EVENTS
- September 2: Saturday Salon topic: DIY catalogs, 10:00 am on Zoom
- September 9: Saturday, A Keen Eye: The Artist's Perspective opening reception Member show at Range Projects Gallery (bring snacks to share)
- September 13: Deadline for submission to Beverly Hills Art Show on Entrythingy
- September 14: Thursday, Board/Member meeting 5:00 pm on Zoom
- September 21: Artist talk with Eva Montealegre at 7:00 pm on Zoom
- October 7: Saturday, Closing reception A Keen Eye: The Artist's Perspective at Range Projects Gallery
- October 21, 22: Beverly Hills Art Show, 9455 N Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
- 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.
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Dear SCWCA Members and Friends,
We’re closing out the year with a bang.
A Keen Eye Opening Reception at the Range Projects Gallery is Saturday, September 9, 3-6 pm. Range Projects Gallery, 3718 W Slauson Avenue, Los Angeles. More than 50 SCWCA members submitted artwork for A Keen Eye. Please join us for an afternoon of art and friendship.
For the first time SCWCA will have a booth at the upcoming Beverly Hills Art Show on the historic Beverly Gardens Park along Santa Monica Boulevard on October 21-22. The Artist Perspective is a juried member only show.
Note: there is a small window for submissions with the deadline of Wednesday, September 13 at 11:59pm. For the prospectus and submission visit Entrythingy
Coming soon an open call for art for our holiday exhibition Beloved Planet juried by Betty Ann Brown at the Makery in DTLA. The prospectus will be on entrythingy.com sometime in September.
SCWCA board member Cathy Engel-Marder is compiling a concise but comprehensive list of committee descriptions from which you can find an area of interest to volunteer. Be on the ground floor in planning our 2024 schedule.
See you at the reception for A Keen Eye on September 9, 2023!
Susan Spector
SCWCA President
As a reminder, EVERY monthly meeting is open to all SCWCA members: Board meetings, Artist Talks and Saturday Salons. All of our monthly zoom meetings and zoom/in-person events are listed on our website in the calendar section www.scwca.org. Join us, please! Your voice is truly important to the future of SCWCA.
Questions? Email socalwomenscaucus@gmail.com
Want to share accomplishments and/or exhibitions? Email scwcaenews@gmail.com by the 15th of the month. SCWCA eNews is your news.
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Saturday Salon - we offer an artful conversation monthly. We come together to bond, network, and get out of our heads for a little while. It is a conversation, a support group, and sometimes a counseling session. But it is always a great networking event. The topic for September is: DIY catalogs.
Email Karen Schifman with questions or suggestions for future Salons.
Artist Talk - We absolutely love having our artist talks on the third Thursday of every month. This month will be Eva Montealegre on September 21, 2023 at 7:00 pm on Zoom.
Eva Montealegre’ s painting career emerged under the tutelage of abstract painter, Robert Kingston, at Pierce College where she graduated with honors in Graphic Arts. Since, her work has exhibited widely at many California galleries including Adagio Gallery on El Paseo Drive in Palm Dessert, Blue Bird Art House, Modern Art Gallery on Wilshire Boulevard and in 2023 at the Planetary Art Exhibit at the Kuiper Space Building in Tucson, Arizona. She is a recipient of much recognition including a certificate of excellence from the Mayor of West Hollywood 2023 and the Puffin Foundation Grant in 2014. In 2015 she was included in the prestigious Latina Art Initiative founded by Linda Vallejo. She continues to challenge the medium with her sculptural palette knife and mixed-media paintings featuring the animal/human psyche from its inner depths to the outer reaches of the cosmos. Her range of ancient ancestral vocabulary to modern day theories often includes cave drawings and scientific diagrams. It's a juxtaposed narrative in her quest to pierce the mysteries of our collective psyche.
Talk Title: Walk the Talk, Work the Show
A gratifying art career is the quest. Meaningful work is the core aspect of the artist's life. Showing the work, working the show, and making the sale are the added benefits. How to make all that work for you.
We'd love to have you participate in our artist talks. Send an email to socalwomenscaucus@gmail.com and let us know which month you are available.
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Beverly Hills Art Show on the historic Beverly Gardens Park 9455 N Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 along Santa Monica Boulevard on October 21-22. The Artists Perspective is a juried member only show. Note: there is a small window for submissions with the deadline of Wednesday, September 13 at 11:59pm. For the prospectus and submission visit Entrythingy
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Shape and form are two of the basic elements of art. By definition, shape is an enclosed area of space, form is a three-dimensional shape. Simple enough, until an individual becomes involved. An artist transforms these simple geometric or organic building blocks into something artistic and lyrical. Using creativity, an artist can transform simple shapes and forms into a profound work of art. The addition of color can further define shape and form. How does color, shape and form define your garden, and your art? The Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens invites you to submit your masterpiece to Shape+Form, an open juried competition and exhibition. We are looking for unique ways shape and form depict a garden. Works can include other elements, but the subject of the work should focus on botanical components. Special consideration will be given by the jurors to works that depict Descanso Gardens.
