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Sarah Jane Cervenak, Black Gathering. Duke University Press, 2021. In Black Gathering Sarah Jane Cervenak engages with Black artists and writers who create alternative spaces for Black...
Artist Portfolios
Open to WEAD listing artists and members, these portfolios showcase artists whose work reflects diverse approaches to environmental and social justice art. ARTISTS Mary ApikosChristina BerteaKatherine BolandEmily Van EngelGrace GrothausDeborah KennedyIsabella La...
CALL for Artwork: “Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, Or do without: Lessons from our Grandmothers”
WEAD MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION: Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, Or do without: Lessons from our Grandmothers. The title is a depression era adage taught by wise grandmothers and families in need. Selected art should focus on eco and...
The Best Art of 2016
Holland Cotter of The New York Times has listed WEAD artist 'Mierle Laderman Ukeles: Maintenance Art' among the Best Art of 2016. "MIERLE LADERMAN UKELES: MAINTENANCE ART 'After the revolution, who's going to pick up the garbage on Monday...
WEAD EXHIBITION CALL FOR ARTWORKS
DEADLINE 1/1/2017 Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, Or do without: Lessons from our Grandmothers. The title is a depression era adage taught by wise grandmothers and families in need. Selected art should focus on eco and cultural values of...
WEAD AT BIONEERS CONFERENCE 2016
RECIPROCITY WEAD SHOWCASE HALLWAY EXHIBIT October 21-23 Marin Center, San Rafael CA SPECIES ENCOUNTER: DIVE IN!: An interactive temporary installation about the plastic pollution in the oceans, Michele Guieu, San Jose, CA and Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History,...
OPEN CALL for WEAD Membership Exhibition
WEAD announces its 2017 international members' exhibit: Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, Or do without: Lessons from our Grandmothers. Application found at www.callforentry.org Highly respected gallerist Donna Seager is guest juror tasked to select the most...
Pixelache Festival 2016
Pixelache Festival 2016 will happen again in September. The festival, named 'Interfaces for Empathy' explores possibilities of the societal shift towards the understanding and consciousness of human species as a balanced part of the ecosystem we live at. The profound...
WEAD SEEKS BOOKKEEPER
PRO BONO BOOKKEEPER NEEDED BY WEAD--WOMEN ECO ARTISTS DIALOG. Skills needed: basic bookkeeping and Quickbooks. A "meetings optional" Board member, the bookkeeper works closely with the Treasurer. A well respected nonprofit, WEAD was founded in 1996, and has a growing...
Call to Bay Area Sculptors
ART CONTEMPORARY MARIN at FALKIRK CULTURAL CENTER 1408 Mission Avenue, San Rafael, CA AND DOWNTOWN SAN RAFAEL CALL for BAY AREA ARTISTS* 3D/3SEASONS Exhibit of free-standing sculptures on the grounds of the Falkirk Cultural Center and San Rafael City Hall and Public...
JANE INGRAM ALLEN: FINAL WEAD ARTIST IN RESIDENCY BLOG
SMALLER FOOTPRINTS: WEAD Members’ Annual Exhibition
MOAH- MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY, Lancaster CA Presents WEAD members' annual juried exhibition: SMALLER FOOTPRINTS: Artists Examine Global Warming The exhibition's opening reception will take place on Saturday, January 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. at MOAH:CEDAR, 44857 Cedar...
Jane Ingram Allen Selected as WEAD Artist in Residence at MOAH Lawrence, CA
Schedule of Public Programs for Jane Ingram Allen, WEAD Artist in Residency Project in Lancaster at MOAH Cedar Center for the Arts Feb. 13 - March 13, 2016 Jane's normal working schedule every day at MOAH Cedar is 8:15 AM to 6PM. UPCOMING EVENTS: Saturday March 5:...
Arts & Healing Network: Closure & Gratitude
FROM ARTS & HEALING NETWORK: November 19, 2015 Arts & Healing Network: Closure & GratitudeWhen the Arts & Healing Network began in the mid-1990's, we dreamed that this field would become more dynamic, appreciated and integrated into culture and...
Vision LA Fest
Claudia Borgna is pleased to announce that she will be part of the Vision LA Fest in two occasions. During the opening of the event on November 30th at the Bergamot Station in Santa Monica she will be performing Domestic Apocalypse, a collaboration with artist Jenny...
COMING SOON– WEAD MAGAZINE ISSUE 8: FEMINISM NOW
Three Weeks in May Recreation, Suzaane Lacy, 2014. 'FEMINISM NOW' is the theme of the next WEAD Online Magazine, Issue #8, to be published November 2015. Prominent public performance/installation activist artist Suzanne Lacy is the honored pioneer artist. Issue...
JACKIE BROOKNER MEMORIAL
Jackie Brookner, an inspiring and much beloved teacher taught at Parsons from 1980 until her death in 2015. She was an ecological artist, writer, and educator. She worked with design professionals, engineers, ecologists, communities, and policy-makers on water...
WEAD MAGAZINE:
FEMINISM NOW
CALL FOR PHOTOS DUE OCT. 12
ISSUE NO. 8: FEMINISM NOW to be published fall 2015 We are currently accepting photos by members on current activist feminist art. DEADLINE OCTOBER 12 Current projects that demonstrate and critique how feminism has been adapted to be politically, culturally,...