OKWA member, Mary Peppard, had a well attended opening at The Mill Street Cafe/Gallery on Sunday July 25. Martine Bresson captured a few photo opportunities.
The Organization of Kingston Women Artists (OKWA) is a non-profit independent association formed in 1989. The organization provides a forum for mutual support and exchange of information and ideas among local professional women artists. An annual exhibition serves to increase public awareness and appreciation of contemporary women's art.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
NEW EVENT: Mary Peppard's Reception
The Mill Street Gallery/Cafe, 4400 Mill Street, Sydenham, Ontario
613 376 1533
Open for lunches Tuesday to Saturday 1to 4pm. Dinner Saturdays only.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
New Gallery in Yarker
OUT IN THE STICKS http://www.outinthesticks.ca/ New gallery and cultural center in Yarker started by Anna Rau and Andzeij Maciejewski Address: 2838 County Road 6 in Yarker, P.O. Box 174, K0K 3N0 Contact: e-mail: office@outinthesticks.ca or phone: 613.877. 4532 Out in the Sticks Cultural Centre in Yarker opened on February 2nd, 2010. The program includes Film Discussion Club (bi-weekly film screenings with lectures and discussions), art slide-shows and photography talks. Apart from that there are plans to run a concert series, free workshops, activities for children and youth, an art gallery and annual art festival. David Pickering opens the NEW GALLERY on August 7th, 5 to 7pm. |
MEMBERSHIP
MEMBERSHIP 2010: Anderson, June. Back, Hanna. Bresson, Martine. Burns, Barbara. Cain, Wendy. Carr, Barb. Cassidy, Arlene. Christensen, Kathrine. Cowan, Rebecca. Crawford, Mary. Derby, Jane. Falkner, Suki. Hughes, Margaret. Jagger, Maya. Jass,Sandra. Kapell, Alana. LaRose, Michele. Lipson, Kristen. Loney, Zillah. Lyon, Sue. Milne, Sally. Morley, Peggy. Olson, Erika. Peppard, Mary. Sheedy,Su. Spielmann, Isadora. Springer, Judy. Taras, Lee-Ann. Thelwell, Jane. Thompson, Sharon. Van Dijk, Janice. Van Geest, Mieke. Vowles, Verna. Winik, J.T. Withrow, Julie.
Executive 2010: June Anderson, Michele LaRose, Hanna Back, Martine Bresson. Jane Derby. Mary Peppard. Lee-Ann Taras.
Monday, July 19, 2010
PRIZEWINNERS

Juror, Lauren Pierce-Hull, Jane Derby, Wendy Cain, Zillah Loney, Hanna Back
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Hannah Back 2010, "Vessel" |
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Jane Derby 2010 "Alchemy" |
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Zillah Loney 2010, "Aquamarine Ballet" |
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"White Cape II" 2010 |
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Martine Bresson 2007/09 |

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Zillah Loney 2007 |
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Hanna Back 2006 "Guardian" |
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Hanna Back 2004 "Golden Spiral on Double Walled Bowl" |
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Hanna Back 2003 "One or Two?" |
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Alana Kapell 2002 "My Mother's Teacup, My Grandmother's Doilie" |
PHOTO GALLERY OKWA MEMBERS 1989
THE EARLY INSTIGATORS: Sarindar Dhaliwal, Jocelyn Purdie and Alana Kapell, 1980's

1980's performance art by OKWA members and supporters
"The Guerilla Girls emerged in the mid-1980's when some female artists realized that conventional methods of protest weren't working with respect to women's representation in the art community. Their approach to change is full of humour and catchy slogans such as 'Do women have to be naked to get into the Met?' ".
Beth McPhail, Malka Kauffman and Aida Sulcs McDonald performing in an early Women's Art Festival in the 80's.
Jocelyn Purdie partnered with Alana Kapell to form the Kingston Women Artists and continued devoting her efforts to incorporating the group into the Organization of Kingston Women Artists, giving many years to this group.

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