In March 2026, for International Women's Month, a circle of NYC-based female artists, designers, writers, arts administrators and entrepreneurs gathered to explore womanhood through the resilience of the rose, a symbol revered since antiquity. Timed to the spring equinox when civilizations for millennia have welcomed the New Year, the event wove fragrance and renewal into multimedia presentation, conversation and cuisine punctuated by a leadership reflection exercise of rose-thorn-bud.