The Seattle Women's Caucus for Art is pleased to announce the selection of Alex Souldancer as this year's recipient of the Käthe Kollwitz Award. The award will be presented at the Annual Holiday Party, December 18, 2000 at The Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, Seattle WA.

Alexandra Souldancer has been immersed in art and theater since her childhood in Columbia, Missouri. She was a seminal player in the 1970s performance art scene in Seattle, writing, directing and choreographing her shows as well as creating all the sets and costumes. Her visual works have been exhibited at the Henry Art Gallery and are in private collections in New York City, Los Angeles, St. Louis, San Francisco and Seattle.

Her performance art reflects and responds to the condition of being a woman in America, with titles such as "Punque Queens," "Barbies in Bondage," "Nutcracker Sweeties," "The Friday Nite Anxiety Tour," and "I Luv Plastic."

Alex will entertain SWCA members with a short performance highlighting past pieces, film and video clips, and a display of posters, costumes, and props. She promises "something that will be fun for all....my mind can't seem to stop finding the world full of raw material for examination and satirizing."

The evening will begin with a potluck dinner at 5:30. SWCA members' art will go on display for the Silent Auction fundraiser at the same time, with bidding continuing until 7:00 when Alex's show gets underway. Lucky bidders can pay for and collect their newly purchased art at the end of the evening. The Little Theater is located at 608 19th Avenue East. Call Alex (not the theater) with any questions at 206-723-2624.

THE KATHE KOLLWITZ AWARD
Each year the Seattle Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art presents the Käthe Kollwitz Award. This award is to honor northwest women artists and arts professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the position of women in the visual arts. These can include accomplishments in education, visual presentation, feminist activism and scholarship. Past honorees have been, Joan Stuart Ross, Barbara Bruch, Ann Leda, Gail Tremblay and Jo Hockenhull.

Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) is considered one of the greatest graphic artists of the 20th century. Incredibly prolific, she lived in working-class Berlin during the late 19th and first half of the 20th century. She studied and taught at the Berlin school for Women Artists. While her style is conservative, the content is radical: socialist concerns are revealed in works such as Weaver's Uprising or the Memorial to Karl Liebknecht, while feminist insights are expressed in the many self portraits and images of women and children that she did.