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EVENTS

January 7: Saturday Salon topic: New Year New Art at 10:00 am Zoom
January 12: Board/Member meeting 5:30 pm (all are welcome) Zoom
January 19: Artist Talk with Sandra Mueller at 7:00 pm on Zoom
January 20: Deadline for Seeing Red exhibition
January 24: Notification for acceptance into Seeing Red exhibition
January 26 - 30: Drop off for Seeing Red exhibition
February 3: Friday, Opening Reception for Seeing Red from 5:00 - 8:00
ONGOING: Join or Renew It is always time to renew! (WCA)
ONGOING: You can support SCWCA Scholarship Funds by purchasing SCWCA catalogs and promotional items online. See information below.

Confirm you have the correct SCWCA zoom link,
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85854081742 for all our meetings. This is the only link we will be using for all of our events.

SATURDAY SALON: FOCUSED ON YOUR ART PRACTICE
"NEW YEAR/NEW ART"
TOMORROW AT 10 A.M. ON ZOOM.
Happy New Year! To get things going for 2023, our first Saturday Salon of the year will focus on what motivations and ideas you are bringing into the new year. Please join the conversation and have the opportunity to connect with some familiar faces.

Our holiday $100.00 online exhibit is a huge success.
However, there are still some artworks available for purchase on our exhibition page
Thru January 15, 2023.
All artwork is priced at $100. All artwork will be exhibited on SCWCA’s Exhibition Page
25% WILL GO TO L.A. FOODBANK
75% WILL GO TO ARTIST
ALL TRANSACTIONS WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH PAYPAL.

In the spirit of the holiday season we encourage everyone to make a donation to L.A. Food Bank.

https://www.lafoodbank.org/
Do encourage your family and friends to purchase artwork!
Please share our sale on social media!

Open to all current SCWCA members
Exhibition dates: Feb. 3 -Feb. 28, 2023.
Juror: Shelley Heffler
Submission Deadline: Sunday, January 22, 2023
Notification:Tuesday, January 24, 2023.
Drop off: Karen Schifman will be transporting artworks to the gallery. Please contact her to make arrangements to drop off your art at her home by Jan. 30th.
Pick-up:
March 1- March 5th, 12-4pm.
We will assist in making arrangements for pick-up and delivery of work.

All works must have the color ‘red’.

Entrythingy: $10 per entry. $20 for 2.
Limit 2 per person.
Requirements: Label your work with your last name_first name__title.
All works must have red in it, no larger than 18′ x 24’in any dimension. If it is a sculptural work, please provide a pedestal. Provide medium and dimensions and any special installation instructions in entrythingy. All work should be ready to hang with screw eyes and hanging wire. No clip or saw-tooth hangers. Work that does not comply with these rules or match images submitted to the juror will be disqualified and not installed. Pedestals are not available in the gallery.
Insurance: Artists must provide their own insurance.

Sales: Gallery will receive 20% of all sales.

Opening of the exhibition corresponds to the Perez arts district open studios, first Friday of the month, February 3, 5:00 - 8:00 pm. Turn out for this event is great, so plan your stay.

“Seeing Red” Entries Here

NATIONAL EVENT
The Second Saturday Sessions are programs that were originally scheduled for the WCA National Conference which was canceled due to the pandemic. WCA has pivoted much of the programming to be offered for free to WCA members. Read about all of the Second Saturday Sessions, view recordings of past sessions and sign-up for a session on our Programs page .

MEMBER NEWS

Occupy the Moment | Fabric of Change was initially created to launch and serve the in-person conference in Chicago. We are now continuing our efforts of re-envisioning this durational project to anchor connection, leadership and community beyond the conference. This durational project can be used at any WCA regional or local event as a resource to anchor sustained action and change. We urge you to use this project to share your voice about anything that concerns you. Feel free to create as many as you want to address as many issues, thoughts or concerns as you want to share.

This is the link to see the full presentation from the artist talk. Fabric of Change Presentation.

These are the tools to help get you started in producing your project.
Video: Fabric of Change video
Worksheet: FabricOfChangeWorksheet
Upload your pictures here: Digital Mosaic Portal

We urge each of you to create your own Fabric of Change project and upload the image to the Digital Mosaic Portal. What a great way to stay connected!

If you have more questions after viewing the resources listed above you can contact Dellis Frank.

Ring in the New Year by joining a Pod!

Pods are small friendship groups (usually 3-5 SCWCA members) who meet regularly on Zoom (or in person!) to share their artistic journeys and enjoy each other's company. We have very active pods. They meet for art-shares, friendship and all-around support. They are really having a great time! Want to join a Pod or create one of your own? For more information about this, please e-mail Cathy Engel-Marder at culturelink1@yahoo.com.

