We are Voices in Contemporary Art (VoCA), a non-profit that promotes collaborative dialogue and programming around the stewardship of contemporary art.
Nov 22 Banner Image: Marie Watt, Companion Species: Ferocious Mother and Canis Familiaris, 2017
108×217.75 in. Reclaimed wool blankets, thread, embroidery floss. Commissioned by Janet Dees for "If You Remember, I’ll Remember" at the Block Museum of Art, 04 Feb – 18 Jun, 2017.
July 2022 banner image: On December 15, 2016, VoCA and our partners at JMF hosted a gathering at the The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation in NYC to celebrate the launch of CALL/VoCA Talk: Otto Neals. To watch the video of their conversation, go to https://t.co/vUVlAFdBGj
June 2022 banner image caption: Mario Martinez, Reflections, Late 1960's, 2020, Colored pencil on paper, 24 x 19 inches. To learn more about the artist or this work, go to https://t.co/ja7Hu8RaPf
May 2022 Banner image caption: Participants at the VoCA Artist Interview Workshop held at SFMOMA in 2012 watch an interview clip of Doris Salcedo. To learn more, go to https://t.co/RrRPHrsvNk
April 2022 Banner Image: Leaders Jen Mergel and Sam Redman talk about the dynamics of the interview at the Artist Interview Workshop held at LACMA in January 2020. Photo by Roland Castro.
March 2022 Banner Image: De Wain Valentine (1936-2022) stands behind his sculpture Blue Rose Circle (1978) at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, in 2013. Photo by Lee Ewing. To watch the video of De Wain's #VoCATalk, go to https://t.co/sQ6wQSkamQ
Dec Banner Image: Nancy Lorenz, Moon Gold Cardboard (I), 2013. Moon gold leaf, cardboard, clay and resin on panel, 18 x 24 in.
Ft. in "All That Glitters," an interview between Lorenz and Ariel Plotek from Issue 3 of #VoCAJournal. https://t.co/C7t3MxOrc9
Dec Banner Image: Joseph Grigely, The Tree-Trimming Party, 1998. Photo courtesy of the artist. Grigely contributed an essay titled "Inventory of Apologies" to VoCA Journal, Issue 10, which can be viewed at https://t.co/yNSzUiZxNc
August Banner Image: The Ruth Asawa Stamp sheet depicting Asawa sketching one of her wire sculptures accompanied by 20 stamps displaying her work. Image courtesy of the USPS website. Ft. in #VoCABlog https://t.co/B3Ccd9qK7u