Exhibition Dates: May 5 - June 2, 2024
Exhibition Dates: May 16 - August 16, 2024
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 16th, 6 pm
Pen + Brush is excited to present THE NOW: Fever Dream(s), a group exhibition opening May 16 featuring vignettes of work by artists: Antonia Bara, Heather Brammeier, Martha Bone, Sandra Cavanagh, Crystal Marshall, Tara Sabharwal, and Heather Marie Scholl. This is P+B’s fourth iteration of Now exhibitions, an ongoing series that brings focus to artists who are the undiscovered “ones to watch” and are creating works that capture the pulse of today. THE NOW: Fever Dream(s) builds on this evolving nature of “the now” as it pertains to contemporary art and temporality by bringing together works by eight artists that share more than just a dream-like quality—they share in their intensity and feverish depictions of liminal space and time. Works on view merge visions of unsustainable pleasure, anxieties, and the mythological feminine. Hallucinatory scenes lacking reason are met with skillful compositions that refute traditional hierarchies of order and, like a fever dream, react to an untenable environment. In some cases, like that of Crystal Marshall, divine visions are shown. These visions criticize society while depicting transcendental beings who are freed from chaos in their post-human existence.Larger works, like those by Sandra Cavanagh and Tara Sabharwal, merge social, political, moral, literary, or historical components with a dream-like rejection of order. These works, together with Heather Brammeier’s installation (premiering June 6th), and smaller-scale works by Antonia Bara, Crystal Marshall, and Heather Marie Scholl, come together to point out hidden meanings that, at times, disrupt coercive power structures and continue a dialogue on the relevance of contemporary art. The Now: Fever Dream(s) tests limits of definitions surrounding “established” contemporary art while bringing together current socially relevant themes of feminism, crisis, globalism, and indeed, psychoanalysis to inform its aesthetic.
Pleased to have my interview included in the upcoming Special Edition Magazine by Women United Art Magazine
Hudson Valley MOCA is putting on a weekend of music, choreography, writing, poetry and performance based on this show. And here my painting "Man Down" is featured.
Exhibition Dates: April 13 - June 7, 2024
Preview: Friday, April 12, 5 - 8 pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 13, 3 - 7 pm
Curator: Kristine Go, Exhibitions Director for Art Fair 14C
"Static Motion" is an exhibition of works that capture the energetic elements of stillness that exist while moving from place to place. A visual juxtaposition of stationary moments while in constant movement, each piece evokes the state of movement in a static medium. The idea of Static Motion is that we experience moments of emotion when we are running from place to place. The works presented are a visual expression of dynamic stillness and moving energy.
Main Gallery at Art150
157A 1st Street, 2nd floor
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Gallery open by appointment and on Saturdays and Sundays during the exhibition period from 1pm to 4pm
Join us for the 4th annual “Women Celebrate Women” exhibition, a Women’s History Month tribute! The exhibit will be accessible through March 31st in the Gallery on the main level & the Lower Level.
Exhibition Dates: March 7 - 26, 2024
Curators: Essye Klempner (EFA Robert Blackburn, NYC), Helio Salcedo (Printmaking Program Director, MIFA, Miami), Yezi Vergara (Director of Ye-ve Orba Gráfica, Bogotá, Colombia)
In this exhibition, artists tap into a primal art of human expression, sharing their creative power to unearth myths, legends, and the awe of the inexplicable world: From gods to the elements, creatures, and the spirit within. Printmakers carry a timeless legacy, leaving indelible marks on our shared canvas.
MIFA
5900 NW 74th Ave
Miami, FL 33166
Exhibition Dates: March 2 - 24, 2024
Every Woman Biennial is the world's largest female and non-binary art festival.
“An Art Show for Hundreds of Women. And That’s Just the Artists.”— The New York Times
The Biennial engages artists, through a democratic open call, to cross-pollinate with each other from a variety of mediums, generations, and racial and ethnic backgrounds. The salon-style exhibition features painting, photography, installation, sculpture, video art, textile, and multimedia works, activated by performance, dance, music, poetry readings, theater, and film.
