PORTALS EXHIBITION COMMITTEE
Exhibition Director
Elizabeth Addison
Juror
Karen M. Gutfreund
Exhibition Host and Consultant
Priscilla Otani, Arc Project Gallery
Catalog Design
Karen M. Gutfreund
Catalog Production
Karen M. Gutfreund, Elizabeth Addison
Webmaster & Online Gallery
Priscilla Otani
Editorial Team
Laura Abrams
Elizabeth Addison
Sally Allen
Publicity, Marketing and Outreach
Nilou Farzam
Rachel Tirosh
Social Media
Chandrika Marla
Social Media Writers
Laura Abrams, Elizabeth Addison
Sally Allen, Christine Cianci
Anna Freisen, Susan Kirshenbaum, Jessica Phrogus, Sawyer Rose,
Sujata Tibrewala, Rachel Tirosh, Tanya Wilkinson
Tech Assistance
Christine Cianci
Anna Friesen
Durba Sen
Sujata Tibrewala
Lonnie Zarem
Artwork Check-in
Jane Yuen Corich
Pamela Mooney
Exhibition Layout
Karen M. Gutfreund, Elizabeth Addison
Artwork Installation/Deinstallation
Salma Arastu
Jane Yuen Corich
Susan Kirshenbaum
Pamela Mooney
Jessicsa Phrogus
Beth Sousa
Tanya Wilkinson
Volunteers at Large
Mague Calanche
Mido Lee
Pamela Mooney
Jessica Phrogus
Rachel Tirosh
Tanya Wilkinson
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PortalsExhibition Statement:
Portals can be openings into new realities, liminal gateways to otherworldly realms, or doorways for the world of matter to commune with spirit. A portal might signify personal growth, self-actualization, or transcendence. This exhibition features artwork from 92 members of Northern California’s Women’s Caucus for Art that tells a story, invites the viewer into other realms, evokes transcendence, or inspires a good laugh.
Exhibitions Chair Statement:
NCWCA membership has increased significantly in the past few years, along with an exciting amplification of community, achievement, and talent. I treasure this growth, and I am passionate about documenting it.
Since becoming NCWCA’s Exhibition Chair in 2020, I’ve observed many NCWCA colleagues embarking upon new creative paths–journeying beyond known technical and conceptual thresholds and making choices that have transformed their art practices and lives.
My second NCWCA all member exhibition, Portals , tracks these exciting developments. The previous all member exhibition, ComposingtheFuture , was staged while we were still coping with, and restricted by, the pandemic. This was a critical time for many artists, so I asked NCWCA Artists to flex their artistic powers in response to the extreme events of 2020-2021 and to propel their hopes, dreams, and ideas into the future.
Fast forward to Portals : I wanted to check in on the evolution of these hopes, dreams, and ideas, so I prompted NCWCA artists to conjure images of gateways, new realities, courageous journeys, and transcendence. I couldn’t be more dazzled by the results.
NCWCA artists submitted stunning artworks in an impressive range of media that inspire, excite, and give us pause to ponder. The many diverse works selected for the exhibition explore an array of interrelated themes: liminality at a threshold, female energy, communing with the unseen, manifesting new worlds, gateways between perception and reality, selfactualization, and courage. Portals , for me, embodies the high level of talent, creative insight, and artistic evolution of my NCWCA colleagues. I’m proud to present the artworks of these 92 powerful women artists–each of whom has a story to tell. Additionally, I extend my gratitude to our Juror, Karen M. Gutfreund. Her thoughtful selection process and curation brings this collection to life and opens compelling new doors.
Elizabeth Addison
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NCWCA Exhibitions Chair
“Working with transparent watercolors as an abstract artist, portal type imagery appears often as I play with layers and light.”
~Elayne Prince
“WindowsofOpportunityis a call to find the openings within you, open them and make the step. Take the opportunity, make life better for you.”
~Rinat Goren
“I've been having lucid dreams about portals and transcendence and was compelled to paint this welcoming and exuberant entrance to another space.”
