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BEYOND APPEARANCES
September 10 - December 1, 2009
Reception:
Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 6 to 8 pm
John Ahearn, Eleanor Antin, Dotty Attie, Dawn Black, Candice Breitz, Eugene Brodsky, Phong Bui, Nick Cave, Ain Cocke, Andrea Dezsö, Chitra Ganesh, Julie Heffernan, Teun Hocks, Whitfield Lovell, Nina Levy, Kerry James Marshall, Bradley McCallum & Jacqueline Tarry, Charles McGill, Yasumasa Morimura, Orlan, Tony Oursler, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Dulce Pinzón , Lucia Pizzani, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Daniel Rozin, Karin Sander, Andres Serrano, Devorah Sperber, Hank Willis Thomas, Rigoberto Torres, Alejandra Villasmil, Kara Walker, and Deborah Willis
Beyond Appearancesoffers an overview of contemporary portraiture, bringing together a group of 36 artists whose work explores the individual beyond the exterior visage. Historically portraiture has always conveyed far more than just physical features and these portraits touch on many issues - social, historical, political, and ontological - with insight and sometimes humor. Beyond Appearances will include a broad range of approaches and media - painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and installation. The exhibition is co-curated by Patricia Cazorla and Susan Hoeltzel. There will be an online catalogue.
The exhibition will celebrate the gallery’s 25th anniversary and be presented in both the Edith Altschul Lehman and the Robert Lehman exhibition spaces.
Gallery hours:
Tuesday - Saturday 10 am to 4 pm

www.lehman.edu/gallery

SUBVERSIVE STITCHING: Feminist Artists with a Needle
Organized by Through the Flower
Juried by Artist Judy Chicago &
Laura Addison, Curator of Contemporary Art, New Mexico Museum of Art.
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Call for art in all needlework and textile media from artists’ who reside in New Mexico. Works submitted should include a focus on gender. One winner will be awarded a $500 cash prize.

Entry deadline: October 16, 2009
Notice of inclusion: November 20, 2009
Exhibition dates:
January 23, 2010 - May 31, 2010
Through the Flower in Belen, NM and online at www.throughtheflower.org.
Please submit images of three works with at least one detail of each piece and one page double spaced artist statement. Entry fee $25.00
Please contact Through the Flower for entry form at 505.864.4080 or visit the Feminist art section at www.throughtheflower.org to download application.

Through the Flower is a non-profit Feminist art organization founded by Judy Chicago in 1978. Our mission is to educate a broad public about the importance of art and its power in countering the erasure of women’s achievements.

View prospectus:

http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001BV6YksbT8f6DJFMBgwWgFEj8If5nk8706rRPLea6dEqVGyigyGPfBfES06xcssW0ZKAiG-zVgyc-aWW0J8RjgGHwesZP6tO2SjZciypma1k%3D

—drawing the line—
WCA’s Jewish Women Artists’ Network (JWAN) 2010 National Juried Exhibit

Held in conjunction with the WCA and the CAA Conferences

Entry Deadline: Monday, November 9, 2009, 5 pm

Theme: Marks on a surface form the artist’s message, illuminate the real and
the imagined, the overt and the hidden. Lines question. Lines define.
Drawing the Line challenges the artist as well as the viewer to question her
own lines.  How does one respond to perceived lines?  What lines define the
artist? What are the lines for the future?

Exhibition Dates: February 5 – March 6, 2010

Location: Beverly Arts Center of Chicago

Eligibility: Open to all WCA members.

Artists’ Reception: February 14, 2010

Juror: Sarah Giller Nelson, Adjunct Lecturer at the Art Institute of Chicago, Curator and Author.

Exhibition Co-chairs: Fay Grajower and Simone Soltan

From the Center: Now!
WCA’s 2010 National Juried Exhibit

Held in conjunction with WCA and College Art Association (CAA) Conferences.

Entry deadline: October 17, 2009

Juror: Lucy R. Lippard, internationally known writer, activist, and curator,
early champion of feminist art, author of 18 books on contemporary art, and
recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts grants in criticism.

Theme: Women artists have made great strides over the years since Lippard
wrote her book From the Center. How has their art shifted, progressed, or
remained the same since the 1970s?

Location: Woman Made Gallery. Chicago, IL,

Exhibition dates: January 22–February 25, 2010

Reception Friday, March 12, 2010

Eligibility: Open to all WCA and WomanMade Gallery members.

For more info contact- Co-Chairs Brenda Oelbaum at boelbaum@yahoo.com or

Janice Nesser at janice_nesser@nationalwca.org

Calls for Entry - Entry forms for all exhibitions below are available online at www.nationalwca.org.

The 6th Annual WCA International Video Shorts Festival
Held annually in conjunction with the College Art Association and WCA
conferences. The festival’s premier will take place during the week of the
WCA conference in Chicago, IL.

