CWCA Programs and Events
If you are interested in volunteering to organize, administrate, hang, promote, or gallery sit for one of the following programs, contact Arlene at 847.674.0321 or e-mail arlenerakoncay@aol.com. Ideas and suggestions for programs are also welcome
CWCA Announces Recipients of 2010 Awards for Excellence in the Arts
The Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art (CWCA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 CWCA Award for Excellence in the Arts. This Award recognizes women who have exemplified the CWCA mission of creating community through art, education and social activism.
Nominations of outstanding artists and arts professionals living and working in the Chicago area were received from leaders in the arts community. Four recipients were selected and will be recognized at an awards ceremony and reception to be held on February 13, 2010 at the Chicago Cultural Center.
The recipients of the CWCA Award for Excellence in the Arts are:
Janina Ciezadlo, artist, writer and educator, Columbia College Chicago
Pearl Hirshfield, artist and activist
Joyce Owens, artist, curator and educator, Chicago State University
Judith Roth, artist, artist advocate and founder, Ravenswood ArtWalk
A special recognition award will be given to June Spiezer, avid collector of Chicago art and supporter of Chicago-based artists.
To see award recipient bios click on any name or click here.
The awards ceremony and reception was held in conjunction with the national Women’s Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremony and dinner at the Chicago Cultural Center and the College Art Association’s 2010 Annual Conference in Chicago.
Congratulations to the artists juried into the WCA "Off Center" exhibit
Juried Mid-West Regional WCA exhibition, February 3—27, 2009
Artist Reception: Feb. 12 6-9 PM
ARC GALLERY 832 Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60622 • Phone: 312-733-2787
Wed.: Sat. 12–6:00 • Sun.: 12-4:00
http:www.arcgallery.org
Jurors: Aron Packer, co-owner of the Packer Schopf Gallery, and Ann Rosen, former Director of The Art Center (TAC) of Highland Park
Sandra Bacon
Barbara Bickel
Nancy Charak
Laura Cerf-Dahl
Jill Frank
Shelley Gilchrist
Jeanine Hill-Soldner
Leslie Hirshfield
Judith Hladik-Voss
Sandra Holubow
Suzanne Horwitz
Pauline Kochanski
Debra Levie
Ruth Aizuss Migdal
Anita Miller
Joan Minsky
Janice Nesser
Joyce Polance
Margaret Roche
Amy Firestone Rosen
Ellen Roth Deutsch
Judith Roth
Maura Schaffer
Helene Smith-Romer
Barbara Thomas
Jennifer Weigel
Diane Wilson
Anne Zielenski Fleming &
Olivia Cronk
Chicago, February 2010: WCA/CAA National Conference!
Chicago hosted the WCA/CAA (Women's Caucus for Art and The College Art Association) National Conference.
WCA Lifetime Achievement Awards:
This year’s WCA Lifetime Achievement Awards will be held at the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 East Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601 on Saturday, February 13, 2010, in conjunction with the Women’s Caucus for Art and College Art Association’s 2010 Annual Conferences. The dinner will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the G.A.R. Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center The awards ceremony will follow at 7:30 p.m. in the Cassidy Theater.
Ongoing: Member Open Studio Visits
This is a great way to meet fellow members, share what you've been working on, explore artistic practices or just relax and celebrate what you do.
Contact Margaret Lutze to arrange a studio visit.
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