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Denise Préfontaine (lower left), visiting artist Germaine Koh (standing centre) and others during a break at the Public Art and You symposium produced with the Winnipeg Arts Council, June 2012 e v i With MAWA I Can... Make Public Art t c When I left a job in arts administration two years ago and made the public realm. MAWA shows that it’s a good thing that women e the leap to being a full-time artist, I knew I wanted to maintain an make public art, helping us to appreciate the value of the inclusive p s independent studio practice. I also knew I wanted to work in public and collaborative approaches many women artists bring to the r

e art. I became an active member of MAWA around the same time, practice of public art.

P attending any programming that related to my art practice and goals. Ultimately, I know that MAWA is there to provide support to

s This turned out to be an excellent source of practical and moral women artists as they take on this risky activity that is artmaking, ’ r support during this challenging time of transition as a professional and with MAWA I may draw strength and encouragement from a e artist. large community of sister artists. In many respects MAWA acts as an b There was so much programming to choose from! Some months invisible safety net making it easier for us to stretch ourselves as artists, m I’d attend a MAWA event each week: lectures by professional women to dare to undertake larger projects, to risk venturing into a new area e artists talking about their work, advice from a senior curator about of art practice. For me this has most recently been in the field of

M studio visits, and workshops on talking and writing about one’s art, public art, but one day it might be to begin working in video and preparing CV’s and grant applications, and photographing artwork. film, while for another artist it might be to venture into performance A Major events like the Sculptural Vocabularies and Public Art and You art or to take on a curatorial project. symposia were invaluable sources of inspiration, role models and MAWA works, thanks to the many women artists over the years practical advice. The ‘Mentor-on-the-fly’ program is another great who have so generously shared their time and expertise. Because of resource I accessed to help me with a public art proposal, and I know them, information and tools are accessible to us, within a supportive that if a project needed it, I could ask the MAWA staff to help me community. If you’re serious about your art, be sure to take full find the skills needed for that particular situation. advantage of this wonderful resource. With MAWA we can... make MAWA offers training and resources, but of equal value is the stronger art and put it out there with confidence. way its actions change the culture within which we operate as women —Denise Préfontaine artists. MAWA reinforces the message that I have the right to call Denise Préfontaine works with textiles, glass, and light to create sculptural myself an artist and to make art, the right to get up on centre stage installations and public artworks that respond to the environment and without apology and the right to propose new ways of making art in community context.

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t Megan Morman r In Residence August 17-31 A Artist Talk Thurs. Aug. 30 ! e e 5 pm at MAWA r

F Megan Morman creates craft-based portraits, word games and performances that have appeared in festivals and publications across Canada. She is currently moving herself, her cats and her practice from Saskatoon to Lethbridge. While in residence at MAWA, Morman has been working on a new body of work, Art Party . This work explores friendship, insinuation and the role of storytelling in establishing community using an unexpected medium: the fusible plastic beads of Morman’s crafty childhood. Art Party ’s candy-coloured images narrate real and imagined relationships among queer Canadian visual artists. She will discuss this new work and other recent projects at her talk.

Annesofie Sandal Megan Morman, Gary-Lewis James Osterberg , 2012 In Residence September 17-October 14 Artist Talk Thurs. Oct. 11 7 pm at MAWA

Annesofie Sandal graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2005 and has since participated in exhibitions in Japan, Germany and Italy, to name a few. Her works deal with modern identity and question how interaction between environment, mind and body affects the human condition. Besides her solo projects, she is a member of a collaborative exhibition group with three other artists. Annesofie Sandal was born in Seoul, Korea. She lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. Annesofie will be discussing the range of her practice, including the graphic novel she will be working on while in residence at MAWA. Annesofie Sandal, The Mare , copper, yarn, cardboard and fabric, 200 x 95 x 95 cm, 2011

MAWA’s Artist in Residence Program is supported by ArtsVest Business for the Arts through the Winnipeg Arts Council, the Winnipeg Foundation Triple A Fund, The W.H. and S.E. Loewen Foundation and Dr. Bill Miller; residency furniture provided by EQ3

Shirley Brown and Fay Jelly (a double feature!) Friday, November 23, 2012, 7 pm at MAWA