Entry Deadline: October 15, 2009

First viewing: Friday February 12, 2010, WCA reception at CAA

Jurors: Sheryl Mousley, curator of film and video, and Verena Mund, Festival
Program Associate, both of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Eligibility: Open to all women artists. The works must be created by women videographers, or directed/co-directed by women.

Exhibition Format: All genres will be accepted: experimental, narrative,
documentary, animation, collage, etc. Entries must not exceed 15 minutes in
length, should be in DVD format ONLY and cued to start. Please do not send
original/master copy.

Entry Fee: US$25 WCA current members/ US$30for non-members.
Checks or money orders should be made payable to: WCA/New Media Fund

Mail Entries to:

WCA-STL Art Dept/STLCC-FV, ATTN: Leslie Hume, 3400 Pershall Rd. St. Louis, MO 63135

For more information contact: Leslie Hume, WCA Video Festival Director at LHume315@gmail.com

UN POSTCARD SHOW

Take a Minute and Send Your Postcard for UN Postcard Show on Peace Today –
Request from WCA’s International Chair, Priscilla Otani – Deadline -
September 1, 2009


“Over the last two months I have been curating postcards that speak out
against nuclear weapons and advocate for peace. These postcards, documented
on http://wcaartwavesinternational.blogspot.com/, will be exhibited at the
United Nations Mexico City conference from September 9-11, 2009. I will also
discuss this postcard project at a conference workshop. The premise of this
project is that civil society all around the world can speak out about
social justice through art. Hand-made postcards are perfect vehicles for
delivering such messages openly and succinctly.   For those who have
created and mailed a postcard to me, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
For those who haven’t made a card yet, there is still time. The deadline is
September 1, 2009, but I will continue to accept cards until I leave for
Mexico City. So far, 131 cards have been collected - I would love to reach
or exceed my personal goal of 300 cards. It would be wonderful to
demonstrate the power of the simple postcard.”

The postcard show is open to all. Please check out website and send in your
postcard today. Share the opportunity with your chapter members and
friends. – MJ Hayes
Submission address is on the website, http://wcaartwavesinternational.blogspot.com/.

Submission Receive Deadline is September 10, 2009

REpose Gallery is pleased to announce Tara Fadenrecht’s installation, Exposed, on display in Gallery 144 at the River East Art Center in Chicago, Illinois from October 2 – November 9, 2009.  An opening reception will be held October 2, 2009, from 6:00-9:00 p.m., with an accompanying artist presentation about the work on October 6, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.

Fadenrecht’s shell shaped, cage-like interactive installation is constructed of hand-woven polypropylene and steel strapping with employment/inclusion of video and sound.  Exposed evolves from the recognition of the self created, angst based cage.   The initial relief felt at this revelation is short-lived though, as awareness gives way to the unalleviated persistence of the newly identified anxiety. Viewers are encouraged to share their reactions via a digital recorder located near the work.

A resident artist at the River East Art Center since 2008, Fadenrecht earned a B.F.A. from the University of Kansas in 2002.  Earlier this year, she was awarded a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the city of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, to help fund this project.

**For more information, please contact Marcela Andrade at 312.321.1001 or email mandrade@rivereastartcenter.com

REpose Gallery and River East Art Center are located at 435 East Illinois Street, Chicago, IL  www.rivereastartcenter.com

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A.I.R. Gallery Presents a New Opportunity for Women Artists:
“THE MAN I WISH I WAS”
A Juried + Invitational Exhibition

EXHIBITION STATEMENT:
In January 2010 A.I.R. Gallery will host “The Man I Wish I Was” a month-long, partially juried, partially invitational exhibition. In keeping with the feminist tradition of irreverent internal-critique and self-vigilance the intent of the show is to question how gender perception relates to personal identity.

Please note: A.I.R. Gallery is closed through September 7, 2009. All inquires regarding the application process during this time should be directed to: info@airgallery.org. Inquiries will be responded to on a weekly basis.

*Call for Art & Writing Entries*

Please find below the details of our 2009 Competition:

- The Competition has three categories: Artwork (including photography &
sculpture), Fiction and Poetry
- One winner in each category will be awarded £500 (apx $750)

- Additional prizes include an Olympus E-420 SLR camera and a boutique
holiday for two

- Winners and runners up will be published in the Aesthetica Annual 2010
edition
- Entry to the Creative Works Competition is £10 (apx $15)
- The entry fee allows the submission of either 5 images, 5 poems, or 2
short stories
- The closing date for the Creative Works Competition is 31 August 2009
For further details please visit:

www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm

Copies of the 2009 Aesthetica Annual are available from Borders stores
nationwide and from www.aestheticamagazine.com/shop.htm

Pauline Bache
Marketing Officer
Aesthetica Magazine
PO Box 371, York YO23 1WL
01904 479168
pauline@aestheticamagazine.com
www.aestheticamagazine.com