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Calendar of Events
April 24, 2012
The War on Women: An Evening of Basic Training
There is a war on women raging across the country. Presidential candidates are speaking out in opposition to basic contraception. Anti-woman legislators around the country are trying to put more and more barriers between women and their reproductive rights. Wisconsin’s governor just pushed through a repeal of his state’s Equal Pay Enforcement Act. Even here in New York, we are having difficulty pushing a pro-woman agenda forward.
Join us and find out how to fight back from an array of featured speakers, including:
- Jessica Valenti – Author and Co-Founder, Feministing
- Jamia Wilson – VP of Programs, The Women’s Media Center
- Joe Rollins – Professor and Political Science Chair, The CUNY Graduate Center
- Amy Richards – Author and Activist, Soapbox Inc.
Hosted by Sen. Liz Krueger and the Center for the Study of Women and Society at the City University of New York.
To RSVP or to request additional information, contact Susannah Pasquantonio:
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April 16, 2012
War Zone: Street Harassment
Join Women’s eNews and Hollaback, the movement to end street harassment, for a screening of War Zone on Monday, April 16.
There exists a clear legal framework to reproach sexual harassment and abuse in the home and at work, but when it comes to the streets—all bets are off.
Join filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh and founder of Hollaback, Emily May, to watch this classic documentary and talk about how to counteract unwanted sexual attention on the streets.
A reception will be provided after the event.
April 14, 2012
Upcoming Judy Dater Exhibition in Los Angeles
On April 14 2012, Thomas Paul Fine Art Gallery in Los Angeles premieres Judy Dater’s most recent work which is based upon her memoir. Judy Dater is a famous female photographer who currently lives in the Bay area. She is best known for her photograph titled “Imogen and Twinka” (1974), the first full frontal female nude to be published in Life magazine. All of her current work focuses on topics of relationships, second-wave feminism, and what it was like for her being a female artist at the peak of second-wave feminism. Self-scrutiny and self-motivation were central themes in Dater’s work in the early 1970s, however in the 1980s she shifted her focus from the female psyche to a critique of the social contracts which hold dominion over one’s individual effort. Dater produced a series of images in which she portrayed many of the proposed roles for women. Dater placed herself in overtly minimal and artificial settings in which she donned absurd costumes which seemed to turn everyday objects into bizarre props. Dater addresses how identity is formed through social constructions, and by ironically donning the appearances of female archetypes Dater confronts the ideology that has confined women for generations.
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April 13, 2012
Les Femmes Folles: VOICE exhibit
Les Femmes Folles: Voice, presents eleven “wild women’s” moving, provocative work that showcases the feelings and experiences of womanhood in our own worlds. Our work engages with a range of subjects, from sweet to seduction, from political to domestic. Addressing such complex matters in a variety of mediums, we aim to challenge the status quo and politics of power and give light and enhance positive communication about this ever-important subject of feminism to complement such worldwide feminist-inspired projects.
Artists of VOICE: …. Sally Deskins, Marcia Joffe-Bouska, Wanda Ewing, Kristin Lubbert, Amy Quinn, Jewel Noll, Melanie Pruitt, Megan Loudon Sanders, Trudie Teijink, Trilety Wade and Ella Weber
Les Femmes Folles: Voice is the third Les Femmes Folles visual exhibition; the original Les Femmes Folles was curated by Wanda Ewing in April 2011, featuring visual art by five regional artists who were women in conjunction with Lit Undressed Presents: The Spirit of the Female Beats at RNG Gallery with the focus on the use of female body in art. The show was nominated for an Omaha Arts and Entertainment Award for Best Group Show 2012. In July 2011, Peerless Gallery in Omaha hosted Les Femmes Folles Presents: A Curated Show Featuring Wanda Ewing and Kim Reid Kuhn, a pop-up exhibition featuring over a dozen regional visual artists who were women. The original show also inspired Les Femmes Folles: a blog celebrating women in art created and still maintained by Sally Deskins in April 2011 featuring interviews and stories with women doing creative work. Sally also hosts other events with her blog like panel discussions, filming, performances and readings celebrating women in art and published the first catalog in March 2012 on blurb.com. She hopes to continue the now tradition of collaborating with women artists and coordinating events and exhibits celebrating women’s experience with VOICE and more.
March 23, 2012
Andrea Arroyo presents “Femenina”
Andrea Arroyo
“Femenina”
Andrea Arroyo presents the exhibit “Femenina,” featuring works that celebrate women’s strength and courage and honor the female body.
While commemorating the lives and stories of extraordinary historical figures (e.g. Malinche-Mexico, Cleopatra-Egypt,) Arroyo also celebrate the role of women in contemporary society, and seeks to bring attention to issues of gender discrimination and gender justice.
Andrea Arroyo is an award-winning, New York-based artist whose work is exhibited widely. Her Awards and honors include: Award Artist, selected by President Bill Clinton, 21 Leaders for the 21st Century Award, Groundbreaking Latina in the Arts, Official Artist of the Latin Grammys, New York City Council Citation Award for Achievement in Art, Outstanding Latina of the Year, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Awards, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Awards. For more information visit www.andreaarroyo.com
The Window Sex Project: World Premiere in Harlem!
Sydnie L. Mosley Dances Presents as a part of International Anti-Street Harassment Week, The Window Sex Project World Premiere at the Red Carpet Theater at Taino Towers, 240 East 123rd Street, Harlem, NY 10035. General Admission Seating: $20.00. Tickets sold on Eventbrite.
THE WINDOW SEX PROJECT is a dance-theater work that addresses and tackles the every day practice, in which women are “window shopped,” that is forced to bear unsolicited verbal harassment from men while walking on the street. The Window Sex Project gives voice to these concerns and restores agency to women by equipping them to manage street harassment, and uses the body, the site of harassment, as a mode of political action. The artists join in support of organizers worldwide in order to speak out against gender-based street harassment during International Anti-Street Harassment Week, March 18-24, 2012.
