News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 23, 2008

PAULA ALLEN TO PRESENT AT COTTEY COLLEGE NOV. 1

Cottey College will be hosting Paula Allen, noted photographer, on November 1, 2008, in the Missouri Recital Hall at 8 p.m.

Allen has been an "activist with a camera" who has concentrated on photographing women around the world in their courageous and often invisible confrontations with violence and oppression. From a "safe house" in Kenya to a village in Kosovo, Allen has documented women's determination in the pursuit of freedom, truth, and justice. Her work has been published in numerous magazines: The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, O: The Oprah Magazine, People, Marie Claire, and Glamour, among others. More information is available on her Web site www.paula-allen.com.

Tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for persons under 18 or over 62 years of age. For more information, contact the Ticket Office at (417) 667-6333, ext 2186.

The Recital Hall is located in the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts on the northeast corner of Austin and Tower streets in Nevada, Missouri.

This presentation is sponsored by the Soroptomist International Club of Nevada, Missouri. Financial assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency. This project is part of the CLASS Series (The Cottey Lecturers and Artists Super Series).