Shirley Brown and Fay Jelly will be Deloraine and works from her studio there. discussing how and where their art- shirleyabrown.weebly.com making began, and the different Fay Jelly is a painter, now based in Brandon. Her work has been directions it has gone. Illustrating the exhibited in solo shows in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario, talk with images from their practices, they will describe their and group shows in Germany, Australia and Tasmania. Initially a journeys that led them to be among the most respected painters on landscape and still life painter, Fay gradually moved into abstraction. the prairies. Taking visual cues from organic shapes, she has developed a process Shirley Brown uses paint and multi media to explore her of using fragments from earlier paintings to develop new works. In interests in celebrity, power and unexpected disaster. Her black sense 1996-7, Fay was mentored in MAWA’s Foundation Program by of humour often figures in her work. She has exhibited across Wanda Koop and has since gone on to mentor others, particularly in Canada and internationally, and shares her skills by teaching Southwestern Manitoba. workshops and leading mentorships across Canada. She has been part of several rural mentoring initiatives and has served as a mentor Can’t get enough of Fay and Shirley? in the MAWA Foundation Mentorship Program. Shirley lives near Check out the Mini-Mentorship in Paint offered on page 7. 3 4 Workshops and is effe the un onw su i w on ee p pro sh a op c t re n h h t c r- a r g pa a r t outs alis mo exc Mo M a r t ive b a i w i s s a m, ni A t s tic) l p i ld el mentor l l e WA es ne ng 28 ds res d of pr le an ma k , nt a ca i ov fo s y neg t ar yon ts r , ears. h m n r h av as ing de s ow-t w ol shi p, otiating b e e oidng m du e k or ee b ,ding - you w In pro us e e iocat h o nto se n i o n t f d ce Ri g e Sp $5 at urS i w M Re $6 ep S w Mo it w his or le g a sl l il w ls,fal pit rship t ss es . conflic t cti n. it w o pione ip it 0; 0 a on is g h 3-hou th nyo ne prod u ent or ng t h t f ing cast e s h e b he op or so . I t t day, mb ld t goo d r r clay , Topics A Sha er iw l i at i at b ment re ing mang en MA r a asic c dl e cons er -M nd in e l d wo o o S plaster inc m to o mu n n ep na w by t 18 WA ing or r kno c kshopr he ent discu i e s r lud e de wax and an lal eat ing lt t , hi a e Mei ipl e a v ors, fie ir ng w 19 m d ki m , and iotans ec e xp le se de ld .ing cast or p eb eD pay s pay n , dge m em and buk mons t set iw t h we closure. d o ng akin anyone r wax G f 1 l il w ti men men mp eb to 8, ts ar l il w ng an en 0 2 va r g , guide rs; his T rat 201, 0, and incl ude ef 1 up mentorship ious jGo ex d yse t t Th ions fect 201, ho w m de de a ( pl 3 ubb r ric ealist is you ment ati er -day ive o u te l d a l d a an d wo 1-4p re wks or chni qu d K p er. in efing the rks 7-9 airings in in o atar e wk-or ha n als rs your m e: e: h and h for ins op ds in pm ip es prid ov hT ursd F at i r Win d MA at ay, h C ma t S 4 m A ma P li a b k s S su Adl e h t tep tep ” v ca h a i d AR ni t MA nawa t n e e l l i j b s e i W e x le e ng n t ay, ndi e ep S d sj ub t a e ge p r o w - s e e y 4 e loe FA v P A cEa h oB P A t c ls emb emb o r ” a i t W lea lea a v i t r a r n o ng , x C e p S mes s e r - h nd r n r t t c e t Gend, Ma h n t A em s di ea 4 s s o a r r S t a e e o h s k t ”, f pa h ug i a h t G 7 6 w n h o ni t a F r s r f t e b emb di ea r u e o e o a ka i t r nd or e .ng a a i pr ouS t t nd ne i g t i g r r Uni t er o t e b p e e c e ki t 4 c MAWA, 4 s b s i par ch me ipa / s t t P .ng t Ar MAW p a ng / s e s 7, was e p c vy er sit h er , cla i t ewan, m r r a m ng nt ith w nt l l st i Afr a 201, r o o a P in Honou es t 6, nd ing or a nd o t r cla es rsur in i pralev nt e o A wax s a vre es r We inp Vido e ca 201, m e vre es r her re rqe uird e among ubeb rr . l i a m e pay of pay Co-ED oundd e s and pr limtd.e are l i a at wkshoops r rs Manit parents u onlie e onlie e D Pol o 4 limtd.e your t p d aise r at r your others. g e e g o r a r g o r p in p re,g e Shana w t ob sinc 4 m o i by n and s m a r her ot.sp in b at pr p a, at ot.sp ing r in colu m e e ing major p 20, Scol ho for p:/maht wa.c/mentorsh s m Cr p:/maht wa.c/ kshoops/r a ding a uat r g a wk.or at r a m @ Put osing l smal an y eD mpse a aw m @ Put Visual i rs, on he rw e “ t,c je ob f c . a w M of or “Mentorship textures She in tn o w old-Making” ca Com u A ts Ar s a c . a tursculp e. t r ing t she in atd r e img . no has b in She y in io Ontar 207 and y b li larg er b the v h T ies.nit mentorde ronz d e has s r u 10” ya d i ,r F su Kar ith w efb ore e, in tc je b ee nb than 203 ayd , and She the oo , ip/ to in a Bootcamp: The Creative Business Approach with Heather Bishop Monday, October 15, 7-9:30 pm at MAWA Free for MAWA and ACI members; $10 for non-members; open to all No need to register… just show up! Presented in partnership with Arts and Cultural Industries Association of Manitoba

