Architexture

Architexture – a perseverative study of the lines, shapes, and textures of the city
May 13th – May 30th
New works by Denise Rogers

Opening Reception: Friday, May 13th 6-9 pm

A small collection of screen-printed and stitched cityscapes on natural fabrics. The maker uses hand printing, over dyeing and rudimentary stitching techniques to capture the movement and orderly disorder of the urban landscape.

Embodymyths

Embodymyths

April 8th – 28th

New Works By Jennifer Marie Torres

Opening Reception: Friday, April 8th 6-9pm

 

The standards of body perfection and the myths of the female permeate all aspects of our psyche, our image of ourselves and of each other. The media, our social media and our surveys of each other are filled with images of impossible forms. We alter ourselves to match these templates. The artworks in the exhibition Embodymyths are commenting on the real. They are a celebration of our bodies as ourselves, outside the myths of history and media. Instead of measuring ourselves against the impossible these works celebrate the body as gloriously beautiful especially in its deviations from the ideal.

Fat Gives Things Flavor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_gaia studio presents “Fat Gives Things Flavor”

 

New work by Agnieszka Wszolkowska and Melissa MacAlpin.

Opening launch party: March 4, 6:30-11pm

Exhibition dates: March 4 – 28, 2016 (Hours are by appointment)

_gaia studio
315 Third St.
Jersey City, NJ
www.gaiastudio.org

SexEd Presents: Wearing Consent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SexEd Presents: Wearing Consent

An exhibition opening, performance, and curriculum launch

February 13, 4-6pm

_gaia studio invites you to join SexEd (Norene Leddy + Liz Slagus) for an exhibition, performance, and launch party for their new Wearing Consent curriculum. SexEd and their collaborator, sex educator Bryana Williams, will conduct consent conversations, perform condom demonstrations, apply consent-themed temporary tattoos and dispense real information on sexual health. SexEd’s new curriculum, Wearing Consent, for educators of all kinds, will also be available as hard copy and online free of charge from their website, www.sexedproject.org, beginning Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2016.

Opening, performance, and curriculum launch party: February 13, 4-6pm

Exhibition dates: February 13 – 28, 2016 (Hours are by appointment, please contact gaia@sexedproject.org)

_gaia studio
315 Third St.
Jersey City, NJ
www.gaiastudio.org
www.sexedproject.org

Seeking studio members! Join Us!

_gaia is looking for two new members to join our artist collective and our shared studio space. Studio rent is very inexpensive ($250/month – 1 year commitment.) If you are looking for an artist community and an inexpensive artist studio, this may be a good place for you. In addition to participating in the organization’s events (voluntarily) the members of _gaia share a large studio space. We encourage a highly collaborative environment and respectful and considerate sharing of the studio – which includes a photography darkroom.

We are especially looking for artists and activists who may help in growing _gaia as an organization. Willingness to share graphic design abilities, business management skills, grant-writing, organizing, accounting and general administrative help is highly encouraged. Studio members are required to attend a weekly meeting of the _gaia collective on Tuesday nights.

If you are interested in becoming a _gaia artist member please e-mail doris @ gaiastudio.org or call us at 973-699-0399.

Please pass along to anyone who may be interested – and post widely

 

Superfood at Gallery Aferro!

Superfood @ Main Gallery in Gallery Aferro
April 11th – May 23rd 2015
Opening Reception April 11th 7 – 10pm

The ninth edition of _gaia studio’s Wonder Women Residency explores the social construction of Superfood. A generation after the birth of the Kraft cheese single and our recent turn back towards the natural, we turn to this newly fetishized landscape to reflect on how we shape it and it shapes us. With this in mind, Wonder Women invited artists to consider what is Superfood to women in their role in food communities, economies, and families. We challenged these artists to explore possibilities with women at the center of food cultivation, cooking, feeding, and nurturing. The shows work culminates into an investigation of medically enhanced drinking water, food as comfort, food as personal identity and food as prescription. Utilizing an array of mediums, the works will engage, inform and question these complex landscapes via painting, video, sculpture, interactive installation and relational aesthetics

_gaia is a collective of women artists and activists creating art, events and opportunities in the visual and media arts, performance and design. Its members actively promote and support the work of local women artists while developing programs that encourage collaboration and create community to help emerging artists in need of studio space, facilities and resources. In pursuit of raising awareness _gaia concentrates on activism, from issues in the local community and the art world to global issues affecting the lives of women.

