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Founder @wordshednyc
Curator @notesfromdaughters filmmaker @goodgirl_film Adj. Asst. Professor @ccnycitycollege
writer @artworldforisrael

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As Notes from Daughters comes to a close, we reflect on the powerful stories, honest conversations, and personal experiences that brought us together.

#bacistudio
Through the voices of four remarkable women, we explored the complexities of father-daughter relationships, the memories we carry, and the stories that shape who we become.

Thank you to the artists and everyone who joined us, listened, and became part of this meaningful exhibition.

Artist:
@lolafaturotiloves
@li.orange
@adeenakarasick
@eterichkadua

What an incredible experience @leahelimeliah put together for her movement @notesfromdaughters
The exhibition may have ended, but the conversations continue. 🤍

#bacistudio #dumbobrooklyn #brooklynart

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🧡 Thank you @leahelimeliah of @goodgirl_film & @wordshednyc for inviting me to be part of @notesfromdaughters, the multi-disciplinary show exploring how women's early identity is shaped by her first experience of the male gaze - via her relationship with her father.
Nineteen women came together from around the world to share their perspective and creative strength - prompting many moving and pivotal conversations 💃💥 Onward!

Heartfelt thanks to @janelecroy for fostering my connection to this warm, talented, dynamic group of women ✨🧡✨

#womensupportingwomen #womeninrevolt #togetherwearestronger #newyorkart #artactivism

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“Birthing Future Matriarchy”
acrylic, watercolor, graphite, glass beads, wood skin, wire on paper and carved wood, 2026

I’ll be taking part in the talk at the closing party for the group show “Notes from Daughters” on 10/22, 6:30-8:30 pm. Hope to see you there🥚🩸✨

curated by @leahelimeliah with projects @notesfromdaughters & @goodgirl_film

📍55 Anchorage Pl, Brooklyn, NY
(Dumbo- Under the Manhattan Bridge)

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Just another Wednesday night at Baci. ✨

An evening where movement, music, and poetry brought Notes from Daughters to life in a whole new way.

From powerful performances to intimate moments of reflection, each artist added their own voice to the stories and emotions behind the exhibition.

Thank you to our incredible talents
dancer: @lilitewes
singer: @mehrnam_rastegari
poets: @jordaneverse @janelecroy @leahelimeliah
& everyone who shared the evening with us. 🤍

#BaciStudio #NotesFromDaughters #DumboBrooklyn #ArtAndCommunity

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Notes from Daughters @notesfromdaughters curated by @leahelimeliah is a must see! Through October 22 at Baci Studio @bacistudiodumbo ✨ #daughters #exhibition @eterichkadua @lucychurchillstone @lolademiguel_art @the_love_of_liberty_ @marinaheintze @adeenakarasick secilkoman @li.orange @carolxman @natmarti @mehrnam_rastegari @erica.schreiner @ilan_vigo_poetartist

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An evening of meaningful conversations, honest reflections, and perspectives that challenged us to think deeper.

A heartfelt thank you to our featured speakers for sharing their voices and insights, and to everyone who joined us for Notes From Daughters. Your thoughtful questions, willingness to engage, and openness to challenging conversations made this panel more than just a discussion, it became a shared experience.

Our Influential Speakers: @shedlinallan @chriskraus7 @douglasrushkoff

Thank you for not only listening, but for being part of the conversation. 🤍

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Notes from Daughters (10/14 7-9 @bacistudiodumbo ) brings together 18 national and international contemporary women artists working across painting, sculpture, photography, multimedia, textile, film, and music to explore one of the most formative relationships in a woman’s life: the relationship between fathers and daughters.
Through the exhibition, performances, film, and public dialogue, the project asks:
How do fathers shape female identity?
How do women inherit love, expectation, shame, freedom, and belonging?
What does it mean to be female?
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At a time when societal structures are being critically examined, “Notes from Daughters” provides a timely reflection on the enduring impact of paternal relationships within patriarchal systems. It offers insights into the ways these dynamics have been internalized, contested, and redefined by women across generations.
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#notesfromdaughters @notesfromdaughters @goodgirl_film

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Settled Memory by Lola de Miguel 144 inches x 64 inches aprox 3,65 meters x 1,62 meters). Acrylic and medium on canvas. This painting is part of the exhibit Notes from Daughters curated by Leah Kogen Elimeah. On display until October 22nd in Brooklyn ( 55 Anchorage Place, Dumbo, NYC) For notes from daughters I have been thinking about what remains of a parent child relationship after many years have passed. This painting comes from that distance. #lolademiguel #bacistudio #colorexpressionism #notesfromdaughters #leahelimeliah

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The backstory to my work on show in New York at @notesfromdaughters:
The individual elements chart my arc of progress from private personal catharsis to public exhibitions, group work & political protest.

I carved the tryptych of sculptures in the wake of my own #MeToo court case, breaking 30 years of silence. I cut directly into the stone with little prior planning as an act of reconciliation with my body. My safety glasses steamed up with embarrassment as I worked, & I remember having to rub the salty residue of my tears from the glass.

I was transformed by the experience of sculpting - & then sharing - this work. Until then I had only told other people's stories in stone, via memorials & architectural adornment. It was a revelation to realise the more I expressed my deepest inner self, the more the work resonated with the private experience of others.
This led me to create casts of the originals (coloured in various hues to differentiate from the original stonecarvings) which now live in private votive spaces around the world.

In 2025 I set up a group project called SHAME ENDS HERE to show the ongoing prevalence & longterm impact of s3xual assault. Using @suzanne.lacy 's groundbreaking project #threeweeksinmay as a starting point, the Make Your Mark collective created a visceral ink-soaked map of the 1,436 cases reported in our region over one year. In addition we presented personal accounts from around the world in a Book of Testimonies + short film; SHAME ENDS HERE. Full credit to @jjjjjen.joy for the embroidered text & @catherinemay for the hand-made book 🌟
How does this work relate to 'Notes from Daughters'? A subtext to many of the testimonies spoke of lack of protection & support at home, leading to low self-worth & lack of reporting.

The impact fathers can have on the lives of their daughters will be discussed alongside the artwork this Thursday, 8th October, 6.30 - 8.30, at Baci Studio, 55 Anchorage Place, Dumb, Brooklyn NY.
Speakers include Allan Shedlin of the Dadvocacy Consulting Group, @douglasruskoff & @chriskrauss7 with @leahelimeliah
#notesfromdaughters #newyorkart #ShameEndsHere

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There’s something special about hearing an artist speak about the work in their own words.

For Notes From Daughters, we sat down with these incredible women to learn more about the relationships that shaped the pieces they created.

Their work invites us to look a little closer at our own relationships. The things we carry, the things we leave unsaid, and the ways love can show up differently in every family.

We’re so grateful to these women for sharing something so personal