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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...

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...

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...

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...