An early Christmas gift — Both Memory Care the long goodbye and MINE-? will screen at the Umbria Underground Film Festival. Produced by Werther Germondari from Ospizio Giovani Artisti Gallery in Rome, the festival will be held in Amelia, Italy. The festival is dedicated to independent and experimental film. Event: January 8-9, 2026. MINE-? video […]
I’m thrilled to announce that my novel, SORRY CAKES, is a finalist for the San Francisco Writers conference fiction contest.
The trilogy, They call me theirs -rebound, is currently exhibiting at the Fine Arts Gallery Arkansas State University. The project includes three videos: The Visitation, ONE MASTER, and MINE-?.
ONE MASTER is a 5:44 minute single channel video, screens at the Experiments in cinema Festival, Albuquerque NM The project was inspired by Rembrandt’s quote: Choose only one master – nature. In the 17th century, Rembrandt was one of the most famous Dutch painters of the Golden Period. After 400 years, man has evolved, seemingly […]
Great studio visit by the Harvard Alumni Club. A morning discussing art – what could be better!
I am excited to announce my novel, SORRY CAKES, is a finalist – Pacific Northwest Writers Assoc Novel contest. Winner will be announced during the annual conference September 13th.
I am excited to announce my novel, SORRY CAKES, is a finalist – Pacific Northwest Writers Assoc Novel contest. Winner will be announced during the annual conference Septmber 13th.
Great studio visit by the Harvard Alumni Club. A morning discussing art – what could be better!
New work: Salt and Vinegar is a new painting series inspired by the clearing of forested land for residential construction. During the early 1900s, the original twenty-acre plot was cleared for farming. Its owners founded a Christmas tree and holly farm, an orchard, and pasture. Around the mid-1900s, the farm ceased agricultural production. In the […]
I am delighted to announce that SORRY CAKES, my new project (literary women’s fiction) has been awarded finalist status for the Pacific Northwest Writers Association fiction competition. Award ceremony will take place during the annual writers conference (Seattle, September 19-22nd). A little info about the novel: SORRY CAKES will appeal to readers who were moved […]
Some great 5 star reviews on Amazon and Goodreads. Made my day. Keep ’em coming! “The name of this book resembles a vivid jungle-based fantasy. And although it’s not a fantasy, Catherine Foster definitely whisks you into her world.Catherine’s way with words allows her to vividly and succinctly portray her world to readers, placing us […]
I am thrilled to announce I was awarded Best Director for “Memory Care … the long goodbye.” Curatorial remarks: “A haunting examination of a deteriorating mind and the void it leaves behind.Forster deserves great credit for the restraint it will have taken not to offer up something more literal, while discussing such an important topic.”
Indy Film Library (Amsterdam) has announced its third annual Experimental Showcase. Memory Care … the long goodbye, is one of the six films selected. Starting 09:00 CET (3pm in New York, noon on the West Coast) on Monday 28th August 2023. The two-week exhibition of international short films will show free of charge on IFL’s […]
I am thrilled to announce that chasing Tarzan is now available as an audio book on Audible. Check it out!
I am thrilled to announce that The Visitation has been selected to screen at the Babul Eco Film Festival, in Hyderabad, India. The film will then travel to venues around India. The Visitation explores human exceptionalism and our entitled approach to nature.
I am thrilled to share Indy Film Library’s review of Memory Care … the long goodbye, Published by Jack Brindelli Death waits for us in many forms. Some are quick and unexpected – events which ghost us away from this world without warning, and which can seem especially cruel when someone was here today is […]
I am excited to announce I’ll be participating in the Masur Museum of Art’s 60th Annual competition. Curated by Jovanna Venegas, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Masur Museum is located in Monroe, LA. The exhibition is on view from Feb 23 – May 6, 2023. Work from […]
The Visitation will screen at the Experiments In Cinema Festival this coming April. I am thrilled to announce I will be collaborating with local Albuquerque musicians to create a score for the piece. Stay tune.
