_gaia's mission remains as a collective of women, for women, for the making of textiles, clothing, printmaking, painting, architecture, music, film, photography, science, the performing arts, writing, environmental, social and political activism: all things which color the lives of the women involved.
_gaia is active in the visual arts space. We run and sponsor shows, events, and residencies for our sisters to come and work on their art. We are always brewing up something new and looking for new ideas. Contact us if you are interested in participating or have an idea you would like to explore with _gaia.
_gaia is active in the performance space. We run and sponsor shows, events, and residencies for our sisters to come and work on their acting and voice. We are always brewing up something new and looking for new ideas. Contact us if you are interested in participating or have an idea you would like to explore with _gaia.
Activism was the fire that gave birth to _gaia. We continue in that tradition by supporting and promoting socially conscious movement and agendas that are important to our members. We are active in demonstrations and events that help bring issues of importance to light. _gaia's main issues include but are not limited too: stop violence against women, human rights, reproductive rights and promotion.
_gaia loves to meet new people and make new friends. We have many opportunities for you to join _gaia in our mission to provide a space for women in the arts. Come play with us through our internships and volunteer programs. You will learn, work and have fun while opening up a whole new world. If you don't have the time but got the dough, please consider a donation to _gaia. We appreciate you and love you!
_gaia loves you and we are fortunate to have those who love and support us. There are those who support us with their time and expertise to make so many of our programs happen and continue on in the future. The partners who are generous with their space and businesses to help us make so many events happen. Of course, like anyone else we love our fans who come to our events and workshops.
_gaia has several open calls! WonderWomen Residency, Children Scripts, One-Act Acripts, Director Residency. We are looking for a new member to join _gaia. check out details...
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LUNAFEST JERSEY CITY 2010**THIS SUNDAY!
_gaia presents LUNAFEST JERSEY CITY 2010**Short films by, for and about women (really incredible films from international selection!!)
Benefiting The Breast Cancer Fund & _gaia
When: Sunday, April 11, 2010 @ 5:00 p.m.
Tickets: $10 Available at door
Location: LITM
www.litm.com
140 Newark Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07302
(201) 536-5557
From quirky animation to touching documentaries, the 10 selected films are incredibly diverse in both style and subject matter, united by a common thread of exceptional storytelling by…for…about women. For more information on The Breast Cancer Fund or _gaia visit www.breastcancerfund.org and www.gaiastudio.org.
**We will also be celebrating Lillian Ribeiro’s birthday (_gaia member)! Come out to join us for a toast and birthday song cheer!!
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V-DAY NYC Tickets on sale! ONLY 3 performances!!
Tickets on sale! ONLY 3 performances!!V-DAY NYC “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer” 2010 – February 12 &13 Get you tickets now!
As part of the V-Day Worldwide Campaign _gaia and Looking Glass Theatre present their benefit performance of A MEMORY, A MONOLOGUE, A RANT AND A PRAYER: Writings To Stop Violence Against Women and Girls, is a groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-renowned authors and playwrights, edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle.
These writings are inspired, funny, angry, heartfelt, tragic, and beautiful. But above all, together they create a true and profound portrait of how violence against women affects every one of us.
A diverse cast will perform the monologues, directed by veteran director Rose Ginsberg. Assistant Director will be Nadine Friedman.
Featuring: Alena Acker, Jenn Boehm, Ann Breitbach, Bethany Bryan, Alessandra Cardoso, Elena Chang, Meaghan Connaire, Chelsey Curry, Missy Hernandez, Kaira Klueber, JessAnn Smith and Tara Thierry.
Performance Dates:
Friday, February 12, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Performance Location:
Looking Glass Theatre
422 West 57th Street
New York City, New York
Tickets:
$18 in advance
$20 at door
Tickets can be purchased at https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/710885
Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Women In Need, Inc. (WIN) of New York City, NY, the York Street Project of Jersey City, NJ and 10% of the proceeds will go to this year’s V-Day international spotlight theme, THE WOMEN OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
_gaia and Looking Glass Theatre will also be collecting toiletries, gently-used business attire, diapers, cloth bibs, wipes (refills for rectangular boxes) and non-perishable snack items for both beneficiaries. .
For up-to-date performance information and other V-Day fundraisers visit www.gaiastudio. org, www.lookingglassthe atrenyc.com or www.vday.org. For more information on our beneficiaries visit www.women-in- need.org and www.yorkstreetproje ct.org.
Join us and change the story of women!
GLOBAL SPONSORS: Dramatists Play Servicem Amanda Keidan Jewelry, LUNA, Random House, Shawn & Shane, Vosges Haut-Chocolat
LOCAL SPONSORS: _gaia, Looking Glass Theatre, Art Kitchen, Design Factory, Garden State Rollergirls, Hell’s Kitchen Lounge and Melita Wines.
