Saturday, March 1, 2014
Planned Parenthood renews global LGBT rights push
WASHINGTON, DC—Tewodros Melesse, Director-General of the London-based International Planned Parenthood Federation IPPF , has posted a blog on the Huffington Post, urging supporters of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender LGBT rights to renew their fight around the Globe in the wake of recent setbacks.
(27) The Complete Guide to Loosening Uranus
The Shadow Knows, Melissa’s Mash-Up Submission, Listener Call In, Polygamists, Summer Diets, Gym Observations, Kardashian Meaninglessnesses, Fantasies, Subconscious Seriousness and more … Music Featured by: The Trucks http://www.myspace.com/thetrucks
Creative Capital: WPA's Select 2014 at Artisphere focuses on contemporary art
Art:
"It's a great place for people who are interested in starting to build a collection," Lisa Gold says of Select 2014. "Or people who are just interested in seeing what's happening in the region."
At least 75 percent of the works on display at this Washington Project for the Arts event, held this year at Artisphere, comes from artists in the D.C. region, more than 100 strong. Nine curators, also mostly local, were tapped to select the works for the show, a fundraiser for WPA.
Blue Nude Pt. 2
(Photo by Victoria F. Gaitan)
"It's all contemporary work and it's in a variety of media," Gold, WPA's executive director, says -- including video, sculpture, photographs and paintings.
"We have work in a variety of price ranges too," she adds, noting that proceeds from the art auction will be shared by her organization and the artists equally. "I came from New York where a lot of organizations would just solicit donations from the artists, and then they would keep all the sale proceeds. But since we are an artist service organization, we don't feel like that's the right thing to do. So we help the artists by sharing 50/50."
Started 40 years ago, WPA represents about 800 local artists, helping them with professional development opportunities and showcasing them through a variety of events. WPA organizes some of these from its home base at Southwest's Capitol Skyline Hotel, including an event every summer in the hotel pool called "Sink or Swim," which Gold describes as "a synchronized swimming performance art competition." From now until March 28 in the hotel's lobby WPA offers a video/performance series by New York-based Jacolby Satterwhite.
But Artisphere is this year's home for Select 2014, which opens with a reception Thursday, Feb. 27. The works are on view for three weeks, culminating in an Art Auction Gala Saturday, March 22, where people can purchase the works -- as well as eat dinner, and even take a swing at some artist-designed piñatas.
Select 2014 opens with a free reception Thursday, Feb. 27, from 7 to 10 p.m., and runs to March 21, with the Art Auction Gala Saturday, March 22, from 7 to 11 p.m. 'Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. Tickets to the gala are $35. Call 703-875-1100 or visit artisphere.com. ...more
"It's a great place for people who are interested in starting to build a collection," Lisa Gold says of Select 2014. "Or people who are just interested in seeing what's happening in the region."
At least 75 percent of the works on display at this Washington Project for the Arts event, held this year at Artisphere, comes from artists in the D.C. region, more than 100 strong. Nine curators, also mostly local, were tapped to select the works for the show, a fundraiser for WPA.
Blue Nude Pt. 2
(Photo by Victoria F. Gaitan)
"It's all contemporary work and it's in a variety of media," Gold, WPA's executive director, says -- including video, sculpture, photographs and paintings.
"We have work in a variety of price ranges too," she adds, noting that proceeds from the art auction will be shared by her organization and the artists equally. "I came from New York where a lot of organizations would just solicit donations from the artists, and then they would keep all the sale proceeds. But since we are an artist service organization, we don't feel like that's the right thing to do. So we help the artists by sharing 50/50."
Started 40 years ago, WPA represents about 800 local artists, helping them with professional development opportunities and showcasing them through a variety of events. WPA organizes some of these from its home base at Southwest's Capitol Skyline Hotel, including an event every summer in the hotel pool called "Sink or Swim," which Gold describes as "a synchronized swimming performance art competition." From now until March 28 in the hotel's lobby WPA offers a video/performance series by New York-based Jacolby Satterwhite.
But Artisphere is this year's home for Select 2014, which opens with a reception Thursday, Feb. 27. The works are on view for three weeks, culminating in an Art Auction Gala Saturday, March 22, where people can purchase the works -- as well as eat dinner, and even take a swing at some artist-designed piñatas.
Select 2014 opens with a free reception Thursday, Feb. 27, from 7 to 10 p.m., and runs to March 21, with the Art Auction Gala Saturday, March 22, from 7 to 11 p.m. 'Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. Tickets to the gala are $35. Call 703-875-1100 or visit artisphere.com. ...more
Vancouver Queers :: Will You Be at Davie + Howe?
Vancouver is a-talking about what's coming to Davie & Howe in October and it's all the buzz.... Much speculation has been going around about what would be going into the prime intersection in gay-town. While I was glad to hear it's not going to be a Starbuck's or a BlockBuster or yet another Safeway, I couldn't get the skinny on what was coming to the location exactly. I'm super intrigued, though, as I like the way "whatever-it-is" is flirting with the gay community.What I Did Find OutIt's going to be a new Canadian brand and that they are launching in Vancouver before going national. Hmm.... a brand of what? We also heard from a very reliable source that this new yet to be named Canadian brand is going to definitely support the LGBT community. Even though it's quite coy, I'm very curious--curious enough to join the online bandwagon! You should, too.I'll keep my ear to the ground and let you know what I can uncover between now and Oct. I'm excited to see so many cute faces out and about and online! Join me in the fun.
Barneys Has Bruce Weber Turn His Lense to Transgender for Upcoming Catalog
I am really surprised this has not happened sooner. New York Times reports, Arin Andrews and Katie Hill (left photo) do not look out of place in the new Barneys
New York campaign. Both have nonexistent hips, are right in the ballpark
of six feet tall and aren?t yet old enough for a legal drink. But
there?s one marked difference between them and the models you ordinarily
see on runways and in the pages of Vogue and Elle: Mr. Andrews, 17, was
born a girl, and Ms. Hill, 19, a boy.They are just two of nearly 20 transgender models photographed by Bruce
Weber who will appear in the new Barneys catalog and magazine campaign,
wearing clothes from designers like Ann Demeulemeester, Balenciaga,
Lanvin and Manolo Blahnik. Read the full article at NYT.
New York campaign. Both have nonexistent hips, are right in the ballpark
of six feet tall and aren?t yet old enough for a legal drink. But
there?s one marked difference between them and the models you ordinarily
see on runways and in the pages of Vogue and Elle: Mr. Andrews, 17, was
born a girl, and Ms. Hill, 19, a boy.They are just two of nearly 20 transgender models photographed by Bruce
Weber who will appear in the new Barneys catalog and magazine campaign,
wearing clothes from designers like Ann Demeulemeester, Balenciaga,
Lanvin and Manolo Blahnik. Read the full article at NYT.
Chicago Police Torture Reparations Ordinance debated
More than 110 African American men and women were reportedly tortured by Chicago police officers and forced into giving confessions under former Commander Jon Burge, according to supporters of a measure to provide reparations to the victims.
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