-long member of the Society for Photographic Education. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and is collected by Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, the Polaroid USA Collection, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia in Atlanta, and the Lamar Dodd Art Center in LaGrange, GA. In 2005 she co-authored Mantle Pieces of the Old South: Lost Architecture and Southern Culture (The History Press) with writer William P. Baldwin, Her awards and honors include: Georgia Women in the Visual Arts, Honoree;Georgia Council for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant; Fulton County (Atlanta) Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant; Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Individual Artist Grant. Ms. Turk divides her time between Atlanta, Georgia and McClellanville, South Carolina.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Important Dates:   Submission deadline: up to 5 images Early Entry (August 1, 2019) - $25.00 Regular Entry (August 12, 2019) - $35.00 Notification of Selected Works: August 19, 2019 Work due to Gallery: Tuesday, Sept. 17 Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept 21st: 6 - 9PM Artist/ Juror Talk: Saturday, October 19th Closing: Sunday, October 27 All work must be photo-based.  FOR WCAGA ACTIVE MEMBERS ONLY- JOIN by clicking here if you are not already a member or to renew your membership. Size Limits: Length 7ft. max (framed), Width 50" max (framed)  Please send images and Entry Form to: sandrinemonique@gmail.com with Subject heading: ACP MOOD SUBMISSION  Title Images as follows: First Initial_Last Name_Image Title.jpg (S_Arons_HappyDays.jpg) Fill this ENTRY FORM and send as PDF Submitted images must be: 300 ppi and 2100 pixels on longest side. 2 Payment Options: Write ACP MOOD SUBMISSION in the notes/memo section. Send digital payments through PayPal to wcaga@wcaga.org Mail check to: WCAGA, P.O. Box 8033, Atlanta, GA. 31106  and make payable to WCAGA. All selected artists will be expected to volunteer as a gallery sitter during the exhibition. All selected artists will receive an exhibition catalog.

