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Dancing Queerly Boston

Dancing Queerly’s mission is to bring LGBTQIA+ folks with varying dance experience together in the joy of dance as audience members and participants

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COMING SOON!
I'm excited to announce a class series of Gender-expansive Ballroom Dance on Fridays in November! If you've enjoyed the one-off workshops Michael and I have held over the past year, this is your opportunity to dig a little deeper and learn more partner dance. This series is made possible by the City of Boston Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement, and as such is FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
When: 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22 from 6-8pm
Where: Urbanity's Central Studio in the South End
725 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/Hc5DENLcxmBSJkgY9
See you on the dance floor!
#bostonarts #bostondance #queerballroom


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1 years ago


Thanks for dancing queerly with me 💜 If you want to do it more, head to the link in my bio...

It was such a lovely check in point to be reminded of where I was at when @dancingqueerly first brought me on as a performer in 2018, fresh out of college. One of my first professional gigs and something that led to many connections. 6 years later, much has changed but I'm still dancing queerly - now as a much more confident teacher (and a less confident performer lol).
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#bostonqueers #queer #bostonma #Dorchester
ma #danceforall #adultsdance


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1 years ago

Our fourth and final offering for Sunday's Queer Beach Ball!

“Community Contemporary” is a class Angie has created and honed through her work with “The Click”. In this class, we will use contemporary movement as a way to tap into our body, mind, spirit, and community. Together we'll enjoy somatic and creative warm-ups, improvisational games, and phrase work (choreography) Angie always centers consent and autonomy in class. Regardless of your movement experience (or lack thereof), you are welcome to this class!

Angie Benitez (she/they) graduated from Salem State University with a B.A in Modern/Contemporary Dance and has since studied at Bates Dance Festival and continues to study with local Boston-based artists. Angie has immersed herself in teaching dance and performing in the Greater Boston area at local studios, schools, and residencies through organizations such as The Click, Human Movement Project, and at High Street Studios.Her recent performance experience includes local arts festivals and events such as Moving through March, Roots & Routes, Verse / Visual, 24 Hour ChoreoFest, Salem Arts Festival, and more. Much of her work is focused on collaboration and community. When she's not teaching dance, you can find her writing poetry, working as a social media strategist, creating fiber art, and meditating with her plants.

Image Description:

Angie, a purple curly=haired, latinx dancer wedges themself inside a rectangular sculpture, pressing their back against one side and feet against another. Their arm grips overhead as they gaze intensely towards the camera.
#queerartist
#queerdance
#bostonartist


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1
1 years ago

Introducing our third facilitator for the Queer Beach Ball this Sunday!

Pampi will offer a community meditative dance song workshop and demo they call AbunDANCE: Meditative Dance Song.

Contribute to traditions of community chanting and moving to South Asian circular folk dance traditions as we queer gender

AbunDANCE is designed to be a collective meditative dance song practice. AbunDANCE aspires to help us link our struggles for liberation within and across the world.

Come learn a practice for care and community in the face of the horrors of our world. AbunDANCE is rooted in anti-caste praxis. Buddha was anti-empire!

During our dance workshop we will work out and sing our own contribution to chanting culture anddance simultaneously with each other as a community, but also in solidarity with Palestinians, the people of Congo and Sudan, South Asian Adivasi Dalit and Bahujan peoples and minorities, and Black and brown people here in the US targeted by state violence.

Dance is inherently connected to our ability to show up to do liberatory work and stop violence. It brings us into our body and gives us the strength to hold ground.

#meditativedancesong

Image Description

Pampi in red cotton long kurta with elephant print in black with satin black vest with silver pin dot embroidery over black fitted jeans with tuxedo detail made of tiny silver studs.

