Midwest Regional News and Activities
The next issue of the Midwest Regional News will come out in November. Submit your newsworthy announcements and images to chicagowca@gmail.com no later than October 20, 2008 for inclusion in the next regional newsletter!
Upcoming Regional Shows
December 2008 - January 2009
RAISING OUR VOICES: A Traveling All-Inclusive Mail Art Members' Exhibition To Benefit the Differently Minded Art Studio at the Urban Art Retreat. Sponsored by the St. Louis Chapter of the National Women's Caucus for Art. Click the link below to download the prospectus:
About the Exhibition: Raising Our Voices
In the all-inclusive spirit of the mail art show, all works submitted will be displayed. Artists are encouraged to
submit works in any media and on any subject so long as they fit within the eligibility guidelines. Thus artists
can use this exhibition as a means of either offering social or political commentary or of simply expressing
beauty. Part of the proceeds from this show will benefit the Differently Minded Art Studio in Chicago, IL.
About the Differently Minded Art Studio at the Urban Art Retreat
The Differently Minded Art Studio was born out of a need for a place where people can go and just make art.
There was and is a need to decrease the stigma of having a mental illness. By working alongside someone
with a mental illness, a person becomes more comfortable with the “other” and starts seeing him/her as just
another unique person making art. For a person with a mental illness, it helps to be seen as an artist, not a
“crazy person”. To be able to just make art with other adults is a good feeling. www.urbanartretreat.com
This exhibition is open to any and all members of the St. Louis and Chicago chapters of the Women's Caucus for Art. All artworks submitted will be displayed in both venues so long as they comply with the eligibility guidelines outlined in the official prospectus.
Due to space limitations, we can accept only one original wall-hung work per artist, 8" x 10" or smaller in any media. Artists of every level are invited to join the St. Louis or Chicago chapters of the Women's Caucus for Art in order to participate.
For more information, please e-mail Jennifer Weigel, WCA-STL Exhibitions Chair, at wcastlexhibit@charter.net or call Janice Nesser, WCA-STL Chapter President at (314) 741-3772.
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