Events
Submit your video for Chick Flicks finale
Girls’ Club is seeking film and video submissions from local female artists. Submissions will be reviewed by a jury of artists and art professionals, which include Jillian Mayer, Samantha Salzinger and Antonia Wright. Selected films will be screened at Girls’ Club on Saturday, May 26, 2012 during the season’s final presentation of Chick Flicks featuring the…
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Artists in Action! 2012
Artists in Action!, now in its third year at Girls’ Club, presents a series of artist talks held on Friday evenings beginning March 23rd. This year, a workshop led by each artist, inspired by her creative process is offered on the Saturday afternoon following each talk. Saturday workshops are open to artists of all levels…
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Chick Flicks second screening prompts impromtu artist talk with Samantha Salzinger
Last Saturday night a growing group of art film enthusiasts gathered at Girls’ Club for the screening of two works by female artists. The first, a short film by south Florida artist Samantha Salzinger titled Ascension created in 2011. Better known for her fantastical images of meteorological and natural disasters, Salzinger’s film marks a new…
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Katharine DeShaw shares USA Projects tips with Girls’ Club
Katharine DeShaw, executive director of United States Artists (USA), sat with a group of artists and funding representatives last week at Girls’ Club to talk about the various opportunities available to artists, musicians, writers, composers, choreographers and other creatives. If you missed the talk, check out the links below for more information: United States…
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Artists Talk with Shirin Neshat and Shahrnush Parsipur at CUNY
Artists and Writers Series: Shirin Neshat & Shahrnush Parsipur: Women Without Men Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 6:00 pm Film will be screened promptly at 6pm, followed by a conversation with the artists. Join celebrated writer Shahrnush Parsipur and artist Shirin Neshat as they reflect on their shared concern for the position of women in Iranian…
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First Chick Flicks Night a Cinemtic Success
A crowd of 30 joined Girls’ Club for popcorn, art and film with the premiere of Chick Flicks, a new film series spotlighting cinematic treatments of contemporary female artists. Following a screening and brief discussion about Miami artist Jillian Mayer’s short film Scenic Jogging (2010), and its relation to the work of influential photographer Cindy…
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Work from writing workshop Photography to Prose
Led by Girls’ Club Writer-in-Residence Denise Delgado, a group of artists and writers came together to explore new techniques with in the field of contemporary art, photography and prose. During this 4-session writing workshop, Girls’ Club exhibition Re-Framing the Feminine became both work space and material for jump-starting new writing. Together the class looked at…
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Photography to Prose: writing workshop for artists and writers
led by Girls’ Club writer-in-residence Denise Delgado Four Thursdays, 6-8pm November 10, 17 and December 8, 15 $125 Registration Deadline Monday, November 7 In this 4-session workshop, Girls’ Club exhibition Re-Framing the Feminine becomes both work space and material for jumpstarting new writing. Together the class will look at and discuss photographs in the exhibition,…
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Art Fallout 2011 a big hit – thanks to all our artists, judges and backers
The numbers of artists participating plus the dedicated art fans that turned out to write their comments on post-it notes proves that there is a thriving scene for contemporary art in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Art Fallout is organized in tandem with National Arts and Humanities Month. We’re really pleased that so many people appreciate what…
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Announcing Art Fallout 2011
Saturday October 15, 2011 5-8 pm A Day for Contemporary Art in Downtown Fort Lauderdale Tour art venues, free bus transportation, Scavenger Hunt, T-shirts, Fun for ALL! One-Day Open Call exhibition of South Florida artists at Girls’ Club The Second Annual Art Fallout energizes Downtown Fort Lauderdale Contemporary Art Scene To celebrate National Arts and…
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Art Fallout 2011 Kickstarter Campaign has begun
Kickstarter.com enables artists and non-profits to fundraise for their projects. Visit Kickstarter.com. Click to pledge any amount and your funds will only be deducted from an Amazon payments account once our project achieves its total fundraising goal. Last year’s Art Fallout Kickstarter campaign was successful. Funds are used to defray costs of producing the event.…
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Artist Kerry Phillips presentation for Artists in Action!
Miami artist Kerry Phillips talked about her process and inspiration at Girls’ Club on Friday April 15. The third Artists in Action! event of 2011, our space was packed with a really engaged audience, who enjoyed all of Kerry’s anecdotes of her farm upbringing in Texas, her travels around the world, and her artmaking techniques…
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