BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007
Notes on the Need for Beauty: An Intimate Look at an Essential Quality, J.Ruth Gendler, Marlowe and Company, New York, New York
Podcast Interview, Arts and Healing Network, Stinson Beach, CA. http://artheals.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=250243
Featured Artist, Jewcy On-line Magazine, Brooklyn, New York
http://www.jewcy.com/artists/sharon_siskin
2006
Radio Interview with Sharon Siskin, Art Talk, KUSF, San Francisco, CA
2005
Scents of Purpose: Artists Interpret the Spice Box, exhibition catalogue, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
9/2005
“EcoVisions at Thoreau Center for Sustainability”, Barbara Morris, Artweek, San Jose, CA
9/2005
“Sociedad de Vida at Steven Wolf Fine Arts”, by Clark Buckner, Artweek San Jose, CA
5/2005
“Artists Make ‘scents”of the Havdallah Spice Box”, Dan Pine, J. (the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, San Francisco, CA
2003
Women Artists in the American West, edited by Susan R. Ressler, McFarland & Co., Inc.
2002
Bittersweet Legacy, Cynthia M. Brody, Ed., University Press of America
11/22/01
“Bus shelter art delivers postcard messages in time for World AIDS Day,” Matthew S. Bajko, Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco, CA
11/16/01
“Artists Unite for Clearer View of HIV/AIDS Today,” Monique Beeler, Oakland Tribune, ANG Newspapers, Oakland, CA
11/01
“HIV/AIDS is ‘Still Here’,” News, Artweek, San Jose, CA
11/01
Borders: Crossings, Exhibition Catalogue, Terri Cohn, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
11/8/01
“Provocative Art Installation Asks ‘Why?’,” San Diego Jewish Times, San Diego, CA
11/2/01
“The ‘Whys’ of a Jewish Feminist Artist,” Irvin and Jacqueline Jacobs, San Diego Jewish Heritage Press, San Diego, CA
9/27/01
“Provocative Art Installation Opens,” San Diego Jewish Times, San Diego, CA
9/6/01
"Art is All Around Town,” Update, San Diego, CA
2/9/01
“AIDS Victim’s Clothes Become Art,” Jose Vargas, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA
4/14/00
“From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary,” Enrique Guttierez, Tracy Press, Tracy, CA
Winter 1999
“Capturing the Spirit of Tzedakah,” Sue Fishkoff, Na ‘Amat Woman, New York, NY
12/29/99
“Pandora’s ‘Box’: The Jewish Museum of San Francisco Reinterprets The Tzedakah Box,” Sara Coleman, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, CA
12/10/99
“Giving Gelt,” Sue Fishkoff, Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem, Israel
11/99
Making Change: 100 Artists Interpret the Tzedakah Box, Deborah Gar Reichman, Exhibition Catalogue, San Francisco Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
11/5/99
“Artists Find Inspiration in Religious & Secular Worlds,” Joshua Brandt, Jewish Bulletin, San Francisco, CA
10/29/99
“Best Bets: Art of Sewing,” Modesto Bee, Modesto, CA
9/10/99
“The Sound of Things Slowing Down: Show at Art Institute Contemplates The Spiritual,” Jesse Hamlin, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
9/99
“Politically Indirect: Outing the Activist Artist,” Susan Platt, Art Papers, Atlanta, GA
4/11/99
“’Haunting Yet Healing’ Enshrines Victims of Injustice,” Jaimee Rose, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix AZ
3/7/99
“Memories Veiled at ASU Museum,” Jaimee Rose, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix AZ
4/99
“To Your Health,” Debra Koppman, Artweek, San Jose, CA
3/26/99
“Haven in Richmond,” Judith Scherr, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
3/6/99
“Some Strong Works in ‘What is Art For?’,” Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
1998-1999
“April 1999,” Artizona State University Art Museum Calendar, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
10/98
Angels and Aliens, Exhibition Catalogue, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Fall 1998
