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September 17th: Come and
Enjoy Circle of Five
Our September 17 meeting will be a WiVLA classic, a "Circle of Five" where members and guests gather in circles of five women to share their own creative journey (bring a small writing sample or image of your artwork to show-and-tell) and discover common ground in a smaller group setting.
In honor of our 25 th anniversary, each circle will be hosted by one of WiVLA’s past presidents!
We'll also discuss how WiVLA can impact your creative life and what can WiVLA do to help you on your artistic path. Each woman can share why she came to WiVLA and our former board members will share what WiVLA has done for them over the years.
We cordially invite you to join us to discuss WiVLA, past and future. The timing is perfect! While the rest of this year is booked with celebrations and anniversary events, we’re already thinking about the next great year in the organization's mission and scope.
We have some exciting opportunities coming up for next year but getting valuable member input now would greatly enhance our "2020 Vision."
Additionally, we will be announcing updates on our September anniversary event on Saturday, 9/21, October's big event, and November special events!
Please join us at the monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 17th to share in Circle of Five -- a WiVLA tradition. The emailed notice on September 4th has themes for the evening. Check you email, please.
Tuesday, September 17, ARCHWAY GALLERY.
2305 Dunlavy, Houston TX 77006
5:45 - 6:15: Mix/Mingle with light refreshments
6:15 - 6:30: Short business meeting
6:30 - 7:30: Program with Q & A
7:30 - Restore Archway Gallery’s chairs and food bar to their rightful order and then, optionally, meet for dinner at Paulie’s (dutch treat at 1834 Westheimer).
Please forward WiVLA Voices to all your friends who might be interested in WiVLA. BRING A FRIEND TO OUR NEXT MEETING!
September 2019 President's Message by Lee Steiner 
What makes WiVLA work?
It’s taken countless woman-hours for WiVLA to not only have survived for 25 years, but to have flourished.
I estimate more than 250 local, creative women have put their heads together and found ways to make this monthly group valuable to the members and relevant to the Houston art scene by serving on the board. Ask a former board member and she will tell you what WiVLA has meant to her.
Two founders began it, 25 years of boards of directors have steered it, and now
we are poised to put together a ‘dream team’ board of directors for the 26th year.
The inner workings of a non-profit are not supposed to be a mystery to members. Each of our names and positions, with contact email, are listed in our newsletter and on our website and you are invited to reach out any time you have ideas or comments. Want to sit-in on a board meeting and see how we behave? I can arrange that!
Actually, some board positions have gone unfilled all this year. You wouldn’t notice, though, as we all pull together, help out each other, and always make things happen. That’s our “WiVLA-bility” in action!
But for 2020, going into our next vital 25 years we’d like to start with a full team of women who want to make a difference in the creative lives of Houston-area artists and writers. Maybe you are meticulous with money (Treasurer), wonderful with words (Secretary, Literary Co-Chair, Newsletter), excellent with Excel (Membership), or timely with tech projects (Publicity/Social Media), we have a spot for your skills to shine. Email me any time at info@wilva.org
WiVLA’s 2020 is already taking shape with a show at a major Houston museum, high-profile speakers, and career-building workshops. Being on the board will take some of your time and your effort but the returns are immeasurable in personal accomplishment, kinship with other women, and the satisfaction of being part of something greater than yourself. Lee Steiner
President
Join us as WiVLA celebrates
25 years of supporting Houston's creative women! WiVLA Retrospective
Saturday, September 21, 2019
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion at the University of Houston M.D. Anderson Library
Join us in the beautiful UH Central Campus Library where our 25 years of WiVLA archives are housed in the UH Special Collections. Our retrospective celebration will include a panel discussion with WiVLA co-founder and Houston author Karleen Koen, a curated exhibit of WiVLA memorabilia,
and a tour of the University of Houston Special Collections and Archives.
Friends and family welcome! Refreshments and fun provided!
