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December 10 was the perfect day to gather, reflect on the past year, and enjoy some WiVLA energy and sisterhood. Melody hosted the group at Silver Street Studios..
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Reflecting on the 2022 Collaboration!
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On December 3rd of 2022, the WiVLA members along with their families and friends, gathered at the Performing Arts Center at Lee College in Baytown. The opening reception of our marquee event was a huge success, and our president was proud to be among such talented women.
If you were unable to attend the event, or you are looking forward to watching it again, or sharing it with your family and friends, we have some good news for you. The edited video of the event has been uploaded to our YouTube channel, allowing new members to experience the excitement and learn how our Collaborations come together.
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Daddy’s House: A Daughter’s Memoir of Setbacks, Triumphs & Rising
Above Her Roots
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 Mildred J. Mills is pleased to announce that her book, “Daddy’s House: A Daughter’s Memoir of Setbacks, Triumphs & Rising Above Her Roots,” was released on December 12, 2023. The book is available in paperback and electronically on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and www.indieBound.org. Hard cover and audiobooks will be released shortly after the release date.
Website: www.mildredjmills.com
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WALL FLWRZ Reception
Alternative Photography by Melody Locke
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Exhibition & Reception: WALL FLWRZ: Lumen Prints by Melody Locke, January 13, 2024, Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street, Houston, TX 77008. On view January 2 – 28, 2024
WALL FLWRZ showcases lumen prints featuring the familiar flowers found in gardens and bouquets but with a unique twist. Lumen printing, an alternative photographic technique, unveils the ethereal essence of botanicals without using a camera. By introducing fabric and other aids, the resulting prints often deviate significantly from the original subject, both in shape and color. The exhibition is on view from January 2 – 28, 2024.
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~ Publications by Denise Bossarte ~
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(1) Denise Bossarte is happy to announce that her poem "The River" has been published in Issue #1: Wild Abandon of the online literary journal- the engine(idling It was a poem written spontaneously at a local park in the fall a couple of years ago. She was sitting on a bench on the high river bank watching the leaves fall down toward the river. Often her best work is this kind of spontaneous poetry! https://www.engineidling.net/issue1 (2) Denise also has a personal essay, "Oatmeal Cookies," in the newly released Written Tales Chapbook XI: Nostalgia (Written Tales Magazine). The cool thing is after each story/essay/poem is an "interview" with the author which is as interesting and fun as the submissions! Check it out on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CMJ811PH
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2024 Anthology Contest
Journey Into Time
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Writers, please pick up your pencils and laptops and start writing! Once again, WiVLA, the Houston Writers Guild and Inklings Publishing are teaming up for the annual Anthology Contest. The topic and name for the contest is "Journey Into Time".
The focus of this contest is fictional or true-life stories that include the concept or theme of "TIME" in some way. Any and all conceptualizations of the concept and theme are welcome. Also, while "TIME" does not have to be the main focus of the story, some element of the tale should include at least a reference.
Submissions will be accepted starting January 8 through April 8, 2024. Formatting, submission and entry guidelines can be found at inklingspublishing@gmail.com.
Once again, the release of the Anthology is scheduled for the opening of the Authorpalooza Extravaganza Conference in early October 2024.
Good luck and check the Calendar next month for more exciting information on this contest!
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Synkroniciti is a quarterly online journal featuring visual art (digital or physical), literary work (poetry, short stories, flash fiction, essays, and short plays), and video. The theme for our March 1st issue is “Family.” There are contests for the cover ($100), poetry ($75), and essay ($75). Submission fee: $3. Deadline: January 15, 2024.
Katherine McDaniel (She/her/hers)
Editor, Synkroniciti Magazine
Founder and Director, Synkroniciti
Web synkroniciti.com
Email magazine@synkroniciti.com
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The Mackinaw is a new online journal dedicated solely to the prose poem. The inaugural issue launches January 15, 2024. Submissions of prose poetry are open for future editions. Details at https://www.themackinaw.net/submit.html.
The Ekphrastic Review, in its ninth year, is open for submissions in January and again in April. We publish fiction, poetry, and CNF inspired by visual art. Details here: https://www.ekphrastic.net/submit.html.
the editors, The Ekphrastic Review
www.ekphrastic.net
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hotpoet has launched Equinox, a biannual digital multimedia journal that showcases poets, writers, and artists. While solstices are the extremes of the year, an equinox is equidistant, poised on the edge of one thing or another, the cusp of change or transformation. With this archetypal significance in mind, Equinox strives to explore the contemplative and motivational power of writers and artists; to celebrate how word and image can create a world and then change it.
We invite you to send us your poems, flash fiction, flash essay, photography, and art. We look for contemplative, argumentative, globally aware, despair-resistant, and apathy-abolishing works.
Spring Submission: December 1st through February 18th with a publication date of March 20th.
We accept submissions via Submittable.
