RISE: Empower, Change, Action!
July 18 - September 9, 2018
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 21, 2018 12:30-2:30pm
Artists' Talk 2:30-3:30pm
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RISE: Empower, Change and Action! brings artists into dialogue and brings forth what is important to self, community, our nation and the world at large through art that reflects on, addresses and seeks solutions for a more positive, empowering future, particularly for self-identified women and girls as well as their families. It is underpinned by the feminist principle that believes in political, economic and social equality for all. RISE emphasizes the commonalities of our human experience.
 
Exhibit Curators
Suzanne Whitney-Smedt
Owner and Director of Whitney Modern Contemporary Fine Art Gallery (see Venue information). She is past  Vice President of the Whitney Foundation, which helps fund and supplement those educational, health and housing projects that bring about positive changes in peoples’ lives.

Marianne McGrath
Curator of Art at New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU). Her passion for art and art education motivates her work as a curator, consultant and art advisor. Prior to her position at NUMU, she served as Education Curator and Associate Art Curator at The Museums of Los Gatos. Her professional experience includes work as an independent curator, art historian, teacher and designer.  Ms. McGrath has a Bachelor’s Degree in Art and holds a Master of Arts in Art History. 

Karen Gutfreund and Sherri Cornett (Gutfreund Cornett Art)
Gutfreund Cornett Art is an independent curatorial partnership between Karen Gutfreund and Sherri Cornett which specializes in creating exhibitions on themes of “art as activism” to stimulate dialog, raise consciousness, encourage social change. Past exhibitions have focused on democracy, social justice, feminism and immigration issues. 
 

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