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practicing the arts of cogitation since the late 1900s.

The closing reception of my solo show and the After Dark DiVa Art Fair Block Party is THURSDAY March 27, 6 – 10 pm, not Friday.

SIMONE LEIGH
RUSH ARTS GALLERY PROJECT SPACE
526 West 26th Street, 311, Open Feb 1 – March 29th
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday 11am – 6pm, Saturday 1-6pm
212.691.9552

CLOSING RECEPTION THURSDAY MARCH [...]

(I got this forwarded from Tina T., so I’m passing it along)

Dear Friends,

At long last. After 6 months of working 16/7, without time even to ride on my beloved bike path beside the river, I’ve finally finished. My website is up and welcoming visitors.

Though some of you may be busy, I hope you can [...]

haven’t seen it yet, but…

I was excited to get this from Amazon. I have an essay in this volume and work in the accompanying exhibition, which just opened.
Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo) by Barbara Thompson (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo) will be released on April 1, 2008. You can pre-order yours [...]

March 11, 2008

Prospect.1 [...]

Venus, Venus, everywhere

Wow, so yesterday Deb sends me this link to “Sara Baartman (The Original Video Vixen)” (I see where she was going with it, but seriously, why are none of the images in focus?); then I get my Bitch magazine and read about feminist porn director Venus Hottenot; and then today Stephanie send me this (thanks, [...]

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  • CARLAGIRL PHOTO was founded on 14 February 1999 by Carla Willliams, a photographer, writer, and editor, born, raised and heading back to (yea!) Los Angeles, California.

    It was established with two goals: to be able to make my own work widely available for free, and to make accessible my research about artists of the African Diaspora, especially photographers, and in particular women. As it developed it grew to also include GLBTQ artists.

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