At: The National Museum Of Women In The Arts (NMWA)

1250 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005 Tel: 202-783-5000

General admission $5; visitors 60 and over, NMWA members, and students $4.

Tonight we celebrate the release of Zoe Kosmidou's fêted book, The Power of Visual Logos: Greek Women Artists, in which the artists Maria Klonaris & Katerina Thomadakis are featured. Kosmidou will read from the book, with introductions by Ambassador of Greece H.E. Alexandros P. Mallias, the book's (and Sculpture Magazine) editor Glenn Harper, as well as NMWA Deputy Director and Chief Curator Susan Fischer-Sterling. Greek filmmakers Maria Klonaris & Katerina Thomadakis are two of the most cutting edge media artists working in Europe today. We will view work from their Angel Cycle - Personal Statement (1994), Requiem for the 20th Century (1994) and a more recent digital video work, Pulsar (2001). www.klonaris-thomadaki.net

The Power of Visual Logos: Greek Women Artists is a valuable and enjoyable resource for both the museum visitor and the general reader. This book, fully endorsed by the Museum, represents ten years of research on a diversity of ideas, experiences and contributions in the practice of contemporary art and the critical positions of women artists in Greece and the Greek Diaspora. While the arguments presented are specific to Greek women artists, will no doubt prompt future scholarship and continued research in the visual art studies. Filled with multi-visual and textual narratives, this passionate account develops a multi-vocal art language, focuses on the richness of the Greek culture in relation with other cultures around the world and opens a dialogue among them. - Susan Fischer-Sterling, NMWA Deputy Director and Chief Curator.