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Hi friends! The Sex Workers' Art Show Tour is about to hit the road again!
The show is an evening of visual and performance art created by people who work in the sex industry. It features spoken word, burlesque, music, drag, and more.
The lineup this year is TRULY amazing and includes international burlesque sensation MISS DIRTY MARTINI; author of How I Learned to Snap, KIRK READ; Whitney Biennial artist JULIE ATLAS MUZ; author of Happy Baby and My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up, STEPHEN ELLIOTT; enigmatic operatic musician and performer REGINALD LAMAR; internationally renowned member of the Japanese performance collective Dumbtype, CONO SNATCH ZUBOBINSKAYA; stripper activist and historian JO WELDON; writer and queer feminist smut purveyor AMBER DAWN; and the tour's founder and director ANNIE OAKLEY.
More info at www.sexworkersartshow.com!
the schedule-
Jan
25 Portland, OR Reed College
26 Olympia, WA Washington Center for the Performing Arts
27 Arcata, CA Humboldt State University
28 San Francico, CA Cellspace
29 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB
30 San Diego, CA The Rubber Rose
31 Claremont, CA Scripps College
Feb
1 Tucson, AZ The Space
2 Flagstaff, AZ Northern Arizona University
3 Santa Fe, NM College of Santa Fe
5 Austin, TX Arts on Real
6 Austin, TX Arts on Real
8 New Orleans, LA Zeitgeist Gallery
9 Huntsville, AL Flying Monkey Arts
10 Atlanta, GA Eyedrum Gallery
11 Richmond, VA Virginia Commonwealth University
12 Williamsburg, VA College of William and Mary
13 Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania
14 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel (benefit for Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive)
15 Haverford, PA Haverford College
16 Baltimore, MD The Patterson Theatre
17 Boston, MA Coolidge Corner Theatre
18 Providence, RI Rhode Island School of Design
19 Annandale, NY Bard College
20 Bronxville, NY Sarah Lawrence College
21 Amherst, MA University of Mass.
22 Amherst, MA Hampshire College
23 New York, NY Mo Pitkins
25 pending
26 Cleveland, OH Case Western Reserve Univ.
27 pending
28 pending
March
1 Chicago, IL The Abbey (benefit for Young Women's Empowerment Project)
Hey people! The Sex Workers' Art Show is in the final stages of booking our feb/march 2007 tour, and we still have a few open dates. If you're interested in bringing us to your school or venue, send us a message or email annie@sexworkersartshow.com!
The show is an evening of visual and performance art created by people who work in the sex industry. It features spoken word, burlesque, music, drag, and more.
The lineup this year is TRULY amazing and includes international burlesque sensation MISS DIRTY MARTINI; author of How I Learned to Snap, KIRK READ; Whitney Biennial artist JULIE ATLAS MUZ; author of Happy Baby and My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up, STEPHEN ELLIOTT; enigmatic operatic musician and performer REGINALD LAMAR; internationally renowned member of the Japanese performance collective Dumbtype, CONO SNATCH ZUBOBINSKAYA; stripper activist and historian JO WELDON; writer and queer feminist smut purveyor AMBER DAWN; and the tour's founder and director ANNIE OAKLEY.
Visit our website at www.sexworkersartshow.com for more info! Hope to see you out on the road!
ALSO:
SEP 8 @ THE REDLIGHT, 801 W. Temple ST, Downtown LOS ANGELES
SEp 10 @ MRX 686 N. Spring , Chinatown LOS ANGELES
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Hi everyone!
We're starting to organize the 5th annual Sex Workers' Art Show Tour, and we're looking for artists and performers to contribute!
THE SHOW:
The Sex Workers' Art Show is a cabaret-style evening of visual and performance art created by people who work in the sex industry to dispel the myth that we are anything short of artists, innovators, and geniuses! The artwork and performances offer a wide range of perspectives on sex work. The show hopes through its diversity of viewpoints to move beyond "positive" and "negative" into a fuller articulation of the complicated ways sex workers experience our jobs and our lives. You can read more about the show at www.sexworkersartshow.com.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
Sex trade workers are in a unique position to observe the freaky dynamics of capitalism, desire, ownership, gender, and race. We are looking for hilarious, disturbing, challenging, entertaining, accessible work that addresses these issues. Or, you know, whatever else. Please jesus no artless literalism or speeches. We're interested in a range of mediums- spoken word, burlesque, music and performance art of all kinds; as well as all manner of visual art.
THE DEAL:
The tour is happening early Feb through early March 2007. It hits approximately 26 cities nationwide. Venues will be varied, from small clubs and galleries to large theaters and college campuses. We'll be traveling in two new vans, staying in hotels. There will be eight performers, a technical director and road crew along. Pay is $3000/performer, plus lodging, transportation to the first show and home from the last, and occasional meals. Staff will be provided to sell performers' merchandise.
SUBMITTING:
People who are working or have worked in the sex industry are invited to submit any kind of visual or performance art. Pieces should be no more than 12 minutes long. Please email info@sexworkersartshow.com for more information. Work must be submitted by September 8th.
Thanks everyone! Please spread the word and forward this!
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