A 25+year newcomer-settler moving between lands stewarded by Wompanoag, Mattakeesett, Pennacook, Sokoki and Nipmuc peoples, Pampi is a darker-skinned nonbinary second-genx casteD-Bengali culture worker who plays at the intersection of healing and popular education: in community they develop community-centered art that releases creative potential and drives change-making. They lean on poetry, dance theater and gardening to help message the intersectional shifts in thinking we must embrace to center liberation. Current projects include Neighborhood Grow Plan, Diasporic Herbal Transmission, AbunDANCE: Meditative Dance Song, Movement into Meditation and We Are Forests.
#queerart #queerartist #bostonartist


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1 years ago

Queer Beach Ball offering number 2!

Come join Holly & Michael for an intro level American Foxtrot lesson with a gender–expansive approach, followed by an open social dance to practice what you’ve learned!

Image Description:

Holly and Michael pose facing the camera in matching black-and-white ballroom dance clothes.

Raised in rural Vermont, Holly Stone creates dance and theater in Greater Boston. Currently teaching at Tufts and Boston Universities, their recent gender-expansive partnering collaboration–INSIDER BALLROOM–with Michael Winward has been presented at the Providence Fringe Festival and the Dance Complex. Recent theater credits include CHICAGO for Ashland High School, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN for A Common Thread Theater, and ONCE UPON A MATTRESS with Greater Boston Stage Company. They have a B.S. in Bioengineering from Syracuse University and an MFA in Dance from Florida State University. As a performer, Holly has recently danced for Kathy Hassinger, Jo-Me Dance Theater, Lowell House Opera, and many others from their time in the American Ballroom Dance Industry.   

Photo: @michelleschapirophoto
#queerartist
#queerart
#bostonartist


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1 years ago

The countdown to the Queer Beach Ball begins! Time to introduce our first host, and workshop:

What is it like to dance with the land as a partner?A good relationship between dance partners cultivates understanding both of each other and of the self.The same is true when we dance with nature.In this intense time of climate crisis, developing personal ways of connecting with the land on which we live is a crucial step in the greater dance of healing and protecting the earth.

In this Letting the Land Lead workshop, we will explore the process of creating a dance with the land, first building a familiarity with our own movement and then using it to partner with the land and listening to how the earth communicates back to us.ALL are welcome in this space including folks with all levels of movement experience (even those who don’t consider themselves “dancers”) and any level of physical ability or disability.

Christopher Croucher (he/they) is an artist, performer and healer whose long-time practice of nature based spirituality is integral to his work in the world.His dance practice is rooted in modern dance and ballet, which he learned in his undergraduate years at Bard College, and his training in performance from the Glasgow School of Art, blended with his experience of ecstatic dance within his spiritual community.Over the last three years, Chris has developed an ongoing series of performances, workshops and retreats called Letting the Land Lead, which centers communication with the land as a way to educate and inspire climate action on a personal level.He is supported by Monkeyhouse as a member of the Vault Sponsorship Program as well as the Mass Cultural Council and the New England Foundation for the Arts.
Photo: Lindsay Hite

Image Description: A thirty-something white male dancer with shoulder length brown hair in a gray linen shirt sways with arms outstretched in front of the reflective water and reeds of a lake.
#queerart
#queerartist #savethebeach


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1 years ago

QUEER BEACH BALL!
Come join Dancing Queerly and friends on Sunday, August 25th from noon - 5pm on Tenean Beach for an afternoon of movement and celebration! More info to come on the individual workshops, thank you to @savetheharbor and @massdcr for the funding to make this happen.
Image Description: Tenean Beach overlaid with the event details above and listed workshops.
12-1pm: Letting the Land Lead with Chris Croucher
1:15-2:15pm : Ballroom on the Beach with Holly Stone & Micheal Winward
2:30-3:30pm : AbunDANCE: Meditative Dance Song with Pampi
3:45-4:45pm: Community Contemporary with Angie Benitez