~Wendy Ackrell
I paint dreamscapes conceived in an embryonic space in the mind that melts together perceptions with the sensual impact they make on my consciousness. I intend my work to be an invitation to dissolve into a subtle unseen realm, a space beyond thought, beyond mind.
~Audrey Kral
This painting intends to depict the many portals of my mind. I wanted to give a sense of travel through windows (planes) to represent the transitions from thought to thought or from activity to activity.
~Lonnie Zarem
“Spirals represent healing for me, healing is a portal to your highest self.”
~Bianca
Lago
“WingedEnso:ProtectedEntryrepresents the way of Zen as a circle of form and emptiness, void and fullness. Its center is full of infinite possibility, rather like a portal into the unknown.”
~Karen LeCocq
In my view, a portal is a passageway between perception and reality. Things are not always as seen; images can be misleading. Creativity and imagination allow contemplation of complex dualities and essential truths. I name art as the portal through which illusion and reality can exist together.
~Laura Abrams
“My pieces are portals to the past and future. PersistenceofMemoryUpgradesis a portal into human culture's collective memory. What will be remembered as an iconic image when the barrage of images is fleeting.”
~Stacey Gregory
“Look beyond the obvious, behind the veils and curtains to find portals and make real one's hopes and dreams. Many of us are fortunate as we can chose and enter our 'portals' to the life we want to live. For some, for some reason, it is not possible to see the portal, and/or, to pursue their dreams.”
~Jean Brodie
“We ENTER. We EXIT. Through doorways, through stages, through changes on all levels. Life as such presents a literal and/or figurative portal at any given moment. Shifts that happen in an instant or ones that take years to unfold. The constant in it is us.”
~Dobee Snowber
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Portals by Karen M. Gutfreund, Juror
I was pleased and honored to jury the exhibition Portals , a member exhibition for NCWCA directed by Elizabeth Addison and graciously hosted at Arc Gallery and Studios, San Francisco. Impressed with the quality of the work it was quite difficult to choose just a fraction of the submitted works that would fit into the Project Gallery at Arc. I ultimately chose 21 artists for the gallery whose works were aesthetically pleasing, emotionally charged, and told a cohesive story that was in direct line with the theme of the exhibition, in addition to 92 artists included for the online show. There were many excellent works in line with the theme, but for a group show, the works must also all work and fit together well. For a juror, that is the hardest decision of all to have to cut works I love for the overall effect of the group exhibition.
From the prospectus: Portals can be an opening into new realities. They conjure images of liminality, shimmering lights, whirling openings to otherworldly realms, gateways that allow energy to pass between dimensions, or doorways for the world of matter to commune with spirit. In our dayto-day lives, a portal could have a magical or disorienting effect, perhaps causing us to forget why we entered in the first place. A portal may serve to bridge the gap between the perception of another and the reality of that other. Or a portal might signify personal growth, self-actualization, or transcendence. NCWCA asked for artwork that tells a story, invites the viewer into other realms, evokes transcendence,
or inspires a good laugh. This exhibition showcases the members “portal” experiences, stories, and dreams.
During the last six months I was also a 2023 mentor for NCWCA on curatorial practices. My mentee was NCWCA member Tracy Pullman. Tracy has been key in helping me with this exhibit and other curatorial projects. We reviewed the images together and worked on groupings as we carefully and thoughtfully studied the art and artist statements. It was a remarkable collaboration!
Of this exhibition, Tracy says, “Portals are an escape from reality. A glimpse into another dimension. A view into a sacred land or dreamlike state. Seen through the artist’s eyes, we were transported to foreign lands and shown access points, letting our imagination run wild with what we might encounter on the other side. Allowing ourselves the ability just for a moment, to feel lightness and levity and ponder the possibility of space and time travel. I was particularly drawn to the visual aspect of light the artist created by layering transparent watercolors in Hidden Valley by Elayne Prince. I also like how Debra Reabock used her photography and lighting in Portals to Adventureto elicit a painted reality presenting a sense of doorways to another dimension. Both works used vivid color and layering to create a visual lightening effect leading the eye and the mind to imagine what may be on the other side.”