Please let us know if you plan on attending and/or on bringing guests by checking the "Going" option on our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2453718218248866/
Maps and parking details are included in the emailed notice on August 29th and mentioned here: Visitors may park in the Welcome Center parking garage at the UH Hilton Hotel. Parking is $3.00 an hour. Click on the following link to see a Google map of the parking garage in relation to M.D. Anderson Library, where our Retrospective event will be held: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/University+of+Houston+Welcome+Center,+4400+University+Dr,+Houston,+TX+77204,+USA/M.D.+Anderson+Library,+University+Drive,+Houston,+TX/@29.7192236,-95.3428406,17z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x8640be5af6e41a83:0xf3299cd157156660!2m2!1d-95.3397554!2d29.7186048!1m5!1m1!1s0x8640c0748ba2522f:0x2a3f0ce5297e9c3a!2m2!1d-95.342048!2d29.721084
Andreina Cova Wilson, our August presenter, delighted our senses!
 Andreina Cova Wilson is a Venezuelan baker who lives in Houston. Her official journey into baking and pastry goes back 12 years, but her love for the arts goes back further. After completing graphic design studies at The Art Institute of Houston, she made a jump into culinary arts in Mexico City, followed by further studies in Colombia.
 She comes from a traditional Venezuelan family and traveled around America during her college years, which enabled her to learn and experience different cultures. After many turns and changes in her life, Houston became her home and home to her baking business. She now combines her love of art with her culinary skills to create sugar confections that are guaranteed to satisfy your taste buds and impress your art cravings. Be sure to check out her social media accounts to see Andreina's diverse and inspiring art.
Here’s what’s happening:
- On Saturday, September 21 we have the WiVLA Retrospective, a celebration of our archives at the Rockwell Pavilion at the UH Library on the central campus. This includes a reception, exhibition, and archive tour.
See article above.
- On Tuesday, October 15, instead of our monthly meeting at Archway, we’ll host our Members’ Market & Fundraiser at The Printing Museum. We need donated raffle prizes and members can sign up to sell their own art or books as part of our fundraiser.
- To top off the year in November, we’re combining two annual events into one fun-filled evening on Thursday, November 21. We’ll kick off the evening with our annual literary readings at Archway Gallery, followed by more food, festivities, fun, and friendship with our holiday party.
- Oh, did I mention? WiVLA will hold our biennial Collaboration Show in early summer 2020 at The Holocaust Museum! Speed-dating for pairs will begin this August and only members can register for a spot in this high-profile, space-limited exhibition! Next speed-dating event is Saturday, September 7, 3:00 to 5:00 pm, at the Cafe Express on West Gray Street.
Interested in keeping an art journal?
Houston Visual Journalers is a group of journalers who try new techniques and ways of expressing themselves, both visually and with words. If you've ever been interested in trying art journaling, join them for a wonderful morning of personal expression. You’ll need paper or a journal, pens, paints, markers, collage materials if you like, and any other materials you want. For more information and to be added to the mailing list, contact Cori Austin at artjournal50@gmail.com.
Houston Visual Journalers meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month. They will meet again on September 21, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m at Mendenhall Community Center, 1414 Wirt Road in the Spring Branch area. Check the board in the lobby for the room number.
WiVLA NEWS
Compassion......is the theme of the WiVLA June 2020 Collaborative Exhibition to be held at the Holocaust Museum, Houston. Round 2: Speed-Dating Mixer!
New Date: Saturday, Sept. 7
New Time: 3:00 -5:00 pm
Same Place: Cafe Express, West Gray just off of the corner with Waugh Drive.
Please see the notices in your emails with more details about the speed-dating event and submission to the exhibition.
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 If you shop at Randall's, tie your account to WiVLA (#5341). You can do this at the customer service counter once, and from then on, WiVLA will benefit every time you shop! items. Our historian, Regina Vitolo Mader, encourages members to share their WiVLA photos to a Google album. Click here and see more details. Use this link to access the album.
MEMBER NEWS
To ensure inclusion in the newsletter, send your news about art exhibits, literary works, news, etc. to newsletter@wivla.org by the 25th of each month. Ensure that you include all of the pertinent details. Announcements will appear in the newsletter as submitted.
- Janet Hull Ruffin has two painting accepted in the SLMM National Membership Exhibit, September 5 through October 27, 2019 at St. Peter's Cultural Art Center, St. Peters, MO. She also has art in the SYNERGY group show hanging in the lobby at Northwoods Church, 3320 Cypress Creek Pkwy, Houston, Texas 77068 from September 3 - October 21.