La Mama Galleria
47 Great Jones St
New York, NY 10012
Exhibition Dates: March 17 - April 28, 2024
Opening Reception: Sunday, March 17, 12 - 4 pm
Closing Reception: Sunday, April 28, 12 - 4 pm
Curators: Darcy Spitz, Sandra Taggart, Avani Patel
"The Imaginarium includes the work of 30 visual artists that is fantastical, magical, unreal, visionary, unlikely, fictitious, phantasmagoric, invented, otherworldly, oddly narrative, mythic, bizarre, uncanny and/or impossible.
The work in this exhibit embodies a diverse interpretation of making the “unseen” visible. As Albert Einstein said "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."
Art at First
The First Presbyterian Church in New York City
12 West 12th Street
New York, NY 10011
Exhibition Opening: February 14, 2024
Exhibition Dates: January 13 - February 4, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 13, 6 - 9 pm
Coding Citizenship 16, 2020, Pigment on paper, 48 x 68.5 cm; 27 x 19 in. Framed. |
Curators: Diana Vidal and Darya Golubina "Visual Memoirs: Portraits, Self-Portraits, and Selfies is a curated group show presenting work that explores the art of portraiture. These artistic interpretations contribute to a rich narrative that explores the nuances of portrait work. Join us in celebrating the diverse tapestry of human experiences!" Coding Citizenship 16 is one of a series describing the codification of self in an official document. The set comprises 16 images each of which transposes symbols of the state and other signifiers of governance such as fingerprints and numbers found in an old ID document, over self portrait drawings and photographs. Collage, drawing, rubbing and photographing were all involved in the process Super Secret Projects 484 Main St (In the back) Beacon, NY 12508 |
Exhibition Dates: February 1 - March 31, 2024
Curator: Juliet Bryne
Love-Struck is themed around Valentine’s Day with an overall focus on love. It hopes to acknowledge the abundance of love around us and the many forms it comes in. Valentine’s Day emphasizes the romantic side of love, but that isn’t the only type of love worth celebrating. Love comes from many other places: self love, love for our family and friends, love for the world and the people in it. That’s why this show emphasizes being grateful for all love. Cherishing the loving relationships in our lives is central to our humanity and our togetherness.
Matt Becker, Sandra Cavanagh, MUCA, Courtney Dudley, Shelley Feinerman, Soule Golden, Danny Huff, Ali Hval, Agnes Jackiewicz, Patrice Lorenz, Lauri MacLean, Pol Morton, Lake Newton, Tim Nighswander, André Kit Ramos, Claudia Renfro, Alisa Sokolov, Ariana Stoll, J Suyi, Johnny Taylor, Thuan Vu, Cindy Zaglin.
Exhibition Dates: February 15 - April 10, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 17, 2024, 3 - 5pm
"'WAR', three simple letters that inspire terror. War can take many forms and many acronyms. The 'Just War', the 'Holy War', the 'War on Terror', 'Going on a Warpath', 'Internal Struggle', 'War against Cancer', 'Sparring Partners', 'Trading Barbs'...War can be external and/or internal, but always with an element of tension, of conflict."
Sandra Cavanagh is 4th Place in the Painting and Drawing Category of the Women United Art Prize 2023. Women United Art Prize aims to recognize talented women creatives from around the globe who are passionate about their craft and ready to share their unique work with the world.
Sandra Cavanagh will have extensive feature in:
- Women United Art Magazine
- Special Edition 2024 Weekly Wonder Woman
- Social Media + Website
- Online group exhibit & virtual 3D tour
- Women United Art Movement Newsletter
Jurors:
Cover by Anna Ferrara Collective
"This work serves as an art catalog, representing an artistic experiment in graphics and community engagement. It has been created by individuals who are committed to genuinely supporting emerging artists. The catalog is distributed freely to galleries, curators, art enthusiasts, and artists both at art fairs and online, courtesy of NNC Gallery London Project."
