Pomona Photos

Hi all. Amanda C provided me with these beautiful photos from our adventure to Pomona College on October 9th, when we went to see Judy Chicago. Although this post is a bit late, I wanted to acknowledge that special day. We felt so encouraged by Judy's words and it was a significant day for us, because it inspired us and added meaning to our own endeavors. Here are some beautiful photos. Thank you, Amanda.

Opening Weekend

The weekend of October 20th was indeed momentous for the women of our show. Everything we have been working toward day and night, came to a climax this past weekend. The opening, on Thursday night, went extremely well and our turn out was better than we could have imagined, filling the space from 6:15pm and on. Friends, family, teachers, peers, mentors, and future friends showed their support in great numbers. Our 5for5 event Friday night was inspiring and made way for an intimate discussion on matters of importance today, led by LMU faculty and students.

We would like to thank everyone who came to the opening reception and 5for5, for their much appreciated support. The success of Womynhouse would not have been possible without you! The evening was not only a fun celebration, but a remarkable and memorable experience for all of the women in our show.

Though the opening came and went in the blink of an eye, there are still exciting events yet to take place. We are grateful to have the show up until November 11th, and we plan to utilize the space as much as we can during this time through evenings dedicated to the spoken word, performance, and celebration. We encourage you to visit and revisit our house while the show is up and to spread the word to women and men alike.

One of the great hopes that has been born through Womynhouse, is that our cause will be continued beyond the show, and that we will get more artists and people who want to create, to join us in sharing stories and expressions.

We are all very excited to share with you...drumroll please...these photos of the opening.

Thank you!

Gallery Gathering, Post-Meeting Judy Chicago High

Following our attendance at "Doin' It In Public", we met in the gallery space to layout our floor plan. We are now aware of where we will be putting our work, and it's all very exciting. Also, we continued folding our flyers, which are just gorgeous. Here are pictures from our meeting. Cheers.

Chin, Jess, Elise, Erin

Amanda C

Ari, Chin, Jess, Elise, Erin

Erin, Intently Folding

Amanda A, Lisa, Kelsey, Arielle

Amanda D, Amanda A, Lisa

Youngblood Opening & Reception

One of our talented womyn, Amanda D'Egidio, had the opening of her show, Youngblood, which she curated with Sydney Banta, also a Loyola Marymount student. Their show will be up through the first two weeks of October. The Youngblood show features photographs and installations. Please go see it at the student gallery while you can and support a fellow womyn! Here are some photographs of the opening:

Amanda & Sydney, Curators of Youngblood

Photo Shoot

This past Saturday we met on campus for our Womynhouse group photo shoot. The experience brought us closer together and propelled us forward as a unit. We would like to share with you one of the off photos. These are the artists of Womynhouse:

Photography by Raul Guerrero

Top Row (Left to Right): Amanda Armer, Chin Onglatco, Elyse Fleming, Erin Mallea, Ariel Saturne, Amanda Courtney, Kelsey Fugere
Bottom Row (Left to Right): Amanda D'Egidio, Rica Fils, Kenzie O'Keefe, Lisa Nicchi, Jess Csanky

The Official Womynhouse Flyer

We are excited to share with you...drumroll please...the official Womynhouse Flyer. Special thanks to Erin Mallea, who created this original design! Also, thank you to Kelsey Fugere, for use of her photograph.

Please spread the word! The show is only a little more than one month away.

Cindy Rehm & Craftswoman House

Last week, we met with Cindy Rehm, creator of Craftswoman House. Her organization creates projects and exhibitions which aim to inspire a dialogue about feminist issues today. She gave us creative insight about working as a large group as well as mentorship about embarking upon a female-based art show. We are lucky to have her support and she has agreed to do two performance art workshops with us, once the show gets rolling. It was refreshing to hear her say that we shouldn't worry about reshaping the feminist movement, but rather take pride and excitement in the fact that we have even organized a group of women working together to make art.

Below is the link to the blog which she co-created with Launa Bacon. I have also borrowed some images from the site and would like to thank her and Craftswoman House for the interesting photographs and inspiration.
http://craftswomanhouse.blogspot.com/

And for more:
http://www.artslant.com/la/venues/show/21871-craftswoman-house

In addition, please see the paragraphs below, which I have posted from the Craftswoman House blog. There is a call for submissions for all feminist artists from Craftswomans House:

"Throughout history, creative works by women have been devalued, dismissed, and even buried. In an attempt to keep women’s work visible, Craftswoman House seeks artworks that make a direct reference to, or were inspired by, second-wave feminist art for inclusion in a November-December 2011 group exhibition. We are also seeking video and performance works for an event in early December. Please send images or links of up to five works, or a link to video or performance, a short statement on the relationship between your work and second-wave feminist art, and a CV to craftswomanhouse@gmail.com withStemma as the subject. For further information about Craftswoman House, go to craftswomanhouse.com or craftswomanhouse.blogspot.com. Deadline September 7, 2011"