Celebrating Women Photographers

Photography exhibition, online gallery, and preview party at McGuffey Art Center

Piedmont Council of the Arts (PCA) will participate in statewide initiative MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts, with a June photography exhibit. The statewide event was organized by Virginians for the Arts to honor contributions by women to arts and culture.
This first-ever statewide initiative will raise public visibility of the size and scope of the arts and cultural industry in Virginia, while building collaborations and partnerships among the arts and cultural organizations across the commonwealth.
To celebrate this important program, PCA will mount “PCA Presents: Women in the Arts,“ an exhibition featuring photographs of local women in the arts taken by women photographers. The exhibition will be on view in the Upstairs Hall gallery of McGuffey Art Center during the month of June.
PCA, whose offices are located in Studio 22 of the art center, will hold a special preview party for the exhibition on June 3 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at McGuffey for the artists and subjects, and all members of the community. Tickets will be available for purchase beginning in April.
“PCA Presents: Women in the Arts” will feature the work of local photographers including Lynn Brubaker, Jen Fariello, Mary Kalergis and others. Curated by PCA Board Member and photographer Tom Cogill, the exhibition will showcase portraits of more than 30 women in the arts in the Charlottesville-area community, as seen through the eyes of the exhibiting artists. 
In tandem with the exhibition, PCA will launch an online photo gallery to celebrate the many other women in our community who inspire and lead us through the creative and cultural sectors. The online exhibition will be hosted on http://www.charlottesvillearts.org, Piedmont Council of the Arts’ Web site. All community members and friends of the area will be invited to submit images for the online gallery, which is set to launch in March 2010.
For more information about “PCA Presents: Women in the Arts,“ contact Nikki Melton at .
More information on Minds Wide Open: http://vamindswideopen.org/