WCA conference NEW YORK FEBRUARY 10-14
The Women’s Caucus for Art 2011 Conference LIVE SPACE is well underway.
The concept of LIVE SPACE is two-fold: first it describes art that is happening in the moment, and second, art that is energetic, stimulating and electric. LIVE SPACE will be happening not only all over NEW YORK city but also in cities across the U.S. through the use of social networking, blogging, YouTube, twitter and live feeds.
WCA plans on incorporating LIVE SPACE not only into it exhibition, panels and bus tours but also into in every aspect of the conference. From live feeds for the Lifetime Achievement Awards and LIVE SPACE gala, to performance art on YouTube, to live art happenings in front of the Hilton, the WCA conference will be in the moment, exciting and electric. It will be an event not to be missed.
The WCA conference home base will be Hilton New York, 1335 Avenues of Americas. Register early because space is limited. Please use the code ‘Women’s Caucus for Art’ when making your reservations. Rate is $202 single bed /$222 double beds
Conference plans are still be finalized. Look for an updated schedule and conference fee packages online beginning October 15.
*Please note that the performance art pieces are not listed in the tentative schedule
Thursday February 10
12:30 -2:00 p.m. - WCA panel at CAA: LIVE SPACE: women + art + activism
Drawing inspiration from works created by our panelists and from the collective wisdom of the audience, we will consider how women artists and their communities create vital, meaningful aesthetic experiences that initiate and sustain authentic change in response to issues of limitation, exclusion, legitimacy and hierarchy. If "live space" is the goal, what qualities of artistic expression and community building produce compelling, transformative art experiences/spaces? In a world filled with instant communication, where/how does essential creative intimacy happen? What conditions are necessary to enhance effective art activism?
Moderator: C. M. Judge, intermedia artist
Panelists: Carolee Schneemann, media artist , Elizabeth Streb, Director of STREB Lab for Action Mechanics and Véronique Sapin, video artist, Artistic Director of Video Arts Development International Association
An evening of art and performance 5:30 -10:00 p.m.
- JWAN (WCA) opening reception for ‘Sanctuaries in Time’ , Kraft Center, Columbia/Banard
- TFAP sponsored opening/talk “The Flomenhaft Gallery Glimpse at Female Females” at Flomenhaft Gallery
- WCA ‘Control’ exhibition opening reception at Ceres Gallery
- Young WC performance at Randesk Gallery
Friday February 11
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. - WCA Reception and viewing of the 7th annual video art competition with special commentary from juror
2:30 – 9:00 p.m. WCA sponsored bus tour to include
- Gallery talk with Catherine Morris and museum tour at the Sackler Center for Feminist Art
- AIR gallery
- WCA national exhibition opening reception ‘Hidden Cities’ at New Century Artists
Saturday February 12
7:30 -9:00 a.m. – WCA chapter council meeting
9:00-5:00 p.m. - TFAP panels at the Museum of Art & Design
6:00-7:30 p.m. - Lifetime Achievement Awards presentation honoring Beverly Buchanan, Diane Burko, Ofelia Garcia, Joan Marter, Carolee Schneemann and Sylvia Sleigh. In addition, WCA will also honor Maria Torres and Maya Lin with the President’s Art & Activism Award.
8:00-10:00 p.m. - LIVE SPACE at the American Folk Art Museum. The WCA ticketed gala event with the Life Time Achievement Awardees will include a walk-around dinner with three food stations, open bar, the ability to meet the awardees, networking and tours of the museum. Tickets are now on sale at a discounted price of $75 for WCA members
Sunday February 13
8:00-9:30 - Chapter Council meeting
10:00 – 5:00 p.m. WCA, CAA and Rutgers sponsored ‘ Art at Rutgers’ Bus bus tour including:
- Zimmerli Art Museum major exhibition Dancing with the Dark: Joan Snyder Prints 1963-2010. Lecture by Joan Synder followed by a reception. Also visit the Zimmerli’s world-renowned collections of Russian and Soviet Non-Conformist Art, nineteenth-century French Art, American Art, prints and photography.
- The Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions will offer a behind-the-scenes presentation by master printers and master papermakers about current projects by such leading artists as Chitra Ganesh, William Kentridge, Tom Noskowski with John Yao, Kiki Smith, and Richard Tuttle.
- Institute for Women and Art exhibition Joan Snyder/Intimate Works, a Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Exhibition at Douglass Library.
Monday February 14
8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p. m. WCA National Board meeting, Kraft Center, Barnard/Columbia
