Women: Hood Fourth Edition - Satomi Kawai and Women: Hood

Women: hood
Fourth Edition

Online show 2026

237 Collective, Cedar Rpids: 10/17-25
10/17 opening reception, 6 -8 pm
Gallery hours: 10/23 11 am- 3 pm
24 & 25 1:30 - 4:00 pm

ArtiFctory, Iowa City, 11/1
One-day/ pop-up show & reception
2 - 4 pm

Women: Hood explores the complex experiences of femininity through interviews and responsive artworks. This edition marks nine years of the project and aims to reach a broder audience through public art featuring seven women's life stories, alongs with 2D/3D works and performance. Our goal is to show even those who feel disconnected from art that it can be engaging and part of everyday life.

Women: Hood 4th Edition at "RADIANT Cafe" in 2026

"Womanhood"- 7 diverse women's life stories

Please check out their inspiring life stories in the video.

Project team artists

Satomi Kawai

Contemporary art jewelry maker as well as creates drawings, printing, and performances.
University of Iowa, MFA Jewelry and MetalArts 2006

Douglas Baker

A graduate student at UI Department of Dance from fall 2026
University of Iowa, BA in Piano and Japanese Language 2015

Anita Jung

Printmaking artist and Professor at the UI Printmaking
University of Wisconsin-Madison, MFA Printmaking

Dani Sigler

Creates feminist objects, including ceramics and paintings.
University of Iowa, BFA with Honors in Ceramics 2008

A woman with fair skin and long, curly red hair stands against a plain backdrop. She wears a teal top and bold, dangling purple feather earrings. Her expression is neutral, and she looks directly at the camera.

Vero Rose Smith

Visual artist, musician, curator, and educator.
University of Iowa, MA Art History, 2014

Guest artists

Olivia Sio Tse

Olivia Sio Tse is a Zumba enthusiast. Her poetry has appeared in Denver Quarterly, Bennington Review, and elsewhere.

Graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Woman smiling outdoors in a park setting.

Rimi Jackson

A head cook for the Davenport Community District in Iowa, a Zumba instructor, and a baking enthusiast.

Mary Zeran

Painter,
University of Iowa, MFA, Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design, 1991.

Lina Maira Murullio

Associate Professor in the Department of Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies at University of Texas at Austin.

Keynote Speaker

"RADIANT Cafe" Performance

FYI other news items

"Women: Hood" Fourth Phase, Big Field Fund Grant
Women: Hood Collective "RADIANT" Performance Process
"RADIANT Cafe" Women: Hood IV: shows & receptions
UI, Schoof of Art and Art History Newsletter, October 2026

Thank you very much for your visit to our show!

Please feel free to drop your thoughts on our project and artwork. Also, let us know if you are interested in having your life story interviewed.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.