Women’s Art: Women’s Vision Celebration
New York, New York
March 28 – 29, 2008
Come Join the NWHP in celebrating National Women’s History Month and in recognizing our 2008 Honorees in special events in New York City on March 28 and 29, 2008.
On Friday, March 28, the 2008 Honorees will be recognized at a High Tea held from 2:00 to 5:00 at the Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street in New York City. Doors open at 1:30.
A Gala exhibition and art sale will be on view from 5PM until 9PM, featuring a special preview from 5PM to 6PM for collectors, curators, critics and the general public.
A.I.R.'s first Gala is the highlight of a series of events celebrating women in the arts during National Women's History Month. The centerpiece of the Gala is a retrospective of artists who have exhibited work at A.I.R. Gallery over the past 36 years. Works by the artists who have not shown at A.I.R. but have actively supported our mission over the years will also be on view.
On Saturday, March 29, 2008, the National Women’s History Project is sponsoring a special Women's Art Brunch and Bus Tour. From noon until 2:30, we will host a brunch at the Pen and Brush Club, 16 E 10th Street , NYC, which was established in 1894 and is the oldest women’s art club in New York City.
The Brunch program will include a presentation by Molly Murphy MacGregor, executive director and co-founder of the National Women’s History Project discussing the founding of National Women’s History Month.
Robert P.J. Cooney, Jr., author of Winning the Vote: The Triumph of the American Suffrage Movement, will give a brief multi-media presentation on Women’s Art and the Woman Suffrage Movement. A booksigning will follow.
At 2:30 a bus will leave from the Pen and Brush Club for the Brooklyn Museum to see The Dinner Party. The bus will return to the Pen and Brush Club at 5:00.