“Featured Artist,” Inquiring Mind, Berkeley, CA
10/2/97
“Wonder Words: Fahrenheit 451 in Verbal Prolixity,” Steven Jenkins, Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco, CA
3/21/97
“Pack Rats,” Los Medanos College Experience, Pittsburgh, CA
2/27/97
“LMC Exhibit Explores Mysterious Artworks,” Laura Orella, Ledger Dispatch, Pittsburgh, CA
2/97
“Veiled Memories,” Donna Schumaker, Sculpture Magazine, International Sculpture Center, Washington, DC
1/97
“Art as a Healing Force: Creativity, Healing and Spirituality,” Terry Cohn, Artweek, San Jose, CA
1997
Lure of the Local: Sense of Place In A Multicentered Society, Lucy R. Lippard, The New Press, NY
12/96
“’The Mythic Narrative’ at Palo Alto Cultural Center and ‘Veiled Memories’ at San Francisco Art Commission Gallery,” Mary Hull-Webster, Artweek, San Jose, CA
11/21/96
“Show Challenges Cultural Values,” Michael Mishler, The Oak Leaf, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
10/17/96
“Food Qualifies as Fine Art in New Exhibit,” Martha Kennelly, Forum Community News, Hayward, CA
10/31/96
“The Culinary Meets the Creative at CSUH Art Show,” Nancy Moore, The Pioneer, Hayward State University, Hayward, CA
10/96
“Invitation design, VNA Hospice fund raiser, Emeryville, CA
1996
In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the ‘90s, catalogue, New York Women’s Caucus for Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
5/1/96
“Artists’ Interpretations Look Through Mask’s Eyes in Exhibit,” California State University Newspaper, Chico, CA
4/20/96
“’Sentinel’ Guards Exhibit at 1078 Gallery,” Michele French, Chico Enterprise-Record, Chico, CA
2/2/96
“A Guarded Look into ‘Family Matters’,” Anita Amirrezvani, Contra Costa Times, San Ramon, CA
1/96
“Art: Four Works by Sharon Siskin,” Davka; Jewish Cultural Revolution, Volume 1, San Francisco, CA
1/25/96
“It’s All in the Family at Bedford,” Andrew Gordon, Walnut Creek Journal, Walnut Creek, CA
1996
Who’s Who of American Women, 20th ed., New Providence, NJ
12/1/95
“AIDS Haunts Displays in ‘Day Without Art’,” Jolene Thym, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA
12/95
“Moving the Message: Artists and Social Action,” Molly Hankowitz, Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts, San Francisco, CA
11/25/95
“AIDS Awareness Events,” Kimberly Chun, San Francisco Chronicle, Peninsula Section, San Francisco, CA
11/24/95
“Mourning the Loss’ Worth a Look,” Palo Alto Weekly, Palo Alto, CA
11/19/95
“Art Notes,” Chiori Santiago, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, CA
11/3/95
“Spirit Footprints,” Montclarian, Oakland, CA
10/6/95
“From Little Acorns.,” Al Morch, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, CA
10/6/95
“Sketchbooks Reveal How Artists Get Ideas,” Jolene Thym, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA
4/30/95
“Often-disturbing Exhibit ‘Exposure’ Aims to Change Preconceptions,” Kate Darby Rauch, West County Times, Richmond, CA
4/95
Site to Sight, Mapping Bay Area Visual Culture, Lydia Mathiews, Editor, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
3/21/95
“Vibrant San Francisco Exhibit Offers Women’s Take on Identity,” Leslie Katz, Jewish Bulletin of Northern California, San Francisco, CA
3/17/95
“Immigration Exhibitions Stir Up Memories,” Larry Kantor, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA
3/12/95
“Bay City Best,” Rosie Kopp, San Francisco Examiner Magazine, San Francisco, CA
3/10/95
“Immigrant Experience is Translated into Art,” Jolene Thym, The Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA
3/3/95
“Women Artists Explore Universal Issues of Immigration, Identity and Assimilation,” Leslie Katz, Jewish Bulletin of Northern California, San Francisco, CA
2/95
“Activist/Art: Style or Strategy?,” Marilyn Waligore, Circa, The Texas Based Journal of Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
