Happy Women's History Month!

Every time a website asks me “Do you accept all the cookies?” I pause and think about this philosophically. Do I? Accept ALL the cookies?

It can be a profound question. At times I say no. Like when I look at the lack of women in history books or landmarks or politics. No, I do not accept those cookies.

So, in honor of Women's History Month, I created this special limited edition mixed media lightbox CLIMATE CHANGE below. This is an edition of four in three sizes and 10% of proceeds will go to Planned Parenthood. You can contact Sawyer Steele if you are interested.

I asked ChatGPT if she/he/they/it accepts cookies, and it said, "Yes, if they are chocolate chip." ChatGPT ingests vast amounts of data and learns based on the questions and data it is given. It's a cookie monster. But this cookie monster eats up everything that humanity has ever written, then serves up beautiful new cookies that taste pretty much home-made. Ken and I have been experimenting with it and feel that the implications are seismic, like the World Wide Web thirty years ago. Ken, a co-founder of UC Berkeley's Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab, has been rethinking his longstanding skepticism about AI and creativity. He believes ChatGPT may lead to a major paradigm shift. He's organizing a lecture series at Berkeley on the Status and Future of AI that starts on March 20. Details below.

It has been fantastic seeing all the people installing their HUMAN NATURE artworks! Loved seeing the Roe v. Wade lightbox at the home of a collector with works by Kiki Smith, Nan Goldin, and Cy Twombly right near it. Pinch me.

Our experiments in giving virtual tours of the HUMAN NATURE exhibit are going great. Next Zoom tour that I will lead is tomorrow, March 8 11am-12pm PT/2pm ET for International Women's Day. Sign up here. We've heard your requests about doing one at night, so we also have one April 18 5pm PT/8pm ET. RSVP here.

Now on to the offerings in this month’s newsletter:

I hope you will join me at the benefit for the Center for Domestic Peace with a keynote by Tanya Selvaratnam on May 12, and the annual Berkley's Art Museum fundraiser honoring Cauleen Smith and Catherine Wagner on May 6. I contributed an artwork to the June 6 fundraising auction for Headlands Center for the Arts, an amazing organization where I was artist-in-residence.

Artist Randy Coloksy, a fantastic artist whom I had the pleasure of working with, has a survey of his whole 35 year art practice coming out. The pre-order just went up. I just bought mine. Please join me in getting a copy and supporting this art book campaign.

Artists Nellie King Solomon and her mom Barbara Stauffacher Solomon have a show at MarinMOCA. And Tamsin Smith has a show at Upper Market Gallery. The National Women's History Museum in DC is opening their exhibit We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC on March 29. I will be there in DC. Also be sure to check out work by my niece Maya Man at Bitforms Gallery in NYC.

It is my great joy to interview wonderful women authors for their books coming this next month at Book Passage: Lauren Schiller and Hadley Dynak for their book It's a Good Day to Change the World; Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross for their book Your Brain on Art; and one of my best friends, Rachel Lehmann-Haupt, for her book Reconceptions. Details below.

I have done a few interesting interviews lately. One was for Canvas for a series called "Artists on Artists " Another was for the JTA on creating Jewish experiences online. Lastly, I spoke with NPR's Morning Edition, in response to the study on how reducing screen time for teen girls affects their wellbeing in truly positive ways.

Marin people, be sure to check out out a great vintage store Ruse Vintage, and let me know if you have any leads on a studio space in Sausalito that's around 700 sq. feet with good light.

More details on all above and more to taste below. Here's to the trees starting to flower.

Xo,

Ps. It's Rosie’s birthday this month. She is pure joy and inspires the oxytocin. We like to call her Rosietocin.

ART & EVENTS

The Berkeley Lectures on the Status and Future of AI, March 20 - April 28

Ken is helping organize this series presented by the CITRIS Research Exchange, Berkeley AI Research Lab, EECS, Meyerson Lectures, UC Berkeley. ChatGPT is catalyzing a paradigm shift in artificial and natural intelligence. How does it work and why is it surprising experts? The primary architect of ChatGPT (John Schulman, UC Berkeley PhD 2017), leading expert on Robotics (Rod Brooks) and five leading Berkeley AI faculty will present insights and viewpoints in a series of seven public lectures starting March 20. All lectures will be free and open to the public and available on Youtube live and archived. All details will be live on berkeley.edu starting Friday.

