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RISE: Empower, Change, Action!
Gallery
Whitney Modern Gallery, Los Gatos, California,  July 18 – September 9, 2018​


EXHIBITION DETAILS                                                PRINT CATALOG

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
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Chosen by Jessica Porter
Executive Director of NY Artists Equity Association and Owner, Porter Advisory, New York City
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"I Think It's Going to Rain Today is an intense portrait that captures the vulnerability of the subject. The round wooden base for the portrait reflects tondo works from the Renaissance and miniature portraits of the 18th century. The visible wood grains under the perfectly executed painting add another textured layer. The message is unapologetic and clear bringing to the surface the burden of balancing race and identity and gender leaving an immense vulnerability that isn't normally apparent.  Ultimately the piece is raw and direct and hits on a direct issue compelling the viewer to want to understand. "

I Think It's Going To Rain Today
​Anitra Frazier
20 inches diameter, Oil on wood, 2017
This biographical piece is about trying to hide emotional pain. I want to be viewed as strong, but my face betrays me. As a black woman, I am constantly bombarded, through the media, with such cliches as "Black Girl Magic" and "Strong Black Woman", but what's left out of those messages is that fact that I am human too.
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Chosen by David Weinberg
​Executive Director, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago

"Family trees are remarkably apolitical, asexual and lack cultural texture. They are basically an accounting of how relatives are related. I was moved by the thought that at the heart of a family there is a woman who made a tough decision. The tree grows from that decision and balances on the shoulders of a strong woman. Kelsey McDonnell shows her own courage in fearlessly being literal in her depiction. Society tends to honor women who have gained public office, run large corporation or achieved fame in their trade. We don’t give enough credit to women who take on the awesome task of family-making."










No Turning Back​
Kelsey McDonnell
30 x 24 inches
​​Acrylic on canvas
2011
Sometimes you leave your 'roots' and what you do, where you go, who you marry or befriend make it impossible to return.  No turning back is a stepping into one's self.
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​Chosen by Joan McLoughlin
Owner, McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco
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"I appreciated the simplistic beauty and symbolism of the piece.  It is elegant and female yet emits strength and determination.  As a conceptual piece it encourages the viewer to reflect on the contemporary issues of racial and sexual inequality.  Is femininity as we know it changing?  Is our physical dress the primary presentation of femininity?"
 

Witness
Sondra Schwetman
60 x 82 x 3 inches
Silk, pigmented sewing pins, steel
​2018
Witness is from a new series called Bloodless Coup. This piece explores the fabric of society. Compared to the human system, the organs become a metaphor for the stream of society held together by sewing pins. Ready to sew and mend if given the opportunity. The forms chosen are dresses because I feel that women can be the menders of society's ripped fabric. Similar to mending an article of clothing or making a quilt. Small pieces are put together to make a whole.

IN THE GALLERY
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Sepia Dahlia
Roberta Ahrens
40 x 40 x 1.5 inches
Plaster embedded fiber, acrylics, on box frame
2016

Working in a large format, I focus on structure and balance in nature, channeling the spirit and power of the botanical world and of the divine feminine. The flowers burst forth with energy and strength, mirroring the internal strength of women, capturing the full glory to inspire and empower the feminine spirit in the viewer. Seeking universal themes of beauty, nature, and peace, the works, on handmade cracked linen canvases, speak to us to encourage the viewer’s spirit to blossom and the true self to emerge.
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So the Darkness Shall Be The Light And The Stillness The Dancing
Paula Bullwinkel
48 x 36 x 2 inches
Oil on canvas
​2018

The girls are fighting back, floating, strong and beautiful: the power of sisterhood. Threatening little uglies cannot succeed. I will the girls to not only survive, but to complete their journey. The image is about the hardest part of the trip; the intersection between potential and conflict. I have painted women and girls facing conflict elegantly and fiercely for about 13 years.
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Todas Trabajamos, Hasta Las Ninas
Mague Calanche
40 x 48 x 1.5 inches
Acrylic, oil and wax on wood
2018

