Saturday, December 20, 2014

Salon Lounge at Dixon Place - December 20, 2014






Dixon Place presents...

"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"

a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women

an International Women Artists’ Salon series




Saturday, 20 Saturday 2014 ~ Host: Carol Hollenbeck




Historical Woman Artist Honoree: Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) German Medieval intellectual and artist

She wrote The Divine Works of a Simple Man, The Meritorious Life, sixty-five hymns, a miracle play, and a long treatise of nine books on the different natures of trees, plants, animals, birds, fish, minerals, and metals. From an early age, she claimed to have visions. When the Papacy supported these claims by the headmistress, her position as an important intellectual was galvanized. The visions became part of one of her seminal works in 1142, Scivias (Know the Ways of the Lord), which consists of thirty-five visions relating and illustrating the history of salvation.






Film: Maxi Cohen
Ladies Rooms Around the World, trailer

“I have been photographing in the ladies room for more than thirty years, from the Australian outback to Zambian discos, and videotaping since the late 1990s. This project is a celebration of women’s courage and beauty, meant to inspire self-expression and advocate for women’s rights. “

A Movement in Water, excerpt
“For more than the past fifteen years, I have been photographing and filming lush abstractions of water from Argentina to Zimbabwe, Bali to Bosnia to Botswana. A Movement in Water is an immersive traveling installation designed to shift your physiology and the way you look at water.”

Maxi Cohen is an artist and filmmaker. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Israel Museum, National Gallery of Canada and other museums and collection. Her films have played in movie theaters, film festivals and on television internationally.

www.maxicohenstudio.com




Theater: Rosina Fernhoff performing play by Carol Polcovar

Alice-The Conversion of Alice B Toklas

Alice B. Toklas is known only as the "wife" of the modernist writer Gertrude Stein. In The Conversion of Alice B. Toklas, it is Alice who takes Center Stage. At age 92 Alice looks over her life and whether to become a Catholic. We learn about her love for Gertrude, the truth about their relationship and how they, as Jews, survived Nazi occupied France.

Rosina Fernhoff is the recipient of an Obie for her performances in FASHION and GERANIUM HAT. She career has encompassed regional and international off-Broadway, feature and short films, and she has directed 2 solo plays. For thirty years she has been touring with Av Inlender's 4 solo plays written for her: Snow People, Shadows, Mrs. Davidson's Story and Jerusalem Story. She has a BFA in drama from Carnegie Mellon University, and studied with Lee Strassberg, George DiCenzo and Sabra Jones. In 2014 she was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Artistic Work from Carnival Girls Productions. She is a member of AEA ,SAG-AFTRA.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosina_Fernhoff

rosina297@aol.com

Carol Polcovar entered the literary world as a poet and publisher. Later she became a playwright and theatrical producer/ director as well. Her new venture is CandRwrite which offers marketing and publicity services. Ms. Polcovar is the founder and Artistic Director of New York City’s Fresh Fruit Festival.

www.facebook.com/carol.polcovar




Literature: Susan Sherman
Nirvana on Ninth Street, excerpt

Susan Sherman’s new work of short fiction NIRVANA ON NINTH STREET captures a time and place when revolutionary politics and arts grew among the Lower East Side’s deteriorating tenements.

Susan Sherman, poet, playwright, essayist, editor and co-founder of IKON magazine moved to the East Village in 1961 where she became part of its political and artistic activism. Nirvana on Ninth Street, captures that time and place. Her publications include, The Light That Puts an End to Dreams and the memoir: America’s Child.

www.susansherman.com




Performance Poetry: Chocolate Waters
excerpts from early work and latest book, The Woman Who Wouldn't Shake Hands

During the second wave of feminism, Chocolate Waters was one of the first openly lesbian poets and performance artists to gain widespread attention. She was also a founder of Big Mama Rag, Denver's radical feminist newspaper. She continues to evolve. "Chocolate Waters is one of this world's original creative story tellers, life observers, and proof that "the personal is political" can be told in a humorous, direct, thought provoking, singular manner that will stay in one's mind long after a Chocolate Waters individual performance." ~ Vicki McConnell, author of the Nyla Wade Lesbian mystery series

www.ChocolateWaters.com




Host: Carol Hollenbeck
Actress, author, and playwright Carol Hollenbeck has appeared on TV soap opera, in several off-broadway plays, and in several murder mysteries. She produced Hells Kitchen Short Film Festival, in which her short film THE LIFTERS was premiered. Carol founded the group HELLS KITCHEN WRITERS, which includes poets and novelists , and produce functions several times a year. Her book TRUE BLONDES, is about the trials and tribulations of what it means to be blonde, the myth surrounding the light haired goddesses. Carol’s play HOMETOWN PREMIER, which takes place in the sixties, tells the story of a young girl as she returns home from Hollywood for her hometown premier.

facebook.com/carolhollenbeck facebook.com/trueblondes





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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Salon Lounge at Dixon Place - November 15, 2014




Dixon Place presents...

"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"

a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women

an International Women Artists’ Salon series



Saturday, 15 November 2014 ~ Host: Dale Novella




Historical Woman Artist Honoree: Hannah Szenes (July 17, 1921 – November 7, 1944)

Hannah Szenes was a poet and playwright, writing both in Hungarian and Hebrew. She was one of 37 Jews from the area then-called "Palestine". Enlisted in the British Army, she parachuted into Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia during World War II to assist in the rescue of Hungarian Jews about to be transported to the German death camp at Auschwitz. Szenes was arrested at the Hungarian border, then imprisoned and tortured, but refused to reveal details of her mission. She was eventually tried and executed by firing squad. She is regarded as a national heroine in Israel, where her poetry is widely known.





Film: Poster Girl
“This film is a response to the cultural disconnect between veterans and civilians. I wanted to bridge that gap by showing the struggle and healing journey of one person. In this case, I was lucky to find Robynn Murray, whose voice is so powerful; I knew she could be a voice for the thousands of veterans struggling alone with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)." ~ Sara Nesson

Sara Nesson is a 2011 Academy Award nominated director and winner of the International Documentary Association (IDA) Best Documentary Short for POSTER GIRL. Sara is currently in development on her first narrative feature as well as other commercial and documentary projects. Sara continues to work with Veterans and is on the advisory board for Warrior Writers. She is the founder of Portrayal Films, based in Brooklyn, NY.

www.postergirlthemovie.com



Literature: Jennifer Pacanowski, poetry
"22 veterans a day kill themselves. To save them it falls on the community to help them transition and truly come home from the war and the military culture. I am Jenny Pacanowski, poet/public speaker/combat veteran. I feel it is my duty to advocate and discuss veterans' issues as well as speak the truth of my experiences." ~ Jenny Pacanowski

Jenny Pacanowski joined the Army in 2003 at age 23. She selected the M.O.S. of health care specialist/combat medic with plans to work in a hospital and to someday become a nurse. In 2004 Jenny was sent to Iraq. During the 11 and 1/2 months deployment she worked as a combat medic driving a military ambulance serving as first responder medical support for convoys in Iraq for the Army, Air force and Marines. She logged thousands of miles throughout Iraq such as Al- Asad, Tikrit, Mosel, Samarra and the Sunni triangle. In 2007, she was diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Jenny began writing again to process the many issues she was dealing with after war and found solace in training and fostering bullmastiffs. The following year, she attended an Artist/writing veterans retreat at Martha's Vineyard where she found peace in the other veterans' company and also a venue for her writing/spoken word. Her work is published in Remaking Sense, the After Action Review and the Warrior writers 4th anthology. Jenny loves to facilitate writing workshops for veterans and military family members to continue to inspire people to write and discuss the cost of war.