11/30/94
“World AIDS Day/Day Without Art Events, photo and caption, San Francisco Sentinel, San Francisco, CA
8/1/94
“Positive Art,” Sara Allen, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA
7/9/94
“A 100-Year Work In Progress,” Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
5/23/94
“Class Project,” Mary F. Calvert, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA
4/7/94
“Time & Memory,” Bruce Nixon/Sharon Siskin, Artweek, San Jose, CA
2/17/94
“Time After Time,” Terri Cohn, Artweek, San Jose, CA
12/9/93
“A Memorial with Something Missing,” Charles Cowdrick, Pitch Weekly, Kansas City, MO
11/28/93
“Artistic Community Pauses to Reflect on Disease,” Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO
11/27/93
“A Bold Stroke Against AIDS,” Tim Goodman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA
10/93
“Positive Art,” 510 News/a Voice of East Bay Art and Culture, Berkeley, CA
7/93
“Remains,” The Flame, John F. Kennedy Student Association Publication, Orinda, CA
12/92
“Loss,” Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
8/18/92
“Complex Emotions Highlight Exhibit,” Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA
4/92
“A Walk on the Studio Side,” Pam O’Connell, East Bay Express, Berkeley, CA
8/91
“Healing Art,” Anne Hurley, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, CA
8/15/90
“The Muse as Healer,” Jim Hoffman, Daily Californian, Berkeley, CA
2/15/90
“Making Statements,” Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA
2/89
“Fragile Ideas Kept All Too Securely Under the Wraps,” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA
11/88
“Images of Loss and Grief in P.G. Museum’s Display,” Sunday Herald, Pacific Grove, CA
10/88
“Art Notes,” Pacific Grove Monarch, Pacific Grove, CA
6/88
“Art Center Show Confronts the Politics of Mythmaking,” Anne Hurley, Berkeley Voice, Berkeley, CA
6/88
“Critics Choice,” Anne Hurley, Bay Guardian, San Francisco, CA
5/88
“Los Medanos Exhibit Explores the Art of Grief,” Pittsburg, CA
4/3/88
“Look at Women in the Bay Area Has Origins at Mills,” book review and photograph, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA
3/88
Connecting Conversations: Interviews with 28 Bay Area Women Artists, Moira Roth, editor, Eucalyptus Press
2/4/88
“West Berkeley Artists Fear Growing Rent Fees Will Drive Them Out,” Daily Californian, Berkeley, CA
10/14/87
“Afterlife Art,” Anne Hurley, Bay Guardian, San Francisco, CA
7/87
Photo and caption, Maria Porges, Artweek, Oakland, CA
7/87
Beyond Power, a Celebration, catalogue, Women’s Caucus for Art and Southern Exposure Gallery
6/9/87
“Room for Creativity, East Bay Artists Seek Spaces to Beat Developers at their Own Game,” Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA
4/87
“Political Artifacts, Art by Sharon Siskin,” Lori Koenig, Chico News and Review, Chico, CA
10/25/85
Weekend Plus, Long Beach, CA
9/5/85
Irvine World News, Irvine, CA
1/5/84
Napa Register, Napa, CA
8/10/82
Pioneer, Hayward State University, Hayward, CA
7/8/81
Independent and Gazette, Berkeley, CA
7/81
July Calendar, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
7/16/81
Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA
5/2/79
Albuquerque News, Albuquerque, NM
4/15/79
Albuquerque News, Albuquerque, NM
3/17/79
Albuquerque News, Albuquerque, NM

PUBLISHED WRITING

2007
Siskin, Sharon, "Drawing the Circle: From the Private to the Public to the Classroom and Back", in Blaze: Discourse on Art, Women and Feminism, edited by K. Frostig and K. H. Halamka. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing LTD. (Forthcoming)
2006
Siskin, Sharon, "Drawing the Circle: From the Community to the Studio to the Classroom and Back Again", Special issue: Crossing Boundaries: Women, Art and Community Activism, Women and Environments International Magazine, Toronto, Canada