Civic Women Curated by Lydia Matthews, of the New School in New York, sets up a dialogue and invites intersections of working women in traditional, rural environments with a dozen international artists. This project is a seed to inspire women to take action that encourages civil society to flourish, while giving themselves a more powerful voice in the rural regions of the country and their local communities. 

Artists participating in Civic Women include:

Elaine Buckholtz (USA)
Adonis Volanakis (Greece)
Bahar Behbahani (Iran/USA)
Susanne Cockrell (USA)
Sarah K. Khan (Pakistani-American)
Charlotte Lagarde (France/USA)
Jen Bervin (USA)
GE Patterson (USA)
Mine Ovacik & Can Ozcan (Turkey) 
Sonya Clark (USA)