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"The Wild Side" NCWCA California Juried Exhibition
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“THE WILD SIDE: California Women Celebrate the Untamed”
NCWCA California Juried Exhibition Opening Reception: Saturday, June 18th 7-9PM “You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you.” - Isadora Duncan We all have a wild side, whether we stride boldly there or keep it under the radar. Women, traditionally, have been taught to keep their “wildness” under wraps - raucous, adventurous, risk-taking, bold & brave, sometimes licentious, or living outside traditional moral codes. The Wild Side celebrates the untamed. Northern California Women's Caucus for Art June 18 - August 13, 2022 |
“THE WILD SIDE” ON-LINE ARTISTS TALK #1 recorded on Thursday, June 23rd
Cynthia Brannvall & Elizabeth Addison Moderators
with Rachel Tirosh, Dobee Snowber, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, Salma Arastu, Barbara Pollak-Lewis,
Francesca Pera, Kate Jordahl, Susan Bercu, Durba Sen, & Laura Paladini
View at: https://vimeo.com/725417322
In-Person Curatorial Tour with Cynthia Brannvall, Juror on Saturday, July 9, 1:30-3:30PM
Reservations required:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-wild-side-in-person-curatorial-tour-with-cynthia-brannvall-juror-tickets-373064525037
“THE WILD SIDE” IN-PERSON CURATORIAL TOUR on Sunday, July 17th, 1:30-3:30PM
with Elizabeth Addison and Tanya Augsburg, Guest Speaker
Reservations required:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-wild-side-in-person-curatorial-tour-with-elizabeth-addison-curator-tickets-376897599867
“THE WILD SIDE” ON-LINE ARTISTS TALK #2 on Thursday, July 28th, 7-8PM
Tanya Augsburg & Elizabeth Addison Moderators
with Sondra Schwetman, Anna Mathai, Kim Cardoso, Priscilla Otani, Vicki Gunter, Victoria Veedell,
Lulu Stanley, Debra Wright, Kayla Kirsch & Marguerite Elliot
Join Zoom Meeting at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87181920731?pwd=Y2xDVDhtS2xlSzlPdldaTTFjR3ZXZz09
Cynthia Brannvall & Elizabeth Addison Moderators
with Rachel Tirosh, Dobee Snowber, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, Salma Arastu, Barbara Pollak-Lewis,
Francesca Pera, Kate Jordahl, Susan Bercu, Durba Sen, & Laura Paladini
View at: https://vimeo.com/725417322
In-Person Curatorial Tour with Cynthia Brannvall, Juror on Saturday, July 9, 1:30-3:30PM
Reservations required:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-wild-side-in-person-curatorial-tour-with-cynthia-brannvall-juror-tickets-373064525037
“THE WILD SIDE” IN-PERSON CURATORIAL TOUR on Sunday, July 17th, 1:30-3:30PM
with Elizabeth Addison and Tanya Augsburg, Guest Speaker
Reservations required:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-wild-side-in-person-curatorial-tour-with-elizabeth-addison-curator-tickets-376897599867
“THE WILD SIDE” ON-LINE ARTISTS TALK #2 on Thursday, July 28th, 7-8PM
Tanya Augsburg & Elizabeth Addison Moderators
with Sondra Schwetman, Anna Mathai, Kim Cardoso, Priscilla Otani, Vicki Gunter, Victoria Veedell,
Lulu Stanley, Debra Wright, Kayla Kirsch & Marguerite Elliot
Join Zoom Meeting at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87181920731?pwd=Y2xDVDhtS2xlSzlPdldaTTFjR3ZXZz09
Featured Artists - Invitational Portion:
Afatasi the Artist, Marguerite Elliot, Gillian Garro, Kate Jordahl, M. Louise Stanley, & Debra Wright
Featured Artists - Juried Portion:
Mimi Abers, Salma Arastu, Karen Benioff-Friedman, Susan Bercu, Jean Cacicedo, Mague Calanche, Kim Cardoso, Belinda Chlouber, Abigail Lee Goldberger, VestaMaria Gonzalez, Stacey Gregory, Vicki Gunter, Jennifer Huber, inda Joy Kattwinkel, Emily Keyishian, Kayla Kirsch, Anna Kirsch, Susan Kitazawa, Mido Lee, Janet Lipkin, Yunan Ma, Linda R MacDonald, Anna Mathai, Juliet Mevi, Priscilla Otani, Laura Paladini, Francesca Pera, Jude Pittman, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Wo Schiffman, Sondra Schwetman, Durba Sen, Dobee Snowber, Christina Spiegel, Nancy Tabeling, Judy Threadgill, Rachel Tirosh, Victoria Veedell, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, & Jane Yuen Corich
Afatasi the Artist, Marguerite Elliot, Gillian Garro, Kate Jordahl, M. Louise Stanley, & Debra Wright
Featured Artists - Juried Portion:
Mimi Abers, Salma Arastu, Karen Benioff-Friedman, Susan Bercu, Jean Cacicedo, Mague Calanche, Kim Cardoso, Belinda Chlouber, Abigail Lee Goldberger, VestaMaria Gonzalez, Stacey Gregory, Vicki Gunter, Jennifer Huber, inda Joy Kattwinkel, Emily Keyishian, Kayla Kirsch, Anna Kirsch, Susan Kitazawa, Mido Lee, Janet Lipkin, Yunan Ma, Linda R MacDonald, Anna Mathai, Juliet Mevi, Priscilla Otani, Laura Paladini, Francesca Pera, Jude Pittman, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Wo Schiffman, Sondra Schwetman, Durba Sen, Dobee Snowber, Christina Spiegel, Nancy Tabeling, Judy Threadgill, Rachel Tirosh, Victoria Veedell, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, & Jane Yuen Corich
JUROR: Cynthia Brannvall
selected images from the “THE WILD SIDE” NCWCA California Juried Exhibition
selected images from the “THE WILD SIDE” NCWCA California Juried Exhibition
JUROR: Cynthia Brannvall
Cynthia Brannvall is an African American and Swedish art historian and a multi-media artist who teaches art history as a fulltime faculty member of Foothill Community College. Cynthia’s artwork explores identity formation envisioned in an imagined deep time terrain of memory, reclamation, and the geographies of forced and voluntary migrations of body and spirit. Her artwork has selected for juried group exhibitions in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Washington DC. Cynthia has been selected for the 2022-2023 Emerging Artist’s Program at the Museum of African Diaspora in San Francisco for her first solo exhibition March 29-June 12, 2022 with an artist talk on May 14, 4:00-5:30.
JUROR'S STATEMENT:
The exhibition call yielded a vast array of materially and conceptually dynamic visual responses broaching topics that hold deep relevance to the individual artists. Several thematic constellations emerged. Some works offered a glimpse of The Wild Side as unrestrained gestures of pure expression, visions of nature, and the body in nature. Other works fearlessly embraced the unhinged as an aspect of The Wild Side and alluded to psychological and political matters that resonate with the challenges of these unprecedented times. Artworks that centered on transformation and shamanic evocations offered compelling interpretations of the theme, as well.
Without question, the entries demonstrated high levels of skill from technical, aesthetic, and conceptual perspectives, which made it challenging to whittle the 200 submissions to 46 accepted works. It was exciting to view the exceptional array of entries varying from traditional to experimental, technically challenging to intellectually stimulating. The number of admirable pieces that I would have liked to include was more than the space would allow. It is heartening to know that despite this time of uncertainty, vulnerability, and polarization, creative expression continues to flourish. It takes inspiration, grit, dedication, and courage to create beautiful, emotive, and sophisticated works of art. I am inspired and grateful to all the artists who responded to the call – who persevere and continue to create art.
It has been an honor and an enriching experience to serve as juror for The Wild Side: California Women Celebrate the Untamed. In my role, I carefully reviewed every entry multiple times. I considered how the art responded to and aligned with the theme of The Wild Side as an expression of the untamed. I observed how the material, aesthetic, and conceptual layers expressed the untamed. In subsequent viewings, I read the artist's statement to consider intentionality in the artwork and how those layers of meaning could add nuance to notions of the untamed. While it is always more pleasurable to see art in person, I enjoyed looking closely at the submitted photographs of the art and carefully considered mark making and compositional choices. Consideration of the exhibition space was also a component. I thought about how selected works were in conversation with each other and could be installed in a manner where thematic constellations could offer a visual narrative. It was important to create an exhibition with a balance of messaging, innovation, process, presentation, media, and materials.
The pieces in The Wild Side, demonstrate the powerful and transformative possibilities of unbridled creative expression. In this show women are at the helm, riding the waves of uncertainty, the specter of war, social isolation, and fear of contagion. Despite a history of societal constructs and pressure to remain tame, ordered, compartmentalized, and meek, they are unafraid, unapologetic, unhinged. They create art in provocative ways that offer a space for public reckoning, processing, grief, and empowerment. I am deeply inspired and grateful to the artists of The Wild Side for their creativity, perseverance, and commitment to the power of art.