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I found the works fell into different categories and definitions of portals: Self-Discovery; the External World; Myths, Legends and Other Dimensions; Heaven, Earth and the Space Between; and Internal Portals to Creativity and Otherworldly Inspiration. There is an underlying theme of spirit and intuition portals, drawing from the spiritual and metaphysical that is displayed in the artworks highlighting internal “knowing” and the subconscious.
Self-Discovery
Imagine new ways of being, of braving that inwards journey, through an inner portal to self-discovery and personal growth. The road to self-discovery peels back the layers of external messages, expectations, and assumptions so that we define our identity for ourselves, on our own terms. Personal spirit portals can open through deep meditation, spiritual practices, or moments of profound introspection. They allow individuals to tap into their spiritual essence, connect with higher consciousness, and receive guidance from their inner wisdom and access the collective consciousness.
For artist Carol Newborg “Art often helps create a passage to a different place or point of view, sometimes letting the viewer enter a reflective or meditative space through interacting with the art.” With PodsPassage,I was drawn into the symmetry and pulled into the natural world, the finding of beauty and peace during meditative walks. Linda
Joy Kattwinkel’s Stormis an unflinching portrait and portal into ones own mind. Linda says, “The integration of this stormy imagery with my self-portrait represents my portal
into personal growth, self-actualization, and transcendence through meditation.” Cecile Picard’s “OpeningoftheHeart “is an inward voyage, a meditation on the qualities of the heart and the mind such as: the mind wants, the heart knows. This painting is a portal to the core of our being, inviting the viewer to introspect and marvel!” I am mesmerized with the circling text and drawn in, wanting to learn the secrets in the golden center.
The portal and journey of self-discovery allows one to understand complex emotions such as love, anger, joy, fear, depression, etc. Lorraine Bonner’s work focuses on self-discovery and “painting” the unvarnished truth through her beautiful sculptures and stories. In Labyrinth , I see a portal to the heart chakra. Lorraine says, “The path will be circuitous. It may start from root or crown, may lead you through the light or the darkest night. It leads to the portal of no-judgement: on one side, the depths of your heart, on the other, the infinite universe.” With In-Between Worlds , Janna Waldinger explains “I feel most alive as a visionary teacher a bridge between worlds of the seen and the unseen, between ordinary and the extra-ordinary. Paths are archetypes and useful metaphors for our journey through life.” The vortex on the path draws me in, wondering what I would learn and experience if brave enough to step through to the other side.
The External World
The worlds we live in, both real and imagined, are majestic with many secrets and delights. Many cultures have specific sites considered sacred and believed to be
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portals to the spirit world. These can include temples, pyramids, stone circles, other places of worship or just your ordinary neighborhood or garden. These spaces hold deep significance for the artists and attract seekers who wish to connect with spiritual energies.
Sand Portals , by Elizabeth Bloomfield, glow, radiate warmth and the peacefulness of the infinite ocean. Sensuous and shimmering, one can feel the heat of the sun, as if walking on the beach. As Elizabeth states: “My work focuses on distinct natural phenomena. The pieces reflect transitions (portals) from analytical thinking to a state of awe, and experiencing oneness in nature, specifically in the presence of thick fog, intense storms, or within arched sandstone canyons. Sand Portals offers the feeling of witnessing a moment in geological time.”
Caves, mountains, waterfalls, and ancient forests are believed to have a strong connection to the spiritual realm due to their unique energy and history. A Crack in Everything by Marie Cameron has captured the sublime moment, a moment of receiving grace. Marie says, “A cave is a great metaphor for a dark secret place that is cold and treacherous. It can be a hiding place but one potentially filled with unknown, unseen dangers. The mouth of a cave is truly a threshold into the world of light and possibility, calling the cave dweller forth to partake in the beauty and magic of the world beyond.” Kayla Kirsch points out, “Portals are entry points to and from other worlds. My artwork strives to illuminate portals in the body and the natural world. While some portals are downright scary, I
seek portals that can move humanity to a higher level of consciousness.” Her work, TreePortal , is bleeding out it’s secrets, like unearthly sap, in a primordial forest where fairies and wood spirits reside.
