Empty Bowls Huntsville Event and Put-TogethersThe Third Annual Empty Bowls Huntsville will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 5:30pm in the Flying Monkey Arts Theatre at Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment.
What is Empty Bowls? Every year, potters from all over the state donate handmade bowls; during the event, the public pays $15 and receives a handmade bowl, soup and a drink. The proceeds are donated to First Stop, Inc., a local organization that helps pave the way from homelessness to independent and sustainable living. In 2017, we raised $3,100, last year, we raised $3,800 and this year we have an even bigger goal of $5,000! Join us for Put-Togethers to make bowls to be donated! Saturday, March 9, from 1:00-3:00pm Tuesday, March 12, from 1:00-3:00pm Click the big yellow button above to make a donation or to order your tickets now! |
Figure Drawing Session
Aynslee Moon and Jane Phillips are organizing a monthly figure drawing session. The first session will be Monday, February 25, from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Join them at Aynslee's awesome garage studio... the more the merrier! The $40 model fee will be split evenly amongst the participants, so bring a friend. Contact Aynslee or Jane for more details.
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Exhibitions Committee Meeting
Monday, February 25, at 6:00pm at Flying Monkey Arts at Lowe Mill. Use Lowe Mill Door 11 (at the loading dock) or Door 16 (by the bridge near Pizelle's), then take the stairs or the elevator to the second floor.
March/April Member Meeting
Our next meeting will be on Monday, March 4, 2019, at 6:00pm. The meeting will be at Flying Monkey Arts at Lowe Mill. Use Lowe Mill Door 11 (at the loading dock) or Door 16 (by the bridge near Pizelle's), then take the stairs or the elevator to the second floor. We hope to see you all there, and at dinner afterwards!
Salon Art Discussion
Join us for a Salon Art Discussion on Sunday, March 10, at 4:00pm at Sonja Rossow's studio on the Second Floor of Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment (#2022). Bring finished, in progress, or a series of work, and we'll chat it up, provide critical feedback, or just answer questions. Feel free to bring refreshments.
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Art Nerds Book Club: Ninth Street Women
Join us Sunday, April 14, at 4:00pm at Yellowhammer Brewery, 2600 Clinton Avenue West. We'll be talking about Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art by Mary Gabriel. If it's nice weather we will be on the patio!
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Past Events
January/February Member Meeting
Our first meeting of the new year is on Monday, January 14, 2019, at 6:00pm. We hope to see you all there! The meeting will be at the entrance to the Flying Monkey Theatre at Lowe Mill. Use Lowe Mill Door 11 (at the loading dock) or Door 16 (by the bridge near Pizelle's), then take the stairs or the elevator to the second floor.
Art Postcard Get-Together/Put-Together
Come create postcards to be displayed at A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, New York during the 2019 WCA Conference! Thursday January 17, 2019, Come-and-Go from 12-6 p.m. at Cynthia Wagner's Lowe Mill Studio #2053. Download details and RSVP info here!
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Holiday Pie Party

Enjoy a Holiday Gathering of Alabama Women Artists! Sunday, December 16 at 6pm. Bring a meat, veggie or dessert pie or whatever food you'd like to share! Spouses/plus ones welcome. RSVP to Amy McBroom at amymcbroomstudio@gmail.com and she'll send you the address!
December Book Club

Please join us this Wednesday, December 7 at 6:00pm @ A Cup of Everything. We will be finishing up the Sally Mann book (Hold Still).
The Put-Together
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The December Put-Together on Sunday was great. Check out these fun photos! Please make plans to attend the next one in January.
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December Put-Together

Our next Put-Together drawing activity with Jill and Roxie at UAH. Sunday, December 4, 1-3 pm at UAH Wilson Hall, Drawing Studio 309.
Please join us for our next book club on Wednesday, November 2nd at 6:00pm @ A Cup of Everything. We will be discussing the book "Hold Still" by Sally Mann.
October Put-together