The plight of survival: undervalued, mothers are never genuinely appreciated while they sacrifice their well-being, needs, and dreams. They deal with much that appears hopeless. With their quiet dignity, optimism, care, strategies, and perseverance, they are strong women who are not victims of their circumstances but instead they are champions of survival doing the very best they can. And for the children that assist in the family survival, they too must make sacrifices, be strong and put aside their want to play.
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Womanhood
Blond Jenny
17 x 11 inches
​C Print
​2018

Our death will be a beautiful sleep. We join a universe or heaven where we can communicate with others in any language without fear or limitations. In Womanhood I express my intimate relationship with flowers and color to embrace this potential. I became a part of nature so I could be free from my physical body and part of Mother Nature.
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In the Pink
Marie Cameron
12 x 12 inches
Oil on cradled panel
2017

Fresh on the heels of the Women's March with my heart full of solidarity and engagement,  I was moved to paint a portrait of the Pussyhat, the spontaneously, ubiquitous uniform of the moment. Who would have guessed that pink knitwear could be the symbol of protest, resistance and empowerment? How perfect though, all those little stitches coming together to create something bigger than themselves, crafted with love, largely by women, for women, speaking volumes about who we are, and how we will be heard.
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Translate
Lindsey Carrell
12  x 12  x 0.75 ibches
Oil and egg tempera on panel
2018

As a young girl my natural curiosity in both arts and sciences was funneled into the most socially acceptable “feminine” channels, and these forms of knowledge were not considered equal or even compatible.  The dry language of science failed to excite my poetic imagination, but the more available world of art was not expected to lead to concrete social change.  I hope for future generations to find the bridge of communication between what is traditionally considered the realm of science--logical, constructive--and what is considered feminine and intuitive.  This “translation” promotes equality, collaboration, and a more complete expression as human beings. 
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(what) do YOU think?
Irene Carvajal
31 x 29 x 22 inches
Wood and steel
2018

Assimilation of information, messaging and learning happen organically in many venues outside of official channels. School desks, bathroom stalls, subway walls become places where important information is shared and debated. Along side the “I love …”, “f*#k you”, etc. exist relevant, thought provoking ideas that need an uncensored, accessible space to be critiqued and explored. In “(what) do YOU think?” I eliminate the text book and the teacher and explore the idea of the value of education outside the mainstream.
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Future Gains: the dollar is rising
Irene Carvajal
36 x 12 x 16 inches
​ Screen print on paper, fan and plexiglass tank
2018

Equality benefits everyone. If value could be blind to race, gender, religion and sexual orientation our whole society would benefit. I created a new dollar bill, one that celebrates the future of our nation. A future in the hands of young people who reject old labels and are full of passion, strength and desire to make this a world where we are all valued equally. The bills are installed inside a plexiglass container with a constant fan. The dollar rises when we all work together, so does the (e)quality of life.
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Equal Means Equal
​Indira Cesarine
16 x 12 x 3 inches
Glass, neon, mounted on clear plexiglass with wall mounts electrical transformer
​2018

Empowering feminist themes are often a point of departure for my multi-sensory series, which challenge the status quo and shed light on oppressive narratives. This is a crucial time in history to stand up against discrimination, sexism and abuse of power. We must fight for our future. My neon light sculpture, “EQUAL MEANS EQUAL”, created in 2018, emphasizes the importance of equal rights for all humans, regardless of gender, which should be guaranteed in our constitution. Enough is enough. It is time for discrimination and the abuse of power to end. I see this work and symbol it displays as a powerful beacon of hope, lighting a path for the future of equality.
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#latina:Reclaimingthelatinatag
Nayda Cuevas
5 x 3 inches each
Oil on panel 
​2016

