International Caucus Gatherings at
WCA's Annual Meeting: Chicago
February 12-16, 2014
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In February, the International Caucus will celebrate two years of moving beyond a small international committee primarily focused on the United Nations, to a large, thriving, active group that brought WCA a collaborative exhibition in South Korea in October 2012, is well into development of our exhibition and cultural exchange to occur in China in April and has expanded our United Nations involvement significantly through its UN Program committee. Join us in Chicago  to celebrate, learn about each other in real time and plot our future.  The conference is anchored at the Essex Hotel, near the CAA conference center at the Hilton and just south of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Full WCA conference programming, including the ever-important Lifetime Achievement Awards, art tours and panels as well as registration may be found at http://www.nationalwca.org/conference/currentconfer.php. Exclusive Early Bird Package is available until January 6th. Here are some highlights for the International Caucus. Check back for updates.

Wednesday, February 12th

• Early Conference Registration
  Essex Inn Lobby, 800 S Michigan Ave
  5:00 – 7:00 pm

Thursday, February 13th

• Conference Registration
  Essex Inn Lobby, 800 S Michigan Ave
  8:30 – 9:00 am
• Half the Sky Art-Making - Sandra Mueller and Sherri Cornett will be facilitating this opening event for us to share with each other how we, as WCA members,  support women's, social and environmental issues. Small art objects will be created to travel to the  China for the Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice exhibition. 
  Essex Park East Gallery
  9:15 – 10:00 am
• Spectrum Bus Tour of three WCA related exhibitions at the Korean Cultural Center, Robert Morris Gallery and ARC Gallery 

             1:30 - 8: 30 

Friday, February 14th

• International Caucus Annual Meeting (check for emailed updates or on our Updates web page for agenda)
  Essex Park East Gallery
  9:00 – 11:00 am
  
• UN Program Gathering (meet, learn about our event at the UN Committee on the Status of Women conference in NYC in March, prep for the UN DPI/NGO conference in NYC in September)

             Location to be determined (check back for details)
             11:30-12:30 

• Equilibrium Bus Tour (Woman Made Gallery for Equilibrium show and dinner in Greektown)

             5:30 – 9:00 pm

Saturday, February 15th

• Half the Sky Delegates Breakfast Gathering (casual opportunity to further develop the connections within our delegation)

             7:30-8:30 a.m.  (location to be determined, please check back)

• Lifetime Achievement Awards Ceremony 
  Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E Chicago Ave 
  *This event is free and open to the public.
  6:00 – 7:30 pm
  
• Lifetime Achievement Awards Gala 
  Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E Chicago Ave 
  *This is a ticketed event
  7:30 – 10:00 pm