FEMININE I
Alabama A&M University Gallery Exhibition
Reflecting the perspectives of our inner and/or outer worlds through personal artistic practice. ALWCA member exhibition of 2-D and 3-D work.Morrison Fine Arts Building, Alabama A&M University Gallery, March 8 - April 12, 2024.
ALWCA members included in the exhibition-
ALWCA members included in the exhibition-
- Anna Sue Courtney
- April Harris
- Aynslee Smithee
- Beth McKay
- Brandi Sparks
- Corinna Nicole
- DaNeal Eberly
- Guadalupe Lanning Robinson
- Janis Hutchison
- Jenna Clark
- Julie Fry
- Kami Watson
- Kana Clark
- Keyton Bonebrake
- Kimberly Hart
- Laura Walker
- Lexie Austin
- Margaret Fischer Dukeman
- Millian Giang Pham
- Misty Granade
- Samantha Roberts
- Sarah Odens
- Sonja Rossow
- Susan Lucille Davis
- Taryn Chase Jackson
- Tracie Noles-Ross
CALM
Huntsville Hospital
ARTS IN MEDICINE Exhibition
Women's History Month Exhibition
Featuring ALWCA Artists
March 2024
"CALM", an ALWCA group exhibition designed to bring a sense of calm, peace, and tranquility. The exhibition was open to all ALWCA members and was located in the Huntsville Hospital hallway galleries during the month of March 2024.
ALWCA members included in the exhibition-
ALWCA members included in the exhibition-
- Sarah Adkins
- Carrie Alderfer
- Lexie Austin
- Amanda Banks
- Amita Bhakta
- Kimberley A. Brown
- Kana Clark
- Denise DeKemper
- Margaret Dukeman
- DaNeal Eberly
- Misty Granade
- April Harris
- Devona Hawkins
- Janis Hutchinson
- Taryn Chase Jackson
- Rachel Lackey
- Juliana Maddox
- Cindy Miller
- Raven Mobley
- Corinna Nicole
- Lara Oshon
- Lauren Passwater
- Janna Phillips
- Elizabeth Reich
- Sam Roberts
- Sonja Rossow
- Kris Shelledy
- Aynslee Smithee
- Samantha Tallichet
- Cynthia Wagner
- Laura Walker
- Kami Watson
- Stephanie Weaver
SEE ME
Huntsville Hospital
ARTS IN MEDICINE Exhibition
Women's History Month Exhibition
Featuring ALWCA Artists
March 2023
"See Me,” a group exhibition featuring members of the Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art, was on view at Huntsville Hospital from March 1st - March 31st, 2023. The exhibition explored self-portraiture and views of self and featured the following artists:
Link to the 3-D virtual exhibition:
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- Susie Garrett
- Kimberly Hart
- Jodi Nuttall
- Sylvia Bowyer
- Corinna Nicole
- Amber Orr
- DaNeal Eberly
- Samantha Tallichet
- C Ford
- Laura Walker
- Betty Howard
Link to the 3-D virtual exhibition:
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Huntsville Hospital
ARTS IN MEDICINE Exhibition
Women's History Month Exhibition
Featuring ALWCA Artists
March-April 2022
Thank you to Huntsville Hospital Arts in Medicine for arranging to exhibit the work of ten Alabama Women’s Caucus for the Arts artists. The Alabama Women's Caucus for Art is a chapter of the national Women's Caucus for Art organization. It was established in association with the College Art Association, in 1972, with the mission to create community through art, education, and social activism and to promote women's contributions to the arts. Thanks to Kimberly Hart for facilitating this exhibition with Huntsville Hospital’s Arts in Medicine. We’re excited to share this exhibition with patients, their families, and the staff at Huntsville Hospital.
(Due to fluctuating Covid cases, this exhibition is not currently open to public viewing.)
(Due to fluctuating Covid cases, this exhibition is not currently open to public viewing.)
SHELTER
LOWE MILL ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
January-February 2022
JURIED EXHIBITION - ALWCA Exhibition Comittee
ORGANIZED BY Sylvia Bowyer, Anna Sue Courtney and Jessica Nunno
SHEL'TER, noun [Latin celo.]
1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance. A house is a shelter from rain and other inclemencies of the weather; the foliage of a tree is a shelter from the rays of the sun.
2. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
3. He that defends or guards from danger.
SHEL'TER, verb
1. To cover from violence, injury, annoyance or attack; as a valley sheltered from the north wind by a mountain.
2. To defend; to protect from danger; to secure or render safe; to harbor.
3. To betake to cover or a safe place.
4. To cover from notice; to disguise for protection.
From: http://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/shelter.
1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance. A house is a shelter from rain and other inclemencies of the weather; the foliage of a tree is a shelter from the rays of the sun.
2. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
3. He that defends or guards from danger.
SHEL'TER, verb
1. To cover from violence, injury, annoyance or attack; as a valley sheltered from the north wind by a mountain.
2. To defend; to protect from danger; to secure or render safe; to harbor.
3. To betake to cover or a safe place.
4. To cover from notice; to disguise for protection.
From: http://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/shelter.
LABOR OF LOVE
LOWE MILL ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
January-February 2022
Traveling JURIED EXHIBITION & Installation
ORGANIZED BY Sylvia Bowyer, Anna Sue Courtney and Jessica Nunno
In the last 50 years over 60% of American women have entered the job market, they hold less than 15% of top paying jobs and 62% of the minimum-wage jobs. ‘Around the house’ women do more than twice the work of men. This ‘domestic’ labor is still considered unimportant and not worthy of representation in our nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Some GDP increases have occurred with women entering the job market. But men have not significantly entered the home labor market, this ongoing disparity has created a culture where many women now work two jobs.
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected women’s financial security in the workforce as well as increased their unpaid working hours. Because our market economy is organized around self-interest as its bottom line. Its methodology is based on developing and marketing products for consumption to individuals. Individuals who are defined almost solely by greed, personal interest, desire and insecurity.
What if we alter this old economic paradigm?
In many household’s the person who cares for children, cooks, cleans and organizes supplies enables others to focus on school and paying jobs.
What if we re-defined economics as a discipline dedicated to people's well-being?
In this new method of calculating a country’s wealth; could we include non-tangible goods like a homemade meal, child care, elder care, clean air, clean water, a safer non toxic environment and listening to others?
Some sources:
1. Unequal and Invisible: A Feminist Political Economy Approach to Valuing
Women's Care Labor in the COVID-19 Response - By Michelle Lokot and Amiya Bhatia London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom
2. Wonder Women: The Invisible, Invaluable Work of Mothers and Caregivers
From, The Policy Equity Group April 12, 2021
3. Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story of Women and Economics written by
Katrine Marcal, (translated into English by Saskia Vogel)
4. Burnout: by Emily and Amelia Nagoski - “A book for any woman who has felt overwhelmed and exhausted by everything she had to do, and yet still worried she was not doing “enough.”’
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected women’s financial security in the workforce as well as increased their unpaid working hours. Because our market economy is organized around self-interest as its bottom line. Its methodology is based on developing and marketing products for consumption to individuals. Individuals who are defined almost solely by greed, personal interest, desire and insecurity.
What if we alter this old economic paradigm?
In many household’s the person who cares for children, cooks, cleans and organizes supplies enables others to focus on school and paying jobs.
What if we re-defined economics as a discipline dedicated to people's well-being?
In this new method of calculating a country’s wealth; could we include non-tangible goods like a homemade meal, child care, elder care, clean air, clean water, a safer non toxic environment and listening to others?
Some sources:
1. Unequal and Invisible: A Feminist Political Economy Approach to Valuing
Women's Care Labor in the COVID-19 Response - By Michelle Lokot and Amiya Bhatia London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom
2. Wonder Women: The Invisible, Invaluable Work of Mothers and Caregivers
From, The Policy Equity Group April 12, 2021
3. Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story of Women and Economics written by
Katrine Marcal, (translated into English by Saskia Vogel)
4. Burnout: by Emily and Amelia Nagoski - “A book for any woman who has felt overwhelmed and exhausted by everything she had to do, and yet still worried she was not doing “enough.”’
80/20
LOWE MILL ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2020
JURIED EXHIBITION - ALWCA Exhibition Comittee
ORGANIZED BY Sylvia Bowyer,
Heather Baumbach & Cynthia Wagner
Engraved in large marble letters above the entrance to The Supreme Court building in Washington, DC, are the words “Equal Justice Under Law.” Despite the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, approximately 20 cents of every dollar earned by a white man is missing from the pay earned by a woman. It is tragic that in the 21st-century many people in this country are still waiting for the idea of equality under the law to be more than just a marble façade.
Despite the Equal Pay Act of 1963, there remains a significant median salary gap between men and women. Even when compensable job factors are accounted for, women still earn less. This disparity has us critically questioning what our culture considers to be valuable and essential work.
Despite the Equal Pay Act of 1963, there remains a significant median salary gap between men and women. Even when compensable job factors are accounted for, women still earn less. This disparity has us critically questioning what our culture considers to be valuable and essential work.
ALWCA POP-UP MEMBER SHOWCASE
UAH Union Grove Gallery
February- March 2020
JURIED EXHIBITION -
Juried by Aynslee Moon & Jessica Patmon-Johnson
SHOW YOUR WORK
UAH - Wilson Hall Gallery
September - October 2019
JURIED EXHIBITION -
Juried by Dr. Laura Lake Smith PH.D
ALWCA presented Show Your Work, a juried exhibition open to all ALWCA members. Show Your Work featured artwork and graphic design, that explored and illustrated the idea of the non-linear process of making art. The primary function of this exhibition was to connect with and provide UAH Art students with insights into the process of real-life art making. The display of the process that went into creating the works included photos, sketches, videos, notes and objects.
