CURRENT EXHIBITION AT ARC GALLERY
MENDINGS & MARVELS
AN NCWCA MEMBER EXHIBITION
June 14 through July 12, 2025
Mendings & Marvels' theme not only centers around the reuse/repurposing of materials and the reimagining of older artwork, but also includes themes around mending — whether literal, spiritual, or reacting to the present moment.
Artists often reflect their ability to mend and their desire to remake their emotions, experiences, and our world into the artworks they create. Mending or remaking ideas or objects also imbues them with new life. It’s a mystical, alchemical, and sometimes prescient process that has far-reaching results.
NCWCA is proud to present NCWCA Member artwork in various media that interprets the idea of mending, reusing, reimagining, and responding to the present moment. Artworks range from the repurposing of found objects, including artworks about the environment or recycling, to conceptual works exploring the remaking of ideas and emotions, mendings of the mind and planet, and marvels of revelation.
JURORS
Laura Abrams, NCWCA Professional Development Chair
Marguerite Elliot, NCWCA Board Vice President
Anne Giancola, Visual Arts and Education Manager Livermore Valley Arts, NCWCA Member
EXHIBITION DIRECTOR
Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Visual Artist, Educator, Curator
Christine Cianci, Visual Artist
ASSISTANT CURATOR
Tanya Wilkinson, Visual Artist, NCWCA Member
EXHIBITION ARTISTS
Laura Abrams, Elizabeth Addison, Lynn Aisawa, Salma Arastu, Bev Barnett, Andrea Bass, Pamela Benham, Susan Bercu, Priscilla Birge, Clare Bond, Marie Cameron, Christine Cianci, Catherine Daley, Starr Davis, Nimisha Doongarwal, Marguerite Elliot, Miriam Fabbri, Marcela Florez, Anna Friesen, Janey Fritsche, Bushra Gill, Stacey Gregory, Karen M. Gutfreund, Marc Ellen Hamel, Kelly Hammargren, Sarah Horowitz, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Ally Kraus, Julia LaChica, Leslie Lambert, Wendy Lowengrub, Leigh McLellan, Perry Meigs, Juliet Mevi, Dee Mostofi, Raji Musinipally, Priscilla Otani, Renée Owen, Jessica Phrogus, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Debra Reabock, Sawyer Rose, Eleanor Ruckman, Clara Saprasa, Sondra Schwetman, Durba Sen, Ria Sharma, Na Omi Judy Shintani, Mary Shisler, Anne Shulenberger, Siana Smith, Rachel Tirosh, Madi Toloui, Victoria Veedell, Angela White, Tanya Wilkinson, Emily Wiseman, Donna Wocher, Sandra Wolfson, Renate Woodbury, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, and Sandra Yagi.
EVENTS
Opening Reception
Saturday, June 14, 7-9 pm
Curatorial Tour
Sunday June 22, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Online Artists' Talk
Thursday, June 26, 7-8 pm
Artists often reflect their ability to mend and their desire to remake their emotions, experiences, and our world into the artworks they create. Mending or remaking ideas or objects also imbues them with new life. It’s a mystical, alchemical, and sometimes prescient process that has far-reaching results.
NCWCA is proud to present NCWCA Member artwork in various media that interprets the idea of mending, reusing, reimagining, and responding to the present moment. Artworks range from the repurposing of found objects, including artworks about the environment or recycling, to conceptual works exploring the remaking of ideas and emotions, mendings of the mind and planet, and marvels of revelation.
JURORS
Laura Abrams, NCWCA Professional Development Chair
Marguerite Elliot, NCWCA Board Vice President
Anne Giancola, Visual Arts and Education Manager Livermore Valley Arts, NCWCA Member
EXHIBITION DIRECTOR
Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Visual Artist, Educator, Curator
Christine Cianci, Visual Artist
ASSISTANT CURATOR
Tanya Wilkinson, Visual Artist, NCWCA Member
EXHIBITION ARTISTS
Laura Abrams, Elizabeth Addison, Lynn Aisawa, Salma Arastu, Bev Barnett, Andrea Bass, Pamela Benham, Susan Bercu, Priscilla Birge, Clare Bond, Marie Cameron, Christine Cianci, Catherine Daley, Starr Davis, Nimisha Doongarwal, Marguerite Elliot, Miriam Fabbri, Marcela Florez, Anna Friesen, Janey Fritsche, Bushra Gill, Stacey Gregory, Karen M. Gutfreund, Marc Ellen Hamel, Kelly Hammargren, Sarah Horowitz, Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Ally Kraus, Julia LaChica, Leslie Lambert, Wendy Lowengrub, Leigh McLellan, Perry Meigs, Juliet Mevi, Dee Mostofi, Raji Musinipally, Priscilla Otani, Renée Owen, Jessica Phrogus, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Debra Reabock, Sawyer Rose, Eleanor Ruckman, Clara Saprasa, Sondra Schwetman, Durba Sen, Ria Sharma, Na Omi Judy Shintani, Mary Shisler, Anne Shulenberger, Siana Smith, Rachel Tirosh, Madi Toloui, Victoria Veedell, Angela White, Tanya Wilkinson, Emily Wiseman, Donna Wocher, Sandra Wolfson, Renate Woodbury, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, and Sandra Yagi.
EVENTS
Opening Reception
Saturday, June 14, 7-9 pm
Curatorial Tour
Sunday June 22, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Online Artists' Talk
Thursday, June 26, 7-8 pm
SELECTED WORKS
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Arc Gallery is open 1-6pm on Wednesdays & Thursdays and 12-3pm on Saturdays
