Todas las Fridas/All the Fridas Collective Reading June 4th, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. Part of PVDFEST 2016!
Todas las Fridas will marched in the PVDFEST Parade Downtown Providence on June 4th,
come join us!
Todas las Fridas/All the Fridas is a
collective reading of Sussy Santana’s poem Mujer/Woman.
The poem is inspired by the iconoclast Frida Kahlo and
celebrates the strength of women and sisterhood. Although Frida lived in pain most of her
life, she never stop creating. Her
revolutionary spirit and artistic vision has been and still is an inspiration
for millions of people.
This will be a call out to women of all ages to honor Frida’s creative spirit by adding your own piece to this poem. What does being a woman mean to you?
I ask that you join me by dressing up as Frida and
collectively reading our poem.
The readers will stand together to form a column on the
street, to represent Frida's fractured spine, and express an act of healing.
The first 25 women who sign up for the performance will receive a hand-made,
one of a kind, headpiece by artist Helen Santana. A pre-performance meeting
will be held on May 14 and May 22, 2016 for the group to get to know each other, rehearse the poem
and celebrate sisterhood.
As I started researching Frida’s work for this project, I
quickly realized other women had gotten together to celebrate Frida in a
similar way. The idea of sisterhood took on a new meaning...
We all know a woman who embodies this fighting spirit,
maybe you are that woman. Let’s
celebrate the women in our lives who make the ordinary, extraordinary!
If you are interested in reading, send me an email me at: fridha99@aol.com by May 23, 2016.
If you are not in RI but would like to participate, gather your friends and family and send me a picture of all of you dressed up as Frida, with your permission, I will share it on the FB event page and on this blog!
Todas
las Fridas/All the Fridas es una lectura colectiva
del poema Mujer de Sussy Santana.
El
poema está inspirado en la figura icónica de Frida Kahlo y celebra
la fuerza de volundad de las mujeres. A pesar de que Frida vivió
con dolor físico casi toda su vida, nunca dejó de crear. Su
espíritu revolucionario y su visión artistica continua inspirando a
millones de personas en todo el mundo.
Este
es un llamado a las mujeres de todas las edades a celebrar la
creatividad de Frida escribiendo tu poema. ¿Qué significa para ti ser mujer?
Les
pido que me acompañen el sábado 4 de junio, 2016 a vestirse como
Frida Kahlo y a marchar conmigo en el desfile del Festival
Internacional de Arte de Providence. Vamos a marchar juntas, en
hermandad y a leer nuestro poema.
Formaremos
una columna en la calle para representar la columna fracturada de
Frida y levantarnos en su nombre. Las primeras 25 mujeres que se
inscriban recibiran una corona de flores, hecha a mano por la artista
Helen Santana. En mayo tendremos una reunión para conocernos,
ensayar y celebrar la hermandad y el respeto entre las mujeres.
Cuando
comencé a planificar este proyecto me di cuenta que otras mujeres
habían celebrardo a Frida de una manera similar. La idea de
hermandad tomó más fuerza. Todas conocemos a una mujer luchadora,
todas tenemos un sueño. Vamos a celebrar a las mujeres que
convierten lo ordinario en extraordinario.
Si
no quieres leer un poema, acompáñanos en la marcha del Festival de
Arte, ven vestida como Frida, trae a tu madre, a tus hijas, hermanas
y marchemos juntas!!
THIS
PERFORMANCE IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE
RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION MACCOLL JOHNSON FELLOWSHIP, THANK YOU!
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