www.warriorwriters.org



Theater: Joanna Bowzer
Yellowjacekt, with performers Nelson Avidon (Dr. Alan Milllings), Peter Berube (Justin Little), Shelly Shenoy (Avery Millings), Nick Job (Joseph Millings) with intro by Shelly Shenoy

Yellowjacket is a new play by writer/director Joanna Bowzer. It follows a psychologist working with a war veteran who is on trial for committing murder while in a PTSD-triggered episode. As the verdict draws near, the doctor must battle his own demons while he works to help the soldier remember what might have caused him to commit the violent act.

www.facebook.com/pages/Yellowjacket

Joanna Bowzer is a NYC-based director, writer and producer. Her projects in film have been screened at over 30 film festivals and have won awards across the country. Her stage work has been produced in NYC, LA and Oklahoma City. She is very excited to have the following phenomenal actors bring the show to life at the IWAS Salon Lounge: Nelson Avidon, Peter Berube, Shelly Shenoy and Nicholas Job.



Music: Jade Zabric
Texas native singer/songwriter, Jade Zabric is an Air Force Vet and was Tops in Blue lead guitar player. She now lives New York City pursuing her music in the venues, streets and subways. Her lyrics include everything from life, death and war to love and optimism.

www.jadezabric.com

Dale Novella: Vulnerable with her lyrics…strong in her approach, Mutron Angel is a bona fide artist, musician, and lyricist seeking to uplift and inspire the world by sharing her experiences through spoken word.

This ‘soul sister’ describes her body of work as honest, sensitive and urgent. From performing at local open mic nights in tiny bars of South Carolina to performing at the Nuyorican, Katra Lounge and Free Candy in NYC. Mutron Angel continues to take the world by storm as an R&B, Pop and Soul lyricist. As she continues to build her musical empire Mutron Angel draws strength and inspiration from her mantra, “Love yourself for yourself because you can’t depend on others to make you happy.” In 2011, she began a production company called Royaltie Entertainment Company (The REC) that promotes a positivity through hiphop, soul, and poetic events.

Mutron Angel is currently working on a spoken word album, which will be released on The REC and can be seen performing as a spoken word artist in NYC. Check out some of her past performances at:

http://reverbnation.com/dalenovella and for more information visit: http://facebook.com/LoveTheREC.




Donations and pass-the-hat tonight will benefit Trauma and Resiliency Resources, to support their all female warrior camps.


www.traumaandresiliencyresources.org




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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Salon Lounge at Dixon Place - October 18, 2014







Dixon Place presents...

"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"

a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women

an International Women Artists’ Salon series



Saturday, 18 October 2014 ~ Host: Heidi Russell, founder




Historical Woman Artist Honoree: Helen Levitt (1913 – 2009)

Helen Levitt was a photographer, film editor and director known for her captivating portraits of New York urban life. Ms. Levitt was born in Brooklyn, New York, and pursued a career in photography, with some of her earlier images showcased by Fortune magazine and the Museum of Modern Art. She was known for her captures of children and urban street life and worked as a film director on over 25 films including documentaries like The Quiet One. She was also one of the first photographers to work with color. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Levitt






Film: Collaborative Media Productions
Promotional Video

Collaborative Media Productions has hired 12 female producers for their upcoming indie short THE KIDS MENU, written by Richard Vetere (The Writer's Afterlife), directed by Paul Borghese (Once Upon A Time In Brooklyn), and starring Vincent Pastore ( The Sopranos) & Nyle Lynn (Comedy Central).

www.collaborativemediaproductions.com


Nyle Lynn (Sag-Aftra, AEA) is the head of Collaborative Media Productions and has acting credits including everything from spoofs on Comedy Central, to dramatic leads at The Actor's Studio here in New York City. She has produced Off-Broadway shows, web-series, and short films. So with her BFA in drama, a minor in business admin and a knack for sales & advertising, starting a production company was the next logical adventure. www.nylelynn.com

Maayan Schneider is an Israeli-American film and stage actress, host and M.C., born in Jerusalem and living in New York City, where she studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse. She has performed on stage, among others, at the Abingdon and Kraine Theatres, in short films, and Web –Sitcoms. Her self-produced Web Series, "Maayan's Music Minute", celebrates independent music artists, and she co-created and co-hosted “Free & Cheap NYC” with Angela Church on WBAI Radio. www.maayanschneider.com


Literature: Carol Hollenbeck
Reading excerpt from her novel, True Blondes

Ms. Hollenbeck’s novel takes the reader on a journey from New York, Hollywood and Las Vegas, the characters two blondes Mandy, and Diane, of which only one will survive.

Actress, author, and playwright Carol Hollenbeck has appeared on TV soap opera, in several off-broadway plays, and in several murder mysteries. She produced Hells Kitchen Short Film Festival, in which her short film THE LIFTERS was premiered. Carol founded the group HELLS KITCHEN WRITERS, which includes poets and novelists , and produce functions several times a year. Her book TRUE BLONDES, is about the trials and tribulations of what it means to be blonde, the myth surrounding the light haired goddesses. Carol’s play HOMETOWN PREMIER, which takes place in the sixties, tells the story of a young girl as she returns home from Hollywood for her hometown premier. facebook.com/carolhollenbeck and facebook.com/trueblondes



Theater: Katherin O’Sullivan
Performing excerpt from her solo show, Music For Dogs

Janey Mac has got some bad news! She has come to the beach to record a farewell message to her brother and sister. Her legacy is both funny and unexpected.

Katherine is a New York based actor. She has appeared in many plays, including Antigone, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, Under Milk Wood, Footfalls, TheTinker’s Wedding, The Cú Chulain Cycle, Nora's Bloke, Cell, The Holy Ground, The Beauty Queen of Leenane and Finnegan’s Farewell (Off- Broadway). Her film work includes Nettie in the award-winning indie horror feature I’ll Bury You Tomorrow, Leslie in The Blood Shed, and Aunt Idella in Gallery of Fear. You may also see her in Kinsey, The Emperor’s Club and Birdman.

www.katherineosullivan.com



Multi-Discpline: Estrogenius Festival
Estro at 15!

Can you believe EstroGenius is 15? Neither can we. But we are really excited about this year’s line-up of one-woman shows, short plays, dance, visual art and youth performances….now thru November 2nd!

Manhattan Theatre Source’s EstroGenius Festival, an annual celebration of female voices, is one of New York City’s largest women’s arts festivals. Founded by Fiona Jones in 2000, the festival debuted with a program of 10 short plays and music. Since then, it has grown into a multi-week event including short plays, solo shows, teen performances, visual art, and dance. In past years, we’ve also had stand-up comedy, live music, fundraisers for African girls’ education, and full-day networking events with panels and workshops. Almost completely volunteer run, the EstroGenius Festival has provided thousands of artists the chance to shine. We are committed to providing opportunities to female artists – in a variety of disciplines – ranging from the emerging to the seasoned professional. www.estrogenius.org




International Women Artists’ Salon is a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural global organization of women making art in the world today.


