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Call for volunteers:

Participatory Art Project goes to Calder Plaza, Grand Rapids My walk through environment, C’ood: a democracy experiment, will be installed at Calder Plaza, Grand Rapids’ City Hall, this September. It will be right next to the sculpture by Alexander Calder that put Grand Rapids on the art map 41 years ago. Frederik Meijer Gardens curators selected work for this site. Chief Curator JosephContinue reading “Call for volunteers:”

Welcome to one of our new members…

As our numbers grow we thought it would be nice to welcome new members on the blog! .  We invited recent members to share a bit of information about themselves so that we could share it with you.  If you would like your information to be featured here ( nearly-new members and long timers areContinue reading “Welcome to one of our new members…”

New Page Added…

We are introducing a MIWCA Member Artist of the Month feature.  If you are interested in being considered for the MIWCA (member)  artist of the month spotlight please email 5 images of your work, a statement about your work and any information you would like included to   mi_wca (at)yahoo.com to be considered.  You willContinue reading “New Page Added…”

ArtPrize and the MIWCA

To date, we are aware of four (4!!) of our members that will be participating in the upcoming ArtPrize competition. Touted as the “World’s Largest Art Prize” and a “radically open” art event, ArtPrize draws artists and viewers from around the world for nearly two weeks of art, special events and all out competition. TheContinue reading “ArtPrize and the MIWCA”

Congratulations are in order

Congratulations go out to the MI Chapter President and Midwest Region Vice-President, Brenda Oelbaum,  who took First Place and an Honorable Mention in Women in Photography International’s Decade of Images 2000-2010 Competition! (<-click to visit site) Brenda’s 1st place award winning image “Osama’s Bin Degraded” Honorable Mention “Starving Artist with Diet Books”

June Meeting for Michigan Chapter

Mark your calendars for June 17, 2010 at 7 p.m. for the next WCA Michigan chapter meeting.  We will be convening in Grand Rapids for an evening of business, art and gathering.  Please bring art to discuss if you so choose and a snack or beverage to share.  Patricia Constantine is graciously opening her studioContinue reading “June Meeting for Michigan Chapter”

Hanging in the ‘Balance’

Surprises abound in this year’s annual Women’s Caucus for Art Michigan’s exhibition in the Gallery in the Dudterstadt Center. Eco Artist Sophie Grillet’s Fish Trash whose title plays with the child like words to describe what fish do “Splish Splash”, casts ghostly shadows on her Balance partner Delilah Smith’s oil on canvas painting entitled Sea, Wind, Sky,Continue reading “Hanging in the ‘Balance’”