WCA Night Out at Spirits

Please join us
for
WCA' Night Out'
next Thursday July 2
6:30 pm
Spirits restaurant
300 State Street in Alton, Illinois

Featuring the work of WCA members artists: Jessie Weber and Anu Sud Hittle

Come out to see the exhibition and have drinks or dinner. Meet and network with other WCA members. Support the business that is supporting us.

The exhibition runs through August 29. hours: Wed-Saturday 4:30-9pm

To Create a Culture of Peace and to Disarm Now

Great, great news!!! WCA will collaborate with other NGOs on a workshop in Mexico City! Our proposal was accepted! Considering how complex the workshop application process was, so casual and yet so full of "political" rules, and there were so many other NGOs applying, I am just so grateful we are IN. Now the hard work begins in fashion the workshop so we as a collective group of NGOs present a meaningful and coherent workshop and so WCA can establish a presence and a modicum of respect with the UN NGO crowd.

Workshop Title:
To Create a Culture of Peace and to Disarm Now
Workshop Description:
Our workshop's focus is international civil society efforts to press for the initiation of nuclear weapons abolition negotiations as part of the 2009-10 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. We will address the importance of working with and engaging youth about non-violence and the use of art and creative actions as tools for social change. We will also present how people can speak out against Nuclear Weapons and Weapons of Mass Destruction², through Art and Culture.

On the Wall

On the Wall
Featuring work by members of the St. Louis Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art

September 2 - October 31, 2009
WCA night Out - Thursday, September 3 6:30-8:30pm

Spirits' restaurant
300 State Street, Alton, IL, 62002
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 5pm-9pm
A member's invitational exhibition, part of the Artfully Alton program.

Made By Hand

Artifacts, 2008 Jo Stealey, juror
"The words of this piece are drawn with Kozo fiber threads made out of the inner bark of the mulberry tree. They depict thoughts about the role of art in our lives."

From the St. Louis Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art

Made by Hand
Sponsored by the St. Louis Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art

Sept 8 - October 8, 2009
Reception: Friday Sept 11, 7-9pm
IT8 bus tour: Saturday, October 3
Felted Teka workshop with Nino Hecht: Sunday, October 4, 1-4pm

Crossroads Art Studios and Gallery
501 N. Kingshighway, St. Charles MO 63301
Gallery hours: Wed - Fri Noon-5pm; Sat by appointment
call 314 581-3748

A regional juried exhibition sponsored by the St. Louis Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art.

Juried by fiber artist Jo Stealey. Stealey is an art professor and head of the fiber department at the University of Missouri - Columbia. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally; and is in several permanent collections. Stealey explores aspects of drawing, writing, sculpting, and assembling, all through her expansive use of handmade paper. She states, “I am searching for a visceral response that touches a place within us where no words exist to describe our emotion.” Naturally occurring shapes and structures inspire Stealey's works.

To learn more or to download a prospectus, go tothe St. Louis Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art website here:
http://wca-stl.org/MbH.html

Dail Chambers Solo Show

The Nu-Art Series presents it's end of the season JAZZ AND THE VISUAL ARTS
programs with a triple header. An exhibition of works by local mixed media
artist DAIL CHAMBERS, a performance by the local musical ensemble /JBMG/,
(grandchildren of St. Louis music legends Fontella Bass and Lester Bowie),
and a performance by the CAMERON YOUTH ORCHESTRA, under the direction of
JAMES MCKAY, and featuring St. Louis pianist VICKIE NEWTON.

Dail Chambers received a BFA degree from The Memphis College of Art. She
has exhibited in St. Louis, Memphis, and Philadelphia. Currently her work
is included in a national "emerging artist" exhibition at the Liz Long Gallery, Chicago, IL.

The Dail Chambers exhibition opens Saturday June 13 and closes on July 10th. The artist will give a demonstration workshop on Saturday 13th from 2-4pm (a $10.00 donation will be appreciated). The official opening reception is Saturday, June 13th, from 5-7:30pm, and is free and open to the public.

On Saturday June 20th, from 3-5 pm, the local musical ensemble JBMG will perform "Song for my Father", in observance of Father's Day. JBMG are the grandchildren of St. Louis music legends Fontella Bass and Lester Bowie. Admission to the June 20th performance is $10.00.

On Saturday June 28, from 3-5 pm, The Cameron Youth Orchestra, directed by James McKay will present is annual spring concert. This year's concert will feature pianist Vickie Newton. This event is sponsored by the Missouri Arts Council, The Arts and Education Council, Borders Books, The St. Louis American, and The Nu-Art Series> Admission to the June 28 performance is $10.00

Please note that The Nu-Art Series has a new email address and a new
website. To send us an email please use: info@thenu-artseries.org. The
visit our website please go to: www.thenu-artseries.org