Chasing Tarzan received a perfect 4/4 A young girl turns to fantasy to escape from bullying at school and overwhelming responsibilities at home. CHASING TARZAN, Catherine Forster’s memoir of her journey of self-discovery and growth, tells the story of a young girl’s struggles with bullying and its impact on her life and relationships. In […]
I am thrilled to announce a KIRKUS review of Chasing Tarzan: An eloquent remembrance delivered with visceral emotion. A detailed memoir of a childhood and adolescence marked by the effects of bullying. In 1962, Forster, the second of her parents’ eight children, was 7 years old and had already lived in “four towns, two states, […]
New work: THE VISITATION The Visitation explores human exceptionalism and our entitled approach to nature. I am forever awestruck when I come upon a old growth fir tree. The mighty evergreen has played a prominent role in mythology and ceremony for centuries. Conifers were sacred to Attis, the Greek God of vegetation; to the ancient […]
I am pleased to announce the guest post essay, The Long-term Effects of Bullying, written for Madeline Sharples CHOICES book blog. Check out the post, or read it here: The long-term effects of bullying––abuse doesn’t cease when the bullying stops While enjoying my morning coffee and reading the Sunday paper, I stumbled on an article […]
I am happy to announce I was invited to post an essay on the role of imagination when children are tormented. Blog: Chapter Break The role of imagination when children suffer torment I was seven when the bullying began. Parents, teachers, adults in general did nothing but pontificate: sticks and stones may break your bones […]
So excited to announce a podcast interview about Chasing Tarzan, with Lu Ann from Rockin Books Reviews. Check it out here
If you’re curious about Chasing Tarzan, you can peek inside on Amazon, or read an excerpt here.
A wish come true! Admittedly, I was shocked (never imagined this would happen) to find my book, Chasing Tarzan, at Barnes and Noble. If the store had been empty, I would have danced a jig. Instead, I celebrated over a delicious meal and glass of wine. https://catforster.com/chasing-tarzan/
Thrilled to announce Longing for a Shadow has been included in Experimental Film Awards by the Indy Film Library Amsterdam. Longing For A Shadow
Chasing Tarzan launched on July 26th. The book is available wherever books are sold. Readers have asked about the impetus that compelled me to write the book. There were two catalysts: my own daughter’s battle with bullying, and a family trip to Africa. She was eleven at the time, an age when I too struggled […]
“Under the Boardwalk,” a single-channel video, will screen at the 516 Gallery Albuquerque from October 16 through January 22nd. The group show, Counter Mapping, explores how tracking and mapping influences the meanings and perceptions of places, and reflects the social and political positions of those executing the ‘defining’. The video component of the program was […]
Very pleased to announce Memory CAre … the long goodbye has been selected for screening by the Prague Independent Film Festival. For more information about the film:
Delighted to announce Longing For A Shadow has been selected by and won the award for Experimental Film at the European Cinema Festival in Madrid, Spain. Additionally, Memory Care … the long goodbye was selected for the Havana Intl film Festival and the Prague Independent Film FEStival
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I’m pleased to announce “Out of Reach” from the series Bristle and Lick will exhibit at the Nazareth College Art Center’s exhibition “Multimedia.” important dates: January 24th opening 5:00-7:00, March 1st exhibition closes. Nazareth Colleg Art Center, 4245 East Ave., Rochester, NY, 14618, 585-389-2525, info@naz,edu
I’m delighted to announce I will be participating in the Women’s Caucus for Art national Exhibition 2020. Exhibition venue: Bridgeport Art Center, 4th floor gallery, 1200 West 35th St. Chicago. the exhibition will run from January 17 – February 20th. Artist reception: February 14, 6:30 – 8:30. To view the additional drawings in the series […]
I’m excited to announce I will be participating in the RAAM 1019 National, Rockport Art Association and Museum in Massachusetts. I’ll be exhibiting “Bristle and Lick – Of the Woods.” Jurors: Tom Hughes and Jo Ann Rothschild. Opening Reception on Saturday, November 23, 2019 from 2:00 – 4:00PM, in the Hibbard Gallery. The exhibition runs […]
“Memory Care … the long goodbye,” single channel video, Screening at the Seattle Film Institute. The video probes both the loss of self and the loss of a loved one from brain damage or the ravages of age. Nearly 50 million people worldwide live with dementia, a number that is expected to double in twenty […]
I discovered EIC and Albuquerque’s phenomenal Basements Films in 2015, when Experiments In Cinema 10.T36 screened “Flower Girl.” Over the last few years, “Now for the Painter” 2016, “Under The Boardwalk” 2017, and the “Makeover” 2018 were selected and screened at The Guild Theater. This year I’m excited to announce, I was asked to join […]
I’m delighted to announce “To Sleep among The Cedars” was published in Write City Magazine, Chicago Writer’s Association’s literary publication. Online archive: https://www.chicagowrites.org/write_city_magazine/462 To Sleep Among Tall Cedars By Catherine Forster Door closed, eyes surveying shadow stained walls. Curled in a fetal position, rooted to the bed, trussed to the springs, detached. A muted knock, […]
Art In The Heartland opening at Indianapolis Art Center. ME NOT exhibiting through the summer. Art In The Heartland is a survey of contemporary art in the Midwest.
New work: Garden of the Not So Evil explores nature’s indifference to the folly of our debate or the level of our angst. The paintings are lush and playful, a celebration engendered from ennui, and denote nature’s appreciation of variability and change.
I’m pleased to announce the solo exhibition of “Pink & Blue” at The Center on Halsted, opening Oct 20, 2017, exhibition will run until Nov 28th. The exhibition will include a collection of 30 drawings exploring femininity beyond the biological. The body of work evokes my struggle to understand the essence of womanhood, both as […]
“Under The Boardwalk,” a single channel, 8-minute looped video installation, will screen at Experiments In Cinema 2017 Festival, Albuquerque, NM this coming April. The piece explores our compulsion to eavesdrop. The tension of “not knowing” is seductive. Today we eavesdrop in public and on line, scanning social media images and reading posts, bits of information […]
Chasing Tarzan Chapter 5 ‘Bones’ made the national literary journal Clockhouse’s Top Ten Favorites for Nonfiction. Chapter 22 ‘ Like Lawrence of Arabia’ is a semi-finalist in New Millennium Writings journal. Chasing Tarzan is a story about the long term effects of bullying. The book is a journey over decades, uncovering how childhood informs the […]
My artist book ME NOT, a collection of drawings, can now be viewed at the John M Flazman Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Experiments in Cinema 2016 Albuquerque, NM A live performance of “Now for the Painter,” in collaboration with local musicians, will take place Saturday evening, April 9th, as part of EIC Festival 2016. The digital seascape, “Now for the Painter,” is a tribute to Turner’s last seascapes. The project title is from R.J.W. Turner’s piece Now […]
Solo exhibition “ME NOT” at the Rymer Gallery Nashville, TN has been shifted to November to allow for community outreach programs involving youth and local universities. The move is welcome and an exciting opportunity – a project gallery space will be devoted to outreach programs throughout the month of November.
“Flower Women” exhibition at Central Michigan University Gallery this coming fall – Oct/Nov 2015
I’m excited to announce “ME NOT” plus a selection of drawings from “cactus, flower, f%#k-off, love, roses”, a complimentary project, will exhibit at the San Diego Art Institute’s 53rd International show. The exhibition opens April 18th during the SDAI’s yearly Gala celebration and fund raiser.
I’m thrilled to announce “Flower Girl” will be screened at Experiments in Cinema v10.T36 Festival, Albuquerque, NM. Flower Girl touches on innocence, and the transition from childhood to womanhood. The piece beckons the question: can the young girl in the piece hold on to her identity, cultivate her aspirations, or is she predestined to be […]
I’m thrilled to announce “POND” will be participating in Currents 2015. CURRENTS is an annual event with program in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Warehouse 1-10 in Magdalena. The Festival brings together the work of established and emerging New Media artists, from New Mexico, the US and abroad, for events showcasing interactive and fine art video […]
The Rymer Gallery in Nashville will host a solo exhibition this coming June. The video “ME NOT” and the drawing series from “cactus, flower, f%#k-off, love, rose” will be exhibited. In addition, I am very excited to announce a performance piece involving the community – BYOC (Bring Your Own Cactus), which will take place as […]
The Rymer Gallery celebrates 100 Art Crawls with a group exhibition of Gallery artists. I will exhibiting photographs from “Flower Girl” (ink jet prints mounted on acrylic) and resin sculptures created from film props (hand painted flowers). The exhibition opens Saturday Dec 6th 11:00 – 5:00.
I’m throlled to announce the inclusion of “Temporary” in the exhibition “Home” co-curated and sponsored by the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) and the VAALA Cultural Center in Santa Ana, CA. “Temporary” will exhibit in both venues. “HÔME” resonates on cultural, emotional, intellectual, religious, philosophical, political and spiritual levels—as a place, a space, […]
“Flower Girl” has received an Award of merit from the Indie Festival, an an international film awards competition. Flower Girl probes the perception of innocence, and the transition from childhood to womanhood, during a time of confusing norms and expectations.