Cynthia Brannvall is an African American and Swedish art historian and a multi-media artist who teaches art history as a fulltime faculty member of Foothill Community College. Cynthia’s artwork explores identity formation envisioned in an imagined deep time terrain of memory, reclamation, and the geographies of forced and voluntary migrations of body and spirit. Her artwork has selected for juried group exhibitions in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Washington DC. Cynthia has been selected for the 2022-2023 Emerging Artist’s Program at the Museum of African Diaspora in San Francisco for her first solo exhibition March 29-June 12, 2022 with an artist talk on May 14, 4:00-5:30.
JUROR'S STATEMENT:
The exhibition call yielded a vast array of materially and conceptually dynamic visual responses broaching topics that hold deep relevance to the individual artists. Several thematic constellations emerged. Some works offered a glimpse of The Wild Side as unrestrained gestures of pure expression, visions of nature, and the body in nature. Other works fearlessly embraced the unhinged as an aspect of The Wild Side and alluded to psychological and political matters that resonate with the challenges of these unprecedented times. Artworks that centered on transformation and shamanic evocations offered compelling interpretations of the theme, as well.
Without question, the entries demonstrated high levels of skill from technical, aesthetic, and conceptual perspectives, which made it challenging to whittle the 200 submissions to 46 accepted works. It was exciting to view the exceptional array of entries varying from traditional to experimental, technically challenging to intellectually stimulating. The number of admirable pieces that I would have liked to include was more than the space would allow. It is heartening to know that despite this time of uncertainty, vulnerability, and polarization, creative expression continues to flourish. It takes inspiration, grit, dedication, and courage to create beautiful, emotive, and sophisticated works of art. I am inspired and grateful to all the artists who responded to the call – who persevere and continue to create art.
It has been an honor and an enriching experience to serve as juror for The Wild Side: California Women Celebrate the Untamed. In my role, I carefully reviewed every entry multiple times. I considered how the art responded to and aligned with the theme of The Wild Side as an expression of the untamed. I observed how the material, aesthetic, and conceptual layers expressed the untamed. In subsequent viewings, I read the artist's statement to consider intentionality in the artwork and how those layers of meaning could add nuance to notions of the untamed. While it is always more pleasurable to see art in person, I enjoyed looking closely at the submitted photographs of the art and carefully considered mark making and compositional choices. Consideration of the exhibition space was also a component. I thought about how selected works were in conversation with each other and could be installed in a manner where thematic constellations could offer a visual narrative. It was important to create an exhibition with a balance of messaging, innovation, process, presentation, media, and materials.
The pieces in The Wild Side, demonstrate the powerful and transformative possibilities of unbridled creative expression. In this show women are at the helm, riding the waves of uncertainty, the specter of war, social isolation, and fear of contagion. Despite a history of societal constructs and pressure to remain tame, ordered, compartmentalized, and meek, they are unafraid, unapologetic, unhinged. They create art in provocative ways that offer a space for public reckoning, processing, grief, and empowerment. I am deeply inspired and grateful to the artists of The Wild Side for their creativity, perseverance, and commitment to the power of art.
CURATOR: Elizabeth Addison
Elizabeth Addison is a Berkeley, California-based visual artist, curator, and educator whose works are included in numerous private and public collections. Elizabeth’s practice encompasses printmaking, mixed media, digital media, and immersive installation. She daily records images on her walks and transforms them into Mandalas of ‘the one… the universe.’ Her work ranges from examining California’s native flora and the cosmos to social justice and environmental equity. Elizabeth has exhibited throughout the West Coast and nationally. She is an Artist-in-Residence at Kala Art Institute, Exhibitions Chair for Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA), and Creative Director of the Bay Area Women Artists’ Legacy Project.
Elizabeth Addison is a Berkeley, California-based visual artist, curator, and educator whose works are included in numerous private and public collections. Elizabeth’s practice encompasses printmaking, mixed media, digital media, and immersive installation. She daily records images on her walks and transforms them into Mandalas of ‘the one… the universe.’ Her work ranges from examining California’s native flora and the cosmos to social justice and environmental equity. Elizabeth has exhibited throughout the West Coast and nationally. She is an Artist-in-Residence at Kala Art Institute, Exhibitions Chair for Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA), and Creative Director of the Bay Area Women Artists’ Legacy Project.