Pages 58 and 59
Drawings of War 4, 2023, Pen and ink on paper, 51 x 36 cm; 20 x 14in
In this collection, 'the pain of others,' we embark on a profound journey, exploring diverse perspectives and artistic expressions that unveil the intricate relationship between art and our response to the aftermath of conflict. Beyond mere visual allure, the artworks within these pages act as poignant messengers, delivering urgent pleas for systemic reform, the preservation of connections in conflict-affected communities, and a collective appeal for humanity in the face of unspeakable atrocities.
Publication coming soon
Exhibition Dates: December 7, 2023 – January 21, 2024
Opening Reception Weekend:
Friday, December 8, 6 to 9 PM
Saturday, December 9, 2 to 6 PM
Sunday, December 10, 2 to 6 PM
Now in its eighth year at Drawing Rooms, The Big Small Show will be held in its expanded gallery space which includes The Terrarium Gallery, The Alcove Gallery and Gallery One. I will presenting Drawings Of War 7, spawned from the shock of the current war in Ukraine, though not intended to be exclusive but rather to highlight a commentary on the violence of war, its depravity and its disfigurement of humanity. The series explicitly shows the ugliness of military power and the excesses of domination, rape, and death.
Drawing Rooms
926 Newark Ave. #T101
Jersey City, NJ, 07306
Gallery Hours beginning Thursday, December 7:
Thursday/ Friday, 4 to 7 PM
Saturday/ Sunday, 2 to 6 PM
Closed December 18 - January 4th
Exhibition Dates: November 30, 2023 – January 30, 2024
Curated by Jonathan Goodman and Kuzma Vostrikov
Carefully selected from a vast pool of submissions, the artists featured in this show embody the essence of artistic freedom, drawing influences from cultures spanning all eras. The result is a visually stimulating collection where images from disparate origins coalesce on a singular platform, creating a tapestry of creativity that transcends cultural boundaries.
The featured artists in this exhibition each bring a unique perspective, paying homage to the eclectic influence that defines the theme. The diversity within the collection serves as a testament to the power of artistic expression in transcending boundaries and creating a shared visual experience for audiences worldwide.
Cover Image: Deep Breath by Julia J. Wolfe
Sandra Cavanagh has two paintings featured by The Purposeful Mayonnaise, a 2-in-1 independent literary & art journal-platform that features the creative work of artists and writers internationally.
“The journal’s mission is to bring you a new issue overflowing with art, words, ideas. We hope we have succeeded. Stay tuned for some thought-provoking content from our talented contributors!”
“Professional Artist Magazine with Interviews, Studio Photographs and Paintings of creative Women of Arts to Hearts Project aims to bring you nothing but excellence, and therefore, we are introducing this contemporary artbook that features some of the most talented individuals who talk about their struggles and what it means to be a creative. In our Studio Visit Book Vol. 2, you will find a collection of interviews from these female artists, where we explore the creative act of painting, sculpting and more. With our magazines, we strive to highlight the accomplishments of women of the world so that other aspiring artists may find their creativity inspiring!”
An Official Art Fair 14C exhibition presented by Art150 to coincide with the 34th Annual Jersey City Art and Studio Tour (JCAST).
Exhibition Dates: October 13 – November 10, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, October 13, 6 to 9 PM
Sandra Cavanagh's painting The Death of Hector II pictured in The Jersey Journal (top right)
Curated by Kele McComsey, Director of Mana Contemporary
“Based on Herman Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener” and his singular repeated line … “I would prefer not to.”Melville’s story has always been looked at as a protest against capitalism and what ultimately happens to non-conformists within that system. This show will look at the broader implications of non-conformity and how artists work in the periphery of the system even as art has become commodified in so many ways.
What happens to an artist or person who prefers not to?
Imagine not being on social media, or in a political party, or being engaged in the “us versus them” status quo of the day.What is non-conformity in a system that is all-pervasive?”
