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Category Archives: Updates
“Celebrating Women” Exhibition News
WCA artists; Sue Beutler, Barbara Melnik Carson, Sophie Grillet, Sandra Shelly, Corrine Vivian and Barbara Goodsitt are in the exhibit “Celebrating Women”, an AAWA juried exhibit featuring artists interpretations of Women, their roles, relationships and importance as leaders. This exhibit is being held in conjunction with The Historical Center’s exhibit, “Petticoat Patriots”: Women’s Suffrage Movement (MichiganContinue reading ““Celebrating Women” Exhibition News”
Camp Rainbear and the MI WCA
On June 25 to the 27th the Women’s Caucus of Art was represented by Shaqe Kalaj (pronounced shacha call-eye) at Camp Rainbear at the Fowler Center for Outdoor Learning in Mayville MI. A group of families from Detroit yearly have a retreat at the camp. This year Shaqe came in as the teaching artist andContinue reading “Camp Rainbear and the MI WCA”
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’”
Balance approaches!
Michigan Artists Collaborate to find “Balance” The Women’s Caucus for Art-Michigan has brought together artists from across the state to participate in Balance: An Artists’ Collaborative Game. Thirty-six women artists have been paired with each other to create three original works each, based on the theme of “Balance”. Through “Call and Response” exchanges, the processContinue reading “Balance approaches!”
Michigan Chapter Update by Kathleen Letts
2010 started out with a burst of activity for the Michigan chapter of WCA. Board President Brenda Oelbaum headed up the chapter’s organizational contribution to the National WCA Conference in Chicago in February. This included organizing the bus tour of notable Chicago art venues for conference attendees, manning the entrance at the Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner with theContinue reading “Michigan Chapter Update by Kathleen Letts”
Women's Caucus for Art 