“Audacity: The March to Women's Rights” is a show of art and poetry inspired by the work of local Kansas City artist, Gloria Heifner. Gloria shares portraits and stories of ten American women, from Sojourner Truth to Gloria Steinem and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had the audacity to stand up for women’s rights. These women changed history because of their willingness to stand up and make a difference through incredibly difficult odds on such issues as slavery, Equal Rights Amendment, and the 19th amendment to the US Constitution, which brought about the right for women to vote.

Curated by Polly Alice McCann, the show is hosted by the gallery at Kansas City Kansas Community College under the directorship of Shai Perry. The show also includes work by Kansas Author and Photographer, Sharon Rodriguez, and four national poets who joined these three women in sharing writing about the march for women’s rights: Joan Gerstein, Candice Kelsey, Catharine Phillips, and Linda Reising.

The art in the show explores not only portraits, but expressive media in both painting and sculpture about the attitude of a march, both the emotional awareness of protest and the joy in unity and togetherness through banners, flags, and the way in which a march involves the visual wearing of words and symbols of protest.

 FB Event had live readings with guest poets, artists, and Sharon our author/ photographer, we are so proud to have you in this show. We had our call for submissions out for over a year but your work was the best and on target for sharing the history and present attitude of people advocating for women's rights through the idea of marching and peaceful protest. We don't have enough for a publication at this point, but we want to do this show and poetry reading to celebrate this work. Check out the article in Studio KC Magazine about the show! 

Here is the video with a few words by the lead artist, Gloria Heifner.  And here is the shorter director's cut video with words from me.