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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Come join our November Member outing to our mosaic at Smither Park! November 22nd from 12-3pm Smither Park 2441 Munger Street Houston, TX 77023

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

lThe October meeting of WiVLA's Wounderous Readers Book Club will be on October 24th from 2-4pm This month the book we are discussing is "Glamorous" byWiVLA's own Denise Bossarte We meet at Coco's Donuts & Coffee Bar at 2026 W 34th St, Houston, Tx, 77018

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Wailing and Lamenting" by Lucy Caire and the written piece of the same title by " Ellen Seaton were the perfect additions to round out or WIld: 2026 Collaboration Show Sadly, our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is no longer on display, but copies of the show's catalog can also be found on Amazon

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Cora Salvino created the beautiful and fascinating glass piece "Swarm" for our Wild: 2026 Collaboration show, Katherine Mcdaniel's poem "Zuihitsu: Mercy Written in to the Body" matched that energy.

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Wild Sunflower" by Susan Haggard Meeks and accompanying poem "Reclaiming My Wild" by Liz Plaster were beautiful and powerful pieces in our Wild 2026 Collaboration. Sadly, our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is no longer on display, but copies of the show's catalog can also be found on Amazon

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Fractured LIght" by Mary Jean Carter and Lawna Gambles written piece "After the Fractured Light" were 2 great additions to our 2026 Collaboration Show: Wild Sadly, our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is no longer on display, but copies of the show's catalog can also be found on Amazon

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sadly, our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is no longer on display, but copies of the show's catalog can also be found on Amazon Doni Langois's "The Call" was a beautiful addition to the show allong with Susan Powers' poem "Dryad Spring"

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sadly, our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is no longer on display, but copies of the show's catalog can also be found on Amazon "Dystopian Oasis" by Carissa Barcus was a fantastic part, as well as "It Was a Peculiar Patch of Sand" by the fantastic Kathi Crawford

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sadly, our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is no longer on display, but copies of the show's catalog can also be found on Amazon "A Witness in the Mirror" by Cheryl Russel was a beautiful piece, and "Weathering" by her writing collaboration partner Gladys Mae Bullock was dynamic.

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sadly, our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is no longer on display, but copies of the show's catalog can also be found on Amazon Abby Buchold's "Fox Watches the Storm" and her writing collaboration partners Regina Vitolo piece "Something in the Woods" were powerful contributions to the show

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Last Weekend was our first ever Creative Play Retreat out at Jordan Ranch. Here are a few highlights from the workshops, fun, and togetherness that weekend We can't wait for next year's #workshops #retreat #togetherness #creativitity #relaxation

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Saturday is the last day to see our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 13th. One of the pieces you missed was "She's a Wildflower" by the talented Mary Balagia, and the equally talented Abby Kesington's poem "Flower in concrete"

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Saturday is the last day to see our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 13th. One of the beautiful pieces you missed was "Hungry Hearted Diana" by Donna E Perkins, and the heartbreaking poem "Wild Diana" by Margo Stutts Toombs

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Saturday is the last day to see our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street Hurry you don't want to miss the fabulous "The Geometry of Space and Time" by Marie Casamayor-Harvey, and the written collaboration "Spacetime" by Kathi Crawford

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 12th. Rona Lesser and Amanda Silva created a very powerful Triptych "Elemental Protection," and their writing collaboration team member's poem "Artemis Speaks" is just as powerful.

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 12th.

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 12th.

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Get ready for Haunted Holiday Readings November 13th, 2026 Date: Saturday, November 13th, 2025 Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Venue: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005 Cost: FREE

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Women in the Visual and Litterary Arts are accepting proposals to re-design our website to view the prospectus: www.wivla.org/rfp-website To submit your proposal: fs8.formsite.com/wivla/5cgpnn... Submission Deadline: October 8th, 2026

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 12th. While you're there make sure to check out the lovely "Unpredictable Creativity Emerges" by Shirley Beyer, along with "wild Enough" by Mellissa Chambers

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 12th. Ruby Scott's beautiful "Wildly Yours" is one of pieces in the show. Her writing partner Brooke Summers-Perry wrote a beautiful poem " Wildly One" to go with it.

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 12th. Melody Locke's very moving photogrpaph "A Walk in the Woods" is also part of this show, with her collaboration partner Denise Bossarte's written piece "The Forest"

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 12th. "Kashing In With Politics" by Jo Zider and her collaboration partner Jean King's written piece "Sixteen Legs and Fourteen Eyes" are fanstically intriguing pieces on display.