Deadline to apply is September 1, 2023
Apply to: 
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Artists of the Valley presents an open call art exhibition. Explore boundless creativity and unveil the artistic universe through a captivating array of artworks from diverse backgrounds and genres at our open call art exhibition. Be on the lookout for more information and how to apply on Entrythingy.
The show is open to local artists. No shipment of artworks is accepted; only personal delivery is allowed. The show . The delivery of artwork is November 1, 2023
Opening reception: November 5, 2023 from 2:00 to 5:00
Closing reception: November 26, 2023 from 2:00 to 5:00
Runs November 5 thru 26, 2023
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Please join us in welcoming our newest board member Stacey Rasfeld as our programming chair. She brings a vast amount of energy, ideas and talent to our board. We look forward to working with you!
We would also like to welcome our newest scholarship recipient Monia Chalfouh. We can't wait to support her on her artistic journey! Here's a sample of her work.
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The Second Saturday Sessions are programs that WCA is offering for free, to WCA members. Find out more about all of the Second Saturday Sessions, view recordings of past sessions and sign-up for new sessions on the Programs page.
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Bruria Finkel has work in a digital exhibition that is traveling the world titled
Genesis: The Beginning of Creativity
She also has works in a group exhibition titled And I shall Dwell 'Among Them: The DEsert Sanctuary Reimagined. Her work, Miriam stern and Harriet Fink are angels in wall depiction of the 12 tribes of Israel.
Runs thru September 17, 2023
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Shelley Heffler is at the Susquehana Art Museum in an exhibition titled Transformative Crafts.
Runs thru October 15, 2023
Location: Susquehana Art Museum, 1401 North 3rd Street
Harrisburg, PA 17102
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Susan Spector's solo show, NEW WORK at TAG, The Artists Gallery
runs thru September 8, 2023.
Closing Reception: Friday, September 8, 2023 from 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Art. Spirits. Fine Chocolate. Danny Meyer Music.
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The Song of Water, by Vivian Wenhuey Chen, has been included in Volume V of Los Angeles Art Association's annual art book. The Los Angeles Art Association was founded 98 years ago and is one of the oldest visual arts organizations in Los Angeles.
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Pamela Benham is part of the Studios Tour with the Santa Barbara Studio Artists during Labor Day Weekend. She invites you all to visit her studio as her guest at 93 Placer Drive, Santa Barbara, 93117, on September 2 & 3, 2023 from 11:00am to 5:00pm, and September 4, 2023 from 11:00am to 2:00pm.
Opening reception: Friday, September 1, from 5:00 to 8:00pm
Location: Community Arts Workshop, Santa Barbara
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Also, her painting Disturbance in Suburbia is in the exhibit Saturation: Visual Arts Festival at the Bakersfield Museum of Art.
Runs thru September 9, 2023
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Linda Vallejo’s Brown Baroque: Objects of Opulence will be presented at Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, CSU San Bernardino from August 26 - December 16, 2023. Sponsored by AltaMed Health Services. There is an exhibition catalog that includes critical essays by Laura Augusta, curator for the Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, University of Texas at El Paso, and Shana Nys Dambrot, art critic, curator, author, and Arts Editor for the LA Weekly.
An artist conversation will take place on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Linda's work appears in two group exhibitions including Xican–a.o.x. Body, a national traveling exhibition organized by the American Federation of the Arts at The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum through January 7, 2024 and In Your Face: Arte Chicana Dopo / In Your Face: Chicano Art After C.A.R.A. organized by AltaMed Art Collection in partnership with the Mexican Embassy of Spain at Espacio Cultural Serreria Belga, Madrid, Spain.
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"Creativity knows no limits! CREATIVE LICENSE features artworks from talented artists who fearlessly broke everyday norms and let their unique and creative minds run free, without any pesky limitations holding them back. It's as if they've tapped into a reservoir of boundless creativity that knows no limits – and that's precisely what makes this collection so awe-inspiring." Dellis Frank's California Sunset has been included in the Creative License exhibition at Art Fluent
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SCWCA MEMBER GALLERY —
Susan Karhoody
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This month’s featured artist is Susan Karhoody. Susan is a multimedia artist working in sculpture as well as painting. Using her artwork, Susan expresses in her feelings regarding women’s issues as a global concern. The female form is an important element in her work. Susan uses color and shape to symbolize such emotions as sadness, desperation, strength and power.
To explore more of Susan’s artwork go to www.SusanKart.com or SCWCA’s Artist Registry.
The Artist Registry is a free benefit for current SCWCA members. If you’d like to create or update a page, please email Susan T. Kurland at scwcaartistregistry@gmail.com
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 ARTFUL AMPHORAWomen Around Town
Check out Karen's monthly blog for more information on what's in the galleries and the museums around town: Artful Amphora
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Craft in America presents an exhibition of the wonderful California Fibers organization. This historic group is at the cutting edge of fiber art today. Working with a myriad of techniques and materials, including weaving, quilting, embroidery, and basketry. Artists included:
Sandy Abrams, Olivia Batchelder, Charlotte Bird, Ashley V. Blalock, Carrie Burckle, Marilyn Mckenzie Chaffee • Ben Cuevas • Doshi • Polly Jacobs Giacchina Lydia Tjioe Hall (pictured above), Susan Henry, Annette Heully, Anifaye Korngute, Kathy Nida, Marty O, Liz Oliver, Michael F. Rohde, Rebecca Smith, Cameron Taylor-Brown, Elise Vazelakis, Debra Weiss, Peggy Wiedemann,and Aneesa Shami Zizzo.
