U N D E R T H E R E D C U R T A I N - Preview

U n d e r  T h e  R e d  C u r t a i n 

~ Open Exhibit ~

June 10th to 30th, 2012

C a f e  P y r u s

E x c l u s i v e  S c r e e n i n g  &  M o d e l  P a r t y 19+

~ List Only ~

Thursday, June 14, 2012 (time to be announced)

C a f e  P y r u s

Friends & Guests of Models

email:  girlcrimson.alt (at) gmail (dot) com

Subject Call - Get Rooted, Season II

Girl Crimson is seeking volunteer models for her 2012 project - exploring the connection between OUR BODIES and our local food systems and other locally driven activities which promote sustainability. 

~ Volunteer models with diverse body shapes, sizes, abilities, ages
~ Farmers! Food Producers!
~ Women and Transwomen
~ 21+

Also seeking sponsors, partners and local food producers.


VOLUNTEER MODELS

If you are interested in being a volunteer model in this project, please forward a head shot to girlcrimson.alt@gmail.com and briefly answer the following questions:
1) How is your body "rooted" in the local food system?
2) Do you own any gingham?
3) How will your participation add to the diversity of the project?
4) Have you attended a Girl Crimson show in the past?
5) Do you know someone who has worked with Girl Crimson? If so, who?
6) Why do you want to participate in this project?
7 Do you reside in the Waterloo Region?

(100 words max)

Please note, the head shot does not need to be "professional", any photo will do. Girl Crimson is committed to exploring the inner workings of social constructs such as gender, race, ability, power, oppression and reclamation of the body. Everyone is welcome! Because diversity is key to Girl Crimson's vision, it is important for you to consider how your participation will add to the diversity of the project.

Sessions are very limited - please respond as soon as possible to secure your spot. Consultations take place on Tuesday evenings. Shooting takes place Saturday and Sunday mornings between May and September. RESPOND QUICKLY. The vast majority of the shoots for this project will be outside, on location on Saturday mornings. A degree of mobility is required; however, if you need specific accommodations, please advise Girl Crimson.

Affectionately Yours,

Girl Crimson ::: Alt Portraiture
girlcrimson.alt@gmail.com

KW Arts Award Recognition Reception

Girl Crimson ::: Alt Portraiture has been nominated for a KW Arts Award 2012 in the category of Visual Arts.  

Please come out and support Girl Crimson and other local artists and celebrate all of the Arts Awards Nominees with an evening of fellowship, entertainment, hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar.

There will also be a Silent Auction.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 6:30pm - 10:30pm

Walper Hotel 

Tickets are $10 at the door

Agenda

6:30 Meet and greet, Silent Auction

7:45 Live Performance

8:00 Formal Program starts

9:00 Formal Program ends

9:00 Meet and greet
9:15 Silent Auction ends

Somebunnie Loves YOU!

There are so many exciting things happening at Girl Crimson Studios these days!  Under the Red Curtain is in full swing and soon I will release the show date!  Watch for it!

Wishing you all a lovely long weekend and remember - somebunnie loves YOU!

xo

Girl Crimson

Mobile Photo Studio Booth

Under the Red Curtain 2012 Girl Crimson ::: Alt Portraiture

Girl Crimson now has a fully Mobile Photo Studio Booth available throughout Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge. The concept truly engages and involves all guests at an event or party.  The Studio Booth is more than just a "photobooth" it is a  mobile portrait studio that uses studio lighting to capture everyone at their best!  Girl Crimson brings a long a "tickle trunk" of optional costumes, accessories and props to "add" to the fun - creating a unique record of your special event!  You can design your own backdrop, or select from one of Girl Crimson ::: Alt Portraiture - including the Red Curtain!

Please email girlcrimson.alt@gmail.com if you would like to learn more about how to have a Girl Crimson ::: Studio Booth at your party or event!

You know you want to!

::: Rainbow Reels Gala 2012

at the Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario March 2, 2012

Click here to see the photos from Photobooth on Facebook.