Intrigued with concepts of multiple dimensions and timelines, Blakeney Sanford explains how, “The Portals explores a web of connection between the individual, the collective, the natural world, and the metaphysical beyond.” Her work, ThePortals-GrasslandFog1,4.26.23, SantaBarbaraCounty,CA , with its stark beauty, is a mystical void that beckons…step in the unworldly blue square and go to another dimension. Portraying an underwater paradise with Portals,Carol Diggory Shields says, “I live on the Monterey Bay and the many kelp beds in the bay seem like portals to the underwater world.” This verdant portrayal of the kelp gardens makes me wish to scuba dive there again. Inception, from the Smith River Series by Elizabeth Addison is multi-layered, multi-dimensional and glows from within with a deep sense of spirituality. Inception is created with the artist’s original photography and digital imagery inspired by her engagement with nature especially her wanderings along the Smith River. With Inception , Addison meditates upon subtle, liminal gateways flashing upon a moving river the continual process of beginning and becoming.
Architecture and man-made structures also can be portals. OriginsStoriesTold by Laurus Myth is surreal and dreamy, another dimension with an unknown or forgotten language of symbols. Laurus says, “At times, artists exist on the cusp
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of realms, as architecture and natural forms build the foundation that opens portals around us. Temples from all places are building blocks of community. These are sources of inspiration for my paintings and the way in which I channel through portals of experience.” Wo Schiffman says, “This body of work explores portals into consciousness through images of synapses developed in my abstract landscapes.” I was so drawn to Beyond , reminding me of when I lived in NYC and living and communing with these giants.
Myths, Legends and Other Dimensions
Occult rituals open a doorway for communication with spirits and are often connected with divination practices. Portals connect our physical world to other dimensions or planes of existence and are believed to allow spirits and entities to travel between them. These portals are often featured in mythology, folklore, and ancient legends. They are said to offer a pathway for those seeking to explore different realms or connect with entities from the past or future.
AttheToriiGateby Priscilla Otani is stark and commanding with sly wit that fills me with trepidation. Priscilla says of this work, “At the threshold of the torii gate the fox waits patiently. What is on the other side? I am not ready to enter. The fox smiles and says, “Don’t worry. You’ll cross the threshold soon enough.” Angela Han says, “PortalsIV is inspired by Makoto Shinkai's recent film, “Suzume.” The protagonists, Suzume and Souta, must close and lock
enchanted doorways located at abandoned ruins throughout Japan in order to prevent a legendary beast from wreaking havoc in this world.” KitsunebiFoxFireby Sandra Yagi is mysterious and rich in mythology will we see the demons, will the foxes protect us? “Supernatural foxes create a fire known as kitsunebi,” Sandra Yagi says, often to light processions of other yokai such as the night parade of one hundred demons. Torii gate in the background symbolizes the transition to the spiritual realm.”
Imaginary Atlas is filled with hidden worlds, unknown places to visit, conjured by visions or dreams. According to Hilary Sheehan, “My Imaginary Atlas paintings offer a portal to an invented world the paintings can be read as ancient maps from an imaginary atlas.” TheDoorfinder,by Daisy Eneix “was created in exploring the idea of ancient deities imagined and reimagined for today. The portal they offer always leads to transformation, but likely not in a way that was planned or expected.” With the reflections of either a real or imagined world, Portals toAdventure by Debra Reabock makes one question who lives behind those windows, is it a real or an AI world? “When I think of portals, Debra says, “images of an entry point to another time and space come to mind. These architectural abstract photos are a view into portals leading to adventure in other worlds.” Miriam Fabbri says of Seeds, “This work speaks of future and past scenarios. Visions that may exist in other realms and can be accessed only through a portal.”
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Whimsical, charming but surreal LookingtoCareportrays words, thoughts and lessons being funneled away to be preserved for eternity in another dimension. According to artist Belinda Chlouber, “The idea of entering into and looking into to try to see the future has been an ongoing theme in my artwork. The portal in my piece Lookingto Careis the dark hole the children are looking into out of which solutions for a future where we all can thrive are pouring out.” WindowToInfinity#1by Sabra Briere is a portal to the great unknown the infinity of space, that has had humans gazing to the stars and contemplating our existence since time began. She says, “I've always been informed by the past and dreaming about the future. These pastels are inspired by that dichotomy.”
