This past Saturday I had the pleasure of being part of a phenomenal event called "girlShow 2011", you may have seen signs around town and at the Dart stations for it. It was essentially a large art show featuring talented women and when I say art I mean all aspects: dance, visual, poetry, music, etc.
The show was put together by a collective called ArtLoveMagic which is a nonprofit I will be doing a feature on soon. Definitely a wonderful group to know, they put on high energy events where artists are asked to create live. That's what I was doing at girlShow, painting live so everyone could see me working.
The only drawback is that when you are sitting there working you are missing all the fun and cool stuff going on around you. Luckily there were a lot of photographers there to document the event. Check out ArtLoveMagic on Facebook to see some of the great photos that were taken. There was even a photobooth that looked like a sideways room for people to have their photos taken. Wild fun! There were female dj's, body painters, singers, a fire dancer, a burlesque performance, female breakdancers and so much more!
I will be doing a spotlight blog feature on David Rodriguez of ArtLoveMagic soon so check back and get the scoop on the hot art collective in town.
I will be doing some more live painting with ArtLoveMagic at this event which is open for youth from ages 12-18 FREE
August 6-MARINELA TALENT SCHOOL (come be exposed to dance, spoken word, live music and visual art...this is an interactive event where you are invited to create with us)
7-10pm at Life In Deep Ellum (2803 Taylor St Dallas, Tx 75226) FREE!
If your calendario is still looking a little bare you can check out the international collaboration between Cara Mía Theatre Co. and the Laboratoriodelamascara Teatro from Mexico City. The performance is called "El Viaje de Tina" and opening night is August 11 at 7pm at the Latino Cultural Center. This is a bilingual production for the entire family. Only three shows! For ticket information click!
So many art events, so little time! Check back next week for more events in our little piece of el mundo!
This is me painting on vinyl records at girlShow 2011, photo courtesy of Nicole Rodriguez
These ladies were working on a collaborative painting. All these girls are part of an art group called Just-Us League. Go ladies! Photo by Sarah Fulk
I wish I had my photo taken in the "sideways" photobooth. Photo by Tammy Grove.
Kathy Wiesner
Phillip Morales
Patricia Rodriguez
Rita Berumen
Clavel Gutierrez
Mi Escuelita Preschool
Fabian Campos