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1 years ago

SAVE THE DATE!
Michael and I are bringing our 2-person dance theater show to @thedancecomplex June 22nd & 23rd.
Insider Ballroom: A Free Introductory Lesson combines professional ballroom dancing of the "American Smooth" category with personal storytelling from the performers: queer perspectives on franchised Dance sport. Your lesson experience includes a 35 minute presentation, followed by the opportunity to join us on the dance floor
There's a chance you might learn a thing or two, there's a chance you might find yourself entertained. But if the artists have done the job they've been trained to do, when all is said and done, YOU are going to want to buy what they are selling!
Tickets and event info here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/insider-ballroom-a-free-introductory-lesson-tickets-910738562557
Photo by @michelleschapiro.jpg
#bostondance #bostonartists #queerdancer #transdancer #pridemonth #dancersofinstagram #queerballroom


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“Art & Mind: I Know Who I Am! Journeys of Women of Color & Femme-Expressing Creatives” Film Event Zoom Reception!

- NOTE: We are not 100% active in dms at this time due to reserving spoons. Please contact us at info@sistacreativesrising.com for serious inquiries only! 
See recent pinned for details.

A thank you post to our team and artists + screen grabs from our reception! Unfortunately, it glitched and only captured the screens of our ASL interpreters from @probonoasl. Thankfully the second screenshot of the event itself was given to us by our team member @ly.linlinyu! The remaining photos are from the after show with the team & artists. Thanks again to @brainartsorg, @dancingqueerlyboston & @massculturalcouncil for funding us. Please view the documentary playlist in our bio links!

We’ve incorporated clips of Pro Bono ASL into some videos we made of the reception, which includes audio & some animations. We hope to post the first one next week!

More detailed IDs done via IG’s embed feature.

 3: Amaranthia & Claire during the after show 

4: Our MC, Journee LaFond @journeethelifedoula who wore some unbelievable “Starry Night” inspired make up

5: Our COVID Conscious Therapist Speaker Amanda McGuire @ettabalundeez - currently Amanda is struggling with some severe health issues so please keep her in your thoughts🙏🏾 

6: Disability Activist Speaker @jacquesearmstrong who opened the evening with her poem, “Blues Into Green” and closed the evening with her speech. 

7: Another screenshot of my Mom and I chatting at the after show

8: Cristina Deptula @ladycatherina1982 who was our outreach assistant & tech person

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#BehindTheScenes #AfricanAmericanArtist #DisabledArtist #DisabledArt #DisabledArtists #DisabledCreator #DisabledCreators #BlackWomenCreate #ProjectPhotography #BlackCreativity #DisabledAndProud #SCRArtMind #MeetTheArtist #WomenCreatives #ArtShow #ArtEvent
#ArtistsOfColor #Artivist #DisabilityArt #DiversityAndInclusion #VirtualEvent #AccessibilityMatters #DisabilityAwareness #BlackWomenOwned #InvisibleDisabilities #OnlineEvent #BlackCovidCautious #HealingArts
#DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmMaking


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2 years ago

“Art & Mind: I Know Who I Am! Journeys of Women of Color & Femme-Expressing Creatives” Film Event Zoom Reception!

- NOTE: We are not 100% active in dms at this time due to reserving spoons. Please contact us at info@sistacreativesrising.com for serious inquiries only! 
See recent pinned for details.

A thank you post to our team and artists + screen grabs from our reception! Unfortunately, it glitched and only captured the screens of our ASL interpreters from @probonoasl. Thankfully the second screenshot of the event itself was given to us by our team member @ly.linlinyu! The remaining photos are from the after show with the team & artists. Thanks again to @brainartsorg, @dancingqueerlyboston & @massculturalcouncil for funding us. Please view the documentary playlist in our bio links!

We’ve incorporated clips of Pro Bono ASL into some videos we made of the reception, which includes audio & some animations. We hope to post the first one next week!

More detailed IDs done via IG’s embed feature.