Save the Date for WCAGA's Annual Meeting December 4, 1 pm - 4 pm Mark your calendars for the WCAGA's annual meeting at the Goat Farm's Rodriguez Room. There will be studio tours, food, and a great time to get to know all the artist from WCAGA. More information will be sent with the announcement of the studio tours and what to bring. Contact Sally for more details. 678-642-5300 Image above: Vivian Liddell in studio (photo by Jeanne Ann Davidson) The newly formed Athens Art Share Group welcomes all members of WCAGA and potential members (visitors) to attend their Studio Visits. Their next visit is at Vivian Liddell’s studio in Athens on Sunday, Nov. 13 from 3:00-5:00. Her studio address is #3D, 160 Tracy St., Athens GA. The format for their meetings is focused on the individual artist studio they are visiting.  They see this as an opportunity for the artist to have a focused viewing and response from members and artists in the community… A time for feedback and a constructive/ supportive critique.  We are also sharing books about art, brainstorming for future exhibition opportunities, and just general “art talk”! They plan to meet once a month on Sunday afternoons. Please join the Athens Art Share Group! Stacy Koffman is coordinating this group.  If you have any questions, please email stacy.koffman@ung.edu Two works by Lucy Julia Hale, "American Powder Room: Killer Decor" and "His Last Summer at Home" were published in the October issue of "The Hand: A Magazine for Reproduction Based Art."   https://thehandmagazine.net/issue-14-purchase-and-artist-links/ Image above:"His Last Summer At Home" Image above: Flora Rosefsky with her Stop Series and Photographic Image of Kolbrun Sigurdardottir WCAGA ART+ACTIVISM artists Kolbrun Sigurdardottir and Flora Rosefsky exhibited their work at an AA ACTS Art Exhibition held at Ahavath Achim Synagogue in Atlanta on  October 30, 2016 in conjunction with a program to raise awareness and education about Human and Sex Trafficking issues. A particular focus of the event, with a panel of four speakers,  was to raise more awareness about an amendment noted as the Safe Harbor initiative to help rehabilitate rescued victims in the State of Georgia.  Kolbrun’s photograph of a young child was selected by the AA ACTS committee to be used on their invitation and promotional social media, giving credit to both the artist and the WCAGA ART+ACTIVISM’s Artist Registry which now includes over 55 WCAGA artist members.  Flora’s work, STOP Series, also was selected to be part of this exhibition. The AA ACTS effort works closely with a large and diverse  local  interfaith community and will continue throughout the year with other events, where the visual arts can again be an integral and meaningful  addition to their educational and proactive programs.  Emily Clanton is a founding member of the White Rabbit Gallery of Fine Art in Travelers Rest, SC. The gallery will be officially open on November 1, 2016. They will participate in First Friday in TR (November 4th). Keep up with updates via the website (http://www.artintr.com/white-rabbit-gallery.html) or Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/whiterabbitartgallery).  New Member Katherine Mialkowski will be part of the Benefit Show For McFarlane Park. "Art for the Park 2016" runs from November 2nd to November 3rd. It is "Open to the Public", at Atlanta Country Club. 10:30AM - 8:30PM each day (Free Parking) https://www.art4mcfarlanepark.org/art-for-the-park/ WCAGA artists:  Yun Bai, Maggie Davis, Maxine Hess, Callahan McDonough, Flora Rosefsky, Ashley Schick, Susie Winton are participating in this year’s 16th annual “Little Things Mean a Lot” holiday show at the Swan Coach House Gallery Nov. 10-Dec. 30, 2016.  Opening Reception: Thursday, Nov. 10th.  6-9pm.  Swan Coach House Gallery - 3130 Slaton Dr. Atlanta, GA 30305. Gallery hours: Tues. – Sat. 10am-4pm.   http://gallery.swancoachhouse.com MARK YOUR CALENDAR: OPEN STUDIO SALE It's that time of year to find unique gifts for friends and family - or - to spice up your home or office decor.  Original art is an innovative solution. Kathy Meliopoulos is opening up her studio to offer over 90 pieces of art - from $30 and up.   WHEN:  November 12, from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE:  Kathy Meliopoulos Art Studio 1886 Fisher Trail NE Atlanta, GA 30345 CONTACT:  404 502-3651 WEBSITE:   www.kmeliopoulosart.net FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=kathy%20meliopoulos%20art DETAILS: Cash or checks accepted. Interest prior to - or after - the event is welcome. Email or Message me with any interest, inquiries, questions. Postage and Handling not included in pricing.  Standard UPS/FEDEX rates would apply. We look forward to seeing you. Two new WCAGA members, Jennifer Bell and Michele Phillips are having a Holiday show called “Adornment”  at The Sycamore Place Gallery & Studios with an opening reception and event on Dec. 3rd. I will send this announcement again for the December newsletter, but thought it needed to go in now so people can mark their calendars. There also will be open studios that evening – where I will be one of the artists doing that.  Adornment – Holiday Art Show and Open Studios at Sycamore Place Gallery & Studios Saturday December 3, 6-9 pm 120 Sycamore Place   Decatur, GA  30030  (behind Fellini’s) 404-377-7747    www.decaturartclasses.com Featuring works by Jenny Bell and Michele Phillips Live music from W8ting 4 UFOs with Bill Taft,  Refreshments Art, Art Gifts, and Open Studios from Sycamore Place Artists: Sylvia Cross Flora Rosefsky Gibbs Hasty Lisa Alembik Michele Phillips Jenny Bell Julie Miller Rachael Bommacino Rita Omark Julie Hale Cheryl Southern Alison Shockley Jess McMillan Gallery Hours during show run: Thursday evenings 6-8 pm; Fridays 11am-1pm; Sundays 1pm-3pm; or by appointment. Artist talks and workshops TBA. Flora Rosefsky is part of the  Invitational Exhibition, "LIGHT," at the Jewish Cultural Center of Greater Chattanooga.   November 3 - December 16, 2016. Artist’s  Reception: November 3rd  5:30-7:30pm. 5461 North Terrace Road , Chattanooga, TN 37411 Stop by during business hours, Monday-Thursday 9-5 or Friday 9-4. Temme Barkin-Leeds has work in two shows: AtHICA Second Annual Juried Exhibition, Athens, juried by Annette Cone Skelton and Tell Me A Story at B Complex, Atlanta, juried by Anita Arliss and Dominick Lombardi. Image above by Helen DeRamus The 3 Members Show "Derived From Nature" were featured in the “Atlanta Celebrates Photography” Festival Guide. Exhibition Sep 12 - Nov 29 Work by Vicki Bethel, Helen DeRamus, and Pamela Ellerbrock, artists who photograph the natural world and use it as a starting point for their personal visions. Presented by The Blue Heron Nature Preserve and the Women’s Caucus for Art of Georgia. Blue Heron Nature Preserve Gallery 4055 Roswell Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30342 404-345-1008 http://bhnp.org/art-gallery.html Leisa Rich's  show "grownupland" will continue until January 13, 2017. Local artist Leisa Rich presents "grownupland", a solo exhibition. The exhibition will be on display October 21,  2016 - January 13, 2017. Location: Stanley Beaman Sears’ Gallery 180 Opening Reception: November 3, 2016. 5pm-8pm The exhibition will present installations, viewer interactive panels, sculpture, 3D printed communal sound, viewer participatory experiences, 3D printed sculptures, and more.