Heaven, Earth and the Space Between
The death of a loved one brings us face to face with the concept of eternity and reminds us that we, too, will die. Religions teach that death is a kind of door leading to eternity. The portals to the spirit world often hold deep cultural and historical significance and attract seekers who wish to connect with spiritual energies both for healing and understanding the mystery of life. This portal, often called “the veil”, symbolizes a thin, permeable barrier between the material world and the spiritual realm. Artists who have experienced loss communicate their emotions, grieving and honoring the spirits of their deceased loved one. They are influenced by these unseen forces of darkness and light and cross this metaphorical borderland and blend it with life on this side.
WithorWithoutYouIIby Kristen Gundlach is a beautiful, intricate woodcut, fill with melancholy but still hopeful as if the figure is looking for their lost loved one in the reflection of the pond. Kristen says of this work, “It is a meditation on grief, longing and the connections we make in this life. This piece is an investigation of the distance between heaven and earth.”
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Human Inhabitant, part of Niloufar Farzam’s Gradual Destructionseries is a stunning, moody, cloudy sky with a cryptic hovering entity. The shimmering red object makes me envision a spirit, not of this world, that is attempting to communicate with us. She says, “My series is sometimes described as a window into another world. The artwork attempts to force the viewer to concentrate upon the symbolic objects that serves as a beacon of hope with the light source passing through it.”
Quinn Keck’s Correspondence with Ghosts II is a multifaceted, subterranean space, seeking to connect the living and the dead. The person you are mourning is just behind a window, looking in, but you can’t see them and the search is in vain. Quinn says, “This is a digital compilation for a friend who has passed and the image echoes the infinite cosmos where the friend who has departed may reside.”
All the Years Left Ahead by Christine So is heartbreaking and beautiful a gripping tribute to love, loss and finding our way through. “There are two great portals in life which every one of us must go through birth and death,
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Christine tells us. When my husband Tony died suddenly last year, I was thrust into another reality. These eerie multiple-exposure cyanotypes show the disorienting sense of being between worlds and the myriad reminders of his absence.” Olga Tsoudis’ reflects on her work Portal of MentalHealth , saying “My mother lost her husband and her son. In order to survive each day, she created a knitting and crochet world for herself. From the moment the morning arrived until the evening when she watched her Greek soap operas, she knitted all sorts of items.” This work reminds me of a dream catcher, which Native Americans believe are a form of armor and protection and believed to be a protective talisman from nightmares. Was she meditatively knitting to remember them or to assuage her heartache?
My own work PortaltoRebirthfrom the series We’reOK, contains a mantra “We were OK before we were born and we’ll be OK when we die.” This was something a 92-yearold patient said to my twin, a physician. I meditate on these words so often and it gives me great comfort. My personal beliefs are that of reincarnation and have had many experiences connecting with spirits. I believe we will again be connected with those we love in future lives, just as we’ve been with them in the past. There is no end, just light and love in the quest for enlightenment.
for their work. The portal to creativity, imagination, and intuition is always there and available for all, just waiting to be called upon and tapped into through the collective consciousness.
Artist Salma Arastu says, “Life is routine and uneventful most of the time till a change happens. The change points are like portals, entrances into new realities. Portal is the opening from where I enter into the new realm of my imagination in these paintings which are either providing me glimpses of what lies below ground or bring past memories.” With her work My Heart is the Portal , I am pulled into the heart of the earth where all life springs forth.
Helena Tiainen’s “MoonMagic is “about feminine wisdom and transcendence. A full moon is the time of visions and dreams and projections that work as portals to other dimensions and imagination.” Jane Grimm’s RhapsodyXis pristine, delicate yet strong and is a portal to maternalistic love. She says, “RhapsodyXhas the feeling of being drawn into a portal, black hole, lured by the beauty of the soft, sensuous form.”