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Emma Webster: Intermission is the upcoming exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery. “Emma Webster paints landscapes that are not landscapes. Her work fuses high technology with traditional painting techniques. Her studio is a fascinating combination of a computer lab and a Renaissance artist’s atelier. She has invented a process that fuses hand drawing, virtual reality and sculptural models to generate her images. The resulting compositions are then meticulously hand painted onto canvas with astonishing virtuosity.” (JD)
Runs September 8 thru October 21, 2023
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Also at Jeffrey Deitch is Vanessa Beecroft: Rules of Non-Engagement. “As an art student at Milan’s Brera Academy in the early 1990s, Beecroft realized that the nude models in her life drawing class were more interesting than her own drawings. That insight led to her unique fusion of painting, performance and sculpture…Beecroft’s work has shaped performance art, the representation of the female body and socio-political discourse in art. Her performances often highlight the tensions between nakedness and clothing, constraint and freedom, the collective and the individual and human strength and weakness. Beecroft’s work has transcended the art world and has entered popular culture, influencing fashion, film and musical performance.” (JD)
Runs September 8 thru October 21, 2023
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parrasch heijnen gallery presents dream song, the gallery’s first solo exhibition with NY-based artist Ellen Siebers. Siebers work is abstract yet she “memorializes the immediacy of beauty in vignettes of daily life… Siebers gives breath to the temporal phenomena of her subjects with fluid compositions on panel. Any distinction between sight and impression is blurred by the artist’s languid brushstrokes. Intimately scaled yet uninhibited, the works capture a quality of lightness held within a fleeting moment.” (ph)
Runs thru October 7, 2023
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Hauser & Wirth, West Hollywood is exhibiting a solo exhibition of new works by Jenny Holzer. Ready for You When You Are. Known for thought-provoking and politically charged works that span mediums including painting, sculpture, light projection and installation, Holzer’s focus has always been about the use of language as she challenges viewers’ preconceived notions and encourages them to question the systems and structures that shape our society. This exhibition will feature recent paintings and curse tablets, as well as three kinetic displays – further testaments to her ability to push the boundaries of contemporary art.
Runs September 1 thru October 21, 2023
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Later this month at Orange Coast College’s Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion will be an exhibition that examines the serious side of humor, Seriously: Humor for Challenging Times is curated by artists Suvan Geer, Maryrose C. Mendoza and Sandra Mueller.
Nine local artists: Margaret Adachi, Lalo Alcaraz, Michelle Andrade, Mark Steven Greenfield, Beth Grossman, Sandra Low, Manny Orozco, Naida Osline and Elyse Pignolet provide their own versions of satire, irony and parody in these difficult times.
Preview reception: Thursday, September 28, 5:00 –7:00 pm including artist-tours from 1:00 – 2:30 pm. Additional tours [TBD] Admission is free for all exhibitions. Gallery hours: Tuesday to Thursday, 11:00 am until 5:00 p.m., and First Saturdays (October. 7 and November 4), from 12:00 - 4:00 pm. The gallery is closed on Fridays and school holidays.
Runs September 25 thru November 30
Opening reception: Saturday, September 30, 2023 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm
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The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine presents Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson: Infinite Space, Sublime Horizons. Jónsson creates exquisite large-scale paintings on a loom, in a practice that blurs the boundaries between painting and weaving, fine art and craft. Her work veers between abstraction and representation, with deep connections to Iceland’s otherworldly landscapes. The exhibit will include her largest and most labor-intensive paintings, alongside smaller paintings, drawings, and watercolors.
Runs thru September 10, 2023
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At the California African American Museum, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, whose new series of portraits of Black Angelenos is wheat-pasted across CAAM’s monumental atrium walls. Fazlalizadeh’s social practice is rooted in Black feminism. She is especially known for her 2012 public art series Stop Telling Women to Smile, in which she took on gender-based street harassment, confronting the vernacular of the catcall via direct, unwavering, closed-lip portraits of women in Brooklyn
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Alice Neel: Feels Like Home, continues at the Orange County Museum of Art. Thru October 22, 2023.
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And Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond continues at LACMA.
Runs thru Sept. 24, 2023
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A Pod is a small cluster of SCWCA members (usually 3-5 women) who get together monthly for fellowship, art shares and any other activities they dream up. Why not join a Pod now?
They are really having a great time! Want to join a Pod or create one of your own? Contact Cathy Engle-Marder at culturelink1@yahoo.com.
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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.
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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."
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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
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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!
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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.
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The Common Ground Exhibition catalog is available for purchase on Amazon.
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The She Votes altered book project that commemorates the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment 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.
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