The Artists:
Melissa MacAlpin
Sarah Nelson Wright
Lillian Ribeiro
Kate Eggleston
Cathleen Marie Thérèse Parra
Stephanie Tichenor
Claudia McNulty
Panda Suwann
Alyssa Lawler
Jacquelyn Strycker

Curated by Meredith Goncalves & Doris Cacoilo

www.gaiastudio.org
https://www.facebook.com/pages/_gaia-studio/183999451640977
www.aferro.org

 

Call for Entries: Wonder Women Artist Residency

Wonder Women 9: Superfood

“Food is our common ground, a universal experience.”- James Beard

In the ninth edition of Wonder Women we will explore Superfood. A generation after the birth of the Kraft cheese single, we turn to the newly fetishized landscape of Superfood. From the notion of a woman’s body producing liquid gold for her nursling, celebrity ancient grains, paleo macrobiotic diets and media sponsored global food trends, farm-to-table movements, artisanal ice and social media’s food porn; Superfood understands the intricate economies vastly affected by this phenomenon. With this in mind, Wonder Women invites artists to reflect on what is Superfood to women in their role in food communities, economies, and families. We challenge these artists to explore possibilities with women at the center of food cultivation, cooking, feeding, and nurturing.

Superfood aims to harvest creativity and inspire social change. This artist residency will address issues related to identity, economy, technology and community. We are especially interested in digital media and technological explorations of this topic. Every Sunday, beginning January 25th through March 8th, accepted applicants will meet as a group at _gaia studio to discuss current social issues and topics brought forth by participants. There will be a potluck lunch each Sunday with group discussion and critique of works in progress. All accepted applicants must commit to all Sunday meetings (see schedule below). The program ends with a group show.

History:
Wonder Women is a residency program in its 9th year presented by _gaia at their studio in Jersey City, NJ. The Wonder Women mission is to engage underrepresented artists who are eager to participate in a collective dialogue about agency, gender, art and social change.

_gaia, an environment for creative process is dedicated to fostering women’s activism, art practice and study. This year the Wonder Women project is being organized and curated by Doris Caçoilo and Meredith Gonçalves.

Submission Guidelines
Wonder Women is currently accepting proposals from individuals working in all media and disciplines from the NJ/NY area. Artists are required to attend weekly meetings to take place at _gaia studio in Jersey City NJ.

Portfolio:
Artists should submit 5 to 10 images/samples of current works either by email submission or by slide sheet/CD/DVD. [Please submit images at 72dpi, and approximately 700 pixels wide.]

Proposals:
2-3 paragraphs describing a project you wish to complete during the residency. Please include any visual documentation of proposal ideas. Proposals should specify why and/or how this project or your work considers the themes of the residency. Technology-based work is strongly encouraged for application.

Additional Materials:
A resume/CV and short biography are required. An artist statement is recommended. Please include your name and contact information on each page.

Deadline:
Saturday January 10th by midnight
*notifications via email January 13th

Residency Meeting Times:
Meetings will take place on Sunday afternoons from 1pm to 6pm from January 25th , 2015 through March 8th 2015. All meeting are mandatory for participation.

