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|  Bestiary - Art Into The Wild
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – March 6 - March 27, 2010 – Femina Potens is going wild for an animalistic group exhibition that showcases mystical positions of power, the primal sensuality of the beast and the conception of a newborn carnal mythology. Get in touch with your primal instincts this March as we feriouciously quest into the wild with our latest Visual Art Exhibit, 'Bestiary'
We are proud to display the work of world class artists Melissa Steckbauer, Molly Schafer, Danielle de Picciotto and Monica Canilao. Steckbauer’s portraits blur the lines between animal and human creating a conversation about sexual stigma. Schafer's paintings negotiate her place at the edge of nature from a romanticized, quasi-prehistorical world. Berlin based artists, Picciotto, beckons the land of whimsy with lovely, tattooed creatures symbolizing poignant plights that cannot fail to touch our own humanity. Canilao creates sculptural pieces that borrow from historical and contemporary symbiotic traditions.
Join us this March 6 as we create a fantastical haven fit for the wildest of beasts. The rumpus begins at 6:30pm with our Artists Discussion Panel. Then shed your human skin for an evening as we celebrate the Opening Reception starting at 7:30pm. Meet the barbarian artists who created these feral works of art and take pleasure in delicious carnal treats that will satisfy your thirst and hunger. Keep the primal energy going with our beastly workshops and events all March long.
March 6, Saturday, Artist Discussion Panel 6-7:30pm- Learn about how this months artists are creating these wild works. Opening Reception 7:30- 10:30pm (FREE)
March 7, Sunday, Artist Workshop 2-4:00pm-Learn how to make all the sexy wears you will ever need in a 'Headress, Merkin & Pasty Making Party' with local artist Monica Canilao and Mendon Kelrick. Feel free to bring your very own special Hair weave & wigs, Leather, Fur, Yarn, Tassles, Glitter, Spirit gum, Lace, Fake flowers, Buttons, Jewelry, beads, chain, trim, ribbon.. And other sort of bling or de corative pieces ($5-20 sliding scale) Get your tickets here.
March 26, Friday, Open Eyes- Queer Film Night 8pm A sex-positive road-movie by Emilie Jouvet. It is an explicit documentary about the wild adventures of 7 women on a performance art tour, who travelled in a van around Europe during the summer of 2009, treaded the stages of nightclubs and theaters in Paris, Berlin, Stockholm... ($10-15 sliding scale) Purchase your tickets here.
March 27, Saturday, Art Of Restraint 8:00pm This decadent Rope Bondage Experience is back! Be bound by desire and discover the place where art and sex intertwine. Performances by Madison Young, Lochai, Dylan Ryan, Monk of Twisted Monk, JP Robichaud ($75/ $50 for members) Purchase your tickets now!
March 28, Sunday, Open Eyes Workshops- 'Fisting 101' 2-4:00pm 'Squirting for Beginers' 4-6:00pm Come learn from sexual insider Dylan Ryan the 'ins and outs' of these advanced techniques. ($30 per workshop/ $50 for both) Reserve your spot now.
‘Beastiary’ Into the Wild Visual Art Exhibit + Events March 6-27
Opening Reception Saturday, March 6th, 7-10pm Femina Potens Art Gallery 2199 Market St @ Sanchez San Francisco, CA 94110 Hours: Thurs.-Sun, Noon-6:00. 415-864-1558 All workshops are free to FP Members! ____________________________________________________________
Melissa Steckbauer was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1980, and after extensive travels in the U.S. and abroad, she currently resides in NYC and Berlin, Germany. She has been invested in experiential sexological research since 2001 respectively: she has worked with the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality and the Kinsey Institute; has attended events and soirees like x-plore Berlin and Wasteland in Amsterdam; she has also worked briefly as Domme in a NYC dungeon. She blends her sexual research with a consumer-friendly, new-age approach to mythology and mysticism.
Molly Schafer Molly Schafer lives and works in Chicago. She is a member of Henbane Collective and co-founder of The Endangered Species Print Project. Schafer holds a MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from The Corcoran College of Art and Design. Schafer’s work has been exhibited at Exit Art, artpoint Miami, Branch Gallery, Lump Gallery, Space 1026, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Corcoran Gallery of Art and at Lollapalooza 2007. She is a 2009 recipient of a CAAP grant from the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs.
Danielle de Picciotto is an American artist living in Berlin, Germany. She works as a painter, illustrator, filmaker and musician. Her playful approach of dealing with diverse media illustrates her conviction that only by combining different elements something truly new can originate, both in art as in society.
In the heart of Oakland, California, Monica Canilao spends her days stitching, painting, printing, and breathing life into the refuse that dominates our time and place. Moving across media, sometimes with friends and sometimes alone, Canilao makes a delicate visual record of the personal and communal. She received a BFA from California College of Arts and Crafts and has shown in galleries, community spaces, abandoned places and Ö worldwide. _________________________________________________________________________ Femina Potens is a nationally recognized art gallery and performance space dedicated to the advancement of women and transgendered artists since 2001.
Sponsored by the Queer Cultural Center with support from California Arts Council, San Francisco Arts Commission, the Zellerbach Foundation and Grants for the Arts, Golden Rope Level Donors: James Mogul, Catherine Murty, Nancy Peach, Saxon Macleod, John Pettite, Theresa Ikard and Carnal Nation.
Femina Potens is a leading queer organization in San Francisco, and has been featured onHBO Real Sex, LOGO channel, Q-Television, Bitch, Bust, Spread, Brian Alexander's book "America Unzipped", the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and the San Francisco Chronicle where Violet Blue called Femina Potens, "the most happening art space in the city; a revolution in art and sex." |
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Thin Line Between Art & Sex will be an explicit performance art sex event open to Femina Potens members. Artists and models will be engaging in erotic sexual and bdsm performances while artists (painters, photographers,artists doing charcoals, drawings and more) will construct art works based on these explicit acts.
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- exclusive members and press only artist preview and artist talks on our newest exhibited art works
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- 10% off art boutique items
- 10% off exhibited art works
- exclusive members and press only artist preview and artist talks on our newest exhibited art works
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