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ANNOUNCEMENT CARD 
PRESS RELEASE
March
8 celebration in the gallery
from 5 to 8 pm -
step by for some chocolate etc.
traditional for the occasion
CONTEXT
International
Women's Day (IWD)
is marked on March 8 every year
Inspired
in part by the American socialists, German Socialist Luise Zietz proposed
the establishment of an annual “International Woman's Day”
and was seconded by Clara Zetkin. Delegates (100 women from 17 countries)
agreed with the idea as a strategy to promote equal rights, including
suffrage, for women. In 1911, IWD was marked for the first time, by
over a million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.
In the Austro-Hungarian Empire alone, there were 300 demonstrations.
In Vienna, women paraded on the Ringstrasse and carried banners honouring
the martyrs of the Paris Commune. Women demanded that women be given
the right to vote and to hold public office. They also protested against
employment sex discrimination.
In
1913 Russian women observed their first International Women's Day.
Following the 1917 October Revolution, the Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai
persuaded Lenin to make it an official holiday in the Soviet Union.
March 8 is now an official holiday in about 30 contries arround the
world.
The
2005 conference of the British Trades Union Congress overwhelmingly
approved a resolution calling for IWD to be designated a public holiday
in the United Kingdom.
In
1977 the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to
proclaim March 8 as the UN Day for Women's Rights and International
Peace.
In
different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general
celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration
for women's economic, political and social achievements. Started as
a Socialist political event, in many regions, the day lost its political
flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love
for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day
and St Valentine's Day. Flowers and chocolate are of
the most common March 8 presents in many countries.
(Above - selected quotes from the WikipediA)
March 8 IWD celebration
Chancery Art Ggallery
Chancery Lane
downtown Bracebridge
Muskoka, CANADA
Kathy Ashby
(left) presents her recent book
related to the occasion:
Lena (director of Chancery
Art Gallery) shares her memories of traditional March 8 celebrations
in Europe, and reports on recent developments of this movement
in Canada |
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Short
films shown during the March 8 gathering
(see more now in the gallery):
Happy
International Women's Day !
Get
together for International Women's Day
Tribute
to the women
What
do women want?
(Freudian talk by Michael Parenti on
feminism)
Feminism
Explained
Introduction
to Feminism
"The
Daily Nude"
by Yevgenia NAYBERG (US)
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Some
of the paintings (below) are exhibited now in the gallery; Some are
presented in a slide show (5O+), but still may be availabe for sale
– inquire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michel BEAUDOIN
Sérénité
acrylic on canvas
48"x 30"
$ 2350 |
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Pat
FAIRHEAD
Charleston Farmhouse:
Vanessa & Duncan
watercolour on paper
50" x 45"
$ 4200 |
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Pat
FAIRHEAD
Vanessa Bell Garden
in the Rain
watercolour on paper
22" x 30"
framed
$ 2400 |
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Pat
FAIRHEAD
Virginia Woolf Garden
# 3
watercolour on paper
11" x 13"
framed
$ 1150 |
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Mikhail
GUBIN
Flowers. Narcissus
mixed media on canvas
21'' x 15''
US $ 1000
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Mikhail
GUBIN
Horror-stricken
collagel on paper
6,5'' x 10''
framed 13"x17"
US $600
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Hawa
KABA
Mother and Child
mixed media
30" x 24"
$ 950 |
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John
KOKKINOS
Indirected Tension
oil on board
47" x 31"
$ 3000 |
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John
KOKKINOS
Stairway
acrylic on canvas, 72" x 54"
$ 6000
John
KOKKINOS
Vibrant Ascenr
acrylic on canvas, 65" x 53"
$ 5000
John
KOKKINOS
Patterns of Paradise
acrylic on canvas, 58" x 120"
$
10 000
John
KOKKINOS
Vigny's Stello
acrylic on canvas, 66" x 30"
$
4000
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Valeria MRAVYAN
Blooming Flowers
Oil on canvas
30” x 40”
$ 3700
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Valeria MRAVYAN
Summer Meadow
Acrylic on canvas
8” x 8”
$ 180
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Soso
NADIRADZE
Nude. July
oil on canvas
36" x 40"
$3000
US
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Soso
NADIRADZE
Nude. August
oil on canvas
40" x 36"
$3000
US |
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Soso
NADIRADZE
Generation
oil on canvas
24" x 47"
€
2100 |
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Soso
NADIRADZE
She is Mine
oil on canvas
43" x 36"
€
2200
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Soso
NADIRADZE
Hope
oil on canvas, 40" x 36"
$3000 US
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Yevgenia
NAYBERG
White Room
oil on canvas
36" x 36"
US $ 6000
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Yevgenia NAYBERG
Still-life with Evolution
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
US $ 5200
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Yevgenia NAYBERG
December
oil on canvas
30" x 24"
US $ 4000
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Yevgenia NAYBERG
Fisherwoman
oil on canvas
20"x16"
US $ 3000
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Yevgenia NAYBERG
Rain
oil on canvas
18"x24"
US $ 3500
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Yevgenia NAYBERG
Woman with a Pipe
mixed media on paper
17"x14"
US $ 1400
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Yevgenia NAYBERG
Aerowoman 3
mixed media on paper
17"x14"
US $ 1400
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Dragan
SEKARIC SHEX
I Saw You Then
oil on canvas
30" x 24"
$1800
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Dragan
SEKARIC SHEX
Pari Passu
oil on canvas
30"
x 24"
$1800
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Dragan
SEKARIC SHEX
Prairie Station
oil on canvas
44" x 60"
$ 3400
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Dragan
SEKARIC SHEX
Peace
oil on canvas
36" x 48"
$ 2800
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Dragan
SEKARIC SHEX
Sleeping Girl
oil on canvas
72" x 30"
$ 3200
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Dragan
SEKARIC SHEX
Just a Flower
oil on canvas
30" x 10"
$ 450
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Dragan
SEKARIC SHEX
Flowers and the Moon
oil on canvas
40" x 60"
$3200
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Dragan
SEKARIC SHEX
White Flower
oil on canvas
36" x 48"
$2600
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Dragan
SEKARIC SHEX
Lady
oil on canvas
30"x 36"
$3200
Printed
on bottle
labels
of Hillebrand wine
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Leon
SORIANO
Earth Mother
mixed media
9,5" x 7,5"
$ 420 (framed)
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Leon
SORIANO
Spring
mixed media
9,5" x 8"
$ 450 (framed)
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Shannon
WILLMOTT
The Life Boat
acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16"
$200
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* * *
Some
of the above paintings are exhibited in the gallery; some are presented
in a slide show (50+ artworks), but still may be availabe for sale
– inquire
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