Heather Bishop’s career as an internationally renowned in lives well lived. And so I became drawn to paint those who, in my cultural worker for over 4 decades, from a small hamlet in rural mind, are the real aristocracy–those who are rich in life and most Manitoba (no big city address needed), is due in large part to her often, poor in material things.” www.heatherbishop.com many skills as a small business owner. Studying at the knee of her mistakes, Heather has become a small business guru to scores of students and mentees she has guided with her expertise and support. This workshop will discuss developing effective business skills including envisioning and developing a career strategy, developing a business plan, marketing and promoting your work, bookkeeping and budgeting tips. When we combine our formidable creative drive with solid business skills, our goals can become reality. Heather Bishop is an accomplished musician/singer-songwriter, social activist, keynote speaker, visual artist, published author, teacher and tradeswoman. She has been awarded the Order of Canada (2005), the Order of Manitoba (2001), and an Honourary Doctorate of Laws (2011). She speaks about her visual arts practice this way: “My creation process as a visual artist is so much more private and intimate than my experience as a performing artist. Each has its own intrinsic beauty. Decades of touring the world as a recording artist/singer- songwriter, forever in the public eye, has given me such a great appreciation of that difference. The pull of a blank canvas, perfectly stretched and prepared, holds a potential that inextricably draws me in. I come to it with an idea of what might lie within and I begin to sketch that idea, and paint it, at first tentatively, not wanting to spoil the perfection of what is not yet there. Then there is a moment when the painting stirs and that spark that is life in all that surrounds us, enters the piece and begins to direct me toward who it will become. Just as singing requires that I get out of the way of the force that flows through me and let the music speak for itself, so painting has its own voice. When studying in art school I saw hundreds upon hundreds of portraits of the wealthy painted by the Masters. These portraits told me only of their wealth by birthright, not their wealth Heather Bishop, Prayers for Bhutan, oil on canvas, 22 1/2” x 28 1/2”, 2011 Crafternoon: Embroider Your Own Portrait with Susana Meza Saturday, November 10, 1-4 pm at MAWA Free! Child minding provided! Sponsored by Booke & Partners Chartered Accountants

Susana Meza will show how to create a portrait using a variety of very simple embroidery stitches. Participants are encouraged to bring a photocopy of a photo (a face if possible), which will be traced onto cloth. At the beginning of the workshop, Meza will present an overview of South American embroidery practices. Meza came to Canada a year and a half ago to join her Canadian husband in Winnipeg. She was born in Venezuela, but spent a number of years in Ecuador as a child. The primary school she attended demanded that every girl had to learn a needlecraft. This requirement grew into a genuine interest, and over the years Meza has specialized in creating portraits of famous and imaginary personalities. 5 6 Free! 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i Mini-Mentorship in Paint with Shirley Brown and Fay Jelly h s Saturday, November 24 and Sunday, November 25, 2012, 10 am - 5 pm r at MAWA o t $30 for MAWA members n e Application deadline: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at 4 pm M