UNBOUND:
BREAKING THE TIES THAT BIND US TO THINGS THAT NO LONGER SERVE US
Lowe Mill Arts & EntertaInment
APRIL-JUNE 2019
A JURIED MEMBER EXHIBITION -
ORGANIZED BY Teri Hartmann
Unbound featured artworks that explored the ideas of breaking free and letting go of stories, ideas, and social constructs that hold us back from realizing our true selves. This exhibition focused mainly on 3-dimensional artworks, but the gallery space allowed for some wall pieces with 3-dimensional qualities. All artists were encouraged to push their boundaries and explore the theme to its fullest.
ECHOS:
A RESPONSE TO OBJECTS IN THE WIREGRASS MUSEUM OF ART'S PERMANENT COLLECTION
WIREGRASS MUSEUM OF ART
October - December 2018
CURATED EXHIBITION -
Curator Dana-Marie Lemmer
Organized by Kristy From-Brown
Art museums are vitally important. They collect and interpret objects, reminding us that culture is never built by accident. Popular or otherwise, culture is designed by people communicating with each other from generation to generation. All of us who make art have at some point been moved by the work of other artists. Responding to that work is both a constructive and destructive process, leading us to new and different understandings. This is why members of the Alabama Women's Caucus for Art will make and show work in response to objects in Wiregrass Museum of Art’s permanent collection.
PAPER/WORK
UAH Salmon Library Gallery
February/March 2018
Juried Exhibition - Abigal Yoder PH.D
Organized by Karrisa Bushamn PH.D
BEARING(S):
ALWCA MEMBER SHOWCASE
University of Northern Alabama Gallery
August - September 2017
CURATED Exhibition - Prof. Kathern Jill Johnson
Bearing(s): The act of bringing forth - The capacity to endure - A way of moving
This member showcase featured work that explored movement and stillness in time & place, the labor and finesse of making, and the capability to cradle things both delicate and burdensome.
This member showcase featured work that explored movement and stillness in time & place, the labor and finesse of making, and the capability to cradle things both delicate and burdensome.
REPRESENT -
AN ALWCA MEMBER SHOWCASE
Alabama State Council on the ARts
GEORGINE CLARKE ALABAMA ARTISTS GALLERY
August - October 2017
ORGANIZED BY Kristy From-Brown
REPRESENT is about recognizing and celebrating the incredibly diverse and creative work of the members of the Alabama Women’s Caucus for the Arts. In addition to showcasing their work in the exhibit, ALWCA members are also highlighting their vital contribution and necessary contribution to the arts in the southeast region of the United States.
Curated by Eloisa Guanlao and Karissa Bushman PH.D.; at The Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery, Alabama State Council on the Arts in Montgomery, Alabama.
Curated by Eloisa Guanlao and Karissa Bushman PH.D.; at The Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery, Alabama State Council on the Arts in Montgomery, Alabama.
INTIMATE SPACES:
An exhibition celebrating works by Alabama artists
UAH - UNION GROVE GALLERY
May 21 - July 2, 2016
Juried Exhibition
Intimate Spaces, interpreting the meaning of intimacy through art.
THEME: An old drawer, a cozy nest, a fragile shell, a forgotten picture… Our sense of being and becoming can be nestled in the cherished spaces of small physical objects. By exploring these intimate spaces, we unravel the limitless dimensions of our poetic imagination, daydreaming, and remembrance. The notion of space as the experiential harbinger of memories and images provides the impetus for Intimate Spaces. We invite all artists from Alabama to submit small-scale works that reflect upon the relationship of space to intimacy - and intimacy to artistic and poetic imagination.
THEME: An old drawer, a cozy nest, a fragile shell, a forgotten picture… Our sense of being and becoming can be nestled in the cherished spaces of small physical objects. By exploring these intimate spaces, we unravel the limitless dimensions of our poetic imagination, daydreaming, and remembrance. The notion of space as the experiential harbinger of memories and images provides the impetus for Intimate Spaces. We invite all artists from Alabama to submit small-scale works that reflect upon the relationship of space to intimacy - and intimacy to artistic and poetic imagination.
PRECARIOUS:
The Dangerous Practice
of Uncertainty
UAH - UNION GROVE GALLERY
August 22 - September 19, 2015
Curated by the ALWCA Exhibition Committee
Precarious: The Dangerous Practice of Uncertainty was an ALWCA Members Only exhibition, intended to challenge artists to push beyond their comfort zone in their work to the point that it felt perilous in some way through the exploration of new media or a new technique, presenting work to a new audience, exploring unfamiliar subject matter, or investigating familiar subject matter in a different way. Artists were encouraged to personally interpret what this theme meant to them and to come up with new work or a fresh perspective on their current work that reflected this interpretation.