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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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.

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

_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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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

• 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.

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.

Wonder Women invites 10 artists to reflect on notions of home and identity addressing emigration and immigration. We invite artists who have chosen to make the US their new home or who are descendents of immigrants to participate in a residency program that will focus on exploring immigration through the lens of feminism and social change. Weekly discussions will address issues related to art, identity, migration, economy, war, displacement, opportunity, government and policy. Each participant is encouraged to contribute to the discussion and to the source materials.

Every Sunday, beginning January 17th [through February 21st] accepted applicants will meet as a group at _gaia studio to discuss current social issues and topics brought forth by participants. There will be a potluck lunch each Sunday with group discussion and critique of works in progress. All accepted applicants must commit to all Sunday meetings (see schedule below). At the end of the program there will be a group exhibition (to be announced.)

History:
Wonder Women is a residency program in its fifth year presented by _gaia at their studio in Jersey City, NJ. The Wonder Women mission is to engage practicing, yet underrepresented artists who are eager to participate in a collective dialogue about migration and identity.

_gaia, an environment for creative process is dedicated to fostering women’s activism, art practice and study. This year the Wonder Women project is being organized and curated by Doris Caçoilo and Renata Moreira.

Submission Guidelines

Eligibility: Wonder Women is currently accepting proposals and portfolios from individuals working in all media and disciplines from the NJ/NY area. Artists are required to attend weekly meetings to take place at _gaia studio in Jersey City NJ.

Portfolio: All media are acceptable. Artists should submit 5 to 10 images/samples of current works either by email submission or by slide sheet/CD/DVD. [Please submit images at 72dpi, and approximately 700 pixels wide.]

Proposals: 2-3 paragraphs describing a project you wish to complete during the residency. Please include any visual documentation of proposal ideas. Proposals should specify why and/or how this project or your work considers the themes of the residency. Projects can change as the residency progresses.

Additional Materials: A resume/CV and short biography are required. An artist statement is recommended. Please include your name and contact information on each page.

Deadline: Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Residency Meeting Times: Meetings will take place on Sunday afternoons from 1pm to 6pm from January 17th, 2010 through February 21st, 2010.

Participation Fee: Upon acceptance to the residency, artists will be asked to donate $35 to cover the costs of promotion and facility fees.

Calendar:
December 13th, 2009 by 5pm EST………..……………………………….…..Submission Deadline
December 19th, 2009 …..………………………………………………….Notification of Acceptance
January 17th, 2010 1-6 pm ……………………………..……..………………………….First Meeting
January 24th, 2010 1-6 pm ………………….……..………..…..……………………Second Meeting
January 31st, 2010 1-6 pm ……………….……………………..………………………Third Meeting
February 7th, 2010 1-6 pm ……………………………..…..…….…………………….Fourth Meeting
February 14th, 2010 1-6 pm ……………………………..…..…….………………..…..Fifth Meeting
February 21st, 2010 1-6 pm ……………………..…………..…………………………….Final Critique
(Early March TBD) …………………………………………..….……………………Exhibition Opens

The deadline is December 13, 2009. Accepted applicants will be contacted by December 19, 2009. Discussion sessions will begin January 17, 2010 at 1pm. Please contact us with any questions or for more information. wonderwomen@gaiastudio.org

Send completed application and submission materials via e-mail to: wonderwomen@gaiastudio.org

or mail to _gaia at:
Doris Cacoilo c/o _gaia
315 3rd Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302

Application:

Ah, Motherland!
a Wonder Women project at _gaia

Name:

Address:

Contact information: (phone, e-mail)

Webpage/URL:

Brief statement of interest (2-3 paragraphs):

Artist Checklist:
Deadline for submission is December 13th, 2009

• Completed Application (form attached)
• Proposal
• Portfolio: digital materials/slides (5-10)
• Resume/CV and Bio
• Artist Statement (recommended, not required)

If you are submitting non-digital materials, please include SASE for return of materials.

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
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

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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The Directors’ Residency at _gaia provides an annual opportunity for female directors, both up-and-coming and established, to workshop one-act plays submitted by emerging playwrights to the community as staged readings.

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When: Saturday, September 26th, 2009 at 8:00 pm

Where: Monroe Theatrespace, 2^nd 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, 2^nd 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