- Shirley Brown and Fay Jelly will lead a two-day mini- i mentorship in the exploration of oil painting and various ways of n To apply for a Mini-Mentorship: i expression. Through painting, discussion, one-on-one feedback and individually focused assignments, Shirley and Fay will provide an M Please email us with: atmosphere for learning, exploration and growth. Successful – a one-paragraph description of what you make and the applicants will be asked to bring samples of their paintings and be ideas that drive your work prepared to talk briefly about their work. If desired, they may bring – a line or two about why you want to participate in this books/information on other artists who have inspired them. program Participants are asked to bring painting supplies as this will be – 5 jpg images of your artwork, no larger than 72 dpi at a hands-on workshop. 1024 x 768 pixels (please do not embed in a program such Acrylic painters are welcome to apply. However, Shirley and as PowerPoint) Fay are both oil painters and may be unable to address technical issues encountered by acrylic painters. Email applications to [email protected] and put “Mini- For more information about this dynamic duo, both of whom Mentorship” in the subject heading. Or you can drop off a are esteemed painters and experienced mentors, please see their hard copy with image CD to MAWA at 611 Main Street. biographies on page 3. Their artist talks on November 23 will be a Note, places are limited. rare and exciting opportunity for Winnipeggers to hear these rural artists speak about their practices. It is free to apply, but successful applicants will be charged If you are not already a member, please also submit a MAWA the enrollment fee. membership form and payment, or become a member online. MAWA membership costs $15 for underwaged persons and $30 for others.

Fay Jelly, UNTITLED (#008.11.) , oil on canvas, 3' x 4', 2011. Photo by Kevin Bertram Studio

Shirley Brown, MAP # 1 mixed media on paper, 18" x 11", 2011 Fay Jelly, UNTITLED (#008.11.) , oil on canvas, 3' x 4', 2011. 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Acclaimed cinematographer Ellen Kuras

With nearly two decades of experience behind the camera, talented women endured sexism, racism and diminished oppor- having worked in film, television, documentary and portrait tunities for decades, yet continued to persevere, inspire and elevate photography, Shauna Townley has worked with dozens of different their talents in a field that seldom welcomed them. camera systems producing professional results. Anna-Lisa Kirby is a singer and jazz vocal instructor and department co-ordinator in the Jazz Studies department at the Who Cares? , 2012, 80 min., by Rosie Dransfield University of Manitoba. Friday, November 9 to Sunday, November 11, 2012, 7 pm !Women Art Revolution Award winning master of vérité cinéma Rosie Dransfield enters 2010, 83 min., by Lynn Hershman-Leeson the gritty and dangerous world of Edmonton’s sex trade workers to Thursday, December 6, 2012, 7 pm craft a powerful new film about women caught in a heartbreaking Introduced By Claudine Majzels cycle of addiction, violence and prostitution. Women in the streets voluntarily provide DNA samples to an RCMP task force investigating Back by popular demand! Spend the 23rd anniversary of the the unsolved murders of women so their next of kin can be notified Montréal massacre being inspired to create positive change! An if the worst should happen. entertaining and revelatory “secret history” of Feminist Art, !Women Art Revolution deftly illuminates this under-explored movement The Future , 2011, 91 min., by Miranda July through conversations, archival footage and works of visionary Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 7 pm artists, historians, curators and critics. WAR features Miranda July, The Guerrilla Girls, Yvonne Rainer, Judy Chicago, Marina Abramovic, Performance artist Miranda July has adapted her own work The Yoko Ono, B. Ruby Rich, Carolee Schneemann, Marcia Tucker and Future as a follow up to her acclaimed film Me and You and Everyone other groundbreaking figures. We Know . When Sophie (Miranda July) and Jason (Hamish Linklater) Professor Claudine Majzels teaches art history at the University decide to adopt a stray cat, their perspective on life changes radically, of Winnipeg. literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves. Vision , 2009, 110 min., by Margarethe Von Trotta Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 7 pm The Girls in the Band , 2011, 81 min., by Judy Chaikin Friday, November 23, 2012, 7 pm Vision is the moving true story of famed 12th-century nun Introduced by Anna-Lisa Kirby Hildegard von Bingen, one of the most important, inspirational and visionary female leaders of the Medieval Age. The Girls in the Band tells the poignant, untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, ground- breaking journeys from the late 30’s to the present day. These incredibly And more films to come in the new year! 10 s t Concert featuring four water-based audio performances n e by Tomoko Sauvage v

