celebrate women's day

The 8th of March International Women's Day Art Show

Contact: Boryana Rossa bori999@yahoo.com

Opening Party: Thursday, March 8th, 6-10 pm
Live Performances by C. Ryder Cooley, Sarah Paul &
Chris Skinner, and Evolution Revolution!
At 51 3rd Street, Troy, NY

Wednesday March 14th 2007
6-8 pm with an artist talk by Dara Greenwald

Friday March 16th 2007
7pm Screening and The Hole Body Performance by Boryana
Rossa

The 8th of March marks the international day of
celebration for women's rights. International
Women's Day has been celebrated on this date since
1917. This show highlights the work of over 20 local
women artists and their collaborators. This happening/
celebration/ party/ show includes drawing, video,
animation, performance, sculpture, bio-art,
photography, installations, music, and more. Artists
in the show include: Barbara Groves , Bettina
Escauriza, Boryana Rossa, Branda Miller, Cat Mazza, C.
Ryder Cooley, Caz McIntee, Daniela Kostova, Dara
Greenwald, Evolution Revolution, Julia Christensen,
Julia Reodica, Jung Yoon, Kathy High, Kyra Garrigue,
Lin Bell, Liz Blum, Nao Bustamante, Nina Baldwin,
Olivia Robinson, Seana Biondolillo, Sarah Paul & Chris
Skinner, and Zulma Aguiar.

More Info on International Women's Day
In 1911, as a result of the decision taken at
Copenhagen the previous year, International Women's
Day was marked for the first time (19 March) in
Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, where more
than one million women and men attended rallies. In
addition to the right to vote and to hold public
office, they demanded the right to work, to vocational
training and to an end to discrimination on the job.
Less than a week later, on 25 March, the tragic
Triangle Fire in New York City took the lives of more
than 140 working girls, most of them Italian and
Jewish immigrants. This event had a significant impact
on labour legislation in the United States, and the
working conditions leading up to the disaster were
invoked during subsequent observances of International
Women's Day.

In 1917, on the last Sunday of February, Russian women
began a strike for "bread and peace" in response to
the death over 2 million Russian soldiers in war.
Opposed by political leaders the women continued to
strike until four days later the Czar was forced to
abdicate and the provisional Government granted women
the right to vote. The date the women's strike
commenced was Sunday 23 February on the Julian
calendar then in use in Russia. This day on the
Gregorian calendar in use elsewhere was 8 March.