Castle Gallery and the College of New Rochelle Present: Driving Women Women, Identity, and the Automobile... April 22 - June 15, 2001 Curated by Diana Minotti and Wennie Huang

Exploring both historical and contemporary relationships between women, identity, and the automobile, this exhibit includes recent art featuring images of women and cars, and sculpture by artists who utilize automobile parts. Exhibiting Artists:
Chakaia Booker Jane Dickson Nicole Eisenman Jenny Gage Paula Foresman Linda Gottesfeld Dana Hoey	Jayne Holsinger Michelle Lopez Catherine Opie Marilyn Root Martha Rosler Donna Rose Ross Deborah Sawyer

Schedule: Sunday, April 22 Opening Reception 2-4 p.m. in Castle Gallery Book Signing by Marilyn Root Author of "Women at the Wheel" Tuesday, May 1 and Thursday, May 3 Film Screening: "Thelma and Louise" and "Fat of the Land" 7 p.m. in Romita Auditorium Tuesday, May 8 and Thursday, May 10 Film Screening: "Heart Like a Wheel", "She Lives to Ride" and "Rules of the Road" 7 p.m. in Romita Auditorium All events listed above are free and open to the public. Friday, June 8 20th Anniversary Celebration 4 p.m. in Castle Gallery For more information, reservations, and tours: (914) 654-5423 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Closed: Mondays and Holidays, May 26 - 28 for Memorial Day Weekend, Limited Hours on Weekends in June ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This show has been a long time coming. Weekends of Diana Minotti's high school and college years were spent in the pits at the Orange County Speedway, Middletown, NY. As an undergrad art major, many of her sculptures were painted with automobile paint since the family business was a major auto-body supplier. At Fashion Institute of Technology, her graduate thesis was the ideal marriage of her love of art and the automobile, an exhibition proposal entitled, "Road Trip." The hypothetical show consisted of over 30 male artists that used the automobile or its image as artwork scheduled to travel to five major contemporary museums throughout the US. Twelve years later, on an intimate scale, a female version of 14 women artists brings a new vision to the Castle Gallery.