PANEL OF RENOWNED WOMEN TO DISCUSS WOMEN PUSHING BOUNDRIES
Oct. 16 at HCC
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT ROBBIN ZELLA AT 203-332-5052
BRIDGEPORT – Women reinventing themselves will be the subject of a panel discussion entitled Re-invent: WHY NOT?! to be held Thursday, Oct. 16 at the Housatonic Museum of Art. The panel discussion is being held in conjunction with the Connecticut Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art exhibit Why Not? which will be on display at the museum from Sept 4 – Oct. 24. Panelists include Helen Klisser During, exhibit juror, former curator of the Silvermine Gallery and consultant; Suzanne Sheridan, singer, photographer, and author of 90 Pound Suburban Housewife; Prill Boyle, best-selling author of Defying Gravity, a book about late-blooming women; and former art journalist Lisa Paul Streitfeld, now a full-time writer & multi-media artist, including performance art and new media in NYC. The panel will discuss how women re-invent themselves, their careers, their ways of working and problem-solving, and how they break boundaries and re-energize. A reception, open to the public at no charge, will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Burt Chernow Galleries, followed by the panel discussion from 6:45 to 8:00 p.m. The museum is located in Lafayette Hall on the campus of Housatonic Community College at 900 Lafayette Blvd. in downtown Bridgeport. The college is located 150 yards off I-95 (Exit 27) and Rte. 8 (Exit 1), a block from the Arena at Harbor Yard. For more information, contact museum director Robbin Zella at 203-332-5052