Past Events

WIVLA Events of 2008

April 15, 2008 - Celebrating Poetry Month and ECO Fund Report From Writer Jane Mulholland

March 18, 2008 -A Blogging Panel:  Joyce Boatright, Lane Devereux and Stevie Ballow discussed Blogging

March 8, 2008 - WIVLA Literary Day with Laurie Clements Lambeth and Emily Fox Gordon

February 19, 2008 -Janet Ruffin, Artist and Arts Educator discussed "Art Promotes Healing"

January 15, 2008 - Bonnie Blue, "Art Cars"

WIVLA Events of 2007

November 20, 2007 - “The Ins and Outs of Shameless Self-promotion” with Linda Darke Swaynos

October 16, 2007 - “Cabinets of Curiosities:  Art Museums and their Libraries” with Jeannette Dixon

September 29, 2007 - WIVLA "Recharge Your Creative Batteries" - A Retreat Day at Blackwood Educational Land Institute

September 18, 2007 - "Behind the Scenes of Main Street Theater" with Executive Artistic Director, Rebecca Greene Udden

August 21, 2007 - "Circle of Five" Member Share

July 17, 2007 - Carrie Mercado spoke on “Creative Thought and Schizophrenic Thought: Can They Live Happily Together?”

June 19, 2007 - Field Trip to Roberta Harris' studio:  "Threads and Pulls"

May 15, 2007 - WIVLA Honors The Winners of Our Annual $500 Scholarships

April 17, 2007 - ECO Grant Recipients Gretchen Havens and Marsha Harris Share Their Benefits

March 20, 2007 - Carol Neafcy-Williamette: "My Maasai Wedding", Her Book on Africa/photography

February 20, 2007 - Chronicle Art Critic Patricia Johnson - “Quarter Century and Counting”

January 23, 2006 - Carolyn Dahl, Lane Devereux, and Marian Szczepanski on "What a Writer or Artist’s Residency Program is All About"

WIVLA Events of 2006

November 21, 2006 - Karleen Koen on "Confessions of a Recovering Novelist"

October 21, 2006 - "Hats Off to Her Story" University of Houston Friends of Women’s Studies 10th Anniversary Gala & Fund Raiser for the Women’s Archives Research Center (WARC)

October 17, 2006 - Ellen Berman on "A Brief Survey of What I've Painted and Why"

September 19, 2006 - "A Quartet of Voices on Creativity: a Panel Discussion of Writers and Artists”

August 15, 2006 - Andrea Grover on “An Overview of Aurora Picture Show, and the Micro Cinema Movement.”

July 18, 2006 - Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak, on her "Art Series Resulting from a Visit to the Chornobyl Zone", site of the 1986 nuclear plant explosion

June 20, 2006 - Carol Herron on “The Power of Art in Healing.”

June 7 - July 22,2006 - "Altered States"

May 16,2006 - Carrie Olsen, Forensic Artist/Sculptor on "The Art & Science of Forensic Facial Reconstruction"

April 18,2006 - Jackie Pelham, Poet, Writer, and Publisher

March 21, 2006 - Davi Walders, 2005 ECO Fund Recipient

February 21, 2006 - Mary Wilbanks, 2005 ECO Fund Recipient

February 7, 2006 - March 12 : "The Suitcase Show: Women and Their Journeys" (photos linked)

January 17, 2006 - Lynn Randolph, on her work as an artist

January 14, 2005 - WIVLA Literary Seminars

"We wanted a networking group for women who
were making their living by their creative wits . . . or
who wished to explore that
creativity.  We had no idea how big the synergy would
be between visual and literary artists. It has taken on a life of its own."

~ Karleen Koen, novelist
and WIVLA founder