'Women In The Heights' Exhibit Kicks Off Its 10th Year

UPTOWN, MANHATTAN — An annual exhibit that celebrates women making art in Northern Manhattan will kick off for the 10th year in a row with an opening reception on Thursday.

The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance's "Women in the Heights: Creating for the Future" will officially open at the Rio II Gallery on Riverside Drive, where it will stay until the end of the month.

The exhibit, in partnership with Broadway Housing Communities and The Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling, celebrates women from Manhattan's northern neighborhoods, including Washington Heights, Inwood and Harlem.

This year, organizers said the exhibit is particularly significant given the 100-year anniversary of women's suffrage and a "very important presidential election that will greatly impact the future for women."

The exhibition features works in painting, drawing, printmaking, photography and mixed media, created by 33 artists who address the idea of "Creating for the Future" in ways that range from literal, to abstract, to poetic, organizer said.

The exhibit will be punctuated by an opening reception at the gallery on Thursday evening and a "Artist Talk and Closing Reception" on March 31.

Here are the details:

"Women in the Heights - Creating for the Future"

Where: Rio II Gallery, 583 Riverside Dr. (at 135th St,) 7th Floor, New York, NY 10031.

When:

• Opening reception, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 5
• Exhibit runs March 5 to March 31
• Artist Talk and Closing Reception 6:30 to 8 p.m. March 31
  • This sessionis open to emerging and mid-career artists of all disciplines. Free and open to the public, RSVP for workshop: eventbrite.nomaanycMore info: www.nomaanyc.org 212 567 4394 email: info@nomaanyc.org

What:

• Curated by Andrea Arroyo.
• Participating Artists: Adalky Franchesca Capellán, Nadema Agard, Yael Ben-Zion, Leenda Bonilla, Susan N. Bresler, Lyndell Brookhouse-Gil, Lisbeth Checo, Gal Cohen, Destiny Corporan, Rose Deler, Maria Fernandez, Sally Fisher, Julann Gebbie, Lauren Gohara, Kat Gooch-Breault, Wilhelmina Grant, Josefina Hernandez, Maggie Hernandez, Selina Hernandez, Lilia Levin, Alison Loeb, Marne Lucas, Michele Michel, Patricia Miranda, Taeesha Muhammad, Eva Nikolova, Bonnie Phillips, Diana Schmertz, Elizabeth Starcevic, Yasuyo Tanaka, Joana Toro, Tamara Wasserman and Betty Capellan (*Deceased.)
• Free and open to the public