The Exhibition Choice Opens December 12, 2013
In observation of the 40th anniversary of Roe vs Wade, the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art sponsored Choice, a landmark exhibition about women’s reproductive rights at Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco. The exhibition ran from December 12, 2013 to January 12, 2014.
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 gave 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 showed us that Choice encompasses the spectrum of reproductive rights: if and when to be a mother, method of contraception and termination of pregnancy. Choice 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 told 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
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 gave 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 showed us that Choice encompasses the spectrum of reproductive rights: if and when to be a mother, method of contraception and termination of pregnancy. Choice 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 told 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
