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