 3: Amaranthia & Claire during the after show 

4: Our MC, Journee LaFond @journeethelifedoula who wore some unbelievable “Starry Night” inspired make up

5: Our COVID Conscious Therapist Speaker Amanda McGuire @ettabalundeez - currently Amanda is struggling with some severe health issues so please keep her in your thoughts🙏🏾 

6: Disability Activist Speaker @jacquesearmstrong who opened the evening with her poem, “Blues Into Green” and closed the evening with her speech. 

7: Another screenshot of my Mom and I chatting at the after show

8: Cristina Deptula @ladycatherina1982 who was our outreach assistant & tech person

(Hashtags)

#BehindTheScenes #AfricanAmericanArtist #DisabledArtist #DisabledArt #DisabledArtists #DisabledCreator #DisabledCreators #BlackWomenCreate #ProjectPhotography #BlackCreativity #DisabledAndProud #SCRArtMind #MeetTheArtist #WomenCreatives #ArtShow #ArtEvent
#ArtistsOfColor #Artivist #DisabilityArt #DiversityAndInclusion #VirtualEvent #AccessibilityMatters #DisabilityAwareness #BlackWomenOwned #InvisibleDisabilities #OnlineEvent #BlackCovidCautious #HealingArts
#DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmMaking


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17
2 years ago

“Art & Mind: I Know Who I Am! Journeys of Women of Color & Femme-Expressing Creatives” Film Event Zoom Reception!

- NOTE: We are not 100% active in dms at this time due to reserving spoons. Please contact us at info@sistacreativesrising.com for serious inquiries only! 
See recent pinned for details.

A thank you post to our team and artists + screen grabs from our reception! Unfortunately, it glitched and only captured the screens of our ASL interpreters from @probonoasl. Thankfully the second screenshot of the event itself was given to us by our team member @ly.linlinyu! The remaining photos are from the after show with the team & artists. Thanks again to @brainartsorg, @dancingqueerlyboston & @massculturalcouncil for funding us. Please view the documentary playlist in our bio links!

We’ve incorporated clips of Pro Bono ASL into some videos we made of the reception, which includes audio & some animations. We hope to post the first one next week!

More detailed IDs done via IG’s embed feature.

 3: Amaranthia & Claire during the after show 

4: Our MC, Journee LaFond @journeethelifedoula who wore some unbelievable “Starry Night” inspired make up

5: Our COVID Conscious Therapist Speaker Amanda McGuire @ettabalundeez - currently Amanda is struggling with some severe health issues so please keep her in your thoughts🙏🏾 

6: Disability Activist Speaker @jacquesearmstrong who opened the evening with her poem, “Blues Into Green” and closed the evening with her speech. 

7: Another screenshot of my Mom and I chatting at the after show

8: Cristina Deptula @ladycatherina1982 who was our outreach assistant & tech person

(Hashtags)

#BehindTheScenes #AfricanAmericanArtist #DisabledArtist #DisabledArt #DisabledArtists #DisabledCreator #DisabledCreators #BlackWomenCreate #ProjectPhotography #BlackCreativity #DisabledAndProud #SCRArtMind #MeetTheArtist #WomenCreatives #ArtShow #ArtEvent
#ArtistsOfColor #Artivist #DisabilityArt #DiversityAndInclusion #VirtualEvent #AccessibilityMatters #DisabilityAwareness #BlackWomenOwned #InvisibleDisabilities #OnlineEvent #BlackCovidCautious #HealingArts
#DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmMaking


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2 years ago

“Art & Mind: I Know Who I Am! Journeys of Women of Color & Femme-Expressing Creatives” Film Event Zoom Reception!

- NOTE: We are not 100% active in dms at this time due to reserving spoons. Please contact us at info@sistacreativesrising.com for serious inquiries only! 
See recent pinned for details.

A thank you post to our team and artists + screen grabs from our reception! Unfortunately, it glitched and only captured the screens of our ASL interpreters from @probonoasl. Thankfully the second screenshot of the event itself was given to us by our team member @ly.linlinyu! The remaining photos are from the after show with the team & artists. Thanks again to @brainartsorg, @dancingqueerlyboston & @massculturalcouncil for funding us. Please view the documentary playlist in our bio links!

