Satomi Kawai/Women: Hood

Women: hood
Third Edition

Online show 2025

Public Space One, Close House
Women: hood explores complex experiences of femininity through interviews and responsive art works. For the past eight years, the collective interviewed women who have lived, worked, or studied in the state of Iowa. These women’s stories, along with the art they inspired, are the heart of this project.
Grid of women artists and their work featured in the WOMEN:HOOD III exhibition, with the exhibition title centered in bold text.

"Womanhood"- 8 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
Professional dance accompanist. He is currently employed at the University of Iowa Department of Dance and Community Dance School.
University of Iowa, BA in Piano and Japanese Language 2015
Anita Jung
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

Project guest artists

Allison Heady
Drawer, printmaker, book artist, and sculptor.
University of Iowa, BFA with Honors in printmaking 2015
Violet Austerlitz
Second-year MFA student at Missouri State University
Dee Canfield
Retired librarian and teacher who enjoys writing, performing in community and professional theatre, as well as traveling overseas.
Olivia Sio Tse
Poet and Zumba enthusiast
Graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Cynthia Miller Coffel
Earned her PhD in literacy education, is the author of Thinking Themselves Free: Research on the Literacy of Teen Mothers.

Thank you very much for your visit to our show!

Please feel free to drop your thoughts on our project and artwork.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Satomi Kawai

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