SHOHOLA, PA — At a special exhibit for Women’s History month at the Artists’ Market Community Center, you’ll learn how men often attached their names to artwork created by Renaissance and Baroque women. There will be a free reception from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 5 at the Artists’ Market Community Center, 114 Richardson Ave.

Some of the men who attached their names to female artwork had good motives, like the dad who put his name on his daughter’s paintings, so they’d reach a wider audience. But other “Renaissance men” were outright thieves. For example, the Louvre bought a “Frans Hals” painting in 1893, only to find out soon after that it was actually painted in 1620 by Dutch artist Judith Leyster. Thanks to modern technology, we’re discovering more and more female signatures and monograms, erased or painted over by respected male artists.

Displayed along with the work of women artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods is the work of contemporary local female artists. Creations by Linda Cobb, Rebecca Esposito, Laura Gagliardi, Mef Gannon, Alexis-Brianna Kramer, Stephanie McClure, Kate Rosalia Kozel, Joan Standora, Brianna Woods and Elva Zingaro will be featured.