We’ve incorporated clips of Pro Bono ASL into some videos we made of the reception, which includes audio & some animations. We hope to post the first one next week!

More detailed IDs done via IG’s embed feature.

 3: Amaranthia & Claire during the after show 

4: Our MC, Journee LaFond @journeethelifedoula who wore some unbelievable “Starry Night” inspired make up

5: Our COVID Conscious Therapist Speaker Amanda McGuire @ettabalundeez - currently Amanda is struggling with some severe health issues so please keep her in your thoughts🙏🏾 

6: Disability Activist Speaker @jacquesearmstrong who opened the evening with her poem, “Blues Into Green” and closed the evening with her speech. 

7: Another screenshot of my Mom and I chatting at the after show

8: Cristina Deptula @ladycatherina1982 who was our outreach assistant & tech person

(Hashtags)

#BehindTheScenes #AfricanAmericanArtist #DisabledArtist #DisabledArt #DisabledArtists #DisabledCreator #DisabledCreators #BlackWomenCreate #ProjectPhotography #BlackCreativity #DisabledAndProud #SCRArtMind #MeetTheArtist #WomenCreatives #ArtShow #ArtEvent
#ArtistsOfColor #Artivist #DisabilityArt #DiversityAndInclusion #VirtualEvent #AccessibilityMatters #DisabilityAwareness #BlackWomenOwned #InvisibleDisabilities #OnlineEvent #BlackCovidCautious #HealingArts
#DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmMaking


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17
2 years ago

“Art & Mind: I Know Who I Am! Journeys of Women of Color & Femme-Expressing Creatives” Film Event Zoom Reception!

- NOTE: We are not 100% active in dms at this time due to reserving spoons. Please contact us at info@sistacreativesrising.com for serious inquiries only! 
See recent pinned for details.

A thank you post to our team and artists + screen grabs from our reception! Unfortunately, it glitched and only captured the screens of our ASL interpreters from @probonoasl. Thankfully the second screenshot of the event itself was given to us by our team member @ly.linlinyu! The remaining photos are from the after show with the team & artists. Thanks again to @brainartsorg, @dancingqueerlyboston & @massculturalcouncil for funding us. Please view the documentary playlist in our bio links!

We’ve incorporated clips of Pro Bono ASL into some videos we made of the reception, which includes audio & some animations. We hope to post the first one next week!

More detailed IDs done via IG’s embed feature.

 3: Amaranthia & Claire during the after show 

4: Our MC, Journee LaFond @journeethelifedoula who wore some unbelievable “Starry Night” inspired make up

5: Our COVID Conscious Therapist Speaker Amanda McGuire @ettabalundeez - currently Amanda is struggling with some severe health issues so please keep her in your thoughts🙏🏾 

6: Disability Activist Speaker @jacquesearmstrong who opened the evening with her poem, “Blues Into Green” and closed the evening with her speech. 

7: Another screenshot of my Mom and I chatting at the after show

8: Cristina Deptula @ladycatherina1982 who was our outreach assistant & tech person

(Hashtags)

#BehindTheScenes #AfricanAmericanArtist #DisabledArtist #DisabledArt #DisabledArtists #DisabledCreator #DisabledCreators #BlackWomenCreate #ProjectPhotography #BlackCreativity #DisabledAndProud #SCRArtMind #MeetTheArtist #WomenCreatives #ArtShow #ArtEvent
#ArtistsOfColor #Artivist #DisabilityArt #DiversityAndInclusion #VirtualEvent #AccessibilityMatters #DisabilityAwareness #BlackWomenOwned #InvisibleDisabilities #OnlineEvent #BlackCovidCautious #HealingArts
#DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmMaking


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17
2 years ago

“Art & Mind: I Know Who I Am! Journeys of Women of Color & Femme-Expressing Creatives” Film Event Zoom Reception!

