@weadartists

Since 1996, WEAD has empowered women and gender-diverse arts-workers to apply their unique perspectives in the field of eco art and social-justice art. We offer international networking, education, and opportunities. Our programs include; - Online Directory of 600+ eco artists and social justice artists - Annual online and in-person member exhibitions, with a printed catalog and speaker series, featuring guest jurors like Beverly Naidus, Maru García, Jane Kim, Kaylin Lemajeur, Leah Dalton, and Elisabeth Pellathy - Annual online magazine that serves as inspiration to artists and scientists and as an archive of the ecoart field for researchers, with Executive Editor Susan Leibovitz Steinman - Monthly e-newsletter with featured artists, member events, and opportunities, edited by Mary B. White, Isabella La Rocca González, Emily Kappenman - Art+ online speaker series of emerging and established eco and social justice artists, art critics, educators, and scientists, led by Deborah Durant - Two residencies, one in partnership with Berkeley Youth Alternatives and one in partnership with Planting Oceania - In-person workshops on topics like working with recycled glass, visible mending, and eco-somatic movement - Film screenings, including Maintenance Artist and Playing with Fire: An Ecosexual Emergency - Partnership events with art and ecology organizations like Bioneers, San Francisco Estuary Partnership, 500 Capp Street, and The 109 Gallery. Join us at weadartists.org.