Salon & Launch: Women Whose Vision Changes the World

Join us for an evening of wine, canapés, and live performances in the company of women visionaries and trailblazers at the exclusive preview of LimeLight, a mixed-media visual art project by Yana Lande.
LimeLight preserves not appearance, but the force of presence, revealing women whose inner vision transforms the world around them.
Born at the intersection of photography, monumental painting, and storytelling, LimeLight honors women shaping the future of science, technology, business, and culture.

Schedule
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Registration, Cocktails & Mingling
6:00 PM – 6:20 PM
Project Presentation & On-Stage Interview
6:20 PM – 7:00 PM
Panel Discussion with Women Leaders
How to Create Your Vision for the World: A Blueprint for Dream Building
An inspiring conversation on leadership, purpose, creativity, and turning bold ideas into reality.
SPEAKERS:
Ariane de Bonvoisin: New Leadership Frontier
After graduating from the LSE at 19, Ariane launched her career at Boston Consulting Group, working in 12+ countries. Following an MBA from Stanford University, she joined Bertelsmann and Sony. She managed Time Warner’s $500 million venture fund and now advises founders, VCs, and executives navigating change.
Genevieve Piturro: Purpose, Passion, and Pajamas
Genevieve Piturro left a 20+ year career as a NYC TV executive after a little girl asked her, “What are pajamas?” She launched the nonprofit Pajama Program/Beyond Bedtime in 2001, helping children in shelters. Today, she inspires others to pursue purpose. Genevieve has been featured on Oprah, CNN, Forbes, and WSJ.
Avalon Ashley Bellos: Art as Cultural Capital
Avalon Ashley Bellos is a New York–based art-world executive, curator, writer, and cultural strategist whose work spans contemporary art, luxury, finance, and media. With more than a decade of experience, she has built an ecosystem that positions art as both cultural capital and a long-term asset.
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Cocktail Reception & Live Performances By:
JazzRock — a songwriter and vocalist known for bold, socially conscious music that spotlights issues impacting women.
Dark Doves — blending soulful sass, western storytelling, and women-powered pop into a sound that’s entirely their own.
Priya Roy — an artist whose work fuses music, theatre, dance, and visual storytelling into immersive live experiences.
Sky Vega — an award-winning multidisciplinary artist celebrated for genre-defying creative expression.

What is LIMELIGHT
A cultural platform where women shaping the world connect through art, becoming part of a shared collective narrative
A multidisciplinary project evolving beyond a single exhibition into a lasting international movement
A distinctive artistic language that shifts perception and reveals unseen layers of reality
A network of visionary women united by creativity as a catalyst for cultural and social change
Light moves through women, and women move through the world.
Investors, founders, CEOs, and philanthropists dissolve into light, yet their essence becomes even more perceptible.
Through the artist’s hand, each woman enters a unified symbolic field:
A photographic portrait layered with lime, as though enveloped by the glow of a stage spotlight, connected to the others through a shared intensity of presence.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
"In my work, lime is the material embodiment of light: it absorbs the image, protects it, and translates it into another state.
Through repeated brushstrokes, the surface becomes an autonomous field.
The reduction of the image does not weaken its force; it intensifies it.
The women in LIMELIGHT are not presented through conventional likeness, but as figures of clarity, concentration, and luminous power.
Their features dissolve, while their presence becomes stronger."
By Yana Lande

About the artist
Yana Lande is a Ukraine-born, New York-based multimedia artist, curator, and publisher whose work spans painting, performance, video, and sculpture, exploring themes of identity, transformation, power, and cultural memory. Her exhibitions have been presented across major art centers in the U.S. and U.K., including solo exhibitions at MIT in Boston, Grace Belgravia and The Ratiu Foundation in London, as well as exhibitions in NYC and Miami. Her work has been acquired by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and other leading cultural institutions.
PARTNERS
We are deeply grateful to Civic Hall, LimeLight's Founding Partner, for its generous support and for providing the venue for this event.

About the organizers:

V Star PR is a boutique PR agency focused on Art & Tech. We create and manage media presence and public reputation for innovative brands, startups, and visionary artists. We help our clients break through the noise with compelling storytelling, strategic positioning, and cohesive narratives that captivate journalists, investors, potential clients, and the broader public.

Warrior Women in Business is a women-led media and marketing organization dedicated to advancing women in business and the arts through branding. WWIB produces leadership podcasts, events, mentorship programs, and charitable initiatives supporting women across the U.S. The organization also offers personal branding and styling services for female executives.