WEAD focuses on women’s unique perspective
in ecological and social justice art.
WEAD ECO Artists Directory
Browse international women-identified eco artists in the WEAD directory.
WEAD Magazine
How Does It Feel When The Earth Loves You Back, Emily Van Engel, watercolor on waper, 2022, Santa Fe, New Mexico from WEAD Magazine #14 Artist Portfolios.
Recent Exhibition
WEAD’s Annual Member Exhibition
Bodies and Borders: Ecologies of Consent
Online and at The 109 Gallery
October 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026
Bodies and Borders: Ecologies of Consent investigates the intersection of bodies, ecology, and agency through the lens of permeability and protection, and explores how consent is navigated within biological, political, and ecological systems.
This dual exhibition appeared online at WEAD’s KMX Gallery and in person at Leah Dalton’s The 109 Gallery in Chickamauga, Georgia. Juried by Beverly Naidus and Leah Dalton, the exhibit featured 58 works from 44 artists, including 15 videos.
Stay tuned for details about our upcoming events:
- Showing Members work from the recent exhibition at the upcoming Bioneers Conference in Berkeley, California, March 26-28
- Hosting a 30th birthday party for WEAD
- Hosting a Mending workshop at the Bioneers Conference
CALL FOR ARTISTS
WEAD's Community Engagement Artist-in-Residence
in partnership with Berkeley Youth Alternatives
WEAD is excited to announce our call for applicants to our pilot program: Community Engagement Artists-in-Residence (AIR) program in Berkeley, California, in partnership with Berkeley Youth Alternatives (BYA) and funded by Berkeley Civic Arts.
We are seeking a visionary local artist or collective to create a meaningful, site-specific art installation in BYA’s Orchard Garden. Applicants must watch the recording of the site. (Please email info@weadartists.org for the recording.)
Deadline extended to January 31, 2026.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Art+ Education #16: Is Your Online Presence Safe In the Age of AI?
with Sharon Zimmerman
Sunday, March 1, from 4 to 5:30 pm
Online via Zoom
We’ve all heard the horror stories – someone lost access to their Instagram account and lost thousands of followers, another person got kicked off of Etsy and lost thousands in business. So how can we shore up our practices and protect our hard work online? And how can this make all of us stronger at promoting and marketing ourselves?
Join Sharon Zimmerman for an engaging presentation and Q&A that will cover everything from building a strong presence off of social media, to when NOT to use Generative AI (hint: that’s the majority of the time). Sharon Z will reveal how to secure your online presence and use it to more effectively market yourself.
EARTHBODY: Re-Stor(y)-ing the Eco-somatic, an in-person workshop
with Rulan Tangen
Sunday, March 29, 2 to 4:30 pm
Wildcat Studio
Berkeley, California
Offered on Ohlone lands. Experience simple embodied eco-somatic practices: restoring and re-story-ing body as as earth and earth as body. Rulan Tangen, founding artistic director/choreographer of Dancing Earth, will share her eco-somatic practices through movement and words that compel people of all ages, backgrounds, and capacities to find connection to their inner dreamscape and outer landscape in profound ways. We will come together to embody the relevance of Eco Somatic movement as source, instrument and response for ecological Movement sustainability.