The Community Gallery at CPW opens with Gestures of Care, Resilience, and Connection, a group exhibition by the Women Photographers Collective of the Mid-Hudson Valley that brings together sixteen artists working across different photographic approaches. On view from May 30 to July 5, 2026, the show frames photography as a way to register support, attention and shared experience at a time when many people feel isolated or divided.
The exhibition focuses on ordinary but revealing moments: family life, local surroundings, small acts of solidarity and collective action. Rather than presenting a single theme or visual style, it brings together distinct voices that speak to one another through common concerns. The result is a portrait of community as something active and unfinished, built through relationships rather than fixed identity.
The participating artists include Joan Barker, Ana Bergen, Shari Diamond, Jill Enfield, Judit German-Heins, Karen Ghostlaw, Lori Grinker, Morgan Gwenwald, Maria Fernanda Hubeaut, Kay Kenny, Dana Matthews, Meryl Meisler, Adina Scherer, Carla Shapiro, Kate Warren and Ruth Wetzel. Their work reflects a range of perspectives and subjects, from intimate domestic scenes to broader social observations. Some images are rooted in personal life, while others look outward toward shared spaces and public gestures.
The exhibition also marks an important step for CPW’s Community Gallery, a new space dedicated to local groups, artist collectives and nonprofit projects. The gallery is designed as a rotating venue for short-run exhibitions, giving room to voices from different parts of the region. That structure fits the spirit of the show, which places emphasis on exchange, visibility and the value of making work together.
By gathering these photographs under one roof, Gestures of Care, Resilience, and Connection presents community not as a slogan, but as a set of everyday actions and relationships that continue to hold shape under pressure.
Image: © Kate Warren, courtesy of the Center for Photography at Woodstock
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