Internal Portals to Creativity and Otherworldly Inspiration
What is the conduit where do creativity, inspiration and imagination emanate from? This is a question I’m sure every artist has been asked on how they came up with the idea
Renate Woodbury’s FindYourWay has many dimensions that lie on top of each other, lifting the veil to see the other side. As she explains, “She says, “Portals arrive in many different ways. My artworks have to do with the feeling of outer space. My choice of a path comes with a feeling of guiding myself through a multidimensional cosmos.” The bright colors and light playing off the surface of the water, pulls one in to the mysteries beneath EnigmabyMichelle Bond. “Portals, Michelle tells us “are sometimes present
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in my work because they are suggestive of transitions between two realms, one of reality and one of psyche interpretations of ones reality, hidden deep inside the soul of the artist.”
Jane Yuen Corich’s compelling work TheFirstTimeIWentis sublime and other worldly a portal in time to step back into an ancient civilization, crackling with electricity. She says, “Portals are the spaces I create on canvas that I cannot physically go to but always feel I have been there.” Explaining her work artist Sally Allen says, “I enjoy finding portals into the unknown through the serendipity of in camera multiple exposures.” Mysterious feels like you’re pulled into a celluar level, synapses and connections that we can’t see that make our brains work and connects us to our memories. For Meghan Lewis MacLeod, “Portholesis an homage to Hilma af Klint. She regularly practiced the art of evidential trance mediumship. This piece conveys ways of connecting to nonordinary states of consciousnesses dimensions beyond the veil as a means to access nuanced creative potentialities to form and inform materiality.” The connections we forge to our higher selves, spirit guides and consciousness are the portals to creativity and where sublime art stems.
with Orbitals pulls one into the mediative space of the “third eye” and the intuitive “knowing.” Infinity by Lonnie Zarem brings me to that same dreamy space, illuminating the visions one sees when closing their eyes in the bright sun. To the Deep North by Wendy Ackrell gorgeous, with bright colors and rich, chunky texture, transports us to a higher state of consciousness, climbing the ladder to a portal towards enlightenment.
Rinat Goren’s WindowsofOpportunityis a layered, playful, joyous work that inspires hope. I was transfixed with the vibrant, translucent, pure colors in HiddenValleyby Elayne Prince. Pulled into the bright yellow circle, I reflected on that peaceful feeling of sitting in the sun through the thick, texturized work by Bianca Lago with GroundingPortal . I laughed out loud at the leaping, swim-capped figures over pool swimming sharks in Fright or Flight by Dobee Snowber. This work is so lighthearted.
On page 10 I highlighted artist statements for Portals that particularly resonated with me statements that were rich in storytelling and perfectly illustrated the theme of portals on many levels, whether spiritual, metaphysically, earthbound or from dreams or aspirations. Audrey Kral
Jean Brodie with MySoulCanFlyis actually about viewing a portal into other peoples lives documenting a trip she had in Southeast Asia. I initially viewed it as a divine spirit figure and I was uncertain if it was leaving us or coming towards us. What did it have to tell us? Laura Abrams with UrbanForestIllusion is a beautiful work with a push and pull between urban and rural nature we can visit. Karen LeCocq’s Winged Enso: Protected Entry immerses one completely in nature and brings to mind all the spirit animals and wood spirits available to us, if we are willing to listen or call upon them.
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Other works I was drawn to included Yagul by Mague Calanche. The doves symbolically cross over in so many cultures for beacon of peace, freedom, or love. I felt I was being pulled into an ancient civilization. Marguerite Elliot with Cairnseems to be a totem with secrets of lives long past. Larraine Seiden’s Origami House has many layers, secrets and symbols. “These structures are upright, but lack stability, appearing fragile and idealized as from a dream or memory,” Larraine explains. It is a portal into another way of living, in a dreamscape. The World Within Me! by Nimisha Doongarwal is an imagined bright and beautiful inner landscape, with an undeniable feeling of joie de vivre. Laura Phelps Rogers’ WhatRemains,aQuestionfor
ThenorNowis a dreamy but haunting work, what is on that distant shore across the water, the portal is unreachable. Oxygenby Fleur Spolidor displays a crystal ball to see into pristine nature over a world covered in concrete. It hints at the return to the ocean where all life began.
