Welcome to the first newsletter of the WCA MA!

We are the MA Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art organization. This will be the first of many monthly newsletters featuring WCA MA artists and upcoming events. I am thrilled to be able to introduce you to some of our members, all such talented women who are involved in the arts in one way or another. I am honored that they have chosen me to be their chapter president. My hope is that through this newsletter you will get to know some of these incredible women and their work.

If you are interested in learning more about the WCA and what makes this art organization unique, I encourage you to visit the National WCA website at www.nationalwca.org.

Thank you for subscribing! I hope to see you at one of our future events!

Joanne Stowell

WCA MA President

FEATURED ARTIST: Susan Wadsworth

Meet May featured artist and former WCA MA president - Susan Wadsworth.

Susan currently lives in Rindge, NH and is a member of both the MA and NH WCA chapters. She is a modern abstract pastel artist whose work is often inspired by the landscapes of the places she lives and visits. She has a BA in art from Colby College as well as an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and an MA in art history from Tufts. For many years she taught studio art and art history at Fitchburg State University, but she is now enjoying retirement and having more time in her studio. Susan's pastel work has been exhibited throughout New England and New York. She also organized the Fall Foliage Art Studio Tour in the Monadnock Region in 2008, which still continues to this day every Columbus Day weekend. She is represented by Gallery Sitka in Shirley, MA.

More about Susan and her work can be found on her website: www.susanwadsworthworksonpaper.com

Susan Wadsworth - Magical Spring - 2020

Susan Wadsworth - Morning Light Ojibway II - 2022

MEMBER NEWS:

Alana Garrigues

Alana is thrilled to announce that she has had work accepted into The 20th ArtsWorcester Biennial. The Biennial had 530 pieces submitted and only 57 were accepted. The opening reception will be Friday, May 12, 6-9pm. The show will be up until July 9.

More information here.

Alana's website: www.alanagarrigues.com

Joan Hathaway

Joan has work in an upcoming exhibition for Cushing Academy faculty members and student alumnus. The show will be open during the Cushing Academy reunion, June 9-11, in the gallery in the Emily Fisher Landau Building. She will have ceramics, photography and book arts on view.

More information here.

Joan will also be leading a book making workshop at Creative Connections in Ashburnham on May 20. More information about this event and the link to register can be found here.

Heather Stivison

Heather will be holding a spring open studio on Saturday, May 6, 11am-5pm and on Sunday, May 7, 12-5pm in Hatch Street Studios.

Visit Heather Stivison Art on Facebook for more info or at the Hatch Street Studios website.

Hatch Street Studios, located at 88 Hatch Street New Bedford, is the vibrant creative hub of more than 65 visual and performing artists. Located in the north end of the city in two grand stone and brick former textile mills. Today, dozens of artists have studios there where they create an array of diverse works in various mediums, including painting, drawing, sculpture, fine furniture making and restoration, jewelry, fiber art, photography, and various types of performance arts from music to martial arts.

Hatch Street Spring Open Studios is an annual event. It is part of Southcoast Spring Arts Week—a weeklong celebration of the place and presence of the arts in our communities. Local arts and cultural organizations, as well as artists and creative entrepreneurs, present innovative, creative, affordable, and participatory art and cultural events in communities across the South Coast region from Fall River to Wareham.

Christine Regan Davi

Christine is happy to share that two of her pieces were accepted into the Arts in Boom exhibition at the Hopkinton Arts Center, juried by Kaveh Mojtabai of Artscope Magazine. The show runs April 24--June 1, with an opening reception on May 12.

More information here.

Deb Giordano

Deb, WCA MA member and President of the Gardner Area League of Artists, would like to invite everyone to attend the upcoming GALA show at Red Apple Farm in Phillipston. The show will be up Friday, May 19 - Sunday, May 21. See the flyer below for more info and visit the GALA website here.

Interested in joining the WCA?

Visit the National WCA website for more information and to join. Members may choose to select multiple chapters - our chapter code is MAC. We hope to see you at our next meeting!