The project is intended as a women celebration and a moment to remind that we should not consider what we have as granted, Women before us fought to achieve equality and we should always cherish and defend those rights.

For this reason, Beyond the Curves is a celebration of courageous, outrageous, and trailblazing women. Gallery 40 is hosting a month-long show featuring nationally curated visual art and an evening of live dramatic performance pieces.

Beyond the Curves celebrates women's fortitude, persistence, and strength in the face of adversity. It is about women who have been set aside by the patriarchy or men in their lives, women ahead of their time, women who worked without the proper recognition, women who have been judged or misunderstood, women whose voices may yet be unacknowledged.
We think that in these times, more than ever, women are losing rights that we have been fighting for and acquired in the past. We want this project to showcase the woman's strength and remind us about the values of our rights.

As part of the group exhibition, Gallery 40 will feature Lisa Winika's Misunderstood Women Project which seeks to cast light on some unexplored ideas about women that deeply influence the foundational thought process and emotional undercurrent of society.
We are in the process to contact the Art Effect and see if they are interested to include some of their students artworks.

As a centerpiece of the exhibition, there will be a live performance of intimate monologues and short scenes that illustrate the authentic and unfiltered stories of such women. The scripts are mainly from college students in our area and span across multiple ethnicities, social status and time. The performance pieces, directed by Deborah Coconis and Chris Burney, will be performed by local actors from our diverse communities.

The Opening Reception will be on Saturday, July 6, 2024 5-7 pm with the live performance scheduled for Thursday July 25, 7pm