Womens Caucus for Arts Georgia Hosts an Outdoor Installation at The Blue Heron Nature Preserve

This spring, Womens Caucus for Arts Georgia (WCAGA) is hosting an outdoor installation, “The Art of Nature,” in North Buckhead at The Blue Heron Nature Preserve(BHNP).

Blue Heron Nature Preserve

Inspired by art displayed on the Atlanta Beltline in 2014, Sally Eppstein, WCAGA Vice President investigated creating and installing art in the natural environment of her city of Brookhaven. Her quest took her to The Blue Heron Nature Preserve and before she knew it, she had not only exhibited her art—a totem pole—there but had also been asked to become the preserve’s Art Director and its first Artist in Residence.

Sally Eppstein at BHNP with her totem pole

Now, as an expression of her combined WCAGA and BHNP roles, she has created an opportunity for any current WCAGA member to make art installations made with nature or inspired by nature of the preserve’s urban greenspace and exhibit it there.

“I would love to see old and newly joined WCAGA members coming together at the preserve offering performances, painting really beautiful murals on walls, or interacting collaboratively with nature,” Sally says in the kind of enthusiastic voice when the imaginative ideas abound.

Proposals for “The Art of Nature” are due by midnight, Sunday, March 22, 2015. Ten WCAGA members or teams will be selected and have from Tuesday, April 21^st to Saturday, April 25^th to install their work. The installations will stay up until Saturday, June 27^th.

Selected artists receive a stipend of $300! Go here for exhibit application details.

Visit the Blue Heron Nature Preserve and see what site engages you to create. Until then, here are a few photos of the preserve by Sally Eppstein to get your creative juices flowing:

BHNP is a flood, one of the reasons it was not developed.

Any thoughts for what might go here?

Walls in need of expression.

Older wall art.

Let's get to know our Members--Ann Rowles--Founding Mother

Ann Rowles created WCA of GA in 2000. She is our “Founding Mother.” She runs as Program Chair today and as the Southeastern Regional Vice President on WCA National Board.

Her services to Art and Culture are not limited to the WCA, she served on Youth Art Connection Gallery’s ArtSHARE Mentoring program. She was part of lectures and panels on issues of Body Image and Feminist topics. She was also part of the BeltLine clean up Project in 2010. 

Rowles' work examines cultural and historical questions on the body relating the Psyche. Aging and fat are the two dominant directions she scrutinizes. She says: “I am both attracted and repulsed by the desire to re-form the body through the self-inflicted bodily trauma of surgical intervention.” The betrayal of one’s body and alienation to one’s body comes out in her work. She uses wire mesh, crepe hair, rubber, bone in a combination of silk screened, painted and photos. Her latest work was ignited by caring for her ailing mother. She uses crocheted forms, acrylic and cotton thread and vinyl tubing.

To see more of her work and achievements please visit her Website

Kind Regards
Corlia

The Pioneering Spirit of America, Alan Avery speaks to Women.

Alan Avery has been part of the art world from the early age of 9 when he was introduced by older friends to artists like Thomas Benton.  Few people knows that Alan Avery had two art related college degrees by the time he was 17. He worked for the Abstein Gallery for 11 years before moving on to the Trinity Gallery that we all knew and loved.  Then just a couple of years ago he changed the Trinity into the Alan Avery Company.

Alan Avery and the Women’s Caucus for Art of Georgia’s paths collided with the celebration of 30 years for the Alan Avery Company. This event is celebrated by the Art show “The Glass Ceiling Shattered,” currently at the Gallery until February 10, 2012. He was kind to invite us to be part of the preview. After looking at the show and thinking about all the events and the people involved it is natural to wonder. Why did he choose women artists, why did he choose these 3 women? Why did he choose that title? That is some of the questions that went through my head.