Music+Dance+Video+Film+Comedy+Theater+Writing+Visual Arts+Fashion+Architecture+Design+et al.

Twitter: @womenartsalon
Facebook Fan Page: International Women Artists’ Salon


For more information about membership, collaborations, sponsorships contact: heidi.womenartsalon@gmail.com


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Saturday, September 20, 2014

Salon Lounge at Dixon Place - September 20, 2014






Dixon Place presents...

"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"

a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women

an International Women Artists’ Salon series




Saturday, 20 September 2014 ~ Host: Heidi Russell




Historical Woman Artist Honoree: Marie Bracquemond (1840 – 1916)

Marie Bracquemond was a French Impressionist artist described retrospectively by Henri Focillon in 1928 as one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism alongside Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt. Marie Bracquemond participated in the Impressionist exhibitions of 1879, 1880, and 1886. In 1879 and 1880, some of her drawings were published in the La Vie Moderne. In 1881, she exhibited five works at the Dudley Gallery in London. Many of her best-known works were painted outdoors, especially in her garden at Sèvres. One of her last paintings was The Artist's Son and Sister in the Garden at Sèvres. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Bracquemond




Video: Reproductive Justice, A Walking Tour, with Cindy Cooper
The Reproductive Justice Walking Tour, a performance-art project on video, is mapping reproductive justice in our history, our communities and our lives, as we take to the streets of lower Manhattan. http://reprojusticetour.wordpress.com

Cindy Cooper is a playwright, producer, and founder of Words of Choice, supporting reproductive rights activism through arts and creativity. www.wordsofchoice.org



Literature: Valerie G. Keane and Audrey Dimola, representing the Queens Literary Community

‘capricho’, Valerie G. Keane

Poets in Hell – Revisited’, Audrey Dimola

Audrey Dimola, writer/poet, performer, curator and member of the Queens Literary Community.

Celebrated for her dynamic presence both onstage and on the page, Audrey Dimola is a well-known Queens-born writer/poet, performer, curator, host, and arts crusader. She has performed at Bowery Poetry Club and Brooklyn Museum, curated shows for LaGuardia Performing Arts Center and Queens Museum, and has been featured on NY1 for organizing the first ever Queens Literary Town Hall, but what she really wants you to know is that you should never give up hope - because the magic only stops when you say so. She is the author of poetry and prose collection "Decisions We Make While We Dream" (2012) and the forthcoming "TRAVERSALS" (soon to be released in November 2014). For her next trick, she will resume living out her childhood fantasy of becoming an acrobat...
www.audreydimola.com


Valerie G. Keane, poet and member of the Queens Literary Community.

Valerie G. Keane is very honored to be part of the current Queens literary scene. Her work was recently published in the Spring/Summer 2014 issue of the Newtown Literary Journal and she is the founder of Poetry & Coffee, a very juicy discussion group in Queens for writers and readers, where people are waking up to great poetry and to life. Valerie has been featured at Inspired Word, Boundless Tales Reading Series, First Tuesdays Reading Series, REZ Reading Series, and the NYC Poetry Festival. When asked if she is a poet, Valerie says, “I still don’t know how you qualify as one and no one seems to know where the application form is." www.valeriegkeane.com



Theater: Nicole Kontolefa
I Am Me, excerpt

I Am Me is a site unspecific play and mobile performance. It is a story about a woman and a bus; an exploration of who we are to ourselves and others. Public space becomes the world of the play peopled by passersby and you, the audience.

Nicole Kontolefa was born and raised in NYC and is a graduate of the only American Class of the Moscow Art Theater. She is the managing director and a founding member of Studio Six Theater Company - the sixth studio to be born out of the Moscow Art Theater School. Nicole also performs with other theater companies, performance artists and is developing new solo performances. As part of Studio Six she has performed at The Chekhov International Theater Festival, in several Fringe Festival in New York and New Orleans. Nicole helped to produce tours of the company's shows in Montreal, Moldova and even Baltimore. She has been in over a dozen short films and web series. www.youmeandyourfriend.com



Dance: Patrice Miller
The Sands/Geology of a Stone, part one of the Geography of Healing project, commissioned by Spark & Echo

If healing is a place, what its topography? Is it a destination like Jericho or is it an endless landscape, constantly unfolding before us? What are its borders? What does it take to get the water to change from contaminated to life giving? Most importantly, what does it feel like to travel this land (or what is its relationship to our notions of time and space)? www.geographyofhealing.wordpress.com

Patrice Miller is a director/choreographer currently living and working in New York City. Her work has been presented at 3-Legged Dog, La MaMa Etc, Theater Row, Prelude/CUNY Graduate Center, The Brooklyn Museum, The Brick, FRINGENYC, and non-theater spaces like outside of the 68th Street subway stop, NYC Fashion Week, and 571 Projects. Her work is interdisciplinary, "idea-driven," and good, weird fun.
http://patricemiller1.wix.com/patricemiller




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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Salon Solo: Painter Naomi Goldie Wasserman

International Women Artists' Salon is pleased to present painter Naomi Goldie Wasserman, whose work is featured on The New York Optimist.



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BIO
Painter Naomi Goldie was born in 1973 on one of America’s most famous communes, “The Farm”, and spent her childhood years surrounded by artists and musicians. From an early age, Naomi immersed herself in making art. In 1980, when the family moved to rural New Hampshire, to run their own organic produce farm, Naomi’s grandmother took her to Concord, to her first formal art classes at the Currier Gallery of Art.
 

Naomi’s artistic talent, evident in the local schools as well, prompted a wave of encouragement to continue in art school. Instead, 15-year old Naomi moved to New York City. Living in the vibrant melting pot of the Lower East Side in the late 1980’s, Naomi was entranced and amazed by street art everywhere and dreamed of capturing the technicolor city life around her. She developed a strong technique she describes as “Urban Impressionism”—stylistic cityscapes which reflect that vivid dream! While continuing her non-traditional art education in New York and, later, at The River Gallery School, a small visual art school in southern Vermont, Naomi raised her two children in New York and Brattleboro. After painting in oils for 15 years, and raising her children for the better part of 20 years, Naomi is loving the ability to bring her art to the place where it all started and where it needs to be seen!
Naomi Goldie’s work is in collections around the United States and internationally. Her painting, now appearing in art shows in Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs, is gaining popularity and a loyal following of collectors.

Most nice days, Naomi can be found painting and selling her work, as a popular NY street artist. Naomi teaches one on one art instruction and is available for commissioned art and custom fresco murals. She is also seeking interested dealers/galleries for representation.




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ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Born on "The Farm" and nurtured in rural communities, including my family’s organic produce farm in New Hampshire, I moved to New York City when I was 15-years old. On the Lower East Side, I was entranced and amazed by street art everywhere and the vibrant melting pot I was in. I submerged myself in this culture and emerged with a painting technique I call “urban impression-ism”. Using this technique, I am able to capture the “Technicolor” cityscapes that I vividly dreamed of painting as a young woman arriving in New York, experiencing the city for the first time. At any given time I can be found in one of many locations, on the streets of NYC painting and selling my artwork.