Jamie Luoto’s superbly painted Ourself Behind Ourself, Concealed , displays courage and conviction to address topics that are whispered about, hidden away, hard to discuss or look at. Her work is a portal to overcoming trauma and finding strength within oneself.
still haunt the dreamer. I am delighted by the way artists see and verbalize their lived experiences through their works. They immortalize, with strength and courage, these visions that consolidate through memory and connect us to our life journey.
~KarenM.Gutfreund
BIO: Karen M. Gutfreund is an independent curator with a focus on feminist and social justice art. She has worked in the Painting & Sculpture Department for MoMA/New York, numerous galleries, and has served on the boards of art organizations including National WCA and NCWCA. She is a member of ArtTable, and a rep for The Feminist Art Project. Gutfreund has created over forty-five national exhibitions most recently Agency: Feminist Art and Power at the Museum of Sonoma County. A partner in Gutfreund Cornett Art a curatorial partnership with Sherri Cornett with the motto “changing the world through art,” that creates national touring exhibitions. Gutfreund lives and works at her ranch outside of Yosemite.
The artworks in Portals speak to us on many levels the emotional, poetic, spiritual, and subconscious level. In all their power, many of my favorite works remain enigmatic, elusive… like dreams which, though evaporated at dawn,
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Laura Abrams, Wendy Ackrell, Elizabeth Addison, Sally Allen, Salma Arastu, Susan Bercu, Irene Berrones Kolb, Priscilla Birge, Elizabeth Bloomfield, Michelle
Bond, Lorraine Bonner, Sabra Briere, Jean Brodie, Mague Calanche, Marie
Cameron, Belinda Chlouber, Christine Cianci, Nimisha Doongarwal, Laurie Toby
Edison, Marguerite Elliot, Daisy Eneix, Miriam Fabbri, Niloufar Farzam, Beth Fein, Anna Friesen, Rinat Goren, Stacey Gregory, Jane Grimm, Kristen Gundlach, Vicki Gunter, Karen M. Gutfreund, Marc Ellen Hamel, Angela Han, Linda Joy
Kattwinkel, Quinn Keck, E.A. (Betsy)
Kellas, Emily Keyishian, Kayla Kirsch, Susan
Kirshenbaum, Audrey Kral, Julia LaChica, Bianca Lago, Karen LeCocq, Mido Lee, Meghan Lewis MacLeod, Jamie
Luoto, Juliet Mevi, Melissa Mohammadi, Tanya Momi, Laurus Myth, Carol Newborg, Priscilla Otani, Laura Paladini, Suzanne
Perkins, Laura Phelps Rogers, Jessica
Phrogus, Cecile Picard, Pamela Pitt, Barbara Pollak-Lewis, Elayne Prince, Debra
Reabock, Blakeney Sanford, Clara Saprasa, Wo Schiffman, Judith
Schonebaum, Sondra Schwetman, Larraine Seiden, Hilary Sheehan, Carol
Diggory Shields, Mary Shisler, Suzanne Slatcher, Siana Smith, Dobee Snowber, Christine So, Linah Sofi, Susan Spector, Fleur Spolidor, Helena Tiainen, Sujata
Tibrewala, Rachel Tirosh, Olga Tsoudis, Linda von Wartburg, Janna Waldinger, Tanya Wilkinson, Sandra Wolfson, Renate Woodbury, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, Sandra Yagi, Marian Yap, Anne Ylvisaker, Jane Yuen Corich, and Lonnie Zarem.