- NOTE: We are not 100% active in dms at this time due to reserving spoons. Please contact us at info@sistacreativesrising.com for serious inquiries only! 
See recent pinned for details.

A thank you post to our team and artists + screen grabs from our reception! Unfortunately, it glitched and only captured the screens of our ASL interpreters from @probonoasl. Thankfully the second screenshot of the event itself was given to us by our team member @ly.linlinyu! The remaining photos are from the after show with the team & artists. Thanks again to @brainartsorg, @dancingqueerlyboston & @massculturalcouncil for funding us. Please view the documentary playlist in our bio links!

We’ve incorporated clips of Pro Bono ASL into some videos we made of the reception, which includes audio & some animations. We hope to post the first one next week!

More detailed IDs done via IG’s embed feature.

 3: Amaranthia & Claire during the after show 

4: Our MC, Journee LaFond @journeethelifedoula who wore some unbelievable “Starry Night” inspired make up

5: Our COVID Conscious Therapist Speaker Amanda McGuire @ettabalundeez - currently Amanda is struggling with some severe health issues so please keep her in your thoughts🙏🏾 

6: Disability Activist Speaker @jacquesearmstrong who opened the evening with her poem, “Blues Into Green” and closed the evening with her speech. 

7: Another screenshot of my Mom and I chatting at the after show

8: Cristina Deptula @ladycatherina1982 who was our outreach assistant & tech person

(Hashtags)

#BehindTheScenes #AfricanAmericanArtist #DisabledArtist #DisabledArt #DisabledArtists #DisabledCreator #DisabledCreators #BlackWomenCreate #ProjectPhotography #BlackCreativity #DisabledAndProud #SCRArtMind #MeetTheArtist #WomenCreatives #ArtShow #ArtEvent
#ArtistsOfColor #Artivist #DisabilityArt #DiversityAndInclusion #VirtualEvent #AccessibilityMatters #DisabilityAwareness #BlackWomenOwned #InvisibleDisabilities #OnlineEvent #BlackCovidCautious #HealingArts
#DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmMaking


3
17
2 years ago

“Art & Mind: I Know Who I Am! Journeys of Women of Color & Femme-Expressing Creatives” Film Event Zoom Reception!

- NOTE: We are not 100% active in dms at this time due to reserving spoons. Please contact us at info@sistacreativesrising.com for serious inquiries only! 
See recent pinned for details.

A thank you post to our team and artists + screen grabs from our reception! Unfortunately, it glitched and only captured the screens of our ASL interpreters from @probonoasl. Thankfully the second screenshot of the event itself was given to us by our team member @ly.linlinyu! The remaining photos are from the after show with the team & artists. Thanks again to @brainartsorg, @dancingqueerlyboston & @massculturalcouncil for funding us. Please view the documentary playlist in our bio links!

We’ve incorporated clips of Pro Bono ASL into some videos we made of the reception, which includes audio & some animations. We hope to post the first one next week!

More detailed IDs done via IG’s embed feature.

 3: Amaranthia & Claire during the after show 

4: Our MC, Journee LaFond @journeethelifedoula who wore some unbelievable “Starry Night” inspired make up

5: Our COVID Conscious Therapist Speaker Amanda McGuire @ettabalundeez - currently Amanda is struggling with some severe health issues so please keep her in your thoughts🙏🏾 

6: Disability Activist Speaker @jacquesearmstrong who opened the evening with her poem, “Blues Into Green” and closed the evening with her speech. 