Contact
www.naomigoldie.tumblr.com
Naomigoldie@yahoo.com

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/naomigw?fref=ts
413-883-2684




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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Salon Lounge at Dixon Place - August 23, 2014



Dixon Place presents...

"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"

a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women

an International Women Artists’ Salon series

Saturday, 23 August 2014 ~ Host: Christina Liu




Showcase Theme: Feminism and Artistic Expression


Historical Woman Artist Honoree: Artemisia Gentileschi (Born July 8th 1593, Died 1653)

Artemisia Gentileschi was the most important woman painter of Early Modern Europe by virtue of the excellence of her work, the originality of her treatment of traditional subjects, and the number of her paintings that have survived (though only thirty-four of a much larger corpus remain, many of them only recently attributed to her rather than to her male contemporaries). She was both praised and disdained by contemporary critical opinion, recognized as having genius, yet seen as monstrous because she was a woman exercising a creative talent thought to be exclusively male. Since then, in the words of Mary D. Garrard, she "has suffered a scholarly neglect that is almost unthinkable for an artist of her caliber." There has recently been a movie made about Gentileschi called Artemisia, which has been widely criticized for its biographical and historical inaccuracy.

http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/baroque/Artemisia-Gentileschi.html


Video: Evelin Stermitz
Evelin will talk about her video art pieces and media works in context of art and feminism. She will show excperpts of her works and further introduce the project ArtFem.TV.

Evelin Stermitz, M.A., M.Phil., studied Media and New Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and holds the degree in Philosophy from Media Studies. Her works in the field of media and new media art focus on post-structuralist feminist art practices. In 2008 she founded ArtFem.TV – Art and Feminism ITV (http://www.artfem.tv/) and received a Special Mention for the project at the IX Festival Internacional de la Imagen, VI Muestra Monográfica de Media Art, University of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia, in 2010. Her works have been exhibited and screened at various venues such as the MMoMA Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia / Vetlanda Museum, Sweden / Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City / Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina / PAN Palazzo delle Arti Napoli / CAM Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy / Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia / Fundació Joan Miró and CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain / Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, USA / MAC/VAL Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, France / Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA / International Museum of Women, San Francisco, USA.


Literature: Sarah Gallina
Sarah will read a selection from her poetry writing: Creature of the Flesh; Nipple Kiss; He or She or Me

Sarah Gallina is a young visual artist/ writer living in Queens. After graduating from Colgate University last year, she delved into the world of theatre with the production of her first off-off-off Broadway play The Weight of Wishing. She has studied at The Atlantic Theatre Company, The Art Students League, and Pratt Institute. Since then, she’s found her artistic home in poetry and song lyrics.

sarahgallina.webstarts.com


Video Performance: Dayna Moses
INTERSECTION is a durational exploration of what lives in-between the internal and external space. Through repetitive movement, Dayna performs live with her-self on video to experiment with the gravity of time and space.
This work is conceived and performed by Dayna.

Dayna Moses is a NY-based video artist, filmmaker, and writer. Her video installations and films blur the perception of time and space. Moses’ work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions, screenings, and festivals in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel), Moscow (Russia), Massachusetts, Illinois, Wisconsin, and New York. During her residency in Jerusalem, Israel from 2009-10, she studied Israeli art through the WUJS Institute and exhibited videos, installations, and performances. She is the recipient of grants and awards including the the UW-Milwaukee Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award and the Ken Jacobs Cinema Scholarship from Binghamton University. She has an MFA in Performing Arts-Film/Video from UW-Milwaukee; BA in Cinema, and BA in English; Creative Writing from Binghamton University.
 

www.daynamoses.com



Theater: Ege Maltepe
TITS by Prof G – A Sociological Approach!
Turkish Prof Bade Gediklioglu, aka Prof G, has been in New York City for her research on the social importance of female breasts, she prefers to call them TITS! Now is the time for her lecture series in which she will uncover her studies as well as her own identity. TITS by Prof G is a lecture comedy written and performed by Ege Maltepe, a Turkish actress who studied acting under the guidance of Mike Nichols in New York City. The show has a pink ribbon on. Prof G will perform a self-exam during her lecture, to raise awareness for breast cancer.

Ege Maltepe is an actor, director, and playwright from Istanbul. She came to New York on Fulbright scholarship and received her MA in Acting as a student of Mike Nichols. Ege is the curator for theatrical matinees in West Village’s 31 year old Caffe Vivaldi, also the co-founder of Classical For All with her classical musician husband. Ege is currently performing her one woman show, TITS , in which she plays a Turkish professor researching the social importance of breasts. As an educator Ege Maltepe is coaching improvisational workshops in New York and Istanbul. Her classes are open to both actors and non-actors, next workshop starts in September.

Catch Prof G's next lecture on August 26th 8pm at Producers Club (358 W 44th St) and August 27th 8pm at Peoples Improv Theater (123 E 24th St)

Personal website/blog:http://www.egemaltepe.com/
About Spolin Improvisation: http://www.spolinist.com/
About #classical4all : http://www.classicalforall.com




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Music+Dance+Video+Film+Comedy+Theater+Writing+Visual Arts+Fashion+Architecture+Design+et al.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Salon Solo: Painter Natia Tsiklauri

International Women Artists' Salon is pleased to present painter, Natia Tsiklauri, whose works are on display at Producers' Club from July 22 to August 10th. 




Muses, oil on canvas,
24 x 20 in (60 x 50 cm), 2009


Natia Tsiklauri is a female artist born in 1962 from Tbilisi, Georgia. Art has been Natia’s lifetime passion and has always been the driving force in her endeavors. Natia has never been reluctant to experiment in her works. In different periods of her artist career she focused on different themes. In her recent paintings Natia intensively referred to metaphysical aspects of human life and existence in urban setting. The idea of exploration of the city environment is vividly expressed in her artwork.



Untitled, 28 x 20 in (70 x 50 cm),
oil oin canvas, 2012

In November 2011 Natia had a solo exhibit of her works in her hometown Tbilisi. The event was very successful and inspired the artist to look for further development and learning experience.




Untitled, oil on canvas,
20 x 15 in (50 x 40 cm), 2012



Producers’ Club, 358 W 44th St in New York
www.producersclub.com



Directions: http://www.mapquest.com/#ca61a7f06a5d47107ab89b88

Salon Solo is a three-week solo exhibition of visual art of Salon members from around the world.



Untitled, oil on canvas,
24 x 20 in (60 x 50 cm), 2013




The International Women Artists' Salon extends a huge THANK YOU to Producers' Club for supporting such events.

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Salon Lounge at Dixon Place - July 19th 2014







Dixon Place presents...

"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place" 


a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women

an International Women Artists’ Salon series

Saturday, 19 July 2014 ~ Host: Heidi Russell



 

Historical Woman Artist Honorees:

Americans Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) and her partner Alice Toklas (1877-1967), both writers and art patrons, who hosted an international group of artists and intellectuals in their literary salons in Paris.


