SCWCA's 2026 Table Talks -
Our 50th Anniversary Get-together Series

Every month beginning January 2026 at least one of our members will host an intimate gathering centered around a topic, theme, or program of their choosing. These are not formal events, but welcoming, inclusive spaces to share food, stories, and creativity. I'm excited to share the following confirmed Table Talks. Please take a moment to read all four invitations provided by the host(s). I'm sure you'll find at least one, if not more, that you'll want to attend. Be sure to rsvp early to secure your spot.

Thursday, January 1, 2026, 2pm - Hosted by Artist Karena Massengill
Please join me for my family’s longtime Southern New Year traditions: black-eyed peas, greens, hush puppies, and Southern Comfort with grapefruit juice. This tradition celebrates fresh beginnings and is said to bring good luck, good health, and happiness for the year ahead—who couldn’t use a little of that? This will be a casual SCWCA Table Talk. I’m deeply grateful for SCWCA - now celebrating its 50th year - for its activism, support, and the opportunities it provides to women artists. I’m especially excited to connect with newer and younger artists as we continue to carry the torch together. Please plan to arrive between 2:00 and 3:00 PM. Guests from San Pedro, Long Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, and anywhere else you’re willing to drive from are warmly welcome!
Please RSVP by calling or texting to my cell phone 310-872-4309 so I have an idea of how many people to expect. I live in San Pedro near Point Fermin Park. I will provide my address after receiving your RSVP. I look forward to welcoming the New Year with you!

Saturday, February 7, 11am-1pm-ish - Hosted by Artist Yvonne Jongeling
You're invited to a cozy Dutch-inspired potluck brunch at Yvonne's home and studio in La Crescenta. Yvonne will be serving pannenkoeken (Dutch pancakes) along with a beautiful spread of fresh fruit. If you’d like to bring a dish for the potluck, lovely. If not, simply come as you are. We’ll enjoy good food, warm company, and a relaxed Art Share, all wrapped in the spirit of gezelligheid - that uniquely Dutch feeling of comfort, belonging, and togetherness. Space is limited to 5–8 artists. Please RSVP by email for the address and to save your spot.
[email protected].

Saturday, March 21, 2-4pm - Hosted by Artists Lynn Letterman and Katy Bishop
SAVE THE DATE!
You and your significant other are invited to TALK STORY, A POTLUCK! in Sherman Oaks. Lynn and Ron Letterman and Katy Bishop hope you will join us for an opportunity to thank our husbands, partners, and friends who support our crazy artist life. And coming alone is welcome too!
TALK STORY is a Hawaiian name for exchanging stories. This afternoon we will share stories about how our spouses and friends helped us when we needed them. Having lived in Hawaii for many years, Lynn is serving some of her favorite Hawaiian Pūpūs, including Candied Shrimp, Baked Bri with Mac nuts, and Sautéed Crab Cakes with papaya-basal sauce! Maui is one of Katy’s favorite vacation spots and she’s bringing Hawaiian Meatballs!
We love to share food and your art! Please bring one of your favorite finger foods and one smaller artwork for the display table. Email Katy at [email protected] to reserve for you and your guest and receive the Sherman Oaks address. Let’s party!

Saturday, April 18, 11am–2:00pm - Hosted by Artist Dellis Frank

For my Table Talk, I’m hosting a cozy Ethnic centric brunch potluck. I’ll be serving a Caribbean dish along with a few other classic bites from the other countries/region I represent. I am encouraging my invitees to bring a dish that represents their culture. We’ll enjoy good food, warm company, an Art Share, and great conversation. I can comfortably accommodate 8-10 artists. Be on the lookout for your invitation.
I look forward to welcoming you into my home for a morning of creativity, connection and to continue to celebrate 50 years of SCWCA.

To learn more and to host your own Table Talk visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWGSwgemgSx7IgvRk_1dCmg0UAtvsQUwMZuRDfdJYxsTefUw/viewf
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Questions: Email Table Talks Chair, Dellis Frank at [email protected]

​Third Thursdays
Artists share their artwork through a personal presentation
Third Thursday of every month at 7:00 PM
See SCWCA Facebook page for current info
Email Sandra Mueller or Nancy Spiller with questions or
suggestions for future talks.
Visit SCWCA YouTube channel to meet many of our artist members

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​Saturday Salon
First Saturday of every month at 10AM
See SCWCA Facebook page for current info
Email [email protected] with questions or suggestions for future salons.
We do hope you will join us!