Thank you to everyone for your enthusiastic participation!


Book a Photobooth for your event: girlcrimson.alt@gmail.com

Photo Booth at Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival

H a v e   y o u   h e a r d?

Girl Crimson ::: Alt Portraiture will be hosting a PHOTOBOOTH at the Rainbow Reels Film Festival's Gala Party at the Clay & Glass Gallery on Thursday, March 1 from 9-11pm.

Take advantage of this opportunity to dress up and strut your stuff, unleash your inner diva and create memorable photographic moments with your friends!  

Girl Crimson will also bring along a tickle trunk of goodies!  

I hear that your Festival Pass also gets you a 10% discount at Queen of Hearts Costume Shop in Waterloo!

Do not miss this!

For Ticket information visit:  The Rainbow Reels Website  

For twelve years the Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival (QFF) has worked hard to increase awareness of queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues by showcasing projects from new and

 emerging film-makers. They are one of the most recognizable film festivals in South-Western Ontario, bringing in attendees from Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Hamilton, Guelph and Windsor. The festival is a project of the Waterloo Public Interest Research group and has been since 2000. What started up as a small student-run event, screening films at the University of Waterloo, has since expanded and grown into an important community-wide event.

http://rainbowreels.org/2012/  ~ Visit Website for more exciting details!

Subject Call ::: Under the Red Curtain

Step right up!!

Girl Crimson ::: Alt Portraiture is now seeking volunteer participants for exciting photography project entitled "Under the Red Curtain"

Do you have a unique feature or talent that you would like to play out Under the Red Curtain?

Email: girlcrimson.alt@gmail.com

This project is open to all genders.

Thank You!

There is a lot that goes into putting a show together and the weeks and days leading up to a show tend to be pretty chaotic and filled with late nights and long days.  In the days following a show, I find I am filled with intense restlessness and feel a little lost and uncertain of how to fill my time. 

The best part about having a show is actually getting to connect directly with my audience.   Thank you to everyone who took the time to communicate with me about the show.  It means a great deal to me to receive your feedback and to know the ways in which the work impacts you as an audience.

One woman, while flipping through my photo books at Cliterature 2012, noted "this work says more about YOU than it does about the women in the photos"

I paused and felt exposed.

"How so?"

"All of these women trust you and are open to you - it's profound."

It means a great deal to me to share this with my community and to provide a safe space for women to explore beauty, power, sexuality and gender.  Women are not always safe to explore such things.  There is so much more that happens in our time together than what you see in the final image.   In fact, the image is a really really small part of what happens in our time together.

Thank you for your continued support of my vision.

This work is healing me.

xo

On The Body ::: Official Release

On The Body is a simplistic exploration of the complexities within eroticism; an exposition of desire through the forms, shapes, and languages of the body.  The Artist seeks to challenge traditional understandings of sex, art and femininity. 

The Artist pushes limits with this work and as such, viewers should be prepared to feel the expansion of boundaries and the development of new understandings of cultural narratives related to gender and sex.  The Artist challenges normative expectations of what beautiful bodies look like, how bodies respond to pleasure, how desire is expressed, how power and intimacy are negotiated, and how consent manifests in different narratives of pleasure.  These culturally and socially constructed boundaries are explored and brought to question through a number of themes - all of which take place On the Body.

E x c l u s i v e  S c r e e n i n g & M o d e l P a r t y 

Thursday, January 19, 2012  at 7:30pm
 ~Cafe Pyrus ~ 16 Charles St W  Kitchener

Door: $5 ~ List only ~ Guests of models  girlcrimson.alt@gmail.com 

C l i t e r a t u r e  2012
 "a transformational and artful celebration of women's sexuality". 

Saturday, January 21, 2012 at  7pm ~ The Chrysalids Theatre 

Advanced Tickets: $15 Mom's Tattoos & Encore Records

19+
Mature Subject 


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