Women Around Town, January 2023. Sending artful wishes for a wonderful new year. IN THE  GALLEIRES Moorpark College Art Gallery is featuring a comprehensive exhibit of works by Joanne Julian. Julian is well-known for mixed-media drawings that combine realistic natural elements with flowing abstractions of line, shape and color. The exhibit features a wide range […]

Women Around Town, November 2022 Congratulations to SCWCA member Mary Sherwood Brock, exhibitions chair for the outstanding 22nd  annual exhibition for the L.A. Printmaking Society at Mixografia where the honorees were Betye Saar and Alison Saar.  I went to the opening of this exhibit and was delighted by such a varied selection of outstanding works […]

Women Around Town, a blog by Karen Schifman, October 2022 Don’t miss the opening reception for the 22nd National Los Angeles Printmaking Society exhibit. This year Betye and Alison Saar are the Honorees. October 15, 2022.  2:00pm to 5:00pm. Venue: Mixografia, 1419 E Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90011.     IN THE GALLERIES   […]

Looking forward to many compelling exhibitions this Fall. Note that the Bergamot Station Fall Open is Saturday, September 10, 11 am.-9 p.m.   IN THE GALLERIES Vielmetter Los Angeles is featuring Mary Kelly: Corpus, an exhibition of Kelly’s ambitious 1984-85 installation, originally made as the first part of a larger project titled Interim. Interim Part I: […]

Women Around Town, August  2022 Well…a long hot summer with Covid still looming..artists prevail. Enjoy! IN THE GALLERIES As usual, group shows abound. For example, a very “hot” topic is addressed in the current exhibition at Lois Lambert Gallery, Reflections on our Warming Planet. This exhibition includes works by 24 artists who join with scientists […]

Women Around Town, June 2022. I want to encourage you to submit your artwork to the upcoming SCWCA sponsored upcoming exhibition, What’s Next! at the Betsy Leuke Creative Arts Center in Burbank. August 10-25, 2022. This is open to all women artists (not just SCWCA members) and will be a juried show. See all of […]

In my column from July 2019 I wrote about the wonderful Hotel Figueroa. So, I was especially delighted to see the April 21st article in LA Weekly by Shan Nys Dambrot about the hotel’s amazing art program focused on women artists. You can enjoy the article here. IN THE GALLERIES: Betty Brown has curated a […]

Women Around Town, April 2022 by Karen Schifman Happy Spring! I do want to recommend the current exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources. My recollection is that there were no women artists in the exhibit, however as an art historian I truly enjoyed a look […]

IN THE GALLERIES There has been a lot of talk about the current exhibit at Anat Egbi’s Holllywood Gallery celebrating the 50th anniversary of Womanhouse. Unfortunately I missed the opening which many of the original artists attended, and there were resurrected performances as well. The exhibit not only celebrates but also expands upon narratives surrounding the […]

I would love to hear from my readers. Are you out there viewing art? How has your experience changed since the Pandemic? Just a reminder that most venues are still requiring advance reservations or appointments.                 IN THE GALLERIES: Armory Center for the Arts presents how we are […]