E Friday October 19, 2012, 8 pm at Atomic Centre, 167 Logan Ave., $12 Presented with send+receive: a festival of sound v. 14

Born in Yokohama, Japan, Tomoko Sauvage grew up with classical then jazz piano education. Fascinated by the fluid sound of water and inspired by a rare South Indian instrument, the jalatarangam, she has developed electro-aquatic waterbowls (porcelain bowls filled with water, hydrophones and electronics). In performance she literally plays with water by touching and agitating it, or by making water drops fall into the bowls. Her search for musicality develops from a simple attitude of listening to nature in keeping fragile balance between being controlled and uncontrolled, repetitive and transient. Now a resident of Paris, Sauvage performs internationally, and her works have been released on labels such as either/OAR (USA) and dokidoki editions (France). http://www.o-o-o-o.org/o/ Workshop/Artist Talk by Tomoko Sauvage Saturday, October 20, 2012, 3-4 pm at MAWA Free! Presented with send + receive

Join Sauvage for an intimate demonstration of creating sound with water bowls and discussion of her practice. For more information regarding send+receive’s festival this October, check out www.sendandreceive.org Sauvage in performance, Paris 2009. Photo by Patricia Maincent

The Wendy Wersch Memorial Lecture Committee presents Art Matters by Amy Karlinsky Sunday, November 4, 2012, 2 pm at Cinematheque, 100 Arthur St.; Free! Supported by the Women’s Endowment at the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba and the Wendy Wersch Fund at the Winnipeg Foundation This lecture, followed by questions and discussion, will be an arts, and has curated exhibitions such as Figure Ground : Paintings opportunity for artists and art lovers to come together and learn, be and Drawings of Ivan Eyre (2005) and Five Decades of Bruce Head inspired and enter into dialogue regarding the importance of art in (2008) at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Karlinsky has also facilitated our lives. It will be presented by one of the city’s finest speakers, who numerous discussions on the arts for provincial and local has encyclopedic knowledge about art in Canada as well as a very associations such as the Manitoba Craft Council, Aqua Books, Arts human gift for putting large ideas into a lived context. By drawing and Cultural Industries, Early Childhood Education Council, the upon the works of over 100 women artists, it will honour and University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba. Because of showcase the contributions of often-overlooked foremothers and her high level of engagement with many aspects of cultural dialogue, inspire those of us who follow the path they have forged. Finally, she has been appointed as Board member of the Manitoba Arts Karlinsky’s experience in working with youth in programs at Villa Council and is on the provincial curriculum committee to rewrite Rosa and Tech Voc (to name but two) will help to illustrate the the high school art curriculum for Manitoba. Karlinsky has been transformative, healing power of art for us all. twice short-listed for Alexander Isbister award in non-fiction and in Amy Karlinsky is an art educator, critic and curator. She has 2009 was the keynote speaker at the Manitoba Association for Art published over 100 reviews, essays and catalogue texts on the visual Education. Jazz ’Matazz Fall Supper Thursday, November 15, 2012, 7-9 pm at MAWA Tickets: $30 All proceeds will go to MAWA’s Legacy Fund at the Winnipeg Foundation

For one night only, lucky diners will be transported back to the dollar we deposit into the fund is matched by the Winnipeg Foundation, time of flappers and the Charleston. Dress up, kick up your heels, the largest community philanthropic foundation in Canada. Our and share in the most delicious, fun meal of the century! Featuring aim is to grow this pot of money by $5,000 per year. If all goes well, the signature dishes of MAWA’s stellar chefs. All you can eat. Enjoy by 2017 we’ll have over $50,000, and will be able to use the $2,000 starters, mains, veggie options, desserts, beverages and more! Groove annual interest towards more, great MAWA programming. As the and dine to remixed tunes. Dust off those headbands! Dig out the fund grows, so too will the annual disbursement. feathers and fringe! Spiff up, chow down, and help us build a So shake a leg and make tracks to MAWA to buy your tickets. sustainable financial future for MAWA. Or, purchase them from any board member. Seating is limited so act This event is being held in support of our Legacy Fund. Every fast. See you on November 15! 11 s Foundation Mentorship Program 2012-2013 w e MAWA is pleased to welcome the participants in the upcoming Janessa Brunet will be mentored by Suzie Smith, Natasha Peterson N year’s Foundation Mentorship Program. Megan Krause and Gerry and Sarah Hodges-Kolisnyk will be mentored by Lisa Stinner, and

