This Friday!! Les Femmes Folles: West Virginia, my first show in my new residence, opens at Monongalia Art Center!&nbsp; Ten women artists (in celebration of Women&amp;#8217;s History Month, of course) from WV and Pittsburgh exhibit work inspired by the female figure (my favorite subject of course!). If you are around the area, its worth a check-out for sure&amp;#8230;.
In celebration of Women&rsquo;s History Month, MAC presents: Les Femmes Folles WV March 7-April 5, Reception Mar. 7&amp;#160;6-8pm Exhibit at Monongalia Art Center 107 High Street, Morgantown, WV 26507 304-292-3325, www.monartscenter.com Featuring art by: Julia Cahill, Betsy Cox, Sally Deskins,Claudia Giannini, Bonnie Gloris (image above by Gloris), Breanne Holden, Charlotte Ka, Jane Ogren, Sharon Lyn Stackpole and Jennifer Yerdon LeJeune.
Also come back for the special event March 25 with poet Laura Madeline Wiseman!! I&amp;#8217;ll bring some more of the original work from Intimates &amp;amp; Fools (which we discussed making recently on Wild Women Rising!).
In conjunction with Les Femmes Folles: WV exhibit at Monongolia Art Center, LFF presents a reading by LFF Books&amp;#8217; INTIMATES AND FOOLS (2014) Nebraska-based author Laura Madeline Wiseman. The book also features art by LFF artist Sally Deskins who will also be present with some of the original book pages.
March 25, 6pm, Monongalia Art Center Other poets reading include: a piece by Kaya Stitzhal read by her grandmother, Judith Gold Stitzel; and area poets Marjorie Fuller, Kayla Sargeson and Bernadette Ulsamer.Intimates and Fools (Les Femmes Folles Books, 2014): Coupling body art and poetry, Intimates and Fools intimates the complicating pairing of the female form and cultural notions of beauty while playfully seeking to bare and bear such burdens of their weight. Poetry by Laura Madeline Wiseman; body art and illustrations by Sally Deskins. Available on amazon.com.