New Membership Portal: WCA changed its membership platform to give easier access to your membership benefits and each other. Membership orientations are underway and we want you to take full advantage of them.

Membership Orientations for the general membership are available now. Workshop dates will be announced in the following weeks. Check the WCA or the SCWCA websites for information.

When joining or renewing your membership online at WCA, at the new member portal under the chapter membership dropdown menu, please select CAS (Southern California) for your membership to become active with our chapter. You can also select a national caucus and provide additional information about your background. Please note if you do not select “CAS” you will not have local Southern California chapter membership and will not be eligible for member only programs and exhibitions.

NETWORKING

- Wishing you had partners for an art vacation?

- Trying to develop a community project?

- Looking for or need a mentor? Want to start or join a critique group?
- Looking for framers, shippers or photographers with great references?
- Want to collaborate with another artist?
- Have an idea for a curatorial proposal and want to learn about next steps?

RESOURCES

ARTIST CAREER DEVELOPMENT ZOOM CLASSES

Linda Vallejo offers artist career development Zoom workshops through the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) and The Southeast Center for Photography (SEC4P). Sessions include “The Artist Toolkit” that teaches artists how to create a “digital toolkit” presentation package and communication tools aimed at expanding exhibition, press and publication opportunities. Another Zoom class is “A to Z Grant Writing with Linda Vallejo” for emerging and established artists who want to advance their careers through fellowships and residency opportunities and “Artists Working with Art Organizations” where artists learn how to work with nonprofit organizations to raise funds for exhibitions, publications, classes and workshops and special projects.

ONE-ON-ONE ARTIST CAREER COACHING

Artist Linda Vallejo offers one-on-one coaching sessions for artists who wish to move their career forward. These sessions are meant for serious artists who wish to move from competition group exhibitions to small group and solo exhibition opportunities. Message Linda via Facebook or LinkedIn to schedule an interview. Limited spaces available.

We make it easier for you to link with other artists. If you have an idea, a wish or a helpful resource including, but certainly not limited to the ones listed here, help us get the word out.

Email your name, contact information and what you have or hope to share to: Cathy Engel-Marder at culturelink1@yahoo.com by the 23rd of the month. Subject line "Networking and Resources."

SCWCA 2022 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL REMINDER
Thank you to all our members who have already renewed for the upcoming year. If you have not already done so, please renew your SCWCA 2022 membership online soon at https://www.nationalwca.org. Remember to choose CAS for our local chapter.

To renew by snail mail, send a $75 check payable to SCWCA to Treasurer Karen Schifman at 16795 Monte Hermoso Drive, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

SCWCA eNEWS SUBMISSIONS
To share an upcoming exhibition or accomplishment in SCWCA eNews, send the information to scwcaenews@gmail.com by the 15th of the month prior to the month of publication.

is on YouTube!

SCWCA has a YouTube Channel where you can view past and current videos of exhibitions, artists talks, studio tours and more. Check it out!

PUBLICATIONS

You can support SCWCA Scholarship Funds by purchasing SCWCA catalogs and promotional items online.

Personal Voices / Cultural Visions: Conversations in the Visual Arts Community, Los Angeles 1994 - 1996
is available on Amazon.com .

The Common Ground Exhibition catalog is available for purchase on Amazon.

The She Votes altered book project that commemorates the 100^th anniversary of the passage of the 19^thamendment ratifying a woman’s right to vote.
The catalog of the book can be purchased on Amazon.

Check out each page of She Votes by clicking on the link.

The SCWCA Scholarship Award applications are always available. The purpose of this award is to boost membership, support women artists and provide opportunities for diverse ideas and discourse. The application for this award can be found on our website under the tab Join or Renew. The deadline for the application is June 1. Feel free to promote this all yeaer long!

There are ongoing opportunities to fund this program.

Opportunity to donate comes in the form of promotional items for sale connected to the She Votes altered book project

and the new Art Matters logo for SCWCA merchandise.

You can click on the She Votes link to purchase merchandise that displays the She Votes logo or the Art Matters link for merchandise that displays that logo.

SCWCA's Position on Equality

SCWCA’s mission is to create community through art, education, and social activism. Hate and bigotry have no place in our organization. We condemn these racist, violent acts in the strongest possible terms and encourage our members to do so as well. We stand in solidarity with all those who suffer from fear, harassment, and violence.

Part of our mission as an organization is activism, so we stand with the Black Lives Matter and Stop AAPI Hate movements because we believe that all humans are connected.

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