I contacted Avery on Facebook of all places and ask him these questions. It turned out that the answer was not a simple or easily explained one and that I was not the only one that asked him these questions. Other individuals, friends and critics asked the same questions. Thus the talk “ Alan Avery Speaks to Women” was born. On Saturday, December 12 a group of women and one man gathered to listen to what Avery had to say.

Apparently these three women was not the first choice but because of events out of his control he had to change the show and the more he thought about the 30th celebration the more the three in the thirty began to stand out. Thus the choice of three artists. He wanted something new and groundbreaking, something that would challenge the Atlanta Community. Thus three women artists.


The wonderful title, was from none other than Hillary Clinton. She mention the glass ceiling being shattered in her Concession Speech in 2008. In Alan Avery’s view Kara Walker, Louise Nevelson, and Helen Frankenthaler are and were women artists who helped and still help to shatter that glass ceiling that women have been bumping their heads against, for ages. Read more on this wonderful groundbreaking show here.

In the true spirit of gratitude to the Alan Avery Company for including women in their 30th celebration and being an important part of the Atlanta Art Community during that thirty years, we say thank you.  We wish and hope that the WCAGA and the Alan Avery Company will work together in the future to build the future of Atlanta and Georgia’s Art Community. The road to a positive and open art world might be difficult but in the pioneering spirit of America we will continue to paint, collage, craft, sculpt and putting ourselves out there, to make a difference. Keep holding to that Passion.

Regards
Corlia

Lets get to know our Members - Claudia Wilburn

Claudia Wilburn joined the WCAGA in 2011, thus making her one of our newest members. She has a MA in Fine Arts. The Brenau University in Gainesville, GA is honored to have her as an Assistant Professor of Studio Foundations. In 2006, the Columbia Museum of Art name awarded her the title of Young Artists of the Year. 

Claudia Wilburn’s body of work has a starting point in her memories. Not the memories of places and people but more the memories of emotions and situations. She says that culture, relationships, nature and travel are important in creating her work. She uses various digital and manual printing techniques and combine that with scanning and drawing.

She will have a Solo Exhibitions in Brenau University’s Castelli Gallery in January 2012.

Lets get to know our Members - Marie Weaver

Marie Weaver is a talented and creative Sculptor, Print Maker and want more of her art. She is also the WCAGA’s Secretary.

After a successful career as Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, she decided to turn to the production of art exclusively. She was the Featured Artist of the McClain’s Printmaking Supplies. She’s been part of  WCAGA’s Brainstorm show in Atlanta, GA and Tryon, NC. Her work has been shown in Brooklyn. NY, Abruzzo. Italy, Sofia. Bulgaria, and Washington. DC to name a few. She was selected into the Residency at the Hambidge Center and the Fulton County Arts Council. She has been published in Art Papers, The AJC, and The Birmingham News. She is represented by Narrowland Gallery in Chatham, MA. The list goes on and on. 

Her work can be describes as whimsical, quizzical, sometimes a little freaky but at the same time serious and thoughtful and most of all sincere. Her artist Statement is short but explains it well. 

“The essence of my work is in concepts of vulnerability and protection. I’ve worked in various media but focus primarily on ceramics, relief printmaking and hand-made books. All are process-oriented media that have some commonality. They each combine the physicality of natural materials, the creativity of drawing and color mixing, the intellectual satisfaction of a puzzle, and the hazard of chance.” ( Artists Website/Statement)

It feels wonderful to be in such company. Please visit her website for more art, information and contact details.

Regards Corlia

SketchCrawl

The WCA of Georgia participated in SketchCrawl #32 on Saturday, July 23. SketchCrawl is a happening that was taken from the "PubCrawl". Instead of visiting pubs we go out and sketch or draw or do small watercolors. This is not something that just happened in Atlanta, GA USA, but worldwide. SketchCrawl was started by Enrico Casarosa, San Francisco, California and you can read more about what he has to say at the SketchCrawl Website

The WCAGA SketchCrawl was organized by Barbara Regh and Marilynn Brandenburger and we met at the Atlanta Water Gardens. Above is some of the interesting features this place have that could interest the artist. Look out for the next SketchCrawl date.

Regards

Corlia