This year has been one for the books for the ART GIRL ARMY community, and we want to celebrate this holiday season with you in style.
We're partnering with the fantastic New Women Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to bring you delicious food, live performances, festive drinks, an AGA pop-up shop and more
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This event will be open to the public, meaning AGA supporters of all genders are welcome, so come with the ones you love and party with your favorite friendly neighborhood girl gang.
Tickets include entry and access to the by-donation bar!
ART GIRL ARMY is a collective organization of diverse, creative women, who believe in their work, in themselves and in each other--passionately & unapologetically.
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Founded in a small studio apartment in Brooklyn in 2014, AGA strives to create safe spaces where women feel empowered, inspired, celebrated and supported.
The collective hosts community meet-ups, events, panels & showcases in NYC & LA in the hopes of facilitating artistic collaboration, providing job & networking opportunities, and sharing resources that cater to the creative needs of women across a variety of artistic fields -- filmmaking, photo, music, writing, comedy, illustration, graphic design, dance, & more.
AGA's rapidly growing membership of 2,300+ creative ladies, hail from all across the globe.
"Brittany Campbell is the artist people dream to be." - Deli Magazine. Blending elements of RnB, Pop, Electronic Soul, and Rock, Campbell is a true Avatar of the new direction of today's music industry. With independent artist breakthroughs such as Odd Future, Chvrches, Banks, and Macklemore, never was there a more opportune time for the DIY artist to break through the “glass ceiling.” Boasting 4 studio releases, her debut EP Nerd (2011) reaching the Top 10 NYC pop charts, her second studio album Heroes (2014) claiming an Independent Music Award for best pop album, has made her unarguably an artist to watch but perhaps even more exciting, is her newfound merging of music and animation.Complex Mag calling her the “future of soul”.
As a textile based fashion brand, Caroline Kaufman carries a deep respect for story telling and hand crafted art. An integral part of the company focuses on local production, sustainable materials, and honoring maker’s hands. All work maintains a special attention to detail and is produced in USA. The emerging brand, featured in the New York Times, NY Magazine, Women's Wear Daily and more, is known for it’s experimental textiles, hand painted prints, use of color, and whimsical point of view.
Rae Sanni is a comedian and writer from Brooklyn, NY who has been bringing her unique perspective on everything from pop culture to race and politics to audiences all over. Rae has been seen in on Comedy Central, Glamour.com and GQ.com and has written for New York Magazine, The Decider. You can find Rae on Twitter @Raesanni, where she muses on her love for Rihanna, NBA players, and being a black person.
Hailing From A Long Line Of Accomplished Home Cooks And Hosts, Kate Sann Has Held An Eclectic Mix Of Jobs In The World Of Food And Beverage Including A Decade-Long Stint As A Prepared Foods Vendor In Five Upstate New York Farmers’ Markets And A Season As A Viticultural Contract Worker In Marlborough, New Zealand. As A 2005-2006 Thomas J. Watson Fellow, Kate Conducted Sponsored Research On Outdoor Food Markets In Former Francophone Colonies. She Is Currently Communications & Programs Manager At Westchester Land Trust Where She Counsels New And Beginning Farmers On Land Acquisition In The Hudson Valle
Brought to you by Idunnu Studios. Girl to the World is a series of multicultural books (4 chapter books and 4 picture books) that celebrate diversity and girl power. In these stories, our readers travel from coast to coast, see all the sights, learn about different cultures, different people, and share in the journey of extraordinary girls— characters designed with the readers in mind.
Latasha Alcindor Is a multidisciplinary recording, performance and visual artist from NYC. Her sole/soul work is in music, specifically hip hop, spoken word and electronic. However, Latasha is a cultivating graphic designer creating captivating graphic art pieces for companies, events, artists and personal meditation. The graphic design work has helped her find therapy out of hardships in her world. The personal pieces have been geared towards reshaping the Lens of how people are viewed with the use of bright colors and shapes and also giving visual social commentary that generally comes from her lyrics in her music. Latasha states that her art's purpose is to give feminine perspectives, stream of conscious and light to the shift in our paradigm..
Danika is a mixed-media artist and photographer from Toronto. She works primarily with the mundane -- and thinks that there is a humor and truth to be found in the things that bore us. It is her way of extending her hand to the other. What started out as her own form of enjoyment can now be bought as prints. She operates out of her Instagram (@danikation) and website.
Loam is an environmental arts magazine dedicated to promoting the work of pioneering individuals and organizations in the realm of sustainability. We see creativity and sustainability as symbiotic. Our hope is that in illuminating inventive responses to environmental issues, we can help these movements take root.
Founded by sisters Yarminiah and Yaminah Rosa, Purposerosa is jewelry line made of repurposed materials. We are dedicated to the possibility of positive transformation and the idea that everything and everyone has a purpose. Our mission is to encourage ourselves and our supporters in creativity, motivation, and will to make something from nothing.
Lorena was found inside of a Lorena, who was found inside another Lorena. For the last seven years her and all her clones have loved creating subversive visuals and collaborating with the otherness in everyone. You can find her lolligagging at the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, hosting Chipotle's Snapchat channel, School of Guac and performing improv/sketch in the nooks of the Magnet Theater. Please contact Lorena if you’re interested in being cloned.**
**Cloning not guaranteed.
Cindy Lozito is an artist, illustrator, & graphic designer whose work focuses on personal connections, communities, and stories. A New York native, Cindy considers her multicultural background (as a child of white & Puerto Rican parents) a source that informs her work.
Cindy graduated with a BA in Art History at Macaulay Honors at Hunter College. She co-directs Art Girl Army, a female art collective, and runs a mental health magazine called You're Not Crazy. She enjoys designing branding, packaging, and editorial.
Equatlioys was founded in 2014 by sisters Laura and Beth Winters to address the lack of diverse representation in children's toys/books. Their first coloring book Her Highness Builds Robots features seven princesses with unique ethnicities, abilities, and career goals. Equalitoys was highlighted in The Chicago Tribune's "Balancing Act" column for its positive STEM-focused spin on princesses. Her Highness Builds Robots is sold at Bluestockings, Book Culture, Grandma's Place (NYC), Women & Children First (Chicago), Book Passage and Borderlands Books (San Fransisco), and online at Wildfang.
AhDream is a multi-faceted performing and visual artist. Her love for adventure and visual storytelling has taken her all over the global. Interested in the intersections and overlays of ethnic identities that manifest through gender, socio-economics and culture. Her work primarily focused on the subtleties that exist in plane sight.
Full transparency to our lovely audience--We are very much a budding creative collective that's been run mostly out of our own pockets the past two years, with a tireless team that works on AGA year-round to make #girlmagic happen out of goodness of their hearts, for free. Your ticket sales will help us break even for this event, and hopefully, have leftover funds to make AGA's 2017 even brighter than its 2016.
We're so excited to be working with New Women Space on this event! A large portion of our ticket sales will go towards covering all of our event space fees for the party--which include access to the space for set-up, for the party & for clean-up, as well as useage of their A/V support system (projector, sound system), tables, chairs and couches.
Plates? Napkins? Forks? Decorations? Table cloths? Art mounting materials? These are things that cost money. An event photographer? Our fantastic musical acts and comedians? Your ticket sales help us tremendously to be able to pay our peformers for their time and talent AND for the lil operational materials that add up, and will help us make this party GREAT!