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PAST PROGRAMS

STUDIO VISITS

Nancy K. Turner

Nancy. K. Turner Studio. Visit
December 08, 2019
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SCWCA members enjoyed a fun and informative visit with Nancy K. Turner in her downtown Los Angeles studio on December 8, 2019.

Lita Albequerque

​Lita Albuquerque Studio Visit. photo by Danielle Eubank

Lita Albuquerque Studio Visit
February 22, 2018
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Lita Albuquerque sharing information about her Stellar Axis project.
In 2006 Los Angeles conceptual artist Lita Albuquerque ventured to the South Pole and created the extraordinary Stellar Axis land art installation, arranging 99 blue fiberglass spheres of varying size in the Antarctic snow to reflect the configuration of stars in the night sky.  Albuquerque has described this project as “a map, an ancient star map perhaps, or a future one,” inspired by the idea of “the earth seen from space” that came to her when she “experienced the first landing on the moon in the Sahara desert.” With no people or footprints visible in the bright whiteness around them, the blue orbs collectively resemble celestial bodies, an effect especially heightened in one photographic negative print that converts the empty snowscape into an inky black night and the blue globes into radiant yellow pinpoints.

Artis Lane

Artis Lane Studio Visit
January 26, 2013
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“Always ahead of her time, Lane has never veered from her subject matter. . . . Lane’s work becomes more and more germane.”
– Marlene Dohahue
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Born in Canada, Lane first came to prominence in the 1960s as a portrait artist. She attended art school in Toronto and later studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit.
In the 1970s after moving to California, Lane began to focus on social issues and work in sculpture. Her civil rights statements include a now famous painting of a young Rosa Parks on the bus. In 2007, the California African-American Museum produced a major retrospective of her work. Her bust of Sojourner Truth is installed in the U.S Capitol. She was recently honored by the Detroit Institute of Art and will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award in New York City in Febuary of 2013.
Lane’s work is expressed in three levels of consciousness: Portraits, Social Injustice & Metaphysics, through painting, lithographs and sculpture. She is widely exhibited in private and public collections and museums including the National Museum for Women in the Arts and she recently completed a bust of First Lady Michelle Obama.  More at artislane.com

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Marnie Weber

Marnie Weber Studio Visit
June 19, 2011

Marnie received her BA from UCLA in 1981, and has exhibited widely internationally and had numerous solo public shows. Her work is held in prestigious public collections such as MOCA and FRAC in Paris. She also has had a significant musical career, originally part of the LA band Party Boys. She subsequently formed The Spirit Girls, characters that have been featured in numerous films and performances. Weber was included in the SCWCA sponsored Multiple Vantage Points exhibition at Barnsdall in 2007. She is represented by Patrick Painter in Los Angeles.  More at MarnieWeber.com

Ruth Weisberg

Ruth Weisberg Studio Visit
April 17, 2010
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RUTH WEISBERG, our chapter’s first President, received a WCA Lifetme Achievement Award in 2009 and is the only living artist to ever have a solo exhibition at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena.  Later this spring, she will step down after 15 years as Dean of the Roski School of Fine Art at USC to return to teaching. She received her M.A. from the University of Michigan and her Laurea in Painting and Printmaking from the Academia di Belle Arti. Ruth is represented by Jack Rutberg Gallery.​

Diana Wong

Diana Wong Studio Visit
July 10, 2009
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From the “I Ching labyrinth” in front of her studio to the babbling water of the entry way to the interior of her workspace wherein large skylights bounce light, casting no shadows, the feng shui of Diana Wong’s studio embraces and comforts while her powerful artwork stimulates. This promises to be a one of kind experience with a gracious hostess.

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ECO ART

ECOART IS A VISUAL CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR PLANET’S FUTURE initiated by a circle of artists who are actively taking a stand for sustainable living
ECOARTISTS: Ruth Askren, Ulla Barr, Gregor Goethals, Ann Isolde, Julie Kornblum, Linda Lundell, Cathy Salser, Hani Shafran, Gabriela Sincich, Deborah Thomas, France White
The EcoArt group is a program of the Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, one of 33 chapters of the national Women’s Caucus for Art—the leading nonprofit organization for women actively engaged in the visual arts professions.
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ART MATTERS

Guest Speaker Allison Agsten, Director of The Main Museum, Los Angeles,  presented “Access and the Museum” sharing information on how the museum is engaging the public with the most important ideas of our time through the art of Los Angeles. With a residency program at its center rather than a collection, The Main forefronts artists in its work and supports wide-ranging practices from artists at all stages in their careers. After Allison’s presentation, SCWCA members were invited to share their current work.





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