7: Another screenshot of my Mom and I chatting at the after show

8: Cristina Deptula @ladycatherina1982 who was our outreach assistant & tech person

(Hashtags)

#BehindTheScenes #AfricanAmericanArtist #DisabledArtist #DisabledArt #DisabledArtists #DisabledCreator #DisabledCreators #BlackWomenCreate #ProjectPhotography #BlackCreativity #DisabledAndProud #SCRArtMind #MeetTheArtist #WomenCreatives #ArtShow #ArtEvent
#ArtistsOfColor #Artivist #DisabilityArt #DiversityAndInclusion #VirtualEvent #AccessibilityMatters #DisabilityAwareness #BlackWomenOwned #InvisibleDisabilities #OnlineEvent #BlackCovidCautious #HealingArts
#DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmMaking


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2 years ago


“Art & Mind: I Know Who I Am! Journeys of Women of Color & Femme-Expressing Creatives” Film Event Zoom Reception!

- NOTE: We are not 100% active in dms at this time due to reserving spoons. Please contact us at info@sistacreativesrising.com for serious inquiries only! 
See recent pinned for details.

A thank you post to our team and artists + screen grabs from our reception! Unfortunately, it glitched and only captured the screens of our ASL interpreters from @probonoasl. Thankfully the second screenshot of the event itself was given to us by our team member @ly.linlinyu! The remaining photos are from the after show with the team & artists. Thanks again to @brainartsorg, @dancingqueerlyboston & @massculturalcouncil for funding us. Please view the documentary playlist in our bio links!

We’ve incorporated clips of Pro Bono ASL into some videos we made of the reception, which includes audio & some animations. We hope to post the first one next week!

More detailed IDs done via IG’s embed feature.

 3: Amaranthia & Claire during the after show 

4: Our MC, Journee LaFond @journeethelifedoula who wore some unbelievable “Starry Night” inspired make up

5: Our COVID Conscious Therapist Speaker Amanda McGuire @ettabalundeez - currently Amanda is struggling with some severe health issues so please keep her in your thoughts🙏🏾 

6: Disability Activist Speaker @jacquesearmstrong who opened the evening with her poem, “Blues Into Green” and closed the evening with her speech. 

7: Another screenshot of my Mom and I chatting at the after show

8: Cristina Deptula @ladycatherina1982 who was our outreach assistant & tech person

(Hashtags)

#BehindTheScenes #AfricanAmericanArtist #DisabledArtist #DisabledArt #DisabledArtists #DisabledCreator #DisabledCreators #BlackWomenCreate #ProjectPhotography #BlackCreativity #DisabledAndProud #SCRArtMind #MeetTheArtist #WomenCreatives #ArtShow #ArtEvent
#ArtistsOfColor #Artivist #DisabilityArt #DiversityAndInclusion #VirtualEvent #AccessibilityMatters #DisabilityAwareness #BlackWomenOwned #InvisibleDisabilities #OnlineEvent #BlackCovidCautious #HealingArts
#DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilmMaking


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17
2 years ago

Michael and Holly will be facilitating a gender-expansive workshop and social dance as part of the Friday Night Lights series at the Dance Complex in Cambridge on Friday, Nov 17th. Come dance, make friends, and even better--it's FREE! This programming is supported through grant funding via the New England Dance Fund through NEFA.
Excited to dance with you all!
Photo by @michelleschapiro.jpg
Image Description: Holly and Michael stand side-by-side, arms outstretched, striking a pose. They wear matching black and white ballroom dance outfits. The floor below them is light brown wood, and there is a white wall in the background. Text reads: The Dance Complex, Friday Night Lights Series, Gender Expansive Ballroom Social, Nov. 17, 6:30-8:30 p, 536 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, dancecomplex.org/events, Image by Michelle Schapiro
#ballroomdance #queerdancer #queerballroom #dancersofinstagram #socialdance #cambridgeart


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2 years ago

ON BREAK TIL NOV Thank you for a successful event! We raised $1458!
The reception recording will be available at the end of the month after being processed for captioning. View all documentaries and our 3D virtual gallery in the meantime via our bio link! (please like & subscribe!)

We will be taking a break until the end of the month. We plan to do showcases of event content when we come back, and to have our site updated!