- Melody Locke will be hosting an open house to celebrate the opening of her studio in The Silos at Sawyer Yards Studios on September 14, noon-5:00 p.m., in conjunction with Sawyer Yards' Monthly Open Studios. Her studio is at 1502 Sawyer Street, upstairs in studio 132. For details, see her website. She also had a print accepted in the Flora exhibition at the SE Center for Photography. The Flora exhibition opens in Greenville, South Carolina on October 4 and runs through October 25.
- Jo Zider had two works on exhibit for two months in installations in the Texas Sculpture Group Exhibition at Splendora Gardens in Splendora, Texas. Both installations contained the clay bone simulations Jo has been fabricating for the past ten years and more: Sign of Genocide and Say My Name and More. Pieces were on view throughout June until July 26th.
- Jane Chance says that Friendswood Library accepted her poem "My Mother's Brocade Purse" for reading at the Ekphrastic Competition on September 14 at 6:30. Her three ekphrastic poems from previous competitions (which earned her honorable mentions) will be published in an anthology this year titled "Do You See The Way the Light: A Poetry Anthology from Friendswood Library's 2017-2018 Ekphrastic Poetry Contests," ed. Matthew Riley. Also, her poem "Unfrozen" has been accepted for publication in "The Book of Water, 2019 Waco-Wordfest Anthology, and she has been chosen as a Distinguished Poet to read it Oct. 4 at the WacoFest. www.wacoartsfest.org
- Sandi Stromberg is having a special year that she will remember when leaner times come along! Enjoy this list of her publications and readings. Sandi is a juried poet in the 2019 Houston Poetry Fest for the 11th time. One poem, yet to be announced, will appear in the HPF anthology. Readings will be the weekend of October 11, 12, 13. Three of her poems, written in response to works of art, have been accepted for the reading and anthology at Friendswood Public Library. Reading will be Saturday, September 14, 6:30-8:30 at the Friendswood Library. Sandi has been following The Ekphrastic Review's biweekly challenges to produce ekphrastic poems. Ten of her poems have appeared online since February. Additionally, her poem "Lake Buchanan Sanctuary" appears in the 2020 Texas Poetry Calendar from Kallisto Gaia Press and her poem "The Pianist's Gift" was a finalist in Public Poetry's annual contest, themed ENOUGH. Her poem "Romancing the Mekong" was accepted for the reading and anthology in the Waco WORDFEST, Waco TX, Saturday, October 5. Sandi helped with back-of-the-house submissions and production of Mutabilis Press's Enchantment of the Ordinary" launched January 25 at the Jung Center. Her poem "What I Know of Horse Chestnuts" was included. Congratulations, Sandi, on a productive time and winning works!
- Check out the WiVLA Facebook page. Members regularly share photos, news, workshops, and other information as Facebook posts.
Editor’s Note: We know a lot of you are showing your work and getting published, so we ask you to send the information to newsletter@WiVLA.org by the 25th of each month. We want to support you. Thank you!
General Announcements
WOW! WOW! Lots of good information, call for submissions, and events are available.
- Check out Gulf Coast - A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts very excellent website at www.gulfcoastmag.org for news of current issue and events. The link for Gulf Coast is here. Be sure and watch for their competition topics and deadlines.
- ClayHouston: Check out their website for all of their events and activities: https://www.clayhouston.org/. Save the date for their "Clay Bodies Symposium." When: October 19, 2019 9:00 a.m. Where: Glassell Studio School, 5101 Montrose Street, Houston TX 77006, Auditorium and Ceramics Studio, room 106. Also, the Third Annual Bayou City Clay Crawl: The Crawl will be taking place on Sunday, December 8th with the option of having studios open for a preview showing on the afternoon of the 7th. The Bayou City Clay Crawl is an annual event that showcases work from ClayHouston member artists and expands public awareness of ClayHouston’s membership and programming. Local ceramic artists open their studio doors for the day: Visitors can talk to the artists about their work, purchase art, and generally see how and where these artists work. Please see the ClayHouston website (above) for more details.
