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OREGON WOMEN’S
CAUCUS FOR ART
WHAT: Her Presence in Colours VIII: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN ARTISTS’ EXHIBITION:
"DREAM OF PEACE”
WHO: Three Portland artists will exhibit and travel to Beijing, China
Madeline Meza Janovec, artists/educator madojano@aol.com PSU 1970
Una Kim, artists, Adjunct Professor Portland State University
Angelia Torres, artists, owner Donatello Gallery
WHEN: April 11-25, 2008
WHERE: China National Art Gallery, Beijing
RECEPTION: Opening ceremony: April 13, 2008 15.00-17.00 hours
WHY:
These three Portland artists have been accepted by jury to the International Women Artists Council (INWAC) Exhibition and will be traveling to Beijing attending the opening ceremony and participating in the Art Conference with the topic of discussion Women Art for Global Peace and Harmony. Una Kim gave a presentation at the conference; in addition Madeline Janovec and Una Kim were proposed as council members representing the USA and the INWAC meeting. The role of the council member is to cooperate with International Women Artists Council and Conservatory of Fine Arts to coordinate the women artists of our region to participate in the Her Presence In Colours. Presently 147 women artists from around the world are in the Beijing exhibition. The United States has eight artists, exhibiting the three artists from Portland Oregon, five from other parts of the United States of America.
Her Presence in Colors VIII-International Women Artists Exhibition – Beijing – 2008 will be held at China National Art Gallery featuring of artwork by 147 women artists from various regions of the world. The Theme “Dream of Peace” reflects the innermost sensibilities and thought of the women artists will help to remind people of the waning love for peace and harmony.
Yuen Chee Ling
Directory/Principal, Conservatory of Fine Art
Founding President of International Women Artists Council – INWAC
cfaapt@streamyx.com http://www.art-her.com
USA Contact: Madeline Meza Janovec 503 231-8346 www.mmjanovec.com
Oregon Women’s Caucus for Art www.oregonwca.org www.nationalwca.org
To date, Conservatory of Fine Art INWAC has successfully organized exhibitions in various regions including Australia, China, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, United Kingdom and Vietnam. Our shared vision is to continue the mission of Conservatory of Fine Art to promote womens art through Her Presence in Colours exhibition series. It is our belief that womens art that reflect the genuine feelings of the woman artists about their own live and the world they live in will help remind people of humanity, peace, and harmony. |
While attending an opening ceremony of an exhibition in Beijing China in April 2008
Madeline Meza Janovec, local visual artist from Portland, Oregon and small gallery owner, was invited by Dr. Ji-hee Kim of Daegu, South Korea to exhibit a set of her jewelry at the event presented by the Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
At the Los Angeles opening reception and ceremony the audience will enjoy an award winning Korean traditional dance and a fashion show comparing the traditional and the modern Korean artists' art work.
Ms. Janovec and Una Kim will be the two American artists joining the Korean artists in the exhibition so that the audience can enjoy the contrast and comparison of the Western and the Oriental art as well as the traditional and the modern design.
Dr. Ji-hee Kim is the Director of the Museum of Natural Dye Arts in Daegu, South Korea who meet Ms. Janovec when she had a one person exhibition of her jewelry at the Woobong Art Museum in Daegu, South Korea in 2006 and formed a lasting friendship. Dr. Ji-hee Kim will give a lecture and demonstration of natural dying the next day at the center which will be open to the public. She will introduce the audience to her specialty of Indigo and Safflower dying. In Daegu, Dr. Ji-hee Kim has a farm near her Museum in Korea where she raises these plants for the dyes. Ms. Janovec was able to see the whole process in 2006.
Dr Ji-hee Kim at her Museum in Daegu S. Korea |