—Kele McComsey
Participating Artists
Kristian Battell, Kirkland Bray, Mary Jean Canziani, Sandra Cavanagh, Nora Chavooshian, Gabriella D’Italia, Nicholas D’Ornellas, Jesse Egner, Pauline Galiana, Ann Giordano, Kendall Henderson, Marshall LaCount, Carolyn Lambert, M P Landis, Osy Milian, Deborah Pohl, Margaret Roleke, Regina Ruff, Sajal Sarker, Fabricio Suarez, Hui Tian, Abhishek Tuiwala, Renelle White Buffalo
Open hours during JCAST
Friday October 13, 6pm-9pm
Saturday October 14, 12pm-6pm
Sunday October 15, 12pm-6pm
Art150 Gallery
150 Bay St
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Virtual Exhibition Dates: October 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Pretty Girls Making Cool Shit is proud to announce their second virtual exhibition, Vivarium, celebrating the beauty and wonder of the animal kingdom through art curated by Ekaterina Popova and Alicia Puig.
My painting Perra features a bitch navigating a terrain engulfed by fire, in clear reference to the unleashing of natural disasters experienced in the last two years.
Exhibition dates: September 14 - October 29, 2023
Opening reception: Saturday, September 16, 6 - 9pm
Curated by Orestes Gonzalez
This exhibition encourages audiences and artists to celebrate the idea of family, and asks: What makes a family? Is it the unit that we were born into? Or the group that we identify and spend time with? Is it the people we trained and work with, the group we schooled with, the club we go to, the building that we live in, or the church we belong to? Or the ones we live with today?
Culture Lab LIC
5-25 46th Avenue
Long Island City, New York, NY 11101
Gallery hours: Thursday - Friday, 5 - 9 pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 2 - 9 pm
Exhibition dates: August 31 - November 19th, 2023
Opening reception: Saturday, September 2nd, 6 - 9pm
Closing night toast: Sunday, November 19th
The Death of Hector, 2023, Oil on canvas, 152 x 183 cm, 60 x 72 in
Curated by Tess Howsam
“The Inevitability of Absence” is an exhibition that explores the literal, physical, and metaphysical concept of absence. Works challenge viewers to consider how we process and continue to move forward through a world of ever inevitable absences. The exhibition is presented in dialogue with the immersive show “The Incomplete Collection” by Linked Dance Theatre.
Culture Lab LIC is a nonprofit organization. This exhibition is one part of our overall mission to bring the arts, in all forms, to the LIC community we serve. If you'd like to help, by volunteering, donating or becoming a member, visit https://www.culturelablic.org/support-us
Culture Lab LIC
5-25 46th Avenue
Long Island City, New York, NY 11101
Gallery hours: Thursday - Friday, 5 - 9pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 2 - 9 pm
"Dear Readers,
Thank you so much for joining us to celebrate Milk Press Summer 2023! We worked so hard to put it together, so whether you are a reader or a contributor, we are grateful that you are here with us. We met last summer as the two Brinkley Fellows for the Poetry Society of New York and from there, a great partnership and friendship began. We realized we both wanted to take on roles in publishing and work with a literary magazine, so we were eager to step up when Jackie asked us if we would co-edit this issue together.
As the inaugural issue of Milk Press as a literary magazine (developing out of Spilt Milk), we wanted to continue an emphasis on an interdisciplinary and diverse curation that represents the skills, talents, and sensitivities of our community. We celebrate all forms of poetry and art, from odes, to sonnets, to prose-poems, and from collages, to drawings, to sculptures. This issue ushers in a new era for both the Poetry Society of New York and for Milk Press as we broaden our community to include creatives across and beyond the five boroughs.
Thank you to our Milk Press team, especially to the interns that helped us put this issue together and read through the submissions tirelessly with us. We also gave our team the opportunity to share their work in the issue and we hope that you enjoy it! We appreciate all of their efforts so much and wanted them to take pride in their work. Thank you to our contributors for their amazing poetry and art, for whom this issue would be nothing without; and thank you to our readers for enjoying and uplifting the content that we have for you this summer.
