Awesome GRRRLS

creatrixesofawesome:

Photo by TheGiantVermin on Flickr

The Creatrixes of Awesome are people from various fields and walks of life who have created something truly awesome. Whether it is a form of art they practice regularly, or a once-off event, or a little ditty on Youtube - all forms of creation are respected and welcomed.

Each creatrix is given the same set of questions to answer (coupled with some lovely photos, a short profile/bio, and relevant links):

What did/do you create?

Why did/do you decide to pursue this creative mode?

What did/do you do to get your creations made and out there?

When did/do you create? Is this something you do regularly?

What does being a Creatrix of Awesome mean to you?

Share with us some of what you feel is Awesome:

Recommend another Creatrix of Awesome to us:

And here’s the extra-fun part: each interview is accompanied with a step-by-step guide to creating something awesome, from the Creatrixes themselves! It can be directly related to their creation (such as a filmmaker’s guide to making short film) or totally offbeat (a porn star’s favourite recipe for chocolate cake). That way, you can join in on creating your own awesome too!

Creatrixes of Awesome is committed to portraying diversity in all forms, and to prioritise people & voices that are often marginalised in society - across cultures, nationalities, genders, sexual orientations, class barriers, occupations, and so on. 

To join in the fun, submit an interview of yourself (or someone else) with the following:

• A short profile (who you are, where you’re from, anything else - it’s up to you)
• Links to you, your work, and anything else that seems relevant
• Photos - at least one of you or your work, but more’s good too!
• The answers to these interview questions
• Your own step-by-step guide to creating something awesome - it can be as (un)related to your work as you wish!

Be as verbose or concise as you wish! There are no wrong answers! Don’t worry if you don’t think you’re awesome enough or famous enough or “creatrix” enough - everyone’s welcome.

Feel free to send in questions or suggestions for who to interview, check out how else you can help this project, and share share share!

Thank you! <3

tiaramerchgirl:

The Queensland Government has launched an appeal to help fellow Queenslanders affected by the recent floods. Many communities have been devastated. Some families have lost everything. You can help make a difference by donating to the Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal.

There’s been major floods here lately - I’m safe so far, but I do live right next to the river so I’m quite concerned. Please help if you can.

(Source: creatrixtiara)

We are accepting submissions of kinky+queer digital photographs to be used to help promote our brand-new kink weekend, Queer PlayCon 2011, happening May 20-22 in Hartford, Connecticut.

Showcase your photography skills by sharing your take on what queer kink looks like to you! We’re hoping for creative, steamy, inspiring images!

The first-prize winner will receive one free, transferable registration to our event, which includes admission to two play parties, a weekend of classes with national presenters, fun mini-events, and more!

(Source: creatrixtiara)

Euphoric Femme is a series of audio-visual artworks inspired by sex-positive feminism, and which explore women’s sexual subjectivity through non-objective media art experiences. The artworks are created in artistic collaboration with people who identify as women and want to explore and reinvent sexual expression and representation.

[…]

Call for artistic collaboration:

If you identify as a woman and are interested in contributing to these artworks, and are of age of majority, please email me at euphoricfemme@gmail.com.  After we confirm your age of majority, I will email you the submission information and a consent form (confirming the use and protection of your contribution). Currently, there are two projects you can collaborate in as follows:

The first is an online artwork, an ever-expanding sound and image piece featuring up-to-date contributions from co-creators. While self-pleasuring, women take a photo of themselves or record their sound. Women then ornamentalize their photo into a mandala-like image (such as the one in the top right corner of the screen) using a simple special effect, or I edit their sound into a meditative and harmonic composition (resulting images & sounds are unrecognizable). The final result is an online slideshow with soundtrack, which you can experience here.

The second is a spring 2011 exhibition, an immersive audio-video installation whereby women create personal autoerotic image and sound recordings as source content for an audience-engaged interactive artwork. At the exhibition, visitors play with an interface to trigger kaleidoscope-like videos and meditative sounds (all unrecognizable) from the women’s recordings. 

(Source: creatrixtiara)

As I look down at my ever expanding pregnant belly, I take a moment to reflect on the concept of birth and family. I birthed Femina Potens Art Gallery 10 years ago with empty pockets, no home, and a dream. I was 20 years old and fresh off the bus from farm land in Ohio and like so many of my friends, searching for a family on this island of misfit toys. A family that understands difference, that celebrates, rejoices and creates love in their diversity. A family of visionaries and perverts. I felt a strong calling to create space for that family. Space for creation and questioning. A place to push the limits and our boundaries of art and performance. And I was birthing this space whether I was ready for it or not.

Looking back at the past 10 years, I can see the huge strides that we have made in bringing together community, creating space and visibility for sex positive events, sex worker rights, women & transgendered artists, & truly one of a kind programing that opens our eyes to new ways of viewing art and performance with a shared intimacy and bond between the audience and the visionaries. We are all visionaries who are participating in this movement. We are all an integral part of this vision of deconstructing preconceived ideas of What is art? What is gender? What is sexuality? We ask these questions and then redefine these terms in a thousand different ways.

With a decade under our wings, our organization has made our way from art shows in a small Haight St. garage to large scale exhibits around the city of San Francisco, curation of the Historical San Francisco Armory, and hundreds of ground breaking performances featuring artists such as Margaret Cho, Belle de Jour, and Patrick Califia at our successful store front gallery space in the heart of the Castro. We are proud of where we are from,what we have accomplished with the help of our community, and thrilled with where we are headed.

2011 is a year of ReBirth. A year of change. A year of new growth. I was up all night with labor pains(only practice contractions). My daughter, my budding feminist, isn’t due for another 6 weeks but I have a feeling that she will enter the world on her own terms, at her own time, and determined to do her own thing, just like her mother. Femina Potens is laboring for its own rebirth. But we need our family there for support. We are emerging with more exciting programing, innovative performances, one of a kind educational experiences & exclusive VIP red carpet events. We have left our Castro store front gallery space and are moving our new programming to Mission Control along with other allied San Francisco galleries for our upcoming visual art festival, ArtGasm.

By purchasing a Membership at Femina Potens you are joining our family. You are gifting Femina Potens the support we need to thrive for another 10 years and indulging yourself in specialmembers only experiences. With our recent move we are thriving with an incredible line up of events and exhibits for 2011- our membership perks seem to be getting better and better! We will be ringing in the new year by giving you full access to VIP members only events like next week’s Jan 7th VIP Members Only event Naughty Nibbles, decadent art & bondage event with granted members only access to Mission Control’s play party PINK and our upcoming debaucherous VIP Access play parties following Fist Full of Films. As a VIP member you will receive ALL Access Passes to our 2011 programming featuring such sexual and artistic luminaries as Tristan Taormino, Michelle Tea, Annie Sprinkle, Susie Bright, Shar Rednour and workshops such as Strap-Ons & Smut. Where else can you learn how to wield a strap on and write erotic stories all in one class? Check out the full winter and spring line-up on our website: www.feminapotens.org

We want 2011 to be our best year yet, but we need your help in order to make this rebirth happen. We need your support in order to birth this revolution of artists, activists, sexual revolutionaries and ground breaking events. Gift a membership for your partner, your friend, or yourself today (100% tax-deductible) and we will gift you with some extra special attention! Our three levels of membership make it easy and accessible for you to join our family of visionaries and perverts

With all my love, art and orgasms,
Madison Young
Executive Director and Founder
Femina Potens Art Gallery

Tickets and Memberships available at http://www.feminapotens.org/

The link goes to a Facebook note with more information on the membership levels and what’s available.