March 20 4pm: UC Berkeley Martin Meyerson lecture presents Jitendra Malik, UC Berkeley
April 5 12pm: CITRIS Research Exchange and BAIR presents Stuart Russell, UC Berkeley
April 12 12pm: CITRIS Research Exchange and BAIR presents Alison Gopnik, UC Berkeley
April 19 12pm: CITRIS Research Exchange and BAIR presents Mike Jordan, UC Berkeley
April 19 4pm: EECS and BAIR presents John Schulman, OpenAI
April 26 12pm: CITRIS Research Exchange and BAIR present Deirdre Mulligan, UC Berkeley (almost confirmed)
April 28 12pm: BAIR Robotics Symposium presents Rod Brooks, MIT Emeritus and Robust.AI

Randy Colosky: Fiercely Divergent

Randy Colosky's debut art book, Fiercely Divergent, is a comprehensive survey of the artist's thirty-year multidisciplinary practice. The book is published by Snap Collective with a very limited sale window. Pre-sale dates are 3/10-3/23 and you can order your copy here.

**Maya Man's "Trust Exercise" in Code Chronicles at Bitforms Gallery in NYC, March 3 - April 15**

So proud of my talented niece. NYC people, check it out. Learn more here.

SUPER-SILLY-US: Barbara Stauffacher Solomon with Nellie King Solomon at MarinMOCA, March 25 - June 4

I'm so looking forward to this show of the work of Barbara Stauffacher Solomon in dialogue with that of her daughter and my good friend, Nellie King Solomon. It's playful, architectural -- a treat for the eye and the mind. Learn more here.

San Francisco Art Market, April 20-23

Looking forward to checking this out. Learn more here.

BAMPFA Art & Film Benefit, May 6

Support this amazing Bay Area institution at this event honoring Cauleen Smith and Catherine Wagner. Learn more here.

In Celebration of Mothers Benefit for Center for Domestic Peace with Tanya Selvaratnam, May 12 11-2

My dear friend Tanya is giving the keynote address at this benefit for a very worthy orgnanization. Get tickets here.

Headlands Center for the Arts Benefit Auction, June 6

Headlands Center is such a fantastic resource. Support their work and learn more about the upcoming auciton here.

Tamsin Smith: New Paintings and Poems at Upper Market Gallery, March 24-26

Very excited to see this new show. Learn more here.

Shout Sister Shout! at Ford's Theater, March 15 - May 13

This fantastic new musical, based on the wonderful book by Gayle Wald, tells the story of gospel musician and rock-and-roll pioneer “Sister” Rosetta Tharpe, the queer Black woman credited with inventing rock and roll. If you're in DC, be sure to check it out. Learn more here.

We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC opening March 30

I'll be at the opening of this exhibition, presented by the National Women's History Museum at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in DC, and I hope you'll join me. Learn more here.

READ

It's a Good Day to Change the World by Lauren Schiller and Hadley Dynak Event at Book Passage in Corte Madera, March 18 at 4 pm

Can't wait to discuss this important new book with the authors at Book Passage. Learn more here.

Your Brain on Art by Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen Event at Book Passage Corte Madera, March 26 at 4 pm

Join me at Book Passage for my discussion with the authors. Learn more here.

Reconceptions by Rachel Lehmann-Haupt Event at Book Passage Corte Madera, April 4 at 6 pm

Join me as I interview my good friend Rachel about her wonderful new book. Learn more here.

"Artists on Artists" for Canvas Compendium

I enjoyed discussing my favorite Jewish women artists for Canvas Compendium. Read here.

WATCH/LISTEN

The Menu

Loved this. Learn more here.

Russian Athletes and the IOC

This important short film asks why the International Olympic Committee is considering readmitting Russian athletes when Russian atrocities continue against Ukraine. Watch here.

"Women Have Been Misled About Menopause"

This recent New York Times article makes a powerful read and an even more powerful listen. Listen here.

EXPLORE

Ruse Vintage in Mill Valley

I adore this new vintage shop. Check them out in person in Mill Valley (they move in to their new bigger location at 256 Shoreline Highway April 7th!) or on Instagram here.

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