Women’s Hearth Women Share Their Views

Two brilliantly-colored red and orange leaves rest in a swirl of bare branches. This is March and all the other leaves fell long ago. You might think, "Those are the most resilient leaves I’ve ever encountered!" But you’d be wrong. The leaves are actually fake, blown into the bush by some long-forgotten wind. It is precisely that juxtaposition of the real and the non-real that the photographer intended to capture as an answer to the week’s homework assignment: "What would your magic suitcase hold?"

In early February, Women’s Hearth began a 10-week series of classes on basic photography. Each participant was assigned a film camera, all of which had been donated, and supplied with film. Each class has included lessons in technical skills, significant discussion of the women’s photographs, and an intentionally vague and thought-provoking homework assignment with subjects like the wind and infinity. The photography workshop is organized by Stephanie Burgess and Megan Mulcaire-Jones, AmeriCorps volunteers, and is taught by Dorothy Detlor, Kat Brauer, and Adam Membry.

The twelve dedicated participants in the photography workshop had the opportunity to share their work. During the First Friday Art Walk in May the Women’s Hearth presented "Eye C: Perspectives." and it was well received. The women were proud to share their work, their perspective.