Thank you everyone for making this project come to fruition - it was developed for 11 months! Thank you to our team and five artists for making this possible, to our 45+ attendees, and 91 Givebutter supporters. We’ve felt a tremendous amount of love and kindness and cannot wait to share more content. Watch for Art & Mind in 2025!
 
What you see above is a drawing I made titled, “Walking Through Cancer Together,” which reflects on the journey it took for me and my Mom to arrive here after her seven months of cancer treatment. October is very important to us because she came into remission on the 17th, two days before my birthday. 
 
Lessons Learned!
 
Again, apologies about the event running overtime. We had a wonderful discussion with our team and artists a few minutes after the event, and discussed creative ways to incorporate intermissions and other things! There was a lot of unexpected engagement and chats that made it longer. We timed things beforehand several times over the last few months and weeks so it was unexpected! However we do plan to make future events three hours to make room for overage, tech difficulties, etc., but we were shocked that people were engaging despite the overage! In our newsletter today, we also listed some awesome feedback to apply next time.

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#SelfPortrait #CollageArt #CollageArtwork #CollageWork #DigitalCollage #DigitalCollageArt #SCRArtMind #SelfPortrait #MotherDaughterLove #MotherDaughterDuo #BlackCovidConscious #DisabledArt #DisabledArtist #DisabilityArt #DisabilityArts #BlackCreatives #BlackWomenCreate #BlackWomenCreatives #BlackArtistSpace #CovidArt #CancerArt #CovidMask #DisabledCreator #AfricanAmericanArtist #SunflowerArt #ProcreateArt


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2 years ago

ON BREAK TIL NOV Thank you for a successful event! We raised $1458!
The reception recording will be available at the end of the month after being processed for captioning. View all documentaries and our 3D virtual gallery in the meantime via our bio link! (please like & subscribe!)

We will be taking a break until the end of the month. We plan to do showcases of event content when we come back, and to have our site updated!

Thank you everyone for making this project come to fruition - it was developed for 11 months! Thank you to our team and five artists for making this possible, to our 45+ attendees, and 91 Givebutter supporters. We’ve felt a tremendous amount of love and kindness and cannot wait to share more content. Watch for Art & Mind in 2025!
 
What you see above is a drawing I made titled, “Walking Through Cancer Together,” which reflects on the journey it took for me and my Mom to arrive here after her seven months of cancer treatment. October is very important to us because she came into remission on the 17th, two days before my birthday. 
 
Lessons Learned!
 
Again, apologies about the event running overtime. We had a wonderful discussion with our team and artists a few minutes after the event, and discussed creative ways to incorporate intermissions and other things! There was a lot of unexpected engagement and chats that made it longer. We timed things beforehand several times over the last few months and weeks so it was unexpected! However we do plan to make future events three hours to make room for overage, tech difficulties, etc., but we were shocked that people were engaging despite the overage! In our newsletter today, we also listed some awesome feedback to apply next time.

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Learn about our Documentary Composer Mel Chilianis. Mel is a disabled Australian creative and musician helping us with our event, “Art & Mind: I Know Who I Am! Journeys of Women of Color & Femme Expressing Creatives.” This is a free event made by us occurring on October 5th from 6:30-8:30 PM EST. Two documentaries will be showcased alongside Black therapist speakers and activists like Covid-Conscious therapist Amanda McGuire, MC and QTBIPOC therapist Journee LaFond and disability speaker Jacquese Armstrong. Check out the ticket link in our bio to get a free ticket and/or donate.

Mel Chilianis, a white person speaks off camera in a raspy voice that shows signs of viral laryngitis. Mel is a Sista Creatives Rising team member. Some of Mel’s watercolor paintings that are interpretations of graphic scores are shown alongside videos of them playing flute and graphics about Art & Mind. The paintings could be interpreted by musicians or with sounds or movement. There are also some photos of an Australian beach. The sounds of Mel’s electroacoustic flute can be heard in the background, behind their voice.

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