Events at the museum will include performance art, special art exhibitions, films, panel discussions on current issues, late-night educator-led tours that explore some of the exhibitions in depth, private group programs, space rentals and cultural events that offer education, perspective and insight on the history of women.

The museum will have a large entertainment center with a stage, movie screen, a lounge like atmosphere on the main floor for more intimate gatherings and an additional balcony with seats to accommodate a larger audience.

 

Some of examples of possible events:

THE PRICE OF SEX
A feature-length documentary about young Eastern European women who’ve been drawn into a netherworld of sex trafficking and abuse. Intimate, harrowing and revealing, it is a story told by the young women who were supposed to be silenced by shame, fear and violence. Photojournalist Mimi Chakarova, who grew up in Bulgaria, takes us on a personal investigative journey, exposing the shadowy world of sex trafficking from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Western Europe. Filming undercover and gaining extraordinary access, Chakarova illuminates how even though some women escape to tell their stories, sex trafficking thrives.

MISS REPRESENTATION
A documentary that focuses on how the mainstream American media objectifies women by focusing on youth and beauty. A special evening could include a panel discussion like the one at the Sundance Film Festival premier with filmmaker Jennifer Newsom, activist Gloria Steinem and actress Geena Davis.

GUERRILA GIRLS
Live performances that take a hilarious look at the current state of women in the arts and beyond.

ONE BILLION RISING
A Vday documentary that covered the one day event that mobilized over a billion people worldwide, inspiring women and men in 207 countries to come together to express their outrage and to strike, dance and RISE against violence.

THE GLASS CEILING
A gallery of Jill Greenberg’s images of female synchronized swimmers and athletes underwater wearing colorful bathing suits and high heels, with the athletes’ heads cut off by the surface tension. This is both absurd and yet suggestive of the control that is exerted over femininity in modern culture.

KILLING US SOFTLY
With wit and warmth, Jean Kilbourne uses over 160 ads and commercials to critique advertising’s image of women. By fostering creative and productive dialogue, she invites viewers to look at familiar images in a new way that moves and empowers them to take action.