WOMEN WARRIORS @ ART-A-WHIRL!

Please join me this weekend during the annual Nordeast Minneapolis ART-A-WHIRL! Hundreds of NE artist studios will be open all weekend long, and there are lots of special events and silent auctions! Our studio will be featuring the DJs of COSMIC SLOP on Sunday!

I am just back from PHOTOLUCIDA in Portland, OR, and will have all the new WOMEN WARRIORS on display, along with the book mock-up that I exhibited in Portland. Do you love WOMEN WARRIORS? Be sure to check out my limited edition trading card sets! I’ll also have loads of other prints, cards and sundries for sale.

ART-A-WHIRL extends over the entire NE Minneapolis area, so be sure to check out www.nemaa.org or pick-up one of the artist booklets to see all the artists who will be displaying work this weekend. The times below are for all general events, but the location is specifically for my studio in the Northrup King Building.

~Katie
www.ekatieholm.com

ART-A-WHIRL 2009
Friday 5p-10p
Saturday noon-8p
Sunday noon-5p
Northrup King Building, studio 404
1500 Jackson St. NE
Mpls MN 55413
northrupkingbuilding.com
www.nemaa.org

NEW WOMEN WARRIORS NOW ON-LINE!

Yes, it has been quite some time since I made a post. Suffice it to say my life has felt like a tornado since December. But I am back and am VERY proud to announce that the new Women Warriors have been added to my website! Please go check them out and let me know what you think.

Also, tomorrow I head to Portland, OR, to attend PHOTOLUCIDA, a huge photo portfolio event. I'll meet with about 16 different reviewers from around the globe and get feedback on my project. My portfolio looks AWESOME and I cannot wait to share it.

When I get back I will be sure to post photos and talk about how the event was.

Holiday Open Studio & Current Exhibits

HOLIDAY OPEN STUDIO HOURS
Thurs Dec 4, 5p - 9p
Sat Dec 6, noon - 5p
Sat Dec 20, noon - 5p
Northrup King Building, studio 404
1500 Jackson St. NE
Mpls MN 55413
www.northrupkingbuilding.com

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2008 Annual IFP MN Members Photo Show and Silent Auction
Nov 22, 2008 - Jan 10, 2009
IFP Minnesota Center for Media Arts
2446 University Ave. West, Suite 100
St. Paul, MN 55114
651-644-1912
www.ifpmn.org

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First Thursday Artist Open Studio
2008 Dec 4
2009 Feb 5, Mar 5, Apr 2
5p - 9p
Northrup King Building
1500 Jackson St. NE
Studio 404
Mpls MN 55413
www.northrupkingbuilding.com

NYMPHOTO, a webspace for Women Photographe

Since it has been quite some time since I made a post I figured I'd better do something! Today I am in my home office editing some wedding photos, and just checked my email to find this great Women's web resource. Thanks to my friend Martin Berg for endlessly sending me great links to things like NYMPHOTO!

From their BLOGSPOT:
NYMPHOTO is a collective of women in photography dedicated to creating a community of and for female artists & art administrators, in order to span the gender divide that pervades throughout the art world today. Our primary concern is to increase the exposure of our & other female photographers and the work they create. The collective is a fusion of industries: the scholastic, the representative and the museum.

Honorary WOMAN WARRIOR of the week: Darryl Roberts!

The documentary I went to see last night AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL is an extremely poignant look at the beauty and fashion industry and how it negatively affects millions of American women (and men). The story mainly follows the career of young model Gerren Taylor, who began doing runway at TWELVE! Interspersed with her story are interviews with industry people, doctors, scientists and regular Joes and Joe-ettes. Roberts explores the relationships between airbrushed and retouched advertising and the relatively low self-worth that many women feel, as well as the industry's unwillingness to change. While to many "educated" adults much of this information may already be known, he also reveals how, even when we know what we are up against, we can still fall victim.

Roberts said, in a Q&A session afterwards, that during his research he interviewed 200 women. Each of these women was asked several different questions, one of them being, "Do you feel beautiful." Only two women answered yes.

I hearby commend Darryl Roberts for this engaging movie, and nominate him honorary WOMAN WARRIOR of the week!

America the Beautiful....important movie

I'm going to see the Darryl Roberts movie AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL in just over an hour. Minnesota Public Radio interviewed Roberts about this important piece of work, and the audio clip will be available tomorrow. In the meantime, you can read an interview with him by clicking HERE.

You can join Darryl's blog by clicking HERE.

Join Darryl's MySpace by clicking HERE.

"Don't Hate Me Because I Am Beautiful!" an important movie

Showing this Thursday at the Lagoon Theater in Uptown (Minneapolis) will be the new documentary AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. This movie focuses on the damaging fashion industry, and what it has done to the collective self-image of Women. The following article by KRISTIN TILLOTSON is from the Star Tribune.

Documentary peels back beauty obsession

The poster for the documentary film "America the Beautiful" depicts the Statue of Liberty holding up a lipstick instead of a torch, surrounded by notes like "enlarge eyes," "airbrush wrinkles" "install implants" and "tummy tuck."

In his hometown of Chicago, filmmaker Darryl Roberts got standing ovations when he walked onstage after screenings of his doc on our nation's obsession with beauty. Now it's being tested in other markets, including Minneapolis on Thursday.

Many filmmakers before Roberts have dissected plastic surgery and the cosmetics and fashion industries, so what is it about this particular film that's bringing audiences to their feet? "For an hour and 45 minutes, you think, 'Why do we do this to ourselves? Enough is enough,'" said Dr. Jillian Croll, director of the Minnesota-based Emily Program Foundation, who has seen it twice.

The recently formed foundation, which works to educate the public on the causes and prevention of eating disorders and other weight-related issues, will sponsor two screenings (7 & 9:30 p.m. Thu.) at the Lagoon in Uptown Minneapolis. Each is followed by a forum with Roberts and foundation board members. Tickets ($15) are available at the box office or 651-379-6130.