Empowering Women:
Artisan Cooperatives that Transform Communities
Gallery of Conscience July 4, 2010- May 8, 2011

Acknowledgments

Empowering Women:
Artisan Cooperatives That Transform Communities
Organized by the Museum of International Folk Art
with guest curator, Suzanne Seriff, Ph. D.

This exhibition inaugurates the museum’s “Gallery of Conscience,” a new space dedicated to exploring contemporary issues dealing with folk art production and consumption in the twenty-first century. We are deeply grateful to the cooperatives’ artists and leaders who shared their stories, artworks and photographs. Empowering Women is made possible through the generous support and collaboration of the International Folk Art Market: Santa Fe», the Ernestine O’Connell Annuity, the International Folk Art Foundation, and the Museum of New Mexico Foundation»

Empowering Women is a traveling exhibition, Venues include:


June 12, 2013 – October 27, 2013
Burke Museum», University of Washington, Seattle, WA

January 24, 2014 – August 18, 2014
San Diego Museum of Man», San Diego, CA


For more travel details please visit Guest Curator »


Supporting Sustainability in Kenya»


Women's Cooperatives Changing Lives»

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