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Art and Activism Database 2014
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NEW YORK CHAPTER
“Nature: Beauty & Destruction”

Even/Project Contact Person(s):

1.     Cat Del Buono, Curator
2.     IIse Schreiber-Noll, Curator
3.     Marcia Annenberg, Co-President, WCA NY Chapter
4.     Heather G. Stoltz, Co-President, WCA NY Chapter

Person Submitting this data:
1.     Krista Jiannacopoulos, Social Media Chair, WCA NY Chapter

Event/Project Type:   Environmental Sustainability and Awareness – Exhibition

Event/Project Theme/Issue(s) Addressed:
                  Nature. It amazes. It destroys. And further, we destroy it. The focus of this exhibition is on the beauty of nature as well as its potential for destruction from pollution to natural disasters and beyond.  The works range from images of post Sandy to pieces that focus on the gulf oil spill to works that celebrate the beauty of nature. By juxtaposing beauty and destruction the show allows viewers to fluctuate between past, present, future, despair, and hope.

UN related:  Environmental Sustainability and Awareness

Date(s), Location, Collaborators, Number of Participants, Event/Project Target Audience/Reach:
Dates: January 23 – February 9, 2014
Location: Ground Floor Gallery, 343 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, New York
Number of Participants: 20 

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INTERNATIONAL CAUCUS
HALF THE SKY: INTERSECTIONS IN SOCIAL PRACTICE ART

CONTACT: Sherri Cornett, Director, Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art and Chair, WCA International Caucus,  WCA IC Contact Page

EVENT/PROJECT TYPE: Art-based cultural exchange and social practice art projects between Chinese and US-based artists.

DATE(S)/LOCATION:  
April 15-30, 2014
Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China

UN-RELATED THEMES:  Gender Equality, Global Partnerships, Women's Leadership and Participation, 

DESCRIPTION/SUMMARY:  
The International Caucus of the Women's Caucus for Art was invited by the Wei Er Shen,  President of LuXun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China to create an art-based cultural exchange and exhibition between artists and essayists juried through WCA and women artists curated in China.  In addition to the exhibiiton, Half the Sky: Intersections of Social Practice Art  included a sixteen member delegation of selected WCA members, thirteen of whom traveled to Shenyang for the opening of this exhibition and to participate in 2-3 days of interactive events with the Chinese artists and students of the Academy. The academy was interested in providing an opportunity for Chinese women artists to interact with artists from our organization, to learn more about feminist art history in the west and share their art with our artists. This project included the exhibition, four interactive events created by the US delegation, a round-table discussion for the US and Chinese artists, an official dinner with dignitaries and US delegates and an opening ceremony. 

PARTICIPATION:
Juried Art:  For US, 23 individual artists (video, painting, installation, social practice art documentation, drawing, photography, sculpture, mixed media), one collective, four sets of partners, one organization. For China, 23 artists. 
Juried Essays: Four essayists for catalog
Students, faculty and administration from Luxun Academy
Public viewing and participation

DOCUMENTATION: 
The Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art Press Kit page includes:
  •  Slide shows of the US and Chinese art as well as images of the installation and cultural exchange events
  • Online version of the project's catalog
  • Short video of the exhibition
  • Key organizers with statements
  • Links to pages with detailed information about the project

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US delegates. Photo by Christine Giancola.
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Audience at Opening Ceremony. Photo by Christine Giancola.
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Chinese artists with translator and Gallery Director Wang Yi Gang at roundtable discussion. Photo by Christine Giancola.
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People's Microphone/Myths & Facts of Rape event. Photo by Christine Giancola.
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These Walls Can Talk event about domestic violence. Photo by Christine Giancola.
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Journey Markers event. Photo by Christine Giancola.
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CHICAGO CHAPTER
Water: A Universal Human Right


CONTACT:  
Arlene Rakoncay,  arlenerakoncay[at}aol.co

UN-RELATED THEME(S):
Environment/Water Issues

DESCRIPTION/EVENTS:
This project included an exhibition, panel and viewing of a documentary film.

National juried exhibition in all media on the subject of water
February 13 - March 28, 2014
State Street Gallery of Robert Morris University Chicago, Illinois
Online catalog:
Artists:
Amy Achrysalis, Nelson W Armour, Helene Aylon, Ulla Barr, Stacy Bergener, Linda Boardman, Barbara Bridges, Zel Brook, Sukey Bryan, Marie Cenkner, Jeannine Cook, Sherri Cornett, Mary Ellen Croteau, Richard Dana, Lynn Dau, Danielle Eubank, Kyra Garrigue, Sharon Gilmore, Margie Glass-Sula, Lucia Grossberger Morales, Julia Hacker, Patricia Harris, Jennifer Hecker, Dara Herman-Zierlein, Jeanine Hill-Soldner, Dory Ingram, Suzanne Isaacs, Judy Jashinsky, Wheeler Joan, Judy Johnson-Williams, Lynne Jones, Donna June Katz, Helen Klebesadel, Itala Langmar, Judy Langston, Kim Laurel, Olena Marshall, Diane J Mayer, Jeane Mcgrail, Christine McKee, Linda Mendelson, Christina Montuori, Jean Nerenberg, Janice Nesser, Brenda Oelbaum, Bonnie Peterson, Lois Peterson, Cherie M Redlinger, Barbara Reid, Kimberly Ritchie, Beth Shadur, Barbara Simcoe, Emily Stergar, YurikoTakataFrances Vandal, Nancy VanKanegan, Kate Walker, Margi Weir, Kay Westhues, Helen Zajkowski and Fotios Zemenides.

Panel: Water: A Universal Human Right or a Commodity
Moderator:  Betty Ann Mocek, Professor of Art, Director, Ferguson Art Gallery, Concordia University Chicago
Speakers:   Indira Freitas Johnson, award-winning Chicago artist, educator and peace activist.  Also curator of exhibition, Water: A Universal Human Right.
                  Debra Shore, Commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago.
                  Liz Dodson, video artist and co-project coordinator for the Women and Water Rights Exhibition
About 75 people attended

Film:  Water Pressures, a documentary produced by Dr. Ann Feldman who took her students from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL to Rajasthan, India to see first hand how people cope with very little water and to find alternatives.
About 25 people attended