The work places five women of varying races and body types on pedestals in an art gallery setting, forcing audiences to contend with the objectification of the female body in a contemporary society. The project aims to equally celebrate all the bodies illustrating how each woman’s sexuality is unique to her rather than outside perceptions.
The Window Sex Project is a Harlem community arts and performance initiative created in part through workshops over the course of summer 2011 with women ages 18-35. The workshops provided a safe and supportive space for women to voice their concerns and share their experiences about street harassment, learn ways to respond and manage harassment on a day-to-day basis, and feel empowered through shared experience. The final dance work voices their concerns and restores agency by celebrating their bodies in a public artwork by the community for the community.
March 17, 2012
The South Bay Women’s Conference “Herstory: Uniting to Sustain the Community”
The South Bay Women’s Conference “Herstory: Uniting to Sustain the Community”
Press Release
Saturday, March 17th 2012
8:30am-7:00pm
Email: info@southbaywc.org
Website: www.southbaywc.org
Location (This venue is wheelchair accessible):
Student Union – San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0201
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 1, 2012
SJSU Students & South Bay Community Present: Inaugural South Bay Womyn’s Conference.
San José, CA – San José State University students and South Bay community members will celebrates the work, movements, and stories of the community to empower womyn and allies to find their collective voices and strengthen their communities through their inaugural South Bay Womyn’s Conference: Herstory – Uniting to Sustain the Community.
The conference starts at 10:00 AM with keynote speaker Erika Taylor Montgomery, the CEO and Chief Publicist and the Founder of Three Girls Media & Marketing, Inc. Ms. Montgomery is a passionate business leader, journalist, activist, and publicist from the Bay Area; she has also served as the former Press Secretary for the California State Legislature.
Conference attendees will have 15 workshops to choose from between 3 workshop sessions taking place from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm; topics include but are not limited to: Poeseía y testimonio: Women reinventing hope through spirituality and spoken word, Becoming Barbie: A Look at Gender Development and Social Priming in Young Girls and Adolescents, Claiming Agency and Claiming a Movement: Examining the Intersections of Reproductive and Disability Justice, and Her, Their, Hir Story: What Womyn’s Spaces Mean for Gender Variant Individuals.
Workshops will be followed by the Womyn as Change Makers panel at 4:00 pm, which features social and environmental justice leaders in diverse fields—burlesque dancer and body positivity activist Irene (Renie) McCalphin, environmental outreach coordinator Elizabeth Sarmiento, radio host and journalist Diane Solomon, and restaurant owner and president of Muslim Support Network Moina Shaiq. The conference will conclude with Womyn Got Talent! Open Mic & Resource Fair at 5:15 PM featuring a live performance by April Chase at 6:00 PM (check out their music at www.aprilchasemusic.com).
Early bird registration is available for High School Students, $5.00; College Students, $7.00; and General Admission, $17.00. Early Bird Registration ends February 15, 2012. For more information visit our website www.southbaywc.org.
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Keynote (Erika Taylor Montgomery)
Erika Taylor Montgomery (CEO/Chief Publicist and Founder of Three Girls Media & Marketing Inc.) is a business leader, journalist, activist, and publicist located in the Bay Area. Her achievements include working as Press Secretary for the California State Legislature, and hosting a nationally acclaimed radio show. She currently sits on Board of the Silicon Valley Chapter of NAWBO – the National Association of Women Business Owners. Passionate about giving back to her community, Taylor Montgomery founded the South Bay Chapter of Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (C.O.L.A.G.E.) and has provided occupational therapy to medically fragile children at the Children’s Recovery Center of Campbell.
About
The South Bay Womyn’s Conference (SBWC) strives to create a safe space for all ages that promotes learning, expression, and education. By focusing on intersections, and commonalities, SBWC hopes to unite individuals of all genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Womyn on Womyn’s Issues (WOWI) partnered with SJSU Women’s Resource Center, AIESEC, MOSAIC Cross Cultural Center, LGBT Resource Center, Student Union Inc. and the César E. Chávez Community Action Center, to organize this first annual conference. For more information visit www.southbaywc.org or email info@southbaywc.org.
March 12, 2012
“Women’s Work” Curated by Andrea Arroyo
Women’s Work
Patricia Cazorla, Stacy Mohammed, Jayanthi Moorthy
Curated by Andrea Arroyo
In celebration of Women’s History Month, The Grady Alexis Gallery at El Taller Latino Americano is pleased to present “Women’s Work,” an exhibit featuring the work of New York-based artists Patricia Cazorla, Stacy Mohammed and Jayanthi Moorthy. Curated by Andrea Arroyo.
Free and open to the public. http://tallerlatino.org/ArtExhibits.php#Women
Erotic Authenticity: The Unhindered Sexual Self workshop
In this 3-week course at Sexy Spirits, Amy Jo will share her model for sexual empowerment and help participants assess where their personal sexuality is right now & take steps for deeper & more profound connection to themselves. Workshop participants can explore their sexual energy with more awareness and begin to consciously move it towards what they desire.
The fee for one class is $65, but participants may sign up for the three classes for $160.
7pm-9:30 pm
301 W 55 St # 4
New York City, New York
Class 3: Monday, March 12
The Unhindered Sexual Self: Authentic Expression
SIGN UP HERE
* Learn to create Abundance in Sexuality
* Release your feelings of scarcity that make your sexuality small
* Reframe codes of gender and sexuality that have limited your sexual expression and development
* Identify your current needs, wants and desires and make a plan for getting them
* Develop a sexual practice
* Introduce ritual to your sexuality