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 12th. Another fantastic collaboration team is Jessica Parsons' "Feral, Fear All" and the accompanying written piece "Wild Inside" by Catherine Gentry

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 13th. Deborah Ellington's piece "Current History" is another one of the beautiful inventive pieces on display along with Dedra Murchison, her writing partner's Poem by the same title

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Also tomorrow, member Kathi Crawford has her "running with the beasts" – ZOOM Virtual Book Launch For more info and to see where to go register see our calendar www.wivla.org/calendar-fro... #womanwriter #booklaunch #runningwithbeasts

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Member Sandi Stromberg has her Electric Ekphrasis Reading tomorrow from 6:30-8:30pm via Zoom for more information check out our calendar www.wivla.org/calendar-fro... #womanwriter #ephrasticpoetry #poetryreading

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 13th. Come see Bernadette Wolff's beautiful "Untitled" and "Imagine" by her writing collaboration partner Beth Tunnell Howard

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 13th. "Wild Cat" by Robin Beckwith and her writing partner Chris Gorman, whose piece "Bittie and the Kit Coins" are also a part of this fabulous show

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Our Wild: 2026 Collaboration is still on display at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine Street until September 13th. Lane Deveruex and her writing partner Sandi Stromberg are one of the many wonderful artists in the show

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Don't forget this Saturday is the August meeting of WiVLA's Wounderous Readers Book Club will be on August 29th from 2-4pm This month the book we are discussing is "The Secret Book Society" by Madeline Martin We meet at Coco's Donuts & Coffee Bar at 2026 W 34th St, Houston, Tx, 77018

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

On August 7th we had our receptions for our Collaboration Show: WILD. Fun times were had by all, and here are a few of the pictures from the readings from our awesome writers. The show continues at Sabine St Studios, 1907 Sabine St until Sept 13th, so check it out

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The August meeting of WiVLA's Wounderous Readers Book Club will be on August 29th from 2-4pm This month the book we are discussing is "The Secret Book Society" by Madeline Martin We meet at Coco's Donuts & Coffee Bar at 2026 W 34th St, Houston, Tx, 77018

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

August Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop with Wild artwork - Katherine McDaniel Saturday, August 22nd, 2026 10am- Noon Sabine Street Studios Wild exhibition 1907 Sabine St, Houston, Tx 77007 #ekphrasticpoetry #writingworkshop #wilva #womenwriters #wild

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We added 2 more spots to our WiVLA 3-Day Creative Play Retreat! Friday September 11th 11 am to Sunday September 13th 12pm

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Our "Wild" Collaboration Exhibition Reception and Readings is in 2 days! Come join us to celebrate the WILD Collaboration Exhibition! At our reception on Friday, August 7, we'll celebrate our exhibition at Sabine Street Studios in the North Yard at Sawyer Yards.

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Don't forget to submit for WiVLA's 2026 anthology Power is 2 days away, July 31st! For more information see the prospectus on the link below www.wivla.org/literary-ant...

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

August 7th: "Wild" Collaboration Exhibition Reception and Readings Come join us to celebrate the WILD Collaboration Exhibition! At our reception on Friday, August 7, we'll celebrate our exhibition at Sabine Street Studios in the North Yard at Sawyer Yards.

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Member outing August 9th: At Play by J Howard: Private exhibit showing and talk at Art Museum TX, Sugar Land August 9th 4-7pm Join hyperrealist pastel artist Julie Howard, for a private tour of her new show "At Play" at the Art Museum TX in Sugar Land!

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We added 2 more spots to our WiVLA 3-Day Creative Play Retreat! Friday September 11th 11 am to Sunday September 13th 12pm Join us on a three-day weekend retreat to explore creative play and forge genuine connections through art and nature!

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop with Wild artwork - Katherine McDaniel Sat, Aug 22nd, 2026 10am- Wild exhibition 1907 Sabine St, Houston, Tx 77007 Join WiVLA Board Member, Katherine McDaniel, at our Wild Exhibit for a morning of Ekphrastic Poetry, inspired by our biennial collaboration exhibition.

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Join Lawndale and artists from The Big Show 2026 tomorrow afternoon 7/18 from 2-4pm for short presentations on their work.

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The July meeting of WiVLA's Wounderous Readers Book Club will be on July 25th from 2-4pm This month the book we are discussing is "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt We meet at Coco's Donuts & Coffee Bar at 2026 W 34th St, Houston, Tx, 77018

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Don't forget to submit for WiVLA's 2026 anthology Power The July 31st deadline for submissions is approaching! For more information see the prospectus on the link below www.wivla.org/literary-ant...

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Our T-shirt sale for the WILD collaboration ends tomorrow 7/15. If you didn’t get the Wild t-shirt before, you can do still do it now. So, hurry before it's too late!

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

At Play by J Howard: Private exhibit showing and talk at Art Museum TX, Sugar Land August 9th 4-7pm Join hyperrealist pastel artist Julie Howard, for a private tour of her new show "At Play" at the Art Museum TX in Sugar Land!

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Don't forget to submit for WiVLA's 2026 anthology Power The deadline for submissions is July 31st For more information see the prospectus on the link below www.wivla.org/literary-ant...

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WiVLA Women in the Visual and Literary arts @wivla.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop with Wild artwork - Katherine McDaniel Saturday, August 22nd, 2026 10am- Noon Sabine Street Studios Wild exhibition 1907 Sabine St, Houston, Tx 77007

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