Film: Danielle Earle
Lover’s Game, trailer and clip from full-length feature
Lover's Game tells the story of Vincent and Annabella; a wealthy couple living in New York City. They want to have a child, but discover that children will never be a possibility. Soon, their ambitions of family has an effect on their marriage. One day, Annabella meets a painter named Gillian; a seductive, exotic lesbian painter, who changes her whole perspective on her future and her life with Vincent. www.loversgamefilm.com.www.facebook.com/loversgamefilm, www.twitter.com/loversgamefilm
Danielle is a 2 time award winning producer/director/writer of the critically acclaimed web series Brooklyn Is in Love. She is also a Writers Guild of America East member, and has made a name for herself after being featured in Curve Magazine, AfterEllen, Time Out, SheWired, Village Voice, Go Magazine, News 12 New Jersey "Spotlight New Jersey," and has recently screened at the Women's International Salon Film Festival this Summer. The upcoming LGBT feature film "Lover's Game," starring Crawford M. Collins, Miranda McCauley, and Blaine Pennington is set to be release this fall.

Music, Singer/Songwriter: Michelle Fury
Original Songs: Watch Your Step, The Further You Get, It's Everything
Michelle is a respected songwriter musician and of her generation. As a vocalist and writer she has produced a string of songs revealing the journey of her heart and the twists and turns of her creative spirit as it morphs from one phase of life through the next. As a songstress, she succeeds in paying homage to great musicians and notable songs. Her voice and creative sophistication make her the artist she is, enabling her to crossover a variety genres from rock and pop to jazz, Broadway and the standards. www.MichelleFury.com, On FB: Michelle Fury Fan Page, Reverbnation: Michelle Fury
Upcoming show: July 27 Otto's Shrunken Head 11PM, 538 E 14th St, Manhattan, NY 10009

Theater, Cabaret: Cailtin Lee Reid

Singing a selection from her show Lezzie with a Z, which will be performed this coming Friday night (July 25th) at 10pm, here at Dixon Place as part of the Hot Festival.
Lezzie with a Z brings back the creative team behind the hit musical "Lesbian Love Octagon" to expose the sapphic undertones of the musical theatre cannon. Caitlin Lee Reid stars in this queered cabaret featuring musical theatre classics and peppered with Reid's dry wit and own real life tales of being gay-married and gay-divorced by 27, breaking the lesbian glass ceiling of musical theatre, and learning to strap-on and sing out! www.lezziewithaz.com  
Caitlin was last seen starring in “Lesbian Love Octagon” by Kim Kressal and Will Larche. Caitlin performs regularly at LezCab, a musical theatre cabaret for queer women. A proud graduate of The University of Michigan. Favorite roles include: “The Rocky Horror Show” (Magenta), “Red Light Winter” (Christina), “Twelfth Night” (Viola). Accompanied by Music Director Will Larche

Will is a singer/songwriter whose one-man cabaret, “Bumps in The Bathroom,” has performed at The New York Theatre Barn, Earl Dax’s Pussy Faggot, and The Duplex. Will arranged and performs in “We Put The Spring In Springfield: The Music of The Simpsons” and wrote the score to “Bail Out The Musical”.


Literature, Spoken Word Poetry & Rap: Safiel Vonay
Selections from her oeuvre
Reformed Talent is a collaboration of artists that host art events in Queens and now expanding to Manhattan and Brooklyn. We work to revive, unite and expose all forms of art and bring people who love or are interested in art together. Safiel is a spoken word artist and rapper performing in the perspective of an angel. Ambition, passion and motivationally driven to wake up her audience through her aggressive performance style and wordplay. Safiel uses her emotional and spine chilling words to get a strong message across.

safielvonay.blogspot.com
Upcoming event: July 26th in Queens New York. www.reformedtalent.com


Special cookie treats tonight donated by Alice Shaprio, Salonista in Atlanta www.minibroadwaybites.com/cookies.html


International Women Artists’ Salon is a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural global organization of women making art in the world today.

Music+Dance+Video+Film+Comedy+Theater+Writing+Visual Arts+Fashion+Architecture+Design+et al.


Twitter: @womenartsalon
Facebook Fan Page: International Women Artists’ Salon
 

For more information about membership, collaborations, sponsorships contact: heidi.womenartsalon@gmail.com


Thank you to Dixon Place and staff, Maggie Cousins (logo), IWAS Volunteers


Saturday, June 21, 2014

Salon Lounge at Dixon Place - June 21 2014






Dixon Place presents...

"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"

a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women

an International Women Artists’ Salon series

Saturday, 21 June 2014 ~ Host: Candi Sterling

Historical Honorees: Women Poets throughout history

Poetry has often been an outlet and means of expression for women who often experienced constraints by society. One of the earliest women poets Sumangalamata expressed this sentiment through her poetry…


 
“A woman well set free! How free I am,
How wonderfully free, from kitchen drudgery.
Free from the harsh grip of hunger,
And from empty cooking pots,
Free too of that unscrupulous man,
The weaver of sunshades.
Calm now, and serene I am,
All lust and hatred purged.
To the shade of the spreading trees I go
And contemplate my happiness”



Literature – Free Verse Magazine of poetry and prose
with teaching apprentice Yasmine Lancaster and poets Sheila Nahomi, Tahara Lilly, Cheryl Brown


Poetry from the waiting rooms of New York City’s Probation Offices
http://freeversemagazine.com/

Yasmine B. Lancaster - reading from Free Verse Volume 3 Magazine, ‘Called Rich and Lazy’

She will like to leave with a quote about the power of Art from Daisaku Ikeda The President of SGI, "Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself."

Sheila Nahomi – ‘Phantom of My Innocence’, is a reflection of Sheila trying to be the catcher in the rye, wanting to save that innocence she couldn't hold on to due to having to grow up and mature too quickly in such a violent and unkind environment.

Cheryl Brown – ‘My Father’s Ashes’ and ‘I’m Sorry’

Tahara Lilly – ‘How I Came to Be’ and ‘Fancy Doll’


Yasmine B. Lancaster is an emerging writer born in El Barrio east Harlem raised in the Bronx she considers herself a citizen of the world. Attending Graphic Communication Arts High-School to Study Creative writing .A Winner of The NAACP ACT-SO award for Poetry and Essay. After High-School she stopped writing and got heavily involved in activism creating an Amnesty International Award Winning News Letter. She stopped writing consistently until she began to practice Nichiren Buddhism with The SGI, since making that choice her writing and opportunities began to manifest. In 2011 she received a writing scholarship with Carolyn Butts African Voices 2012 she spoke at the SGI Artist for Peace Series performing a poem called Freedom Roll Call. In 2013 she was a part of the groundbreaking cheropoem Sidewalk Sisters that sold out to standing room audience for the 3 day run of the play. In 2014 she joined Free verse as a Poetry Apprentice. She will like to thank Heidi Russell and The International Woman Salon for this Opportunity.

Sheila Nahomi is 16 years old and currently lives in the Bronx borough. Sheila began writing at a young age, as well as doing Art, in order to cope with difficulties she was going through. Poetry soon became her heroin and she was loyal to it. Not too long ago Sheila found out about Free Verse and everything changed. She began writing again and found herself as well as some amazing lifetime friends such as Yasmine, who's helped her become a better poet.