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ARTIST DIRECTORY
Lorraine Bonner Oakland, CA lorrainebonner.com
Sabra Briere Santa Rosa, CA sbriere.myportfolio.com
Jean Brodie San Francisco, CA jeanbrodie.com
Mague Calanche San Francisco, CA maguecalanche.com
Marie Cameron Los Gatos, CA MarieCameronStudio.com
Belinda Chlouber San Mateo, CA belindachlouber.com
Christine Cianci San Francisco, CA ccianciart.com
Nimisha Doongarwal San Francisco, CA nimishart.com
Laurie Toby Edison San Francisco, CA laurietobyedison.net
Marguerite Elliot Fairfax, CA margueriteelliot.com
Daisy Eneix San Francisco, CA missionartists.org/artists/daisyeneix
Miriam Fabbri Berkeley, CA facebook.com/miriam.fabbri.9
Niloufar Farzam Pleasanton, CA niloufarfarzam.com
Beth Fein Berkeley, CA bethfein.com
Anna Friesen Santa Rosa, CA annafriesen.com
Rinat Goren Woodside, CA rinatart.com
Stacey Gregory Salinas, CA skgregoryart.com
Jane Grimm San Francisco, CA janebgrimm.com
Kristen Gundlach San Francisco, CA @kristen.gundlach_
Vicki Gunter Oakland, CA VickiGunter.com
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Karen M. Gutfreund Windsor, CA karengutfreund.com
Kayla Kirsch Oakland, CA kaylakirsch.com
Susan Kirshenbaum San Francisco, CA cherrypits.net
Audrey Kral Mill Valley, CA audreykral.com
Julia LaChica Oakland, CA jlachica.art
Marc Ellen Hamel Oakland, CA marcellenhamel.com
Angela Han San Francisco, CA angelahanart.com
Linda Joy Kattwinkel San Francisco, CA shipyardartists.com/artist/linda-joykattwinkel
Quinn Keck San Francisco, CA quinnkeck.com
E.A. (Betsy) Kellas Pt. Richmond, CA betsykellas.com
Emily Keyishian Piedmont, CA devildoll.com
Kayla Kirsch Oakland, CA kaylakirsch.com
Susan Kirshenbaum San Francisco, CA cherrypits.net
Audrey Kral Mill Valley, CA audreykral.com
Julia LaChica Oakland, CA jlachica.art
Bianca Lago San Francisco, CA biancalago.com
Karen LeCocq Mariposa, CA karen-lecocq.com
Mido Lee San Francisco, CA midoleeart.com
Meghan Lewis MacLeod Oakland, CA mlmacleodfineart.com
Jamie Luoto Healdsburg, CA jamieluoto.com
Juliet Mevi Emeryville, CA mevi-shiflett.com
Melissa Mohammadi Oakland, CA melissamohammadi.com
Tanya Momi Mountain View, CA tanyamomi.com
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Priscilla Otani San Francisco, CA mrpotani.com
Laura Paladini Pleasanton, CA laurapaladini.com
Suzanne Perkins Berkeley, CA
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Cecile Picard San Francisco, CA cecilepicard.com
Pamela Pitt San Francisco, CA pamelapitt.com
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Elayne Prince Westport, CT @watercolors_by_prince
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Suzanne Slatcher Pollock Pines, CA slatcher.com
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Linah Sofi San Leandro, CA linahsofi.com
Susan Spector Encino, CA susanspectorart.com
Fleur Spolidor New York, NY artefleur.com
Helena Tiainen Berkeley, CA helenatiainen.com
Sujata Tibrewala Milpitas, CA pratibimba.info
Rachel Tirosh
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Olga Tsoudis Flagstaff, AZ
Linda von Wartburg Sacramento, CA
Janna Waldinger Napa, CA makeartofmyday.com
Tanya Wilkinson San Francisco, CA tanyawilkinson.com
Sandra Wolfson Belvedere Tiburon, CA sandrawolfsonartist.com
Renate Woodbury Oakland, CA @renatewoodbury
Lorraine Woodruff-Long San Francisco, CA quiltinginthefog.com
Sandra Yagi San Francisco, CA sandrayagi.com
Marian Yap Pacifica, CA marianyap.com
Anne Ylvisaker Monterey, CA anneylvisaker.com
Jane Yuen Corich Walnut Creek, CA janecorich.com
Lonnie Zarem Los Altos Hills, CA lonniezarem.com
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