With love,
Lola & Jane"
Cover Image: Purple Night by Rodion Voskresenskii
Featured paintings by Sandra Cavanagh
The Feminist Spaces Summer 2023 issues showcases art and essays from a variety of international artists and writers. The theme of this issue is “her body,” challenging the notion that a woman’s worth lies in her physicality. Some works within Issue 9 explore topics such as sapphic connections to nature, the effect of the unified church and state on gender norms, intersex individuals’ struggle to find a place in the gender binary, myths surrounding the blood of Chinese women, the harmful nature of diet culture, and feminist artwork. Our international contributors provide a worldwide scope on pressing issues within the feminist discourse and advocate for direct action through their art and scholarship.
Feminist Spaces is an international journal of women's, gender, and sexuality studies that invites students, faculty, artists, activists, and independent scholars from institutions worldwide to submit formal essays, creative writing, and multimodal artistic pieces per our annual Call for Works. The online journal is published by the Department of English at the University of West Florida and designed by the Department of Art and Design at the University of West Florida.
Really chuffed to be the cover artist for Create! Magazine. Thank you Marina Granger, curator!
Introducing the Women's Edition of Create! Magazine Issue #37.
In this issue:
Amelia Briggs: "Tactile Textiles: Playful Abstraction in the Work of Amelia Briggs"
Reisha Perlmutter: "Diving Deeper: Interview with Reisha Perlmutter"
Samar Hejazi: "Threaded Histories: A Creative Exploration with Artist Samar Hejazi"
Olivia Zubko: "Transformation Through Fire: The Porcelain Works of Olivia Zubko"
Mariana Gómez: "The Secrets of Women: A Profile on Artist, Feminist, Writer, Gallerist Mariana Gómez"
Lee Nowell-Wilson: "House Under The Table"
Kristen M. Brown: "A Passport into the Soul: Capturing Costa Rica"
Christina Nafziger: "Learning to be Gentle With Yourself" In our Career-in-Focus section, join Christina Nafziger as she explores the importance of self-compassion and gentle self-care in the pursuit of a fulfilling artistic career.
Curated Section: Discover a diverse selection of artists chosen by Marina Press Granger, including Sandra Cavanaugh, Erin Smith, Glenn Abhika Pahwa, Allison Baker, Tereza Barnard, Melisa Gile, Allison Harrell, Suzy Kellems Dominik, Ariana Tavares, Tina Psoinos, Britty Em, Tanya Levina, Cat Rigdon, Deirdre Sullivan-Beeman, Lisa Levy, Erin O'Neill, Frances Melhop, Sara Alsaied, Gail Eleanor Wegodsky, Joanne Steinhardt, Kat Ryals, Wenqing Zhai, Kate Rusek, Sono Kuwayama, Katherine Mason, Orly Cogan, Kathleen Beausoleil, Rachel Rose Morrissey, Stephanie Sachs, Katie Southworth, Margaret Jolly, Linda Mann, Kayla Rumpp, Laurie M. Landry, Keeya, and Marcela Ramos Castillo.
Immerse yourself in this inspiring collection of artwork, interviews, profiles, and curated selections, celebrating the talent and creativity of women in the art world. Get your copy of Create! Magazine Issue #37, the Women's Edition, today!
Digital subscriptions are available here.
Author: Magazine, Create!
Number Of Pages: 186
EAN: 9798399916446
Release Date: 26-06-2023
Package Dimensions: 11.0 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
Languages: English
Binding: Paperback
Zoom Opening Reception: August 3rd, 5 - 6 pm Click to RSVP
The Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut celebrates a collection of works that captures moments and memories inspired by childhood, with particular attention to the unique ways children see the world, across time, culture, economics and varying aesthetics.
Meet with artists and join this timeless conversation as the exhibition strives to challenge viewers to reconnect with our inner child and perhaps unlock imagination.
ABACUS is FRESH SALAD's 4th online exhibition project, showing the work of 76 artists, with a mix of visual styles and contexts, from around the world.
The exhibition be live on FRESH SALAD's website and Kunstmatrix between June 16th - 30th, 2023.
