{"id":69624,"date":"2018-03-21T19:53:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T23:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=69624"},"modified":"2018-04-26T22:19:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T02:19:04","slug":"woman-to-woman-symposium-at-the-allentown-art-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=69624","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWoman to Woman\u201d Symposium at the Allentown Art Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\"><strong>Free Saturday and Sunday, March 24-25, in honor of Women\u2019s History Month<\/strong> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Cambria;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Allentown, PA <\/b>\u2013 Celebrate Women\u2019s History Month, the arrival of spring and a convening of women on <b>Saturday, March 24, <\/b>at the Allentown Art Museum for \u201cWoman to Woman,\u201d a symposium, from 11am-4pm. Musician and performer <b>Martha Redbone <\/b>will touch your soul with her own unique blend of Native American elements, funk and her deep roots in Appalachian folk and Peidmont blues. Be inspired by photographer <b>Phyllis Galembo<\/b>\u2019s stories about the Caribbean and Africa, and <b>Nicole Valentine<\/b>\u2019s powerfully creative and entrepreneurial ventures. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">Come to the Museum to network and learn about opportunities and women-run organizations in the Lehigh Valley, take a tour of our <i>Women of Vision <\/i>exhibit, have a professional headshot taken by an up and coming female photographer and be inspired by one of our diverse and innovative speakers. Admission is free with registration.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">The \u201cWoman to Woman\u201d symposium begins at 11:15am with opening remarks and tours of the <\/span><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allentownartmuseum.org\/exhibition\/women-vision-national-geographic-photographers-assignment\">Women of Vision<\/a> <\/i><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">photography exhibit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">11:30pm: Bradbury Sullivan Center\u2019s Liz Bradbury and Kim Ketterer talk about the LGBT programs and support services their organization provides and their roles as activists in the LGBT community. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">12 noon: Lawyer and entrepreneur Nicole Valentine will speak about her business savvy and her app, Winly. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">12:30pm: Photographer and professor Phyllis Galembo speaks about her work examining traditions and cultures of the Caribbean and Africa. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">1:00pm: Guided tours of Women of Vision exhibit <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">2:00pm: Musician and performer Martha Redbone will entertain with her blend of Native American and funk elements<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">2:30pm: Symposium women gather for a panel discussion led by Museum public engagement manager Dianne Smith.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">The Allentown Art Museum is open Wednesday-Saturday 11am-4pm, on Sundays from noon-4pm and until 8pm on the third Thursday of each month. Museum admission and programs are always free on Sundays. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">For more information about the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allentownartmuseum.org\/\">Allentown Art Museum<\/a> <span style=\"font-family: Cambria;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">events, programs, the Museum Shop and the Caf\u00e9, check our website or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/atownartmuseum\/\">Facebook <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">or follow us on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtownArtMuseum\">Twitter<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. If you have a question about our programming email us at <\/span><\/span><a>askus@allentownartmuseum.org<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation and image provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nAngela Zanelli<br \/>\nVP Development and Communications<br \/>\nAllentown Art Museum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5716,14,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allentown","category-calendar-events","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/valentine.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}