And the Women Gather my interview with Lorna Owens

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Art as Healing Therapy

Inside Out: Art as Healing Therapy at Artserve May 25th to June 25th In partnership with: The Children’s Diagnostic Treatment Center, Schott Communities, Easter Seals South Florida, Broward Children’s Center, Ann Storck Center, and ARC Broward. 
Opening Reception: Thursday June 10 from 6-8pm

The Right Moment

Wake up sleeping beauties to your braveheart woman soul, experience empowering female archetypes of war.  Histories hidden heroines, warrior women and queens.  "Women Warriors" series at  "The Right Moment" Saturday May 15th, 7pm to 10pm.  At The Sailboat Bend Gallery  1310 SW 2nd Court, Downtown Fort Lauderdale.

This event is free.  Proceeds benefit Women in Distress (WID).

Trash 2 Art: "Woman with Secrets" Painting

Trash 2 Art opening exhibition at ARTSERVE in Fort Lauderdale.  Me standing beside my painting made from 75% recycable materials.  The painting is titled "Woman with Secrets" the secret is the plywood is from Miami that experieced hurricanes Wilma and Katrina, her dress is from the organization Trash to Treasure - a recycled bath mat that would have perhaps ended up in a landfill.  Thanks to BJ Smith for taking this picture with her iphone.

"Kristie in Paris"

Muse of the moment for photographer Lew Lautin.  Below are photographs of "Kristie in Paris". 

I appreciate and admire what Lew Lautin (photomanlew on youtube) has done with my image, it reminds me of Fridah Kahlo done by Andy Warhol. 

Except it is me as seen thru Lew Lautin.  These photographs are interactive placing my image as icon thru the streets of Paris.

In Myth & Legend the Muse in Greek myth is any of the nine sister goddesses, each of whom was regarded as the protectress of a different art or science. Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the nine are Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania.

 

Kristie Stephenson -Video by Lew Lautin

The Warrior in Me

Warrior Women Photo Series

I've been reading "Women Who Run With the Wolves" according to the book aggression is bred out of girls by the age of 5.  Females are taught to be polite and nice in the face of the grotesque.  Without going into any details here I can relate.  When I look back  I feel empowered now to speak my mind, to roar like a wild woman and not care what anyone thinks.   Thought I'd share the poem below written by Michelle Riu Romero.

It highlights warrior queens, histories hidden heroines and modern day warrior women for you to become aware of so you can start to do your own research and discover more.

A New Mythology

I have the stoic spirit of Rosa Parks
I have the warrior heart of Joan of Arc.
I am as brilliant as I am dark
And you ain't even seen me start

I come from a long line of African Queens
My truth is the truth of Ma’at.
I come to claim my Kemet Kingdom
Now give me back what you got.

You see I traced my history,
I finally understood
Now give me back my priestess power
take your virgin-motherhood.

I am as beautiful as the Queen of Sheba
as raging as Kali
As sensual as the poet Sappho
as silent as the Furies…

I am as fiery as Brigit,
I’m the one who said no
I’m Lillith, I’m Nefertiti
and so many more you don’t know.

I am Judith, I am Esther, I am Deborah, I am Ruth
I am Nepthys, I am Hathor, I am Isis, I am Nut

I am the primordial Goddess, the first and the last
Some call me Gaia, some call me Tiamat

I am as independent as Artemis,
as whole and as fierce
And though you break through my hymen
my ‘virginity’ You can NEVER pierce.

I have the stamina of Eleanor, the guts of the Virgin Queen
I have the boldness of Hathsheput, and the strategy of Athene

I have the vision of Cady Stanton, the resoluteness of Susan B
I have the integrity of Dido, the depth of Proserpine

I am as wise as Sophia, as fruitful as Demetre,
I am as well-learned as hypatia, and man, would I have liked to meet her!

I am Inanna, I am Ishtar, I am Theodora, and Cybele,
Though I stand before you calling myself Michelle

i am evreywoman no matter how my name is spelled...

i am evreywoman no matter how my name is spelled.


in honor of women's history month, by m. riu

TRASH-2-ART!!!! AN ART EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE CREATIVITY OF REPURPOSED MATERIALS!

Creative reuse center Trash to Treasure opening reception at Artserve in Ft. Lauderdale May 6th, 6pm to 8pm.  Exhibit runs from May 2nd to May 21st.  Trash-2-Art will celebrate artistic creations that have given new life to trash-bound materials. The hope is that this exhibition will help all of us see the treasures in our own trash. This organizations has caused me to think about materials in a new way.  See video below by Lew Lautin.

T2T Opening May 7th, 2010: Creative Reuse & Recycling Centre

Trash to Treasure is a creative reuse and recycling center in Broward County.  I did a painting inside their zen of scrap boutique area created with recycled house paints.  She is the "Green Warrior".  The Zen of Scrap  will be opening on May 7th and there will be a grand opening on May 15th, 2010.  The video below is by videographer Lew Lautin.  The organization is a non profit and is a wonderful resource for art teachers and artists to find unique materials that would probably otherwise end up in a landfil.