Exhibition Dates: June 20 - July 15, 2023
Reception: Thursday, June 22, 5 - 8 PM
The Sound of Flight, 2023, Oil on canvas, 92 x 122 cm; 36 x 48 in
The Painting Center is pleased to present "Volume UP: Artists Responding to Music and Sound" curated by Monica King.
For many, art is seen as a wholly visual practice, inexplicably tied to the presentation of ideas in a manner that engages the optical nature of how we experience life—our literal “seeing” of the world. While artistic practice is often physically grounded in vision, much of what is “seen” in art stems from experiences linked to our other profoundly innate senses.
Do we experience texture in a painted or collaged surface with our eyes, or with the realization of how it likely felt to the artist as they worked the surface or what we think (or know) the material would feel like in our own hands? Likewise, when describing the forms of a painting or drawing, criticism often leaves the ocular realm by describing the work as calm or angry; ephemeral or violent; flowing or disjointed; empty or frenetic—all dichotomies that strongly exist in the auditory realm. These critical reactions do not emerge from what an artist has provided the viewer in a visual sense, but rather evoke an entire language that exists within the work—a multilayered arrangement instinctive to the artist, combining sight, sound, touch, and beyond.
Perhaps it is the unavoidable stratification of the senses bombarding an artist in their studio as they work which consciously or subconsciously manifests within the work in this way. How do artists define their relationship to sound or audio in the studio and does this potentially make the interpretation of their works unwittingly require a multitude of senses as well? This is not a new area of inquiry by any means. Numerous artists, as well as this curator, continue to respond strongly to the groundbreaking 1961 discourse by John Cage, so aptly named Silence. A range of vibrant artists have explored the intersections of sound, music, and silence as it interrupts our often-dominant visual tendencies in contemporary art. Notable examples include Laurie Anderson, Sanford Biggers, Janet Cardiff, Marcel Duchamp, Carsten Nicolai, and Bridget Riley, among others.
The exhibition, "Volume UP: Artists Responding to Music and Sound" features contemporary artists, in all media, who find themselves impacted by or intrigued by audio and sound within the studio or within the larger context of their work. Whether deliberately or subliminally allowing acoustic exploration to impact their process of making. Perhaps it appears in the final work in an obvious way, or in a manner which cannot be fully discerned without a deeper dive into artist intention or our own openness to fully experiencing a work through all our senses.
Del Amor I featured on A Larger Idea's exhibition flyer
Long Island City Artists is pleased to present their first exhibition in their new space provided by LIC Arts Open and the Factory at LIC! We invite you to join us for the opening reception on Wednesday February 8th, 5-8pm at 30-30 47th Avenue, Long Island City, NY.
“The evolution of drawing in these days opens a field of new interaction in the universe of the cultures. Cultural pragmatism can easily transverse borders. The barrier that separates cultural evolution is a complex matrix with interplay of differences ranging from those of language and region to dietary habits. Every culture isaware of the existence of other cultural universes foreign to its own—. Broadly it revitalizes historical-political discourse, disarticulated dogmas of the drawing, linemaking, and symbols, prioritizes the specific values of art and operates the path of ownership.
A larger idea assimilates the visual communication of popular culture, kitsch, wit, and anthropological reflection on nature, myth as an element of our own identity, autonomy, our personal view of the world and the freedom to create. This exhibition celebrates the creativity of contemporary drawing practices across an array of disciplines.
The exhibition spotlights traditional and unconventional approaches to mark-making, innovative techniques. An idea could be the genesis of a drawing and in this project we try to explore the close relationships between a drawing idea and the support artists choose: Paper, cardboard, canvas, stone, a metal plate, etc.
Drawing is a direct, and elemental tool at hand to materialize an artwork. As a very private medium, drawing departs from a moment of meditation to establish a dialog with the form and connect with the physical world. For artists, drawings can be the beginning of a larger idea."
- Alexis Mendoza and Jorge Posada.
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Reflections II, a virtual exhibition, is now live! The group art show with 40 participants from all over the world.