BWA: August Newsletter

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August 2020 Vol 4 Issue 11

President's Message

What an exciting month it’s been!

On August 3, we hosted a Judicial Forum organized by one of BWA’s past presidents, Catalina Avalos. We heard from the judicial candidates for circuit and county court, who each told us a bit about their background and experience and why we should vote for them. One of the biggest takeaways: technical issues will always arise, but how we handle them speaks volumes. A heartfelt thank you to Catalina for putting this forum together and moderating it so expertly.

It’s now up to us to do our part and vote!

This month we celebrate 100 years of women gaining the right to vote. On August 26, which is Women’s Equality Day, we are holding a virtual happy hour event to celebrate the passage of the 19^th Amendment, which provides equal rights to women, including the right to vote. In addition to networking, we are fortunate to be receiving a curated virtual tour of “Rightfully Hers,” a traveling exhibit organized by the National Archives and Records Administration in celebration of the 100^th anniversary of the 19^th Amendment. The exhibit, which was previously at the National Archives Museum in Washington, D.C., examines the history of suffrage. Grab your favorite beverage and snack and join us for a fun, informative evening. Please invite your friends, family and business associates to this unique Zoom event.

“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.”

Georgia O’Keeffe

We look forward to our September meeting with a presentation by our own, Barbara Buhler Lynes. Barbara will provide us with her expert insight on one of the most significant artists of the 20^th century, Georgia O’Keeffe. Mrs. O’Keeffe’s contributions to modern art were so impactful that she earned the moniker “Mother of American Modernism.” As women, business and community leaders, we can a learn a lot from Mrs. O’Keeffe’s life and career. Please join us via Zoom on September 14th as we explore Mrs. O’Keeffe’s fascinating life.

“There is something profoundly satisfying about sharing a meal. Eating together, breaking bread together, is one of the oldest and most fundamentally unifying of human experiences.”

Barbara Coloroso

To help keep us energetic during our BWA membership meetings, keep our day on schedule, create community and raise much-needed scholarship funds, I am pleased to announce that we will be offering a healthy lunch delivery service to your home or office by Panera Bread for our September meeting and the remainder of our virtual membership meetings. When you register for the meeting online, you will be presented with the available menu selections and prompted for payment. Menu selections will vary somewhat each meeting. After payment has been collected, your order will be routed to the Panera nearest you and your order will be delivered before the meeting begins. The amount collected by BWA will include tax, tip and a small donation to the BWA scholarship fund. I thank you in advance for your support of BWA and its mission.

I hope you all managed to get away or take a break of some kind this summer. Having just returned from a week in the Blue Ridge Mountains, I can say with absolute conviction that “it was just what the doctor ordered.”

Stay safe, sane and steadfast in achieving your goals…and never let fear stop you from doing a single thing you want to do.

With warm regards,

Vivian Fazio
President

Meeting Information

Iconic Artist Georgia O’Keeffe and her Artist Sisters: Complex Issues of Identity

Monday, September 14, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Zoom

Presented by Barbara Buhler Lynes

The title of Broward Women’s Alliance member, Barbara Buhler Lynes’ September presentation, reflects her history as an art historian and scholar. She is the founding curator and director of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her presentation will focus on how O’Keeffe supported and promoted her sisters’ art ambitions through the 1920’s and why and when she turned on them in the 1930’s demanding they both abandon their careers.

Barbara holds two doctorates – one from Indiana University in Art History, and one from the University of California in French Literature. She is fluent in three languages, and over the years has worked as an art historian, art professor, author, exhibition director, and independent scholar. She has been welcomed as an author, speaker and professor at such institutions as the Dartmouth College and Vanderbilt University, with Fellowships at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and the National Endowment for the Arts. She has written more than 21 publications and directed numerous national exhibitions. Barbara retired recently from the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale as the Sunny Kaufman Senior Curator, and is currently working on another book.

Member News

FROM PATRICIA ZEILER
Executive Director, History Fort Lauderdale & Past President Broward Women’s Alliance

History Fort Lauderdale continues to hold events year ‘round. Most events on our historic campus are free to our members. Our mission is to preserve Fort Lauderdale’s rich and diverse history through our museum, historic homes, special events, and our library and research center We are CDC compliant and require our visitors and staff to wear masks, get their temperature taken, visit the sanitizing station and practice social distancing. With these safety measures in mind, we invite you to view two exciting exhibits

The first is The Art of Tim Forman: Beachscapes. Tim is a Fort Lauderdale native and his artwork has been installed on the first floor of the New River Inn in which our main museum is housed. He began painting when he was 10 and has been a full-time artist for the past eight years. His artwork reflects his heritage, the beauty of our beaches and the power of the sea. Click on this link to hear and see Tim talk about his artwork. Meet the Artist.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJkCr6v3Wtg) The exhibit will run through
September 27^th.

History Fort Lauderdale is hosting a second exhibit which is a Traveling Pop-up celebration of the 100^th anniversary of the passage of the 19^th Amendment which made the women’s vote an inalienable right. It is entitled Rightfully Hers and contains unforgettable images of Women’s Suffrage, one of which is below. It was organized by the National Archives and Records Administration. It is meant to be a tool for teaching about American government by exploring the generations-long fight for universal woman suffrage. To see more of those images and follow the suffrage story, click on this link. Learn More (https://historyfortlauderdale.org/museum/visit/women-s-suffrage) The exhibit will run through the end of August.

FROM DUREE ROSS
President and CEO of Duree & Company

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DEBBI HARTMAN
Broward Women’s Alliance Executive Administrator

Thank you, thank you for your continued support of the Broward Women’s Alliance Foundation. We look forward to seeing you at our monthly virtual meetings.

We are asking you and your organization to consider donating an item for the drawing we hold at each meeting. (hotel stay, rental, restaurant certificates, etc…)

In return, you and your company will be recognized at the meeting with the opportunity to give a two-minute presentation and to announce the lucky winner of your gift.

Please contact me if you are interested in supporting the drawings at our meetings. All proceeds raised will go to our Broward Women's Alliance scholarship fund.

Thank you!!!!!