Her Presence in Colours IX, an International Women Artists' Exhibition, is part of a week long conference surrounding women artists from around the world. The Oregon Women's Caucus for Art (OWCA), a chapter of the National Women's Caucus for Art, welcomes to Portland international visitors for the 9th biannual conference of the International Women's Art Council (INWAC) based in Panang, Malaysia. This is the first such conference held in the United States and Portland will be opening its doors to welcome the artists during the first week in August. The public is invited to the weeklong series of free events, offering an opportunity to interact with the artists and to help promote world peace and harmony through communication and meaningful interaction.
In 2008, OWCA members Madeline Janovec and Una Kim were asked in Beijing at the 8th INWAC conference, where they were participants, to host the 9th conference in Portland. OWCA agreed to host this important event. Previous conferences have been held in Australia, England, Malaysia, China, Thailand, Korea. The conference is the vision of Dr. Yuen Chee Ling, Director of the Conservancy of Fine Art of Malaysia and founder/president of the International Council of Women's Art. Her Presence in Colours reflects the cohesive spirit of women artists and their inner passion for life and art, their concern and awareness, their emotions and aspirations.
For more information on INWAC, go to http://www.art-her.com/ and for more information about the Women's Caucus for Art, go to http://www.nationalwca.org/ or Oregon's chapter, http://www.oregonwca.org/.
For more information: Contact: Co-Chair Karen Swallow, 503.231.7624, swallowtales@comcast.net
Co-Chair Una Kim, 503.358.8891, unakim1@yahoo.com
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