- Of special note with the Visual Arts Alliance (VAA): Jay Wehnert presents “Outsider Art in Texas: Lone Stars," Presentation & book signing by the author. Join the author J. Wehnert, Saturday, September 7, 11:00 am, at The Printing Museum, 1324 W Clay St, Houston, TX 77019. VAA website is a great resource for all news and events scheduled by the organization. Click http://visualartsalliance.org/ VAA's site contains great information with upcoming events along with their usual events such as 3rd Monday Critique Groups, etc. See the link.
- Literary readings are held on the third Thursday of the month at Archway Gallery. Gather from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. with light refreshments. An eclectic group of writers share 3-5 minutes of their most recent works. Come and hear or join the inspiring readings!
- Member Becky Soria sends the notice about her brother's opening. FERNANDO CASAS at THE ART CAR MUSEUM, September 14 – November 17, 2019. Opening is Saturday, Sept. 14th from 7-10 pm. The Art Car Museum, 140 Heights Blvd., Houston TX 77007.
713-861-5526 www.artcarmuseum.com
- PrintMatters, a local group that promotes traditional and non-traditional print-making and print collecting, is focused on PrintHouston 2019. Please check out the website at www.printmattershouston.org for full details and to meet Houston's print makers.
- Houston Metal Arts Guild has a great website at www.new.hmag.org that displays the group's activities, member info, upcoming events, and more. Of particular note is workshop and grant information. Please check out the guild at the link and learn more about the members and activities.
- The Glassell School of Art: For more information about the fall schedule, contact glassell@mfah.org or 713.639.7500.
- Houston Writers Guild (HWG). The Guild has a great website at www.houstonwritersguild.org. that gives the schedule of activities and classes.
- Public Poetry has a great deal of information on its website this month including Public Poetry monthly events and a call for submissions and contests. Click the link for PP's great colorful and informative web page. http://www.publicpoetry.net Of special note is the announcement about the REEL Poetry competition open now. SEE the Public Poetry website.
- Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA) has a good website at www.talarts.org and it lists the events and workshops that they sponsor. Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts was formed in 1979 to meet the legal and accounting needs of artists and art nonprofit organizations across the State of Texas. TALA volunteers throughout Texas handle more than 250 matters per year. In 2016, TALA began serving inventors in the Patent Pro Bono Program. Click here for the website.
- Lots going on at Brazos Bookstore: Please see the store's great website that highlights its many literary events, back-to-school reading suggestions, and major guest speakers. http://www.brazosbookstore.com
- Inprint opens its doors at 1520 West Main on the first Friday of every month from 9 am to 12 noon for a writing cafe. Any and all writers looking for a pleasant morning space in which to write are welcome. For information, click here.
- 4th Wall Theater is ready to begin their fall and spring season. Check out the upcoming plays at www.4thwalltheatreco.com
Literary Events -- Call for Entries
Inclusion in this list does not indicate endorsement by WiVLA. We recommend you research each contest and opportunity and contact the sponsor(s).
~ Aesthetica Creative Writing Award: The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award is an international literary prize that is a hotbed for new talent in Poetry and Short Fiction. Now in its 13th year, the Prize supports both emerging and established writers. By entering, writers can showcase their work to key industry figures and organisations including The Poetry Society, Magma, Granta, VINTAGE and more. Winners are selected for both categories and awarded with £1,000. Publication within the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology, is also awarded to a further 60 writers whose works are highly commended.
Aesthetica is proud to champion new writing talent and supports its writing alumni beyond the Prize, offering print and digital publicity and continued exposure across our channels. Submissions open 1 December. See details at www.aestheticamagazine.com
~ Introducing, a new online literary magazine, is open to short fiction submissions from writers who have never been published or only self-published. http://www.introducingmag.com
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Visual Events -- Call for Entries
Inclusion in this list does not indicate endorsement by WiVLA. We recommend you research each contest and opportunity and contact the sponsor(s).
FreshArts, of which we are members, has many opportunities for artists listed on their website here. Their motto is "Where Art Meets Opportunity" -- a cousin or sibling of WiVLA's mission.
The editor thanks pixabay, the online image site, for the free images.
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