A Oliver will be mentored by Aganetha Dyck, Amanda Damsma and Elise Dawson and Sasha Amaya will be mentored by Val Klassen. W

A Rural Mentorship Program 2012-2013 M MAWA is partnering with Manitoba Arts Network (MAN) on a Diane Whitehouse and Linda Fairfield will be working with four mentorship serving the needs of artists in the Interlake. Mentors Interlake artists from September 2012 – March 2013. Annual General Meeting Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 7 pm at MAWA

MAWA will hold our Annual General Meeting for the fiscal Council and changed its funding year. Fortunately, with the help of year, May 1, 2011 to April 30, 2012, on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 7 pm. everyone who participated in the art auction, this has finally been Learn what MAWA has been up to and marvel at a slight surplus! corrected. We were able to use proceeds from the art auction to fill There’s even more good news…. Thanks to the success of our the gap and get back on schedule with our WAC funding. Over The Top fundraiser, last year MAWA was able to get in synch There will be many things to celebrate at this evening of thrills with our Winnipeg Arts Council funding—a historical problem that and chills (or at least chilled beverages.) Join us as we celebrate occurred when Winnipeg Arts Advisory became the Winnipeg Arts another amazing year.

Rowdy MAWA members Annette Lowe, Elvira Finnigan, Reva Stone and Heidi Eigenkind at last year’s AGM, October 2011 Call to Volunteers Save The Date:

MAWA is seeking volunteers to contribute a decadent dish to Annual Holiday Party our Jazz ’Matazz Fall Supper. Do you make something better than Friday, December 7, 2012, 1-3 pm at MAWA anyone? Would you be willing to share a pot or a pan (approximately the size of 12 side servings)? Immediately following December’s First Friday lecture by If so, we ask that you call or email Lisa to register your gift (204-949-9490 Juliacks, MAWA will be hosting a holiday party. Come and enjoy the or [email protected]). Then drop it off at MAWA on November 16 food and festivities. Everyone is welcome! Bring a friend. along with warming instructions if any (MAWA has access to a stove in our apartment and a microwave in the main space). Or, if you can deliver it in a hotpot, on an electric warming tray or close to 7 pm, that would be ideal. Please provide an ingredient list, so folks can identify vegetarian dishes and dishes containing allergens. Congratulations We will be forever grateful. And your name will be entered into MAWA congratulates Leslie Supnet! Supnet received the a draw for a special donor prize! Winnipeg Arts Council “RBC On The Rise” Award at the Mayor’s Another Way You Can Contribute Luncheon for the Arts last June. She was nominated by MAWA and MAWA is still collecting Canadian Tire money. Thanks to you, Negative Space for her innovative animations and distinctive we’ve raised $27.60 to date. That’s furnace filters, cleaning supplies illustrations. and more! Most of us have bills featuring Sandy McTire littering our Thanks to Reva Stone, Val Klassen and Doreen Girard who have drawers, and MAWA can put them to good use. So please drop them prepared award nominations for MAWA within the past year, and to off anytime during regular hours, Tuesday-Friday, 10 am – 4 pm, or generous letter-writers Diana Thorneycroft, Michael Boss, Clint pop them in the mail! Enns, Dave Barber and Cam Forbes. 12 MAWA News A Ja and at su Clo f im ew te pp e nd of a t or B Onc l l cla es e the th th er k, e vo e s from r lun l ce in a eft h a g d a ei te ov Co in v e g rs d e nte er s th , ho w t ste e S h f went ab e d opop wap dma e T ulos, MAW r r e ito to t r th y r y unit e a A r Se Clo ge nt g Suc ces d o o C ies thi l ot , ly-u n t photo o g hing cause. Sw clean d se ap and Swap o p Last cl silkc s out si othing bl e but re , was May their en , not 201 and 20 azy-fu cr 12 c least, ts,lose ca cesor MAW A n! e v Our ies, e nt a r a w Ma to Pu t t MAWA t D No d J he he nd a em h i ce e n s o s ma ve r ua d e h 4 e d ps t h T emb owc h T 5 emb ok o os ep : y r o ” i y_m e Cut s -w a ve e yo nks a Ca r W s : r r t it se i : s o h d w $ d e R AM! t me Ai r e e il 6 t ol t o ur ca he h o la r 0 b um “ ka ’ th r i e i ei r 0 s nt n@m ne a ma h t l Wa t i l a o , h l ng WAM! a r Aredane t w i wo r tSchap par a h our i ist t r nig p” na l t ho e awa.c l l il w you pr voluntee rs of Ze kep yr . Le ides ov items yge e-G the cy a g e b cEa h k woul t the m th nor on t Fund. a an o d swap t mon th Wl al cd he w the bre h t opop r like ho l.wal Nth or r dma e by iw ot ,co k ing to the he T y unit l Al sh l wal End it o dia me Wg e inp osible,p and w, fo feat ures Wo men’s r emai l Tcy a r MAW A are ly cial e esp Fiooundat wlce o Wdo o ward, t ar Sha Crent e. memb r s wk o r na w me. on DJ 13 at If 14 What You Missed Ar T Jen he i t n st c i f r e i ow n r St r d esi lil c ou den we ld l l c n’ e (seat t A. w Mg e a d e it thir to an ge d Tu t f in rom nbu r s ide l l eft l MAWA’s (standig) ) a t her Clothing F irst pre Fr sen ida ts Sw y an ap, turc le e ar May t i st on talk 201 instal ouab t iolat n her wor a t,r k, Ju ne Jul y 201 2 0 12 ( S s ome ce ond of f t ro m he par i r ht),g i t ci pa M nts ay i n 2 0 t 1 he 2 g g e t e m e p a r wor k sho p t a ht ug by v e B Pike Jennifer Stillwell (left) in discussion with MAWA’s Administrative Assistant MAWA staff (front row, left to right) Dana Kletke, Lisa Wood and Gurpreet Sehra celebrate the accomplishments (and recent MFA grad!) Gurpreet Sehra (right), June 2012 of Leslie Supnet (standing, left) with Negative Space’s Doreen Girard (standing right) at the Mayor’s Luncheon for The Arts, June 2012

The Public Art and You mini symposium artist-lecturers, (left to right) Sarah Crawley, Egg tempera workshop participants hard at work, May 2012 Germaine Koh and Christie Fellows, May 2012

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Indeed, as each of these women transformed their “personal nightmares [into] painted dreams,” 1 they used the cathartic impulse at the heart of surrealism to explode gender roles and to dislocate reality in pursuit of personal revelation.

What the Gryphon Is Guarding: In Carroll’s story, a gryphon guards the Queen of Heart’s most valuable treasure: a mock turtle who shares his secret of having once been real. While the women surrealists resisted patriarchal oppression by asserting their own creative processes, like the turtle they also sought to excavate something authentic from the rubble: the sublime. This quintessential surrealist intermingling of Eros and Thanatos, despair and ecstasy, invests each of the images in the exhibition with a poignant and powerful reality. How beauty, tragedy, oppression, and the thirst for freedom pigments the portraits of each of our lives remains to be seen, but in a time when artists’ abilities to make art are more curtailed every day, the persistence and strength of these women is palpable. As I walked out of the exhibition hall, I, like Alice, had one last question: “Would you tell me, please, which way to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you decide to get,” said the Cheshire Cat. 1. Fort, Ilene Susan. “In the Land of Reinvention: The United States.” In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States , Eds. Ilene Susan Fort and Tere Arcq with Terri Geis. Munich: DelMonico Books, 2012. 44.

Willow Rector is a textile artist whose work focuses on mixed media explora- tions of the relationship between literary and visual art. She is a current participant in the MAWA Foundation Mentorship Program. In Wonderland was exhibited at the Los Angles County Museum of Art from January 29 – May 6, 2012. It is currently showing at the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec in Québec City until September 3, 2012. It will then travel to Mexico City where it will be shown at the Museo de Arte Moderno from September 27, 2012 – January 13, 2013.

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