Thanks for being here! I, Nic Roc, Co-founder of YBH, am personally stoked that you have taken interest in being a part of such a cray curation concept, AND (most importantly) for wanting to honor WOMXN in history (or present). This is one my second curation projects with YBH, but my first ever, COLLABORATIVE ARTIST INSTALLATION, and I am excited about what we will all create together.

You’re probably still a bit confused, and unaware of what this showcase may be all about. Okay, here it is.

I wanted to find a way to get artists, activists, historians, leaders, all into one room to make a statement piece together. YBH is all about community, culture, and collaboration. What cooler way to bring us all TOGETHER to collaborate?

Remember back in the day, in like 6th grade when you had to give group presentations on the president’s of the USofA??? Your classmates came to your house and you all figured out how you were going to make this presentation work. Sally was the best writer, so she wrote the script. Juan was the actor, so he did most of the talking, Felix and you were the visual artists, so you both created the bad ass backdrop, and so on.

That’s sort of like this, but this will be cooler, and we’ll be talking about bad ass Womxn that helped shape our identities, policies, freedoms, and beyond.

Thus, I bring you my first Collaborative Artist Showcase, NASTY WOMXN’S HISTORY MONTH.

If you are “all hands in”, go ahead and click below. Or scroll down to read more.

THE DEETS:

Showcase to take place at You Belong Here, 3619 El Cajon Blvd. Opening reception Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 from 6pm - 9:30pm. Showcase will close on March 31st, 2020.

The showcase will also include a mini-film festival (partnership with Future’s Past) to aire on Saturday, March 28th, 2020. More deets to come.

Each participant will receive digtal assets to share on their social media and websites, as well as links for tickets. Tickets for opening reception will be donation, in which we will donate funds to a San Diego based foundation, doing work in equality.

THE GOAL:

Each group will pick one or more Womxn in History to honor. You’ll each have the task of telling the story of the signifigant leader, together, as a collective. Maybe this looks like one person drawing a full on mural of Frida Kahlo, and maybe another person who is a poet writes a poem about Frida’s life that is painted alongside the mural, and another creative is a yarn artist who makes a backgound of a yarn forest. There’s no limit to the imagination.

HOW IT WILL WORK:

Once you submit your application, I’ll reach out and notify you of a group meeting where we will all meet to further discuss this showcase. We will then pair creatives into groups. Once you are in a group, you’ll exchange numbers and emails, and decide how you all might plan on telling the story about your chosen Womxn of history (or present).

Your group will have one week to submit your final plans and layouts. Once plans and layouts are received as a visual sketch or digital rendering, you will be assigned final measurements of your dedicated space to create, as well as a date(s) and time to install.

Installations will take place from March 13th - 17th, from 5pm - 1am.

FAQ

I’ll actively be updating this section as questions come in. But for now, I’ll include some basics.