WW$: Money, Money, Money at Lex Leonard Gallery
Join us for this great show at Lex Leonard Gallery. This is a second exhibition of last year’s residency. The work is great and deserves a visit! Come out to see _gaia, the wonder women and the WW$ exhibition!MONEY MONEY MONEY
A Wonder Women Exhibition
Friday, January 29, 2010
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Lex Leonard Gallery
143 Christopher Columbus Drive, suite 2
Jersey City, NJ
The Wonder Women exhibition WW$: Money, Money, Money
This exhibition is the result of the Wonder Women residency project from 2009, ten emerging artists engaged in discussions about their work, the economy, feminism, and personal relationships to money.
Artists: Pollie Barden, Mary Button, Andrea Callard, Geraldine Juarez, Sarah Julig, Christina Kelly, Michelle Loughlin, Melissa MacAlpin, Holly Pitre and Hanna Von Goeler
Curated by Doris Caçoilo and Vandana Jain
Clothing Swap at _gaia Saturday, December 12th
Join us for a clothing swap at _gaia studio this Saturday, December 12th 2-5pm. Refreshments will be served. Feel free to bring a snack to share with other swappers! Forward! Bring friends! Let’s make it a party!_gaia studio
315 3rd Street
Jersey City, NJ
December 12th, 2009 2-5pm
$5 donation and (1 bag or more of) clothes to swap
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_gaia at Jersey City Museum this weekend! Join us!
We will be joining the Jersey City Museum this weekend for two very special events: a free night of art and wine on Friday and an incredible craft sale co-produced by the Jersey City Craft Mafia on Saturday. Join us for one or both!!Target First Fridays at JCM
Friday, December 4, 2009, 5 – 8:30 p.m. Free.
Come enjoy a glass of wine and light fare in the atrium, explore exhibitions and galleries, create Victorian-era crafts and sample the museum’s special events. Highlights include back-to-back programs in the Caroline L. Guarini theater. At 6:30 p.m., Doris Caçoilo and Pollie Barden will lead twitter love, a fun and practical guide to “tweeting” and other social media. At 7:30 p.m., Jane Steuerwald and URBAN IMAGE will premiere Selected Shorts, a showcase of short films and video works by NJCU alumni. This event is part of part of JC FRIDAYS.
Event Highlights:
6:30 p.m. | twitter love: Practical Guide to Social Media
7:30 p.m. | Selected Shorts, a showcase of short films and videos by NJCU’s Urban Image Showcase. Curated by Professor Jane Steuerwald
JC Fridays, the citywide day of arts and culture in Jersey City, is held at the start of every season with an exciting program of free events open to the public. For more information about JC Fridays and a complete list of events going on throughout the city, please visit www.jcfridays.com
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Designer Days: Handmade for the Holidays
Saturday, December 5, 2009 12pm-4pm
Leave the malls behind and do your holiday shopping at Jersey City Museum!
For art lovers, holiday shoppers, green-enthusiasts wanting to ‘buy local’, and anyone interested in cool, unusual and hard-to-find gifts! Enjoy hot cocoa in the café and be the first to shop this unique sale! Co-produced with The Jersey City Craft Mafia, Designer Days is timed to give a jumpstart on holiday shopping. This year’s sale will offer a wide variety of jewelry, home accessories, wearables, vegan bath and body creations, and one-of-kind gifts from regional artists. Mingle with your friends, meet the artists and find cool gifts.
At 12:30 p.m., help celebrate the release of Leon Yost and Cynthia Harris’s new coffee table book Changing Jersey City, A History in Photographs. Leon Yost will present a slide lecture based on the book in the museum’s theater. The book makes a unique gift and will be for sale in the museum’s gift shop at a special holiday price. Following the lecture, Leon Yost will sign copies of the book in the atrium.
Plus! DJ Rory Stroganoff and DJ Motorfunker of WPRB Radio will be spinning holiday tunes in the atrium throughout the afternoon.
Jersey City Museum
350 Montgomery Street
Jersey City NJ 07302
www.jerseycitymuseum.org
Calls for Scripts and Directors in 2010
The following calls are out by _gaia Performances:- CHILDREN’S SCRIPTS Deadline 02/15/10
Seeking CHILDREN’S SCRIPT submissions of all genres from emerging and established playwrights more details… - ONE-ACT SCRIPTS Deadline 02/15/10
Seeking ONE-ACT SCRIPT submissions of all genres from emerging and established playwrights for the “Lips Living Room Reading Series” more details… - SEEKING FEMALE THEATRE DIRECTORS – 04/01/10
_gaia Studio is offering a special residence program for female directors interested in directing one-act plays as staged readings in Hoboken, NJ and Jersey City, NJ. more details…
Go to Performances to find all the details.
Call for Entries: Wonder Women – Ah, Motherland!
Ah, Motherland! — a Wonder Women project at _gaiaIt is the 5th year already! Apply and be part of this great program. Deadline coming up soon (Dec. 13th) so apply asap.
See the call below for more details. Click here to download the pdf.