Tahara Lilly was born and raised in the Bronx. She is currently in school for her GED. She joined Free Verse about 18 months ago. She works her way up to become a paid writing apprentice. She has been in the newspaper a few times. Now she is working on her first chap book, About (how I came to be).

Cheryl Brown was born and raised in the Bronx. She has one son name Dont'ye and a husband named Victor. 
She became involved with Free Verse when she saw Dave Johnson, the teacher of Free Verse, sitting at a table asking for poems. He was in the Office of Probation NeON, at 198 E.161st street. She never knew that Probation was involved with poetry and she was very impressed. Cheryl was at NeON because her son got in trouble with the law. She decided to volunteer her time at NeON and it also allowed her to be a part Free Verse. She has been a Free Verse Poet for two years now and in May of 2014, and was hired full time as a Probation Office Assistant.
“Free Verse has allowed me to express myself in ways I never could imagine. I never wrote poetry before and now I feel I am a true poet.”



Film – Luanda Farinha
Excerpt from ‘Pieces of Me’


Luanda Farinha is 33 years old and a movie lover. She received a BA in International Relations and did a post-grad in diplomacy and media in Spain. That is when she became a little more involved with media, and specially on following her dreams. During the last 6 years she has worked in a huge multinational company, went to film school, had her first short movie accepted in Cannes Festival. Last year she decide to leave everything behind and follow her dreams. After a short second film called 2 Minutes, her third film is a medium-length film, ‘Piece of Me’, which just went to Cannes 2014. Now her film company Monoeye Films, which she co-founded, is promoting it at festivals around the world. To learn more about the film, ‘Piece of Me’: https://m.facebook.com/pedacodemimofilme



Theater – Qurrat Ann Kadwani

Excerpt from, ’They Call me Q’, an Off-Broadway one-woman show
This award-winning play is the story of an Indian girl growing up in the Boogie Down Bronx who gracefully seeks balance between the cultural pressures brought forth by her traditional parents and wanting acceptance into her new culture. Along the journey, Qurrat Ann Kadwani transforms into 13 characters that have shaped her life including her parents, Caucasian teachers, Puerto Rican classmates, and African-American friends. Written and performed by Qurrat Ann Kadwani, THEY CALL ME Q speaks to the universal search for identity experienced by immigrants of all nationalities. Best Play - 2013 Maui Fringe Festival, Best Actress - Variations Theatre Group’s 2012 Harvest Theatre Festival, "A winning tale..." - The Village Voice, "A theatrical experience to remember..." - Broadway World, "Rewarding on a life-size scale..." - Stage Budd

Qurrat Ann Kadwani is the first female South Asian to have her solo show produced Off Broadway. Her one woman show They Call Me Q received the Best Actress Award at the Variations Theatre Group: Harvest Festival 2012 in NYC and Best Play Award at the Maui Fringe Festival 2013. To date, she has performed her solo play over 50 times. In December 2013, United Nations Unicef invited Ms. Kadwani to perform. Non-profit charity organizations have presented her solo play as benefit fundraisers. Colleges have invited Ms. Kadwani to perform her solo play as part of their diversity programming, alongside discussions and workshops on diversity. She has received an award by the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center. http://qkadwani.com/theycallmeq/



Comedy – Affirmative Action
Improv, with comedians Milly Tamarez, Kimberly Young, Glorilis Tavarez, Dominique Nisperos, Tahlia Robinson, Tawn Lee, Tiara Francis

Affirmative Action sees the value of being the "other," and we use our differences to our and your advantage. Our wide variety of experiences with the white, straight, liberal elite fetishizing us makes for great improv and fun times. Sure, life isn't always about race, but when it is, Affirmative Action will be there. http://affirmativeaction.improvteams.com/

Milly Tamarez comes from the beautiful beaches of Miami, Florida. She is an aspiring comedian/administrative assistant who resides in Brooklyn. She currently studies at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and performs with two improv groups, Affirmative Action and No Safewords. However, her true passion lies in interpreting interviews with the great prophet Kanye West.
TWITTER: @Millyisabunai FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM: Milleh Tea TUMBLR: MirryTamalez

Kimberly Young is an American actress, comedian, and community activist. She graduated NYU for Musical Theatre. She founded the Movement Theatre Company to create opportunities for diverse performers and to reshape the image of peoples of color in the media. She has completed the Upright Citizens Brigade improv program and is currently continuing her studies with UCB's sketch program. Kimberly is one of the original members of No Safeword improv team and is a proud addition to Affirmative Action improv team. Kimberly has performed in Off Broadway theaters, short films, web-series, and has self produced many different media projects. For more information visit Thekimberlyyoung.com

Glorilis Tavarez…Glo is from Florida. Does improv with cool peeps.

Dominique Nisperos is a doctoral student in sociology who has been performing comedy since 2001. Her studies in politics greatly influence her comedic work.

Tahlia Robinson is "Straight Out of Charleston!", South Carolina where she is a company member of THEATRE 99. In New York City she is a UCB student, part of the improv indie team Affirmative Action, involved In sketch life, a great prop-maker, and producer of numerous parody songs - her favorites are about FOOD!

Tawn Lee is originally from Texas and now works in the tech industry in NYC. While she's corporate by day and making the man a lot of money, she's an improviser by night and is currently with Affirmative Action. Twitter/Instagram: Thinh_Tawn

Tiara Francis is a writer, actor, comedian and improviser living in New York City. She has studied improvisation and sketch at The Upright Citizens Brigade in NYC and performs with Affirmative Action improv around town. You can find her nerding out about everything from feminism to pop culture on Twitter, @tiarafrancis, and her blog, http://tjfrancis.tumblr.com/




International Women Artists’ Salon is a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural global organization of women making art in the world today.

Music+Dance+Video+Film+Comedy+Theater+Writing+Visual Arts+Fashion+Architecture+Design+et al.

Twitter: @womenartsalon
Facebook Fan Page: International Women Artists’ Salon

For more information about membership, collaborations, sponsorships
contact founder Heidi Russell at heidi.womenartsalon@gmail.com.


Thank you to Dixon Place and staff, Maggie Cousins (logo), IWAS volunteers

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Salon Lounge at Dixon Place - May 22nd 2014






Dixon Place presents...

"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"

a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women

an International Women Artists’ Salon series



Thursday, 22 May 2014 ~ Host: Nancy Faith Anello





Literature - Aimee Herman

Poetry


Aimee Herman, a Brooklyn-based poet and performance artist will be untangling the knots of hair on the body through poetic narration. What is the language of hair housed on a body. If it could speak up, what might it say?

Aimee's poems are in Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics (Nightboat Books), in the full-length collection, to go without blinking (BlazeVOX books) and aimeeherman.wordpress.com





Dance - CocoMotion

Waaking dance piece


Dancer, choreographer, teacher and all around dance avide, Christina, aka Coco Motion began dancing at a young age, taking classes in ballet, jazz and African. This passion later continued as she went on to major in dance though out college. Currently, she is the assistant to Princess Lockeroo who teaches waacking classes at Broadway Dance Center in midtown Manhattan. Coco Motion recently won the Rep Your Style World of Dance competition in the waacking category.




