Join CelebrateWomxn845 at their annual CELEBRATION arts showcase for a BOOK LAUNCH & SIGNING of "The Story of How I Found You", a picture book by Rita Bolla!

Thursday, January 23, 2020
5:00-8:00PM at WomensWork.Art Gallery (4 South Clinton Street, Poughkeepsie NY)
A FREE event (but all donations go to the author)! Event will include a short introduction, reading, signing copies, and connecting to one another over art, written words, and our trust in humanity.

“This picture-book is about people. The great ones. The ones who inspire. Who imprint themselves so deeply that the very idea of "you" and what you are capable of is radically transformed. These people need not be celebrities or world leaders. In fact, the people who truly make us come alive rarely ever are. More often than not,they seem on the surface like ordinary, everyday people. Sometimes we recognize their heroic grace at once. Sometimes only many years on. No matter how or when it happens, when the circumstance is ripe, these people will find you and lift you,even when you feel you have nothing to offer. They are out there. Never doubt this. And as you meet each of them, one-by-one, you will come to more fully recognized yourself in them and the value of the path you walk.”

Rita Bolla ART: www.ritabolla.com
Rita earned her MFA degree with flying colors at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, 2009. Her main focus was – and still is – on painting, but her studies include sculpting (at the Salzburg Summer Academy 2005) and printmaking (at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Marseille in 2008). Rita won several scholarships throughout Europe for artist residencies and she exhibited her works from Hungary to Germany, England, France, Russia, Finland, and last but not least the United States. She moved to US in 2010 and lived in New York City then Los Angeles before falling in love with Hudson River Valley. She has been presented in galleries in LA and NYC, and now she’s focusing on joining the artist community in Upstate New York.

When she is not busy creating art, she finds purpose in local activism for social justice and earth rights. Her works can be found in several notable collections and can be purchased in person or online. She is also available for commission work.