EcoArt Activist Nominations
Request for EcoArt Activist Nominations — Please share broadly!
In June 2010, the Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA) will honor three California women arts professionals for their environmental activism. Awards will be presented during Elements: An Eco Art Conference on Friday, June 25, 2010 at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA. A reception will follow the awards presentation. The Pacific Region Women’s Caucus for Art is now accepting nominations from individuals for both the Califia and Catalyst awards. Honorees will be notified by mid-May. Submission deadline is May 15, 2010. Email SandraMueller[at]SCWCA.org
************************************************************************************************************************************************* ELIGIBILITY:
For the Califia Awards — Open to women visual arts professionals (artists, arts educators, art historians, arts administrators or art advocates) who reside in California. Two individuals with outstanding career achievements in the field of eco-art activism will be honored. The Califia Award takes its name from the legend of a mythical island ruled by a black queen “who accomplished great deeds, was valiant and courageous and
ardent with a brave heart.” For the Catalyst Award — Open to women visual arts professionals (artists, arts educators, art historians, arts administrators or art advocates) who reside in California. Selected awardees must be available to travel to Berkeley to receive the award in person on June 25, 2010 at their own expense and be willing to permit usage of their name, likeness, publications or artworks in conference promotional materials.
NOMINATION PROCESS:
Deadline: Friday, April 30, 2010 to SandraMueller@scWCA.org
Please use the SUBJECT LINE: ECO AWARD NOMINATION and its fine to include all materials in body of the email.
1. CONTACT INFORMATION for nominee and nominator including: home and cel phone numbers, address, email and website of nominee and for Catalyst Award, please include the age of the nominee by June 30, 2010.
2. SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS:
– length of involvement ( number of years) that the nominee has contributed to the field of EcoArt;
– statement of why the individual’s contribution can lead to sustainable environmental change(s);
– unique collaborations and/or lasting community partnerships that emerged from their projects;
– the lasting contributions the nominee has made to the development of the field of EcoArt;
3. SHORT BIO: Short narrative biography (300 words maximum) can be included.
4. DOCUMENTATION: 3-4 JPEG (low res) images of key artwork, bibliography for writers and news clippings or links to articles for advocates can be included or referenced.
The Califia & Catalyst Awards are jointly organized by the California chapters of the Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA), a national organization dedicated to supporting an activist community of women arts professionals. Founded in 1972, WCA is an affiliate society of the College Art Association and founding partner of The Feminist Art Project. www.nationalwca.org.
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The 2010 Art And Activism Awards were announced on June 11, 2010 by the Pacific Region Women’s Caucus for Art. They will be presented on Friday, June 25 at the conclusion of Elements, a one day eco-art conference at The David Brower Center in Berkeley.
2010 Califia Awardees are artists Lita Albuquerque and Andrée Singer Thompson. The Califia Award takes its name from the legend of a mythical island ruled by a black queen “who accomplished great deeds, was valiant and courageous and ardent with a brave heart.” It is given for outstanding career achievements in the field of eco-art activism.
Lita Albuquerque of Santa Monica is an installation and environmental artist, painter, and sculptor who places elemental concepts for a functional 21st century cosmology within public view. Since the 1970s, Albuquerque has created many public works and site-specific, ephemeral projects from the Badlands and Death Valley to Egypt, Japan and China in 2009. In 2007, she traveled to the North Pole for Stellar Axis: Arctic Project to map the stars onto the ice. She has had many solo exhibitions and received numerous grants and awards. Her work is in the collections of the Smithsonian, the Whitney and other major museums. She teaches at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. http://www.LitaAlbuquerque.com
Andrée Singer Thompson of Berkeley is an artist and eco-art teacher who exhibits internationally and nationally. Much of her sculpture, interactive and educational site-specific installations deal with individual and communal survival issues. She often collaborates on public art projects involving community participation. Her 50’ Golden Trout, Guillermo adorns the Richmond Civic Center. She serves on the board of directors for WEAD, lives in Berkeley, teaches at Laney College and gives workshops around the country. http://www.andreesingerthompson.com/
The 2010 Catalyst Awardees are artists Jennifer Colby and Susan Leibovitz Steinman. The Catalyst Award is given for making a strong impact in support of the environment with exemplary projects, artworks or collaborations.
Jennifer Colby of Aromas is an artist, curator, educator, community activist and co-founder of Galeria Tonantzin. Her Watershed Multimedia Team received two California Stories grants from the California Council for Humanities and she received the 2007 Monterey County, Arts Educator Award. She founded the WCA Monterey Bay chapter and served as National WCA president, 2006-08. She is a lecturer at California State University, Monterey Bay. Her personal artwork explores themes of deep ecology and women’s stories. http://ls.csumb.edu/site/x15764.xml
Susan Leibovitz Steinman of Berkeley melds art, ecology and grassroots activism in her professional activities. Her widely exhibited sculptures, paintings and installations marry found and organic materials, commenting on personal/political issues, and she frequently engages multi-group collaborations in street-front installations with the goal of revitalizing blighted natural and cultural landscapes. She received the National Park Service Art & Community Landscapes residency and the Potrero Nuevo Fund Prize. Steinman is the editor/co-founder of WEAD, the Women Environmental Artists Directory. http://www.SteinmanStudio.com
The contributions of five WCA members – each selected by their respective chapter – will also be acknowledged for exemplary contributions to their WCA chapters. The chapter honorees include: Karen Gutfreund of San Jose, a political artist, curator and fine art consultant from the South Bay chapter; Ann Isolde, a painter, book and eco-artist, former museum professional and long time feminist from the SoCal chapter; Judith Shintani of El Granada, an installation and mixed-media artist and workshop facilitator from the NoCal chapter; Mary L. Warshaw of Monterey Bay, a prolific painter, printmaker and eco-artist and Ruth Waters of Redwood Shores, a sculptor, teacher and museum director from the Pennisula chapter.
URLS to use – you’ll need to add http: to them – for hyperlinnks.
http://www.karengutfreund.com/
http://www.scwca.org/ar (Ann)
http://www.judyshintani.com
http://www.marylwarshaw.com
http://www.ruthwaters.com.