Theater - Siobhan O'Loughlin

Excerpt from Natural Novice


Natural Novice is a solo show written and performed by Siobhan O'Loughlin, in which she tells tales of female body hair through her own perspective, as well as the perspective of 6 other women she's interviewed. "Charming."--nytheatre.com and "Hilarious."--MD Theatre guide. Currently performing at Paradise Factory through June 8th.

Siobhan O'Loughlin is a writer, performer, and activist from Salisbury, MD, whose solo shows have toured internationally. In NYC, she continues her life of performance art, puppetry, song stylings, storytelling, occupying Wall Street, writing endless theatrical musings on the backs of receipts, and working a thousand day jobs. www.siobhanoloughlin.com




Video - Aima Saint Hunon

« Oh LALA ! »


In the ancient time, the sacred was adorned by féminine forms and attributes. Nature and woman belonged to the magical world of wave and the force of life. The Lala are the 8 enchantresses of this world. They express the holiness of their bodies and their heart in the magic poems, performances and art work.

Aima becomes involved in the pursuit of forms and curves revealing a sensuality similar to her own inner being. Very touched by the expression of femininity, this artist leads us into a universe where women become goddesses, where erotism flirts with purity. Always in search of expression, Aima establishes a direct relationship between the sensuality of the world in which she evolves and that of her own body, staging them in a series of videos, and photos. www.aima-artiste.com





International Women Artists’ Salon
is a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural global organization of women making art in the world today.

Music+Dance+Video+Film+Comedy+Theater+Writing+Visual Arts+Fashion+Architecture+Design+et al.
Twitter: @womenartsalon
Facebook Fan Page: International Women Artists’ Salon

For more information about membership, collaborations, sponsorships contact founder Heidi Russell at heidi.womenartsalon@gmail.com.



Thank you to Dixon Place and staff, Maggie Cousins (logo), IWAS volunteers

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Salon Lounge at Dixon Place - April 19th 2014





Dixon Place presents...

"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"

a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women

an International Women Artists’ Salon series



Saturday, 19 April 2014 ~ Host: Heidi Russell



Historical Woman Artist Honoree: Maya Deren (1917 – 1961), born Eleanora Derenkowskaia (Russian: Элеоно́ра Деренко́вская)

Maya Deren was one of the most important American experimental filmmakers and entrepreneurial promoters of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Deren was also a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer, writer and photographer, and collaborated with many artists and disciplines.

Deren was a key figure in the creation of a New American Cinema, highlighting personal, experimental, underground film. In 1986, the American Film Institute created the Maya Deren Award to honor independent filmmakers. Learn more about her life and work on the internet.




Video: Bridget Riversmith

Animation Reel 2007-2012, QuickTime movie 2 min 7 sec

Stories, vivid colors, archetypes and characters from the collective unconscious expressed in water-base pigments have helped find meaning and to untangle the rats’ nest of post-traumatic stress and reclaim a life disjointed by violence, institutionalization, and stigma.

Bridget Riversmith is a self-taught multimedia artist with a disability who lives in Duluth, Minnesota. She began showing her artwork publicly in 2002, and has since gone from rewiring lamps at Goodwill to exhibiting her award-winning art and animation around the world. She says, “I seek to inspire people in combining art and science to explore the world within and around them, to find solutions to all kinds of problems.” www.riversmithart.wordpress.com




Theater: Teresa Lotz

She Calls Me Firefly, excerpt – performed by Autumn Kioti, Michael Bauer, Kevin Hoffman


She Calls Me Firefly is a psychological drama that explores the effects our past traumas have on our present relationships by weaving together the lives of three characters who are all connected to the play's protagonist, Ken. Ken is a troubled young man who attempts to escape his life by running away from everything and everyone he knows -- finally having to face everything that he has been avoiding. Over the course of one night far from home in a random bar in Kentucky, Ken meets Freddie, a bartender, who watches Ken’s past unravel drink by drink. The ever-present memory of Ken’s mother Veronica impedes his ability to find joy and peace in his present, specifically with his new found love, Levi, a young artist. The play tackles addiction, childhood trauma, and mental illness!

Teresa Lotz is playwright, composer and lyricist/book-writer whose work includes She Calls Me Firefly, The Toucan Man (words), The Birds and the Bees: Unabridged (music), Smoke, Dick Whittington: an XMAS Panto for NYC, Grounded; an original One Act Musical. Bowling Green State University, B.M. Music Composition. New York University, M.F.A Musical Theatre Writing. www.teresalotz.com




Literature: Linda Gnat-Mullin

Kisses Out of the Blue


Kisses Out of the Blue offers 22 true stories that demonstrate the subtle nature of communication from various realities into our everyday lives. Here you will meet contentious poultry, star brothers, British aristocracy and more. Most of all, you will meet yourself in a new and exciting way!

Linda Gnat-Mullin is a Reiki Master and founder, Energetic Empowerment(R). In practice since 2001, she has helped many hundreds of clients discover their authentic selves and change their lives. Previously, she spent years in advertising, until a crisis jolted her into cleaning up massive karma. Kisses is part of this process! www.energeticempowerment.org




Performance Art - Autumn Kioti

Work-in-Progress


This work-in-progress is part of a new collaboration between interdisciplinary performance artist Autumn Kioti, playwright Teresa Lotz, and poet/author Misha Nogha

Autumn Kioti’s interdisciplinary practice combines found object mask and puppet building, painting and illustration, etching and print-based work, folk arts, kinetic aerial art and performance, theatre, photography and written works.

Autumn has been a performer since childhood, and continues to appear on stage and screen as an actor and aerialist, often combining the two. She has performed in aerial/theatrical movement-based works throughout the world, from Jakarta, Indonesia to Madison Square Garden and New York Foundation for the Arts. www.autumnkioti.com





International Women Artists’ Salon is a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural global organization of women making art in the world today.

Music+Dance+Video+Film+Comedy+Theater+Writing+Visual Arts+Fashion+Architecture+Design+et al



Twitter: @womenartsalon
Facebook Fan Page: International Women Artists’ Salon
For more information about membership, collaborations, sponsorships contact: heidi.womenartsalon@gmail.com




Thank you to Dixon Place and staff, Maggie Cousins (logo), Teresa Lotz (IWAS Theme Song)


Saturday, March 15, 2014

Salon Lounge at Dixon Place - March 15th 2014




Dixon Place presents...

"Salon Lounge at Dixon Place"

a monthly showcase of performance/literature/film-video by women

an International Women Artists’ Salon series


Saturday, 15 March 2014 ~ Host: Heidi Russell





Historical Woman Artist Honoree: Susan Macdowell Eakins (1851-1938), American Painter and Photographer





Music: Marye Lobb

sneak previews of third album


These songs are She was inspired the ukulele and winter walks in the woods when writing these songs.

