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Contact: Abiola Abrams or Sonia Malfa remixedsexuality@
WOMEN’S SEXUAL EMPOWERMENT ART EXHIBIT
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK - March 6, 2007- Hoes, Putas, and Dragon Ladies: Our Sexuality ReMixed is a multimedia exhibit featuring performance, visual art and readings for women’s history month at chashama gallery from March 8 through the 14th. The exhibit is curated by womanist activist filmmakers Abiola Abrams and Sonia Malfa. Abrams and Malfa created the exhibit to empower, examine, consider, reveal and comment on the sexual representations of American women of African, Latin and Asian decent.
The show will exhibit emerging visual artists Ifetayo Abdus-Salam, Damali Abrams, Nancy Encarnacion, Jennifer Fuentes, Devorah Hill, Urban Envy and Liliana Velasquez. Collaborating entities include The Goddess Factory, Bless Da Mic, Casa Attabex Ache with the support of chashama gallery.
On Thursday March 15 7-9:30pm, the exhibit’s opening night will feature an artistic dominatrix painting performance. On Friday March 16 7-9pm Bless Da Mic presents an open mic with a twist: women-friendly erotic performance poetry and readings. On Sunday March 18 1-3pm, Casa Atabex Ache presents a workshop (for women only) on spirituality and sexual empowerment. Warning:
chashama gallery is located at 112 West 44th Street. chashama provided residency support for the creation of this show. chashama is a NYC arts organization whose mission is to support artists of all genres. chashama "adopts" vacant properties that are donated by their owners and converts them into theaters, galleries, studios, and window performance sites; chashama then regrants this space for free or at heavily subsidized rates. Since 1995, chashama has transformed more than 20 vacant properties and has given more than 5,000 artists access to space. Please find artist statements, background, schedules and updated information at www.thegoddessfactory.com.
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