Rockland Center for the Arts' is pleased to present the exhibit, "The Photography of Ellen Galinsky: Public and Private Worlds." The exhibit opens with a public reception on Sunday, September 7, 2003 from 1-4pm. The exhibit closes on September 25, 2003. The exhibit will showcase the photography of Rockland resident Ellen Galinsky from two very different points of view, contrasting her public and private world and exploring many works that she has not shown before.

In her "public" world, Ellen Galinsky is a leading authority on work-family issues and is President and Co-Founder of the Manhattan based Families and Work Institute. She has published books on the subject and has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, 20/20, Nightline and Oprah. She describes her public photography as "a way of documenting," and has used this documentation in her books including as subjects her family and friends at important moments of their history. She also describes her public photography as a way of looking for adventure, challenging herself to go places and do things she might otherwise not do. She also attempts to challenge prevalent views of reality and seeks to expose the hope within young people today that she finds in her studies, as opposed to society's negative feelings about teenagers. 

In her "private" world, it is an entirely different story. She describes this photography as "a way of seeking answers to some of life's most intractable questions," and focuses on the question of, "what happens to what we try to create, try to build, try to maintain, try to preserve?" These photos come from all over the world, and have been gathered over more than two decades. She has photographed what her children used to call "falling down houses." The photographs are from the mountain village called Asfendiou on the Greek island of Kos that was occupied by Turkey, followed by Italy, then Germany. When Kos was reunited with Greece in 1948, many people abandoned their mountain homes for the seashore, leaving baskets in the windows and pot on tables. Ellen photographed these houses that had remained untouched for 50 years. They will be shown publicly for the first time.

Ellen Galinsky is the President and Co-Founder of Families and Work Institute; a Manhattan based non-profit organization that conducts research on the changing family, workforce, and community. She wrote the groundbreaking book, Ask the Children: The Breakthrough Study That Reveals How to Succeed at Work and Parenting. Currently she is working on a study of youth and learning, and overseeing a 13 part television series and larger campaign on early learning.

Considered a leading authority on work-family issues, she has been a presenter at 2 White House conferences. She is a popular keynote speaker and has appeared at national conferences, on television and in the media. She has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, 20/20, Nightline and Oprah. Her work with companies and governments extends globally.

Prior to co-founding FWI, Galinsky was a member of the faculty at Bank Street College of Education for 25 years. While there, she established the field of work and family life. She is the author of over 20 books and reports, and has published over 100 articles in academic journals, academic books, and magazines.