Please forward and post far and wide…..
All the best,
Doris
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Call for Entries: Artist Program
Ah, Motherland!
a Wonder Women project at _gaia
“In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival.”
-Rudolf Arnheim
With the passing of time, advances in technology, transportation and an ever homogenizing economic global market, the world is a seemingly smaller place. Emigration and immigration have become less arduous, less final and less difficult – technically. However, the issues of identity, home, family, culture and politics are ever present and ever more complex. As conflicts change landscapes and relationships and economies grow with enticing opportunity and fail with devastating consequence, people are forced to make decisions of place and home that have lasting effects on their identity and the identities of their descendants.
Looking for new _gaia studio member
_gaia is looking for an artist to join our collective. We are especially looking for artists and activists who may help in growing _gaia as an organization. Willingness to share graphic design abilities, business management skills, grant-writing, organizing, accounting and general administrative help is highly encouraged. In addition to participating in the organization’s events (voluntarily) the members of _gaia share a large studio space. Sharing the rent makes each person’s part very small!! Studio rent is very reasonable but the space is shared and we encourage a highly collaborative environment. If you are looking for an artist community this may be a good place for you.If anyone is interested in becoming a _gaia woman please e-mail info@gaiastudio.org or call us at 201-386-0486.
Please pass along to anyone who may be interested.
Hope you are our next _gaia member!
_gaia studio open for JC Artists Studio Tour this weekend!
_gaia studio will be opening our doors for the JC Artists Studio Tour this weekend October 3rd and 4th from 12-6pm.Come and visit us in our new home, see what we have been up to and have snacks and drinks with us!!
_gaia studio
315 3rd Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302
201-386-0486
www.gaiastudio.org
The JC Artists Studio Tour is full of great events, group shows and open studios throughout Jersey City.
For more information and a list of events see http://www.proartsjerseycity.org/tour_upcomingstudiotour.php
Two Special Performances on Saturday, September 26th at 3:00pm and 8:00pm
at 3pm — Lips Living Room Reading Series
_gaia’s Directors’ Residency 2009
Presents Third Annual
Lips Living Room Reading Series
One-act play readings directed by: Sonya Cooke, Jennifer Domani, Taylor Keith, and Angela Sharp
Featuring: “Strays” by Joe Del Priore, “Once Removed” by Jami Brandli, “Asking For It,” by Leigh Hunt , “I Can Tell Your Handbag is Fake,” by Dean Lundquist, “Laying Off” by James McLindon, “Sophie in the Water”, by Shannon Murdoch, “Washout,” by Connie Schindewolf, and “The Fund” by Deb Victoroff.
Followed by a Q&A forum with invited playwrights
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When: Saturday, September 26th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Where: Monroe Theatrespace, 2nd floor
720 Monroe Street (between 7th and 8th St)
Hoboken, New Jersey
Tickets: $5.00 Available at Door
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at 8pm — _gaia proudly presents a staged reading of
The Flora Dora Girls Weekly Sewing Circle
An unpublished late work by award-winning Hoboken-born playwright, Louis LaRusso II
Directed and edited by Taylor Keith
Produced by Lillian Ribeiro
Featuring: Susan Bucci, Eileen Gaughan, Domenica Galati, Angela Kariotis, Sheila Mart, Ellen O’Neil, Florence Pape, Chelsea Lee Richardson, Angela Sharp, Trish Szymanski, and Eva Visco
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The Flora Dora Girls Weekly Sewing Circle is Louis LaRusso II’s loving tribute to the strength and solidarity of the hard-working, passionate, and funny women who labored in the sweatshops together in the working-class city of Hoboken circa 1965. They come together for a weekly sewing circle, the one place where they don’t need to be ‘ladies’. They sew, gossip, laugh, cry, fight, curse, ask big questions, tell great stories and bond – like a fist! The Flora Dora Girls Weekly Sewing Circle will provoke heart and soul as well as lots of laughter.
When: Saturday, September 26th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Where: Monroe Theatrespace, 2nd floor
720 Monroe Street (between 7th and 8th St)
Hoboken, New Jersey
Tickets: $5.00 Available at Door (Mature subject matter)
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For general information and directions: http://www.monroecenter.com
There is parking at the rear of the building.
For more information visit www.gaiastudio.org or email Lillian Ribeiro at performing@gaiastudio.org.
For hearing devices or a Braille program, please contact 973-769-1997 at least one week in advance.
_gaia is dedicated to fostering women’s activism, art practice and study. We actively promote the work of artists. We give directors and playwrights a unique opportunity to work in a productive environment and foster their creativity while keeping in mind the issues that affect women. The Directors’ Residency program and Lips Living Room Reading Series is a direct reflection of our mission. For more information on the female Directors’ Residency at _gaia or submission guidelines for the Lips Living Room Reading Series contact Lillian Ribeiro, Director of Performance & Film, by email at performing@gaiastudio.org or visit http://www.gaiastudio.org