Our next Put-Together will be on Saturday, October 22 from 12-3 at UAH Wilson Hall, Drawing Studio 309. Our very own Jill Johnson and Roxie Veasey will be leading us in a fun drawing activity.
ALWCA Member mixer
The Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art, a professional organization for women in the arts, will host a mixer on Sunday, October 2nd, 3-6 PM at Straight to Ale (at their new location at Campus 801 on Clinton Street). Attendees can learn about ALWCA’s exhibitions, workshops and artists’ services while making ceramic bowls to benefit First-Stop. The event also includes 30-second artist talks, food and conversation. The mixer is open to the public.
ALWCA Put-Together

Please join us for our next Put-Together event. It will be on Saturday, September 10th from 12:00-2:30pm in Designbyhart Pottery (studio #2009) in Lowe Mill ARTS
and Entertainment. We will be making more bowls for Empty Bowls. If you have any stamps, lace, carving tools,
etc. that will create texture and personalize your bowls, please feel free to bring them.
Nashville's First Saturday Art Crawl
Please join us for the next Out on the Town event, the First Saturday Art Crawl in Nashville, TN on September 3, beginning at 6pm. http://www.nashvilledowntown.com/play/first-saturday-art-crawl
August Book Club

The ALWCA book club just finished reading an Alice Neel Biography, and The Art Spirit by Robert Henri! Our new book is Centering in Poetry, Pottery, and the Person by M.C. Richards. Please join us for a fun evening.
July's Put Together
Join us Saturday, July 30th from 1:00-3:00pm, at Designbyhart Pottery, Studio 2009 located in Lowe Mill ARTS and Entertainment, for a Put Together!
ALWCA is collaborating with Designbyhart Pottery Studio to make handmade pottery bowls for the Empty Bowls fundraiser event. This ALWCA social event is just like a regular get together, but this time we make bowls. The Put Together's special focus is to create bowls for the Empty Bowls Project with the help of artist Teri Hartmann. Empty Bowls is a fundraising event involving local potters and the community that raises funds and awareness of those who are hungry and homeless in our community.
P.S. If you have lace, stamps, doilies, or anything else that you could use to create texture, bring it with you to create a one-of-a-kind bowl. Please wear comfortable old clothes and bring an apron.
ALWCA is collaborating with Designbyhart Pottery Studio to make handmade pottery bowls for the Empty Bowls fundraiser event. This ALWCA social event is just like a regular get together, but this time we make bowls. The Put Together's special focus is to create bowls for the Empty Bowls Project with the help of artist Teri Hartmann. Empty Bowls is a fundraising event involving local potters and the community that raises funds and awareness of those who are hungry and homeless in our community.
P.S. If you have lace, stamps, doilies, or anything else that you could use to create texture, bring it with you to create a one-of-a-kind bowl. Please wear comfortable old clothes and bring an apron.
July ART Discussion Salon
Join us for a Salon Art Discussion tonight, Monday July 18 at 6pm in Aynslee Moon’s studio on the 3rd Floor of Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment (#322). Bring finished, in process, or a series of work, and we'll chat it up, provide critical feedback, or just answer questions. Feel free to bring refreshments.
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Sundaes on Saturdays

Please join the Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art on Saturday, July 2 from 1 to 4pm at the Union Grove Gallery on UAH campus for the closing of Intimate Space exhibition. Come enjoy art, an artist’s demonstration, and ice cream sundaes.
Member's Mixer

Come out Sunday evening to the ALWCA Member Mixer at Straight to Ale on 3200 Leeman Ferry Rd from 5:30 to 9pm. Mix and meet members for delightful conversation and great food. It is open to all members and potential members.
Sushi Sunday

