The Exhibition Choice Opens December 12, 2013
The Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art announces Choice, a landmark exhibition about women’s reproductive rights at Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco. The exhibition opens with a reception on Thursday, December 12 from 6:00-9:00 PM, a panel discussion on reproductive rights on Tuesday, January 7 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM, and concludes with an artists’ talk on Sunday, January 12 from 1:00-3:00 PM.
At a time when the erosion of women’s reproductive rights is causing women in some parts of the country to feel that Roe vs Wade is a distant history, women artists from all across the nation interpreted and created artwork to the theme, Choice. They give us insight to their artwork through their writings about Choice. While one might think Choice is just about abortion, the artists and juror Catharine Clark show us that Choice encompasses the spectrum of reproductive rights: if and when to be a mother, method of contraception and termination of pregnancy. It is about celebrating a wanted pregnancy and weeping over a pregnancy wanted and not fulfilled. It is choosing to terminate a pregnancy without regret or feeling conflicted with loss wishing circumstances were different. The artists tell us Choice is what each woman must have the right to decide for herself.
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At a time when the erosion of women’s reproductive rights is causing women in some parts of the country to feel that Roe vs Wade is a distant history, women artists from all across the nation interpreted and created artwork to the theme, Choice. They give us insight to their artwork through their writings about Choice. While one might think Choice is just about abortion, the artists and juror Catharine Clark show us that Choice encompasses the spectrum of reproductive rights: if and when to be a mother, method of contraception and termination of pregnancy. It is about celebrating a wanted pregnancy and weeping over a pregnancy wanted and not fulfilled. It is choosing to terminate a pregnancy without regret or feeling conflicted with loss wishing circumstances were different. The artists tell us Choice is what each woman must have the right to decide for herself.
You can follow @4choice2013 on Twitter and friend us in Facebook http://facebook.com/4choice2013
