carlagirl photo.

practicing the arts of cogitation since the late 1900s.

of course, on a night I can’t go (tomorrow!)

(I spotted this at Smarts & Crafts—it sounds like quite an assembly of folks.)

What the heck is Pop-Up Magazine? It is an evening of talking, film, reading, radio, photography, and interviews. All short, fast, mixed up, and served to an audience at the amazing Brava Theater in San Francisco’s Mission district, with a party to [...]

it’s good to go through your inbox…

…because I had otherwise missed this these videos by Holly Bass, from “a Venus/Video vixen performance piece titled Pay Purview.”
Want to know when she’s performing next? Join her mailing list (managed by Lil Soso Productions).
http://www.lilsoso.com/index.php?page=contact
Check out her links for more info:
http://www.myspace.com/hollybassforever
http://www.hollybass.com/

tonight in L.A.! (sorry for the late notice)

The California African American Museum (CAAM) of Los Angeles, California is embarking on a new series of small exhibitions which will be featured in its spacious 11,000 square foot enclosed sculpture court. The CAAM Project Showcase will exhibit new and innovative works from contemporary emerging and mid-career artists. Charged with the mission to engage [...]

Unseen Unsaid

Unseen/Unsaid
Curated by: Glenna Allee, Jen Cohen, Kaliisa Conlon, Victoria Heilweil
Climate Theater
285 9th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
February 21st 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
$10
ARTISTS
Marc Adelman
Joegh Bullock
Laura Mappin
Thisway/Thataway aka Stephanie Cooper
Kelly Marshall
Lula Chapman and Angela Dix
Erin O’Neill
Guillermo Galindo
Nanda Palmieri
Jason Hanasik
Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao
Elyse Hochstadt
Carol Queen and Robert M Lawrence
Jorge Rodolfo De Hoyos Jr.
Carla Williams & Deirdre Visser
Jennifer [...]

S&M Live!

If you happen to be in New York…
S&M Live!
Tuesday, November 11, 7:00-9:00pm
Barney Building, 34 Stuyvesant Street (at 3rd Ave. and 9th St.), Rosenberg Gallery
Shrines & Masquerades Live!
Please join us for an extraordinary evening of performance art inspired by the African traditions of shrines and masquerades, as well as the negotiation of identity in cosmopolitan America.
As [...]

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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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    • Taking a Break February 8, 2012
      Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
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    • Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 8, 2012
      Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]


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