Latest Exhibit Award Winners

“Horizons Unbound ”

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First Place
Women Painters West Award:
Jeni Bate – Fragments

Second Place:
Elizabeth Gorcey – Spirit

Third Place:
Andrea Raft – Zen Rooted

Honorable Mention:
Sylvia H Goulden – All Knowledge is Within You

Honorable Mention:
Nancy Goodman Lawrence – Spark

Honorable Mention:
Lynette K. Henderson – Jellyfish with Gloves

WPW Donations for Agape Village & Inner City Arts

Tis the Season.

One of the requirements of our non-profit status is to make charitable donations. Each year WPW donates to one organization, this year it will be Inner City Arts and as part of our Holiday Celebration we are collecting donations for Agape Village. You can donate by check in the mail, or Zelle or Paypal. Just be sure to mark it ‘Agape Village’. Donations will be accepted through the end of the year. We encourage you to explore their “About Us” page on the Agape Village website. https://www.agape-village.org/

Calendar

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Exhibitions

Upcoming Exhibitions and Call for Art:

29 Palms Art Gallery

January 2 – February 1
Reception January 3
click this link for the PROSPECTUS for details aabout the exhibition
Deadline for entry Sunday, December 7, 2025
Women Painters West will provide transportation of artwork from LA and Valley locations on December 28th to the gallery.
End of show LA and Valley pickup will be Tuesday, February 3. Exact locations to be determined.

Solvang… California Nature Art Museum

March 7- September 6
Opening March 8
click this link for the PROSPECTUS.
This show would be centered around species and landscapes “on the edge” of survival. It would highlight plant and animal species that are endangered, or threatened, or even extinct. ALSO areas of land set aside for conservation & preservation of these species. We would be presenting this show with the purpose of bringing attention to the beauty and fragility of some of California’s disappearing species, as well as promoting better protection and stewardship of our ecosystems. We can choose any natural spaces that we feel have been dedicated to the protection and preservation of nature.

We are looking for members that can be a part of our exhibition committee! Or any ideas of future exhibition locations!
Can contact me…Diane Karpel.. jdkarpel.com 818-388-7770

RECENT EXHIBITIONS in our online gallery

Paint Out

Postponed. Will reschedule.

Oct 18th at the home of a member Carol Caley in La Canada, CA

Art Share

Next Art Share

SUNDAY – January 11, 2026, 1:00-4pm

An opportunity to share your art and process, and meet up with old and new WPW friends.

To RSVP pay $5 on the Payments page
Hosted by: Andrea Monroe
Where: Van Nuys
Click Here for more info

YouTube Channel

See past meeting speaker presentations:
https://www.youtube.com/@womenpainterswest3769/videos

WPW Monthly Members’ Meeting

January 8, 1:00 PM – Speaker: Anne Kupillas

Anne is a fine artist based in Long Beach. Anne will present about her painting evolution: starting with a little about herself, how she began as an artist and discovered watercolor later in life, my artists residency at Ghost Ranch and how that impacted what I’m currently working on. She paints watercolors spontaneously, and has recently taken up gouache and acrylic. She is highly regarded as an art instructor.https://www.anneqpdraws.com/

February 12 at 1 pm Speaker Alaia Parhizi

painter, musician, galerist

In April 2018, Parhizi opened Wonzimer, a Los Angeles-based gallery space. Since its inception, the gallery has been a creative hub that has exhibited many important contemporary artists. https://www.wonzimer.com/

March 12 at 1 pm Speaker EE Jacks

Oil painter, poet and curator, based in Washington State. With a French father and a Mexican mother, her multicultural heritage informs a perspective deeply influenced by both European and Latin American traditions. She is recognized for her nocturne and naturalistic paintings, and her creative process draws on elements of romanticism, shape, form, and emotional resonance. https://www.eejacks.com/

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Members will receive an email with the Zoom link prior to the meeting.
For Zoom access, contact president@womenpainterswest,org
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For past meeting presentations click this link to go to the WPW YouTube Channel.

Art Book Group

ALL MEMBERS WELCOME! 3rd Thursday each month at 1 pm on Zoom

November 20 – “Seek My Face” by John Updike

On a spring day in Vermont, seventy-nine-year-old painter Hope Chafetz tells the story of her life to Kathryn, a young interviewer from New York. Questions send Hope back to her youth, to the heady postwar days of American art and her relationships with the artists who defined their times. As the day wears on, Kathryn and Hope – interviewer and interviewee – try to understand one another across the gulf of age, experience and time that lies between them. And subtly, as each comes to know the other, their relationship changes!

December 18 – “The Grave Robber” by Tim Carpenter

The unbelievable true story of how one man stole tens of thousands of priceless artifacts and human remains from around the world—and the FBI’s massive undertaking to set things right.

January 15 – “Life Studies” by Susan Vreeland

Life Studies begins with historic tales that, rather than focusing directly on the great Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters themselves, render those on the periphery—their lovers, servants, and children—as their personal experiences play out against those of Manet, Monet, van Gogh, and others. Vreeland then gives us contemporary stories in which her characters—a teacher, a construction worker, and an orphan for example—encounter art in meaningful, often surprising ways. A fascinating exploration of the lasting strength of art in everyday life,

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Bring names of books to consider. Books should be about art or artists, fiction or non-fiction. Also please have a little blurb about the book. Ahead of the meeting, any books you are considering should be sent to wpw@womenpainterswest.org