The Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles announces

YEAR OF THE WOMAN

March 2025

In honor of the powerful women who helped to shape PAC LA's first decade, we are launching Year of the Woman, a series of flagship public educational events celebrating notable women in fine art photography. The organization is building an entire year of programming around this central theme and will offer free, in-person events, held quarterly at venues across the city in 2025 and early 2026.

Our initial event will feature a discussion by women who have built significant photography collections followed by a panel about breakthrough photobook creators in conjunction with an exhibition presented by the Getty Research Institute. In the summer we will be meeting a group of pioneering women gallerists followed in the fall by a presentation by a celebrated photographer. Before the holidays we will feature an online visit with women in the essential roles as photo conservators. To finish out our Year of the Woman, and to begin 2026, we will meet with some of the nation’s most influential women curators of photography.

To support this wonderful programming we are thrilled to welcome Eastman Museum Los Angeles as a sponsor of Year of the Woman series unfolding throughout 2025 and into 2026.

Dates for all programs will be announced on the PAC LA and Eastman LA websites: paclosangeles.com and eastmanla.org and through Instagram accounts @photographicartscouncil_la and @eastmanmuseumla.

The Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles – PAC LA – is a non-profit organization that creates unique collaborative programming, engaging and educating the community in an evolving public conversation about photography and photo-based art.

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