For more information, check out
https://www.hotpoet.org/equinox-submissions
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 ~ Visual Art Submissions ~Compiled by Jean King
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Women's Caucus for Art - Texas Chapter texwca.wixsite.com/site
Women's Caucus for Art https://nationalwca.org (Re)FOCUS at City Hall January 29 – April 12, 2024
Exhibition site: City Hall, second floor
Deadline for submissions: November 15, 2023, 11:59pm Jurors: Sarah Bloom and Patti Jordan
Art In City Hall (AICH) and the Women’s Caucus for Art issue a call for artists as part of a city-wide series of events in response to the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking 1974 Philadelphia feminist exhibition “Philadelphia Focuses on Women in the Visual Arts.”
Entitled “(Re)FOCUS at City Hall,” this show is curated by AICH along with members of The Women’s Caucus for Art, an organization which began in 1972 and which was headquartered at the Moore College of Art and Design from 1983 to 1997.
For full prospectus: https://nationalwca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ ReFOCUSatCityHall_ArtistCall.pdf
The Jung Center of Houston https://junghouston.org Submission guidelines
https://s3.amazonaws.com/junghouston_media/documents/Exhibition+Guidelines.pdf Annual members exhibition
Watercolor Art Society - Houston (WASH) https://www.watercolorhouston.org
Monthly Gallery shows members only: Jan, Feb, April, May, June, Aug, Sept, Nov, Dec. Juried and judged exhibit open to members and non-members: March
Juried and Judged exhibit members only: Oct Annual Member Exhibit (AME),
International Watermedia Exhibtion (IWE) https://www.watercolorhouston.org/International- Watermedia-Exhibit Deadline Jan 13, 2024
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~ Classes with Susan Salter ~
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Contemplative Collage
Meditation, movement, poetry will be used to relax the body and the mind and inspire each individual to get in touch with their inner creative spirit. Movements will be gentle stretching and breathing exercises. No experience in collage is required. By the end of this 3-hour class, students will have faced their fear of the blank canvas by creating small 5–10-minute collages. Students will be given a time period to create each collage, thus encouraging working intuitively, and making random choices without being attached to the outcome. A demonstration of Encaustic collage will be given at the end of class as a segue into Encaustic Basics class.
$150 per 3hr. class
All materials included.
Saturdays, January 20, February 10, March 9, April 13, May 11
9-am – 12pm
Fort Bend Art Center
2012 Ave. G
Rosenberg, Texas
832-945-2882
Call 832-264-5321 or email susansalterarts@gmail.com to secure your spot.
Susan Salter is an internationally recognized and award-winning encaustic artist who shows her work in various museums and galleries around the Houston area, the U.S and recently in Ireland,
EOM Studios in Mulraney, Ireland.
susansalterarts.com
https://www.instagram.com/slsalter96
https://www.susansalterarts.com
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Encaustic Painting Workshop
Basics and Beyond
Three-hour comprehensive, hands-on class covering all the basics of working with Encaustic painting, an ancient wax-based paint medium with endless creative possibilities.
Pulling from over 10 years of working with encaustic, Encaustic artist, Susan Salter leads you step-by-step through the process of creating complex, luminous paintings with hot wax and pigment. You’ll get the basic techniques of encaustic under your belt, develop confidence in working with new materials, and walk away with one or more ready-to-hang works.
$200 per 3hr. workshop
All materials included
Saturdays, January 20, February 24, March 16, April 13, May 11
1pm-4pm
Escher Room, Fort Bend Art Center Annex
905 Third Street
Rosenberg, TX 77471
832-945-2882
Call 832-264-5321 or email susansalterarts@gmail.com to secure your spot. Group classes (2-6) can be scheduled according to availability
$50 per hr. per person
Would your group
like to know more about Encaustics?
Group demonstrations available upon request.
2hr demo $125
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We'd love to celebrate your good news. If you are interested in sharing, please send your items to newsletter@wivla.org. The deadline for inclusion in the next month's newsletter is the 20th. Thank you.
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A rack card is an easily recognizable vertical marketing card that you typically find in visitor centers, hotels, and museums. A ready supply of our newly-designed cards is available in Melody's studio at Silver Street Studios in studio 320.Your GPS can more easily find her building if you use 2101 Winter Street as the address. A large mural adorns the north side of the Silver Street building. You can find her studio by entering the pink outside door. If you would like to pick up some rack cards, contact Melody at 713-851-0134.
Rebecca Chirak has been chronicling ‘interesting things I have seen and heard’ since age 5, writing on an almost daily basis since she was in fourth grade, and is now finally sharing her voice with readers. One of her short stories was featured in WiVLA and Houston Writers Guild’s 2023 anthology Journey into Art and her debut novel will be published in 2024, to be followed by a short story collection. (On that note, if anyone has strong opinions about publishing under a pen name vs one’s real name, please share those thoughts with her ASAP as she is still very much undecided on that issue and is rapidly running out of time to make the final decision.)
