The Katz Snyder Gallery, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF)
Exhibition Dates: January 18 - April 16, 2023
Gallery Reception: Thursday, March 30, 2023, 6-8pm
The immigrant, immortal, Wonder Woman embodies iconic female strength in the DC comic series. As an Amazonian-American fictional heroine, she blends into a foreign society to promote justice, peace, and truth. Correspondingly, many women of color artists with immigrant backgrounds evoke Wonder Woman-inspired qualities in their contemporary art practices by addressing issues of immigration, misrepresentation, stereotypes, cultural conflict, and feelings of acceptance or intolerance with an honest voice to fight for equity.
Wander Woman 3, the third iteration of Wander Woman, features works by Bay Area women of color artists, whose works explore complex immigrant themes coming from diverse perspectives.
Reimagine Freedom
The JCCSF is proud to present this exhibition as a part of their Reimagine Freedom series, a collection of programming in celebration of Passover when we recount the story of the Jewish people’s exodus from Egypt and subsequent decades-long wandering through the desert. Through storytelling, sharing meals and asking big questions about our world, the holiday challenges us to radically empathize and identify with those escaping dangerous and oppressive places, while also prompting us to reflect on what it takes to have freedom in our own lives and communities.
Exhibiting Artists: Cherisse Alcantara, Cynthia Brannvall, Kiana Honarmand, Kacy Jung, Cathy Lu, Joyce Nojima, Blanca Estela Rodríguez, Jenifer Wofford
Performance Artists: Pallavi Sharma, O.M. France Viana
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Thank you to the generous funders:
Anonymous
Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund
Koret Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Power in Partnership Fund
Taube Philanthropies
Walter and Elise Haas Fund