Calendar:
January 10th 2015 by 12am EST Submission Deadline
January 13th Notification of Applicants
January 25th 1-6 pm First Meeting
February 1st 1-6 pm Second Meeting
February 8th 1-6 pm Third Meeting
February 15th 1-6 pm Fourth Meeting
February 22nd 1-6 pm Fifth Meeting
March 1 No meeting scheduled – project work week
March 8th 2015 Final Crit Meeting

Show TBA March 2015

Meetings will take place at _gaia, 315 3rd Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Please contact us with any questions or for more information. wonderwomen@gaiastudio.org

Superfood: a Wonder Women project
Application

Name:

Address:

Contact information: (phone, e-mail)

Webpage/URL:

Brief statement of interest (2-3 paragraphs):

Artist Checklist:

Deadline for submission is January 10th 2015
• Completed Application (form attached)
• Proposal
• Portfolio: digital materials/slides (5-10)
• Resume/CV and Bio
• Artist Statement (recommended, not required)

 

If you are submitting non-digital materials, please include SASE for return of materials. Send completed application and submission materials via e-mail to: wonderwomen@gaiastudio.org

or mail to _gaia at:
Doris Cacoilo c/o _gaia
315 3rd Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302

 

Call for Art – “And that is why I hate love letters”

Call for Art

“And that is why I hate love letters”

_gaia is accepting submissions for an all woman group art exhibition titled “And that is why I hate love letters” opening November 4th, 2013 at City Hall Jersey City curated by Doris Cacoilo and Lillian Ribeiro.

What is an heirloom? Family treasures and stories link generations in a deep and personal way. What do we inherit from our ancestors? Parents? What are the legacies left to heirs? Family customs. Choices we make. The life we choose to live.

All media will be considered. Large 2-dimesional media is especially requested. The theme is open to interpretation. We hope this exhibition will serve to promote local women artists, bring women artists together in one amazing space, create dialogue and promote awareness and advocacy of women’s issues.

Please submit the application below (or the information requested) via e-mail with digital images of the work (jpgs ~600px wide) or links to images online by Monday, October 21, 2013. Click HERE for PDF of this application. No late submissions please. Notification will be sent out via e-mail by October 23rd, 2013. For any further information e-mail us at info@gaiastudio.org

 

Submission Application “And that is why I hate love letters”

Deadline for submission: Monday, October 21, 2013 at midnight.

Notification of acceptance: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
Artwork drop off date: October 29th and 30th
Drop off at: City Hall Jersey City, 280 Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Exhibition dates: November 4th – November 22nd
Artist reception: Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
All other details to follow.

PLEASE SUBMIT

Name:
Address:
E-mail:
Phone#:

Title/date of work:

Media and dimensions of work(s) being submitted:

Previous exhibitions with _gaia (if any):

Bio/short artist statement:

Short description of the work submitted (for inclusion in label information at the exhibition):

Please e-mail all submissions to: info@gaiastudio.org

Please also join and share our FB call for art: https://www.facebook.com/events/349767245168702/

 

 

 

rebirth-renewal

_gaia studio is opening their doors for the annual Jersey city Artists Studio tour this October 5&6!
The show “rebirth-renewal” will be shown in the _gaia studio gallery on 315 3rd St. Jersey City,
NJ 07302 from 12-5 this Saturday & Sunday. “rebirth-renewal” focuses on a period of new life,
growth, or activity within each artist’s piece.

artists:
Aileen Bassis
Danielle Fotopoulos
Christine DaCruz
Mary Jeys
Roxana Marroquin
Cristine Posner
Lillian Ribeiro
Agnieszka Wszolkowska

_gaia gallery presents

Labor of Love
new works Doris Cacoilo, Christine Vidal DaCruz, Danielle Washington Fotopoulos, Nancy Ghani, Colleen Gutwein, Melissa MacAlpin, Lillian Ribeiro and Agnieszka Wszolkowska

April 06 – 27

As part of JC Fridays, _gaia gallery will be celebrating an artist reception
Friday, September 6th, 6-9pm

JOIN US!!!

_gaia gallery
315 3rd Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302