Hearding Cats Collective is pleased to present HerSelf, a multifaceted art project consisting of a gallery exhibition, book and poetry reading. 

At its core, HerSelf is an exploration into the imagery and ideas that surround women and aging in contemporary society.

There will be a poetry reading taking place online, utilizing the video conferencing platform, Zoom, details HERE.

The gallery exhibition is currently on hold due to the pandemic, but the book of photographs to accompany the exhibition will be available soon.

Words from the artists:

St. Louis, MO -- As women, we like to offer the world our smiling selves; it takes courage to face the camera without that smile. Her Self, a new book and exhibit, offers portraits and reflections of 57 older women (many of them unsmiling), ranging in age from 63 to 105.The portraits are the work of Marian Brickner, internationally known photographer of insects and animals, while the words are gleaned from interviews with the women by Susan Fadem, an award-winning writer. 

The project stemmed from a desire by Brickner to change her focus (so to speak) from insects and animals. Brickner, herself 82, believed older women become invisible in a society that worships youth, and she wanted images that expressed the lifetime experience of women who have contributed to society in a host of ways that have perhaps gone unrecognized.