Wonder Women is a residency program in its fifth year presented by _gaia at their new studio in Jersey City, NJ. The Wonder Women mission is to engage practicing, yet underrepresented artists who are eager to participate in a collective dialogue about the art world and feminism today.

2010
Ah, Motherland!
This year the residency program is tackling the theme of immigration, identity and women. It is co-curated by Doris Cacoilo and Renata Moreira.

“In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival.”
-Rudolf Arnheim

With the passing of time, advances in technology, transportation and an ever homogenizing economic global market, the world is a seemingly smaller place. Emigration and immigration have become less arduous, less final and less difficult – technically. However, the issues of identity, home, family, culture and politics are ever present and ever more complex. As conflicts change landscapes and relationships and economies grow with enticing opportunity and fail with devastating consequence, people are forced to make decisions of place and home that have lasting effects on their identity and the identities of their descendants.

Wonder Women invites 10 artists to reflect on notions of home and identity addressing emigration and immigration. We invite artists who have chosen to make the US their new home or who are descendents of immigrants to participate in a residency program that will focus on exploring immigration through the lens of feminism and social change. Weekly discussions will address issues related to art, identity, migration, economy, war, displacement, opportunity, government and policy. Each participant is encouraged to contribute to the discussion and to the source materials.

Every Sunday, beginning January 17th [through February 21st] accepted applicants will meet as a group at _gaia studio to discuss current social issues and topics brought forth by participants. There will be a potluck lunch each Sunday with group discussion and critique of works in progress. All accepted applicants must commit to all Sunday meetings. At the end of the program there will be a group exhibition at New Jersey City University Thursday, March 4th, 2010.

Christine da Cruz
Pamela-Cleo Godard
Giana Gonzalez
Willa Goldthwaite
Anjelika Krishna
Lizette Louis
Roxana Marroquin
Holly Pitre
Sonali Sridhar
Agnes Wszolkowski

2009

WW$: MONEY MONEY MONEY!!
Wonder Women$ were:
Co-curators: Doris Caçoilo and Vandana Jain
Pollie Barden
Mary Button
Andrea Callard
Geraldine Juarez
Sarah Julig
Christina Kelly
Michelle Loughlin
Melissa MacAlpin
Holly Pitre
Hanna Von Goeler

2008

WWIII
Wonder Women III were:
Co-curators: Doris Caçoilo and Joanna Rose White
Pollie Barden
Jennifer Carpenter
Gwen Charles
Tamara Fitzpatrick
Maya Joseph Goteiner
Mary Jeys
Melissa Macalpin
Gina Riano
Amanda Thackray
Sarah Nelson Wright

2007

Mother of God
Wonder Women II were:
Co-curators: Doris Caçoilo and Mary Jeys
Francisca Caporali
Jennifer Carpenter
Eileen Ferara
Asha Ganpat
Jasmine Graf
Alana Kakoyiannis
Michelle Levante
Elizabeth Seaton
Rachael Serbinski

2006

Subconscious Hero
Wonder Women I were:
Co-curators Doris Caçoilo and Ingrid Dahl
Jennifer Carpenter
Borah Chung
Jasmine Graf
Mary Jeys
Jarah Moesch
Molly Sullivan
Stephanie Werthman

_gaia, an environment for creative process in Jersey City, NJ is dedicated to fostering women’s activism, art practice and study. www.gaiastudio.org.