Exhibit features photos by 7 women

LAKEVILLE — The Tremaine Art Gallery presents an exhibit featuring the work of seven women photographers: Nadine Boughton, Blake Fitch, Nancy Grace Horton, Marky Kauffmann, Tira Kahn, Rania Matar and Emily Schiffer.

The exhibit, “Outspoken: Seven Women Photographers,” will be on display Nov. 2 to Jan. 13. A gallery talk with curator and photographer Kauffmann, followed by a reception and exhibit preview, is scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m. Call 860-4354423 to RSVP for the gallery talk portion of the evening. The exhibit has traveled extensively to galleries throughout the Northeast, including the Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy; Cornelius Ayer Wood ’13 Gallery, Middlesex School; De Menil Gallery, Groton School; Hess Gallery, Pine Manor College; and the Providence Center for Photographic Arts.

The award-winning photographers gathered for the exhibit depict a range of cultural experiences, ages and settings in their portrayal of the lives of women and girls, from early childhood to advanced age, from refugee camp to the backyard clothesline — all with the aim to amplify the voices of women and girls.

In the words of Kauffmann, “The images in this show ask the viewer to question assumptions about what is fair, right, or possible for women and girls. What do girls get to do or be before the cultural onslaught inevitably comes? If growing up is in part about gaining power over our lives, then what do girls gain or lose as they navigate the hurdles with which they are confronted? What happens to the search for identity in a patriarchal world? As a female, do I dare stand out, shout out, be outspoken?”