Please join the ALWCA on Sunday, June, 26 from 1 to 4pm at the Union Grove Gallery on UAH campus as we present Sushi Sunday. Eloisa Guanloa will demonstrate how to make sushi. Bring yourself and anything you like to put in your sushi.
Parts of Dreams
Mandy Wallace will be doing a demo/workshop this Saturday, May 28 from 1:00-2:30 in the Union Grove Gallery on the UAH campus.
As painters etc, where does our imagery come from? In the trip from outside our heads to inside then outside again, how does it change, and how might we choose to change it?
I will be demonstrating my process of putting a dream or a story on paper with multiple sheets using watercolor. Please come participate and paint. Bring a dream or memory.
As painters etc, where does our imagery come from? In the trip from outside our heads to inside then outside again, how does it change, and how might we choose to change it?
I will be demonstrating my process of putting a dream or a story on paper with multiple sheets using watercolor. Please come participate and paint. Bring a dream or memory.
May Book Club

Please, join next ALWCA Book club on Wednesday, May 25th, 6pm at A Cup of Everything. We will be discussing, The Art Spirit by Robert Henri. See you there!
The ALWCA presents Out Loud HSV Featuring Lynsey Bronaugh

On Saturday, May 28th at the Union Grove Gallery on UAH campus, ALWCA will present this event in conjunction with their latest exhibition, 'Intimate Spaces', which will be on display during this event. Join us at 4:00pm for a brief open mic featuring poetry, prose, fiction, non fiction and more. The open mic runs on a first come, first serve basis so arrive early if you wish to sign up. Readers will have 5 minutes each to share their work. Then we will have a short break, followed by a 30 minute feature with Lynsey Bronaugh.
Intimate Spaces Opening Reception

The Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art is proud to present the juried exhibition Intimate Spaces at the Union Grove Gallery on the campus of UAH. Opening reception is May 21 6-9 pm. The exhibition includes small scale works from artists across the state reflecting on the relationship of space to intimacy and of intimacy to artistic and poetic imagination.
On view from May 21 through July 2, 2016. Open Saturdays from 1 pm - 4pm or by appointment.
On view from May 21 through July 2, 2016. Open Saturdays from 1 pm - 4pm or by appointment.
April's Book club

Our next Book club is Wednesday, April 27th, 6pm at A Cup of Everything (Downtown on the Square) We will finish discussing, Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty . We will also pick the next book.
April's ALWCA Salon

