London is joining in on celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the global DIY/DIO festival Ladyfest by organizing a multi-day, multi-venue festival in the forest city scheduled June 11-13, 2010. The line-up and venues will be announced very soon!
LOCAL STORY
Ladyfest London will raise funds for valuable community services, specifically the Sexual Assault Centre.
Last year, a similar festival was organized called Miaow! Miaow! London's DIY/DIO Indie Womyn's Festival. The positive environment created was beautiful. So many wonderful women and men came together to create two spectacular evenings of music and art. There was so much creativity and love shared during last year's festival - we believe it will benefit the entire community to have another!
The festival will kick off with a gallery celebration at EVAC showcasing handmade or decorated bags and purses. Bag submissions are currently being accepted until June 1st. Bags can be any size, shape, colour or material. From change purse to laundry sack, they can be painted, screened, knit, sewed, stapled or woven, whatever the artist's method of choice. The bags will then be auctioned off to raise money for the Sexual Assault Centre London (SACL). Artists can chose to have all or part of their auction proceeds to be donated to SACL. While it may be a 'silent' auction, the gallery will also feature musical performances throughout the event by local musicians. Get creative for a great cause and a lot of fun!
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED, SUBMITTING ART/BAGS, PERFORMING AT AN EVENT, VOLUNTEERING OR ORGANIZING, PLEASE E-MAIL LADYFESTLONDONXO@GMAIL.COM
Love and purrs,
Ladyfest London Organizing Collective
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