I'd like to share the speech that I presented in opening the Art Exhibition at the Hellenic Museum on Sunday the 9th of March, 2014, in celebration of International Women's Day. A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.-Diane Mariechild. What started as a conversation between Varvara Ioannou and myself on how to promote women in the community for International Women's Day, gave rise to an idea that flourished to become the remarkable exhibition aptly titled TRANSFORMATION,. Metasximatismos. This revolves around the theme of CHANGE as specified for International Women's Day by the UN. Varvara Ioannou, founder for Food For Thought and 2006 Nominee for Telstra Business Woman of the Year Award and Elizabeth Gertsakis, an art historian and artist in her own right, have worked tirelessly to bind the event together bringing forth the many talents of the artists represented. The seven Greek Australian Women artis