Greetings ALWCA Members!
Join us for a Salon Art Discussion, Monday April 25th 6pm in Aynslee Moon’s new Studio on the 2nd Floor of Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment. Bring finished, in process, or a series of work, and we'll chat it up, provide critical feedback, or just answer questions. Feel free to bring refreshments.
Join us for a Salon Art Discussion, Monday April 25th 6pm in Aynslee Moon’s new Studio on the 2nd Floor of Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment. Bring finished, in process, or a series of work, and we'll chat it up, provide critical feedback, or just answer questions. Feel free to bring refreshments.
Shameless Self-Promotion (Without the Shame)
A Workshop for Artists
This professional development hands-on workshop will help artists identify their career goals, create appropriate promotional materials, and learn to present their work clearly and confidently. Topics covered include pricing work, approaching galleries, selling, networking, and more.
Sessions will be held at the Flying Monkey Theater
Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment, Saturday April 9, 2016.
Sessions will be held at the Flying Monkey Theater
Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment, Saturday April 9, 2016.
- Session 1: 9:30 am - noon
- Session 2: 1:30 pm - 4:00pm
- $10 “Early Bird” registration for ALWCA Members ONLY through March 18th.
- $20 open registration for non-members opens March 19th.
ALWCA Salon
Have in-progress or completed works that you would like to workshop or receive feedback on? Join ALWCA members and invitees as we share and discuss our current work. Various mediums and disciplines are welcome; to include, visual artworks, creative writing, spoken word, video, dance, performance, and other projects. Hosted at Huntsville Art League, February 17th, 6pm.
February - Bookclub meeting
Calling all ARTnerds bookclubbers!!! Our new book has been voted on and announced. We will be reading Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty, by Pheobe Hoban. Meet us @ A Cup of Everything, on the square in downtown Huntsville, on February 8th for lively discussion and fun. See you there!
*Event time will be emailed to registered members via member event invitation.
*Event time will be emailed to registered members via member event invitation.
February - member meeting
Member meetings are now the first Monday of every month at 6pm. Our next meeting will be February 1st. Come and meet current members, discuss our next exhibition and upcoming events, and more. Get involved and let your voice be heard!
*Meeting agenda and location will be emailed to registered members via member event invitation.
*Meeting agenda and location will be emailed to registered members via member event invitation.
January - Member meeting
Join us for the next Member Meeting, January 20th! We look forward to speaking with our new members, discussing our next exhibitions, and planning for an amazing 2016. Ready. Set. Go!
*Meeting agenda and location will be emailed to registered members via member event invitation.
*Meeting agenda and location will be emailed to registered members via member event invitation.
Put together : Part two
alwca annual member drive event 2015
September - Prospective member meeting
Calling all ALWCA Prospective Members.....
Join us at the next meeting, on September 28th @ 6pm, to learn more about ALWCA and watch the organization in action, as we begin planning our Member Drive social events and our next three exhibitions. SEE YOU THERE!
*For meeting location, directions, and additional information contact ALWCA using the contact form or email us at alabamawca@gmail.com.
Join us at the next meeting, on September 28th @ 6pm, to learn more about ALWCA and watch the organization in action, as we begin planning our Member Drive social events and our next three exhibitions. SEE YOU THERE!
*For meeting location, directions, and additional information contact ALWCA using the contact form or email us at alabamawca@gmail.com.
"Precarious : the dangerous practice of Uncertainty"
An alwca exhibtion
All events will be held in Union Grove Gallery, UAH campus
- Opening Reception, Saturday August 22nd 6-8pm
- Student Reception, Thursday August 27 4-5:30pm
- Gallery Open Hours, Saturday August 29th 12-4pm
- Daytime Artist Talk, Tuesday September 1st 2:30-5pm
- All Ages Day, Saturday September 5th 12-4pm
- Daytime Artist Talk, Tuesday September 8th 11:30-2pm
- Afternoon Open Mic, Tuesday September 8th 4:30-6:30pm
- Gallery Open Hours Saturday September 12th 12-4pm
- Closing Party, Saturday September 19 5:00-8pm
August - Bookclub meeting
Our next ARTnerds bookclub meeting will be September 1st @ Cup of Everything, New Book: The Poetics of Space: The Classic Look at How We Experience Intimate Places by Gaston Bachelard!
August - Member Meeting
Join us for the next Member Meeting, August 26th! We look forward to speaking with our new members, discussing our first organizational exhibition "Precarious", and gearing up for the next phase of the Alabama Women's Caucus for Art.
*Meeting agenda and location will be emailed to registered members via member event invitation.
*Meeting agenda and location will be emailed to registered members via member event invitation.
July - Prospective member meeting
Inviting all women creatives to our Prospective Member Meeting, July 28th, UAH Campus. Email us at alabamawca@gmail.com, or use the contact form to get the details. We look forward to meeting you!
*Meeting agenda will be emailed to registered members via member event invitation.
*Meeting agenda will be emailed to registered members via member event invitation.
June - Bookclub meeting
Members discuss contemporary women artists, The Reckoning: Women Artists of the New Millennium, over drinks in downtown Huntsville @ Cup of Everything.
ALwca: "out on the town" Event
For our next "Out On The Town" member event, we will be viewing the "Celebrating Our Own: Huntsville Women Artists" exhibit at the Huntsville Museum of Art and meet for dinner and drinks.
*Event date, time, and meeting place will be emailed to registered members via member event invitation.
*Event date, time, and meeting place will be emailed to registered members via member event invitation.
ALWCA: member meeting
Our next member meeting will be April 28th @ 6pm.
*The meeting location and agenda will be emailed to registered members via an email reminder.
*The meeting location and agenda will be emailed to registered members via an email reminder.