Born in the Midwest and raised in Rochester, NY, Marye trotted the globe in search for inspiration and purpose. After listening to sounds and taking in the culture of Ireland, Norway, Brazil, Argentina and Chile, she found herself singing songs and playing guitar in New York City clubs. With her Quaker and Buddhist ideas at heart, she put herself through school at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Upon graduation, she released Finding Home in response to her travels. After living in New York City for a few years she released NOT AT WAR and did a national tour to celebrate the work. Now back in New York City she teaches and performs and is writing her third album. You can buy her 1st and 2nd album tonight: Finding Home and NOT AT WAR. www.maryelobb.com




Video: Paula Brett

Fence Dance


From color-infused paintings and candy mandalas to video self-portraits, Paula Brett’s broad body of work incorporates various combinations of media dealing with ideas such as created identity, coincidence, ritual, and transitory spaces. She currently resides in Tampa, Florida where she maintains a studio.




Literature: Jane Hoppen

In Between


This reading will be from an excerpt of Jane Hoppen’s debut novel, In Between. You will meet Sophie, a 14 year old who was born as an intersexual in the early 1960s, and sexually reassigned into as much of a female as possible. In this scene, Sophie learns the truth of how she was born and what was done to her.

Jane Hoppen has worked as both a technical and creative writer for more than two decades. Her fiction has been published in various magazines, including Story Quarterly, Western Humanities Review, The Dirty Goat, PANK, Feminist Studies, and Gertrude Journal. Her debut novel, In Between, was released December 2013. www.janehoppen.com




Theater: 4th U VDay with Siobhan O’Loughlin

Exerpts from The Good Body by Eve Ensler


The Good Body turns a unique eye to the female form. Whether undergoing botox injections or living beneath burqas, women of all cultures and backgrounds feel compelled to change the way they look in order to fit in. The Good Body merges cross-cultural explorations with Eve’s own personal journey. www.4thu.org/v-day-2014

Siobhan O'Loughlin is a Brooklyn-based writer, performer and activist from Maryland. As a self-produced solo artist, Siobhan has toured both of her solo shows globally, and continues the tour of Natural Novice, her personal storytelling docu-drama about female body hair, this spring and summer. www.siobhanoloughlin.com




International Women Artists’ Salon
is a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural global organization of women making art in the world today.


Music+Dance+Video+Film+Comedy+Theater+Writing+Visual Arts+Fashion+Architecture+Design+et al.
Twitter: @womenartsalon
Facebook Fan Page: International Women Artists’ Salon

For more information about membership, collaborations, sponsorships contact: heidi.womenartsalon@gmail.com



Thank you to Dixon Place and staff, Maggie Cousins (logo)

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Salon SYmphoNY 2014



PLEASE JOIN US TO CELEBRATE AMAZING WOMEN ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
SATURDAY, MARCH 8TH, 7-9PM



International Women Artists’ Salon, in collaboration with League of Professional Theatre Women'sInternational Committee, will pay tribute to the legacy of women’s cultural riches—creations from all corners of the globe, at the third annual Salon SYmphoNY 2014 with monologues, poems, play excerpts, commentaries, music and dance!


League of Professional Theatre Women members will celebrate “WomanSpeak”, a long-term project, originally created to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the International Committee and give voice to their committee members and affiliates, in honor of the annual homage to women.



WomanSpeak:
Richarda Abrams
Raquel Almazan
Rosemary Camas
Laura Caparrotti
Miriam Kulick
Dorothy Leeds
Chandra Thomas
Peggy Chane- Director
Miriam Kulick- Co-producer
Sophia Romma- Co-Producer
Joyce Maio- Executive Producer
Orietta Crispino- Host at Theaterlab




International Women Artists' Salon presents the following New York-based women artists from across the globe who will share works by inspirational women artists from their homelands...


Aimee Whelan - England
Anne Fizzard - Canada
Autumn Kioti - Native America
Clare Dunne - Republic of Ireland
Ege Maltepe - Turkey 
Eva Mueller - Germany
Evgenia Radilova & Tsveta Dimova- Republic of Bulgaria
Gwenfair Vaughan - Wales
Jacqueline Kroschell - Switzerland 
Laura Lona - Venezuela
Mayuna Shimizu - Japan
Rahee - Bangladesh
Sophia Romma - Russia
Yan Xi - China

with special honoring of Ladies Trekking - Africa



With host, Nicola Murphy, from Republic of Ireland

Doors open at 6:30, performance 7pm-9pm,
with intermission @ Theaterlab
357 West 36th Street, 3d Floor, New York, NY 10018
www.theaterlabnyc.com

~ reception and mingling reception to follow~

Suggested Donation: $10

For more information, contact:
Sophia Romma: sromma@theatrewomen.org
Heidi Russell: heidi.womenartsalon@gmail.com
Press: heidirussellpublicist@gmail.com


INTERNATIONAL WOMEN ARTISTS' SALON
International Women Artists' Salon is a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural organization of women making art in the world today. Our aim is to bring art by women to the fore of the art world and local communities around the globe through exhibitions and events, community engagement and exchanges, local salon-style gatherings, and an online forum for members and partners.
Disciplines Include but are not limited to...
Music, Dance, Video, Film, Comedy, Theater, Writing, Visual Arts, Fashion, Architecture, Design, Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Installation, New Media.

Join us in the Movement...
Twitter:@womenartsalon
Facebook: International Women Artists’ Salon
Contact: womenartsalon@gmail.com


WOMANSPEAK
"WomanSpeak" Project was initiated as a celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the LPTW International Committee, by inviting the International Committee's Members and our International Affiliates to lend their unique voices to “WomanSpeak" and describe what that phrase evoked for each woman who submitted. In thirty words or less, each participant was asked to share her thoughts in a sentence, a phrase, a fragment, a word, a haiku, a koan, in verse, in a brief narrative, or to free associate, in expressing her distinct point of view. Every submission was then read and presented at our special event, at the LPTW'S Holiday Party in December of 2013. Based on the success of this project, LPTW'S International Committee has decided to pursue the hearty continuation of this evocative, soul-searching project, as we hear our International Woman Speak once more!


THE LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL THEATRE WOMEN
The League of Professional Theatre Women is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to promote visibility and increase opportunities for women in the Professional Theatre. We do this through numerous programs and events. Please visit the official website for LPTW, in order to find out all we do for women in theatre: www.theatrewomen.org


LPTW'S INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
Founded in 2003, the committee develops contacts with theatre women around the world to broaden awareness of other cultures and promote opportunities here and abroad. We recruit and cultivate affiliates and host them when they visit New York. We encourage and provide support for the formation of a League Chapter in our Affiliates’ respective countries and facilitate dialogue and advocacy for women in theatre, across borders. To celebrate our mission, every three years we present the LPTW Gildner/Coigney International Theatre Award.


THEATERLAB
Theaterlab is an artistic laboratory dedicated to the research into the nature of live performance. Through the development of new and experimental work - including theater, music, and visual art - Theaterlab supports New York City's diverse community of artists as well as the general public interested in seeing emerging new work. Theaterlab also focuses on audience development as a creative project. We regard the theatrical experience as a creative public assembly with the audience as an important partner in fulfilling our mission. In addition to producing and presenting new work, Theaterlab provides affordable space for rehearsal and project development, including resident and affiliate artists programs. www.theaterlabnyc.com



THANK YOUS
Maggie Cousins - design
Theaterlab - hosting venue

League of Professional Theatre Women - collaborating organization
International Committee of League of Professional Theatre Women
Producers' Club - rehearsal support
Our numerous volunteers