Past Events
WIVLA Events of 2009
June 16, 2009 - Betty's Haven Day
February 28 - WIVLA's 2009 Literary Day: Poetry with Sarah Cortez plus Personal Essay and Memoir with Sasha West
February 17 - Program: " Circle of Fives"
January 29 - Madilyn Stein presented "Astrology and Creativity"
WIVLA Events of 2008
November 18 - Christine West from Lawndale Art Center
October 21 - Susie Day presented "Writer’s Block and Flow"
September meeting canceled due to Hurricane Ike
August 19, 2008 -Jean Caslin & Diane Griffin Gregory spoke on the subject of "Grants"
Grant Resource List (Word)
Grant Resource List (Adobe PDF)
July 31 - October 18, 2008 WIVLA Print & Photography Show
Download an announcement (Requires Adobe Reader)
July 15, 2008 - Joyce and Kristine Atkinson : authors of "Journal: The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Amy Zoe Mason"
June 17, 2008 - Patti Hewlett: "Walking Dreamwork"
May 20, 2008 - Student Scholars Rebecca Traber and Jennifer Light and ECO Fund Artist: Donna Feinstein
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 |