#Latina:Reclaiming the Latina tag - allows exploration to discuss Western society’s view of the myth of the Latin@ woman and to contemplate on stereotypes. Reclaiming the Latina Tag blog exists on social media Tumblr and the creators encourage Latina woman to join them in taking back (change and take action) the hashtag. In other words, to post selfies of a non-hypersexualized image of what it truly means to be or look like a Latina.
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Makumegawiktoogwaal (Towards The Earth) #1
Carolyn Doucette
117.75 x23 x 1.5 inches
Glass seed beads and thread on landscape photographs, archival inkjet print on cotton rag
2018
"Makumegawiktoogwaal," is Mi'kmaw meaning, "Towards the Earth.”  These works are part of a series exploring issues of history, race and culture. Inspired by traditional Mi'kmaq|Métis quillwork and beadwork designs, I use the process of beading on my landscape photographs as a meditation on the complicated history of colonial settlement in North America and as a connection to my ancestors and the Earth. We have a saying in Mi’kmaw, “Msit No’kmaq,” which means, “All My Relations.” Everything is connected and has a spirit, even the plants, rocks and water; therefore, everything of the Earth is a part of us. In the face of contemporary ecological destruction, I find my traditional teachings empowering and I have created these works as a source of healing for myself, my community and the Earth and as a celebration of indigenous wisdom and heritage.
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Makumegawiktoogwaal (Towards The Earth) #2
Carolyn Doucette
217.75 x 23 x 1.5 inches 
Glass seed beads and thread on landscape photographs, archival inkjet print on cotton rag
2018​
"Makumegawiktoogwaal," is Mi'kmaw meaning, "Towards the Earth.”  These works are part of a series exploring issues of history, race and culture. I was inspired by traditional Mi'kmaq|Métis quillwork and beadwork designs, customarily done by women, which carry encoded sacred knowledge within the patterns and colors in order to pass down cultural beliefs and identity. Native American women have used beadwork as a form of cultural resilience and empowerment, especially during times of pressure to assimilate into Euro-American culture. I use the process of beading on my landscape photographs as a meditation on the complicated history of colonial settlement in North America and as a connection to my ancestors and the Earth. We have a saying in Mi’kmaw, “Msit No’kmaq,” which means, “All My Relations.” Everything is connected and has a spirit, even the plants, rocks and water; therefore, everything of the Earth is a part of us. In the face of contemporary ecological destruction, I find my traditional teachings empowering and I have created these works as a source of healing for myself, my community and the Earth and as a celebration of indigenous women’s wisdom and heritage.
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Women's Lib-A Storms Approaching
Sally Edelstein
24 x 28 inches
Collage of appropriated vintage images
​2010

This collage takes a look at the early 1970s a pivotal time when women became conscious not only of the gender inequality but how our identities had become fragmented by a media dictating ever changing standards.This piece a pastiche of mid century American imagery a time when conflicting and confining images of media stereotypes of women littered the pop culture landscape that was erupting in a women's liberation movement. It is worth remembering the 2nd wave feminists struggle against their own stereotypes.
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#MeToo, Minerva
​Looking

Vanessa Filley
30 x 20 inches
Archival pigment print on cotton rag paper 
​2018

These images are from a twenty image project chronicling the history of women's experience of sexual violence. The collective impact of so many women depicted who have a #MeToo experience is meant to bring awareness to the shameful history of unrepentant perpetration that we should no longer be willing to quietly endure. By portraying women of today in a dress code of the past it is my intention to demonstrate the sense of time that women have been subject to sexual abuse in hopes that we can create a cultural shift so that the experience is not perpetuated in future generations.
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#MeToo, Assata
      Toward

Vanessa Filley
30 x 20 inches
Archival pigment print on cotton rag paper
​2018
 
These images are from a twenty image project chronicling the history of women's experience of sexual violence. The collective impact of so many women depicted who have a #MeToo experience is meant to bring awareness to the shameful history of unrepentant perpetration that we should no longer be willing to quietly endure. By portraying women of today in a dress code of the past it is my intention to demonstrate the sense of time that women have been subject to sexual abuse in hopes that we can create a cultural shift so that the experience is not perpetuated in future generations.
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#MeToo, Gabriela
     The Future

Vanessa Filley
30 x 20 inches
Archival pigment print on cotton rag paper 
​2018

These images are from a twenty image project chronicling the history of women's experience of sexual violence. The collective impact of so many women depicted who have a #MeToo experience is meant to bring awareness to the shameful history of unrepentant perpetration that we should no longer be willing to quietly endure. By portraying women of today in a dress code of the past it is my intention to demonstrate the sense of time that women have been subject to sexual abuse in hopes that we can create a cultural shift so that the experience is not perpetuated in future generations.
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Struggle to Rise
Shelly Floyd
21.s5 x 24.15 inches
Acrylic on paper
2018

The hand in this painting symbolizes the struggles of what women have gone through, are going through and will go through in the future. We reach for the top, then sometimes, we get pulled back down. We keep rising again and again, struggling to stay up, till eventually, we do. We have the power. We have the strength. 
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 Points Of Agreement I
Rinat Goren
36 x 36 inches
Beeswax, pigment and paper on wood panel 
2016

'Finding Points of Agreements' celebrates our ability as humans to think, reason, and make choices. As such- even in the face of a disagreement- we can always find basic points of agreements from where we can then depart in discussion and debate using inquiry and curiosity. This piece is a call for finding those points of agreements and continue the path of discovering each other's point of view with respect and interest.
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Finding Points Of Agreement II
Rinat Goren
36 x 36 inches
Beeswax, pigment and paper on wood panel
2016

'Finding Points of Agreements' celebrates our ability as humans to think, reason, and make choices. As such- even in the face of a disagreement- we can always find basic points of agreements from where we can then depart in discussion and debate using inquiry and curiosity. This piece is a call for finding those points of agreements and continue the path of discovering each other's point of view with respect and interest.
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Ñust'as
Marisa Govin
32 x 26 x 2 inches
Watercolor on Paper 
2018

In the Andean spiritual tradition, the Ñust'as are the earhkeepers and archetypal energies of nature that connect us to the sacred feminine, universally carrying energies of awakening and empowerment. Deepening this feminine connection strengthens our relations with ourselves, with Pachamama or Mother Earth, living energy, and indeed to all of creation. These Karpay or rites call us to receive, to empower ourselves, and radiate the balance and light of creation into the world.
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Noise & Space Game
Maeve Grogan
24 x 24 x 1.75 inches
Mixed Media, Flashe Acrylic on Birch Panel
​2017

Try moving your eyes around the images in the circle, listen to the stories that arise with the images... then move your eyes to the center and pause, listening to yourself.  Try it a few times.  This artwork~game is an exploration of how we can consciously play with moving our awareness.  For the “Noise”, I sourced socially charged images from the internet, history, and children's coloring book fragments so the image field has past, present and future stories all overlapping and rubbing edges.  I use a deep, matte black paint that absorbs rather than reflects light, to minimize distraction in the “Space” field.  Consciously going between the fields offers a way to play with shifting our awareness by choice, not just letting it be carried along in a sea of noise.
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Ambient Thoughts
Karuna Gutowski
24 x 24 x 1.5 inches
Acrylic, mixed media, image transfer on wood panel with cold wax finish
​2017

Our thoughts create an environment from which we then act in the world. Is it possible to live in the world as an awakened being, inspiring healing and harmony, universal compassion and love?
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In a Constant State of Rising and Falling
​Rozanne Hermelyn Di Silvestro
Variable
Mixed Media
​2018
The term “glass ceiling” describes the invisible barrier to advancement imposed upon women and minorities. My installation is a tribute to the many smart and hard-working women who aspire to be more, to break free, and to ascend into positions of greater influence.
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Bound
​Rozanne Hermelyn Di Silvestro
4 x 4 feet
Monotype, Screenprint, Mixed Media, Oil
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2018
Today, women continue to be bound by gender, caste, creed, and nation. Despite this, many have broken through barriers to obtain leadership positions in industry, academe, and government. The Forbes’ list 100 Most Powerful Women underscores this advancement.
Although women have proven their value in the workplace and made a positive impact on their personal financial success and that of the economy over all, there is an internal barrier holding women back. Bonds of doubt, of their own making, prevent many women from advancing. It takes continual courage for women to face and lead themselves toward what is fully possible.

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Jaunting for Restitution
Gina Herrera
74 x 47 x 18 inches
Assorted Found Materials
2017

Drawing from my Tesuque Pueblo and Costa Rican heritage, as well as my life-long rapport with nature, my intuitive sculptural process is an aesthetic and spiritual ritual to channel and honor Mother Earth.  Natural and man-made objects scavenged from the landscape are re-configured into lithe, energetic, being-like assemblages.   Precariously posed on the brink of movement, their haunting spiritual presence reminds us of their unfinished, continued existence, nudging us to question our culture of consumption and repair our relationship to the earth.
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Rise Up
Michael Holt
11 x 8.25 x .25 inches
Cut Conde Nast Magazine
2017

I made the work “Rise Up” from a special edition magazine that covered the Women’s March in DC and around the world. Being someone who was at the DC march, the energy of the publication should have been directed solely towards the people who were there and the defiance it represented, I felt. The publication’s primary focus seemed more about the celebrities who attended as some sort of plastic validation and the object itself acted as a keepsake pushing the movement to history instead of moving it forward. I returned the energy back to the participants and the message by taking it back from a cheap capitalist cash grab and transforming it into protest art.
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she told them so
Beth Lakamp
16 x 20 inches
Watercolor on clayboard panel
2018
The women in my paintings have something to say and the timing is just right. There is a rare incredible confluence of audience and spirit.  Egos fall silent as spirits rise in unanimity. She leads in this moment, fittingly. Progress unfolds as great ideas are given life. Listen or else.
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that's the idea
Beth Lakamp
16 x 12 inches
Watercolor ink pastel on clay board panel
2018
The women in my paintings have something to say and the timing is just right. There is a rare incredible confluence of audience and spirit.  Egos fall silent as spirits rise in unanimity. She leads in this moment, fittingly. Progress unfolds as great ideas are given life. Listen or else.
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Altered Book, Gray's Anatomy
Gloria Matuszewski
10 x 7 x 3 inches
Mixed media
​2014-2018
Inspired by my Mother’s prayer books I inherited, my altered book has become my “prayer book”. The “holy cards” are loose and spilling over. It’s become a journal for me, a method of coping, developed largely while sitting in hospital waiting rooms, sitting, waiting and lamenting on loved ones. The words Resist, #MeToo, Never Again, are written out.  I tore out pages so I could carry them with me wherever I found myself. This book became a method of coping with my fears and anxieties while giving voice to the need to,“rise, empower and change”, and to pray.
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For Our Lives
Chandrika Marla
40 x 40 inches
Acrylic on canvas
2018

Recent events have colored my paintings with thoughts of empowerment, marches, support and renewal. The urgency to take action hit home when my twelve year old chose to be a part of the National School Walkout earlier this year. Our neighbors and friends were so proud to see these young children be the harbingers of change, and it was inspiring to watch them fight for revolutionary but sensible gun laws. The two shoulders in this painting portray our children, their determination, and their bold plans. This exemplifies empower, change and action!
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Learning to be a Phenomenal Woman, #6 Balancing Time and Energy
Kelsey McDonnell
30 x 24 inches
Acrylic on canvas
​2011
After reading Maya Angelou's poem 'Phenomenal Woman' I realized I didn't feel that way about myself.  This series was an exploration of that, specifically #6 address was my reflection on women balancing energy and time.
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Four Years of Flowers #102​
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Kelsey McDonnell
30 x 40 inches
Acrylic, ink wood
2017
This painting is my reaction to the black women in Alabama flipping the narrative and keeping Roy Moore out of office. I felt hope again.
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sweet fragrant spring
Penny McElroy
18 x 14 x 2 inches
Graphite, colored pencil, digital composite on rice papers, encaustic, metallic thread with LED 
2017
In the winter sentient beings experience a period of somnolence. Cold weather and low light communicate the need for rest and regeneration - plants go dormant, animals hibernate or migrate, humans make lots of popcorn and binge watch This is Us. As the earth turns towards spring, everyone wakes up – sap flows, trees leaf out and flowers bloom Sweet fragrant spring is an rumination on the moment the world rises from winter to spring -  life force wells up, kinks loosen, the threshold of beauty is open once again and the power of the feminine is revealed through rebirth and renewal.
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Emma Sulkowicz #3
Rosemary Meza-DesPlas
14 x 11 inches
Hand-sewn Human Hair with thread &  watercolor accent
2017
This artwork is part of a series focusing on gender-based violence. It specifically references Emma Sulkowicz and her artwork Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight). Sulkowicz's durational performance, carrying a mattress on campus, was a direct response to her rape. This act of resistance underscored survival and endurance. Sulkowicz's story and image became a visually striking daily reminder of gender-based violence on college campuses.
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Political Action Group
Priscilla Otani
10 x 10 inches
Artist's book, 20 pages pamphlet stitched, paint & ink on braille
2018
What women are the power brokers in Congress today? Who are the up and comers in politics? The braille book format punctuates the danger of turning a blind eye to politics and allowing extremists to move our nation in the wrong direction. The women painted on these pages are current and future politicians. Through them I hope we will reverse the current trend and expand environmental protection, immigration rights and access to healthcare; solidify LGBT rights; protect reproductive rights; and implement gun control.
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On Her Shoulders
Amy Pleasant
36 x 24 inches
Acrylic on canvas
​2017
Living in a man’s world, # Did the best she could, # a dollar for a day, # a broken heart, # a dream deferred But, # she did, # so that I didn’t have to, # She didn’t, so that I could. ## Change comes slowly, # Not in her lifetime, # but perhaps in mine. ## The artist at age 13 with her grandmother.
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Something Worth Waiting For
Amy Pleasant
30 x 24 inches
​Acrylic on canvas
A reflection: #younger self, hopeful self, #to older self, wiser self, #Having no idea, #what a wonder she would become.
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In Her Mother's Shadow
Amy Pleasant
30 x 24 inches
​Acrylic on canvas

Mothers and their mothers; sentinals of unconditional love, #on the ready, #showing the way of a woman in this world; #To have courage, #to stand, #to love.
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Split the Sack 
Jenny Reinhardt
82 x 90 inches
Mixed media on primed linen
2018

'Split the Sack' is a poem by Rumi, where he beckons humanity to answer their call to be creative and I employ my interpretation of street art and combine contemporary materials with poetry.  Prominently displayed in this work is Jade Hameister, who in her mid-teens, and a major feat of bravery, conquered the 'Polar Hat Trick', skiing to both the North and South Poles and across Greenland. Nonetheless, she was trolled on the internet by men who admonished her that she should remain in the kitchen to make a sandwich. She said she would make their sandwich, with one caveat -- they had to ski to the South Pole to get it! Venus of Willendorf, Marilyn Monroe and my friend, Michelle Trotter, an African-American-Polynesian model, also make appearances in the works – all testaments to the divine female in many roles, both celebrated and scorned, but in the end are testaments to positivity.
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Burning Woman
Dana Richardson
40 x 30 x 1.75 inches
Oil on canvas
2018
Burning Woman was inspired by my personal pursuit of social and economic equality in the contemporary business world. As a full time artist and female business owner, this art piece expresses a personal and collective story of the modern woman. She faces exhaustion, manipulation and ultimately perseverance in statistically male dominated careers. The women are connected in a confiding gesture. This painting is an oath to persevere in pursuit of positive social changes and female empowerment no matter what obstacles women may face.
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Be Gentle 1
Brian Rothstein
45 x 33 inches
Oil on canvas
​2017
“Be Gentle 1”, focuses on a young boy holding a baby in a natural setting as a way to express a sense of vulnerability critical to personal and societal change. Individuals must be willing to enter that delicate openness of heart in the present moment in order to trust one’s feelings and to ultimately feel and express love. This is key to becoming a whole and empowered person who can relate honestly and intimately with others. It is a value we must promote as a society, especially among boys and men, if we want to create compassion, peace, justice, and equality.
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Shh
Sarupa Sidaarth
24 x 24 x 1.5 inches
Acrylic, googly eyes, eyelets on canvas 
​2014
Shh depicts freedom of expression inspired by but not necessarily about the Pussy Riot story, a Russian punk rock group that staged provocative guerilla performances on the themes of feminism, LGBT rights and politics. Their unauthorized protests were filmed in public places and posted on the Internet. They staged a protest performance in a cathedral that went viral and their subsequent arrests received global attention. Shh implies that free speech is a precursor to change.
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I, Me, Myself, You 
Sarupa Sidaarth
20 x 20 x 1.5 inches each
40 x 40 x 1.5 inches as Quadriptych
Acrylic on canvas
2015
Perception of color begins with RGB sensitivity in the retina of the human eye. In the Trichromatic color vision theory, eye color receptor cells have maximum sensitivities in the red, green and blue regions of the spectrum. Portraits of a friend titled I, me, myself, and you employ the spiritual idea of the One to evoke solidarity and empowerment. It explores the idea of viewing the other as oneself and vice versa to encourage women to support each other and​ ​​​​to empower themselves.​​​
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One Size Fits All
Winnie van der Rijn
6 x 6 inches each
27 x 27 inches as set
Photographic digital image transfer and embroidery on muslin
2017
Women have been pressured by media and popular thought to conform to societal standards throughout history. Concerned with unrealistic beauty standards and conventional definitions of femininity and sexuality, I push these ideas into the grotesque by applying current ideals to vintage images exposing the absurdity of one size fits all beauty paradigm.
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Daydream
Kim Wilson
12 x 18 inches
Acrylic on paper
​2017
The pieces that I have submitted for this art call speak to my personal experience on many levels including how I identify and imagine myself as a Woman of Color, as a feminist, as an artist, as a mother, as a sexual being, as a teacher, as a daughter, as part of a community, and as a human being in this society. In addition, these pieces speak to the themes of the show directly including, how we can imagine creating a positive change through art.​
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wanting more
Kim Wilson
12 x 18 inches
Acrylic, pencil, and paper
​2017
The pieces that I have submitted for this art call speak to my personal experience on many levels including how I identify and imagine myself as a Woman of Color, as a feminist, as an artist, as a mother, as a sexual being, as a teacher, as a daughter, as part of a community, and as a human being in this society. In addition, these pieces speak to the themes of the show directly including, how we can imagine creating a positive change through art.

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big chop
Kim Wilson
12 x 18 inches
Acrylic, pencil, and paper
2017
The pieces that I have submitted for this art call speak to my personal experience on many levels including how I identify and imagine myself as a Woman of Color, as a feminist, as an artist, as a mother, as a sexual being, as a teacher, as a daughter, as part of a community, and as a human being in this society. In addition, these pieces speak to the themes of the show directly including, how we can imagine creating a positive change through art.

DISPLAYED ON A MONITOR IN THE GALLERY
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In order to accommodate as many viewpoints as possible and expand the conversation beyond the physical limitations of the gallery, additional works were selected to be shown in a looped slideshow by these artists:
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Roberta Ahrens, Florence Alfano McEwin, Chloe Allred, Jenny E. Balisle, Michele Benzamin-Miki, Marie Bergstedt, Ceciley Blanchard, Marie Cameron, Eleanor Epstein, Leslie Getz, Christine Giancola, Gina Herrera, Janet Hiller, Tara Malone, Julie Meridian, Karis Painter, Cherie Redlinger, Jenny Reinhardt, Dana Richardson, Edward L. Rubin, Hilary Saner, Kathy Taylor, Lauren Thomas, Kathy Weaver