Volume 1, Number 2
Dear Varo Registry Woman Artist:We'd like to send our spring greeting and offer a status report on the progress of The Varo Registry. We've been online since mid-October of 1995.
Sales/Consignment Opportunity:
All Varo Registry artists are invited by Patricia Ludwin to submit work for sales and consignment.
"I am looking for artwork that depicts the culture of various countries. I have seen some of the artwork and love it! I purchase wholesale or sell on consignment. Please contact me if any of you are interested."
Please contact Robin Masi at rmasi@ziplink.net if you are interested in submitting your work to Patricia Ludwin.
Individual Artists Received:
Press Coverage
- Marsha Connell was invited to submit her work for representation to the Alexander's Fine Arts Gallery, Inc., Tampa, FL
- Tee Corinne's photographs will be featured in the electronic magazine Xrys
- Rusty Cantor was contacted by Peter Rosen, curator for Creativity Cafe, San Francisco
- Mary Curtis Ratcliff's work was shown to gallery owner in Oakland, CA.
- Suzanne Lacy will feature her site as part of her proposal to the NEA
- All Varo Registry artists were shown to Allegra Fortunati of the Oakland Museum, who is using The Varo Registry as a central resource in her proposal to the Hotel Triton for an exhibition series.
We have/will receive press coverage in:
- Frontera, a Latino Culture magazine based in San Francisco.
- College Art Association upcoming summer newsletter.
- Women's Caucus for Art upcoming northern California newsletter.
- Women's Caucus for Art summer national newsletter.
- Southwest Art contacted The Varo Registry to include within their upcoming Women and Art issue, November, 1996.
General Feedback:"deep emotion, impression, inspiration" from Marumero Kodama, Japan
"Your site is like a sanctuary. Thank you."
"Great page, thanks for thinking of all the hard working women artists. Looking forward to joining you!!"
"By far... the best sites for fem-art that I have seen!"
"It is wonderful to see pages supporting art made by women! As a poet and a woman, I'm so encouraged by your web site. I love the postcards and I can't wait to see more of them available...thanks"
"I think this site is very exciting, interesting and magic. Congratulations!" from Rosalio Lopez Ruiz, Mexico City
Other Registry News:
- Display your artwork in virtual reality as its meant to be seen. Ruth von Jahnke Waters is our first artist to have her work shown in Quicktime VR on the Varo site. Go to the site and download the movie "Intimacy" to view Ruth's work in 3D. To download the Quicktime VR player and movie takes about 7-10 minutes. There is a special discount price of $295 for the first 5 artists. Contact Robin Masi rmasi@ziplink.net for more details about this cutting edge technology.
- The Women Artists Listserv (WAL) is connected! This listserv (mailing list) is for contemporary women artists to discuss issues relevant to them and their work. Sign on and participate!
- We exhibited The Varo Registry at The Northern California Women's Caucus for Art conference at Mills College and The Belmont Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art.
- Robin Masi was asked to speak on Alternative Venues: The World Wide Web for Artists for a panel on The Future of the Artist at Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, in April.
- The Varo Registry of Women Artists is included on the Guerilla Girls Resource List on Women in the Arts - widely distributed whenever they appear in public.
- We are talking with The Women's Art Library, London about inviting their artists to join the registry (600 women artists from all over Europe) by next summer.
Welcome to our new artists:
Be sure to check out their work!
- California: Maria Alessandroni, Sharon Bearce, Karen Carlson, Mari Marks Fleming, Audrey Guerin, Winifred Heimstadt, Nina Koepcke, Loraine Leblanc, Jone Manoogian, Robin Masi, Geri McGilvray, Laura Parker, Mary Shisler, Sandra Lee Smith, Susan Varjavand
- New York: April Gornik
- Wisconsin: Helen Klebesadel
Please keep us updated on your individual successes! Keep up the artistic output and please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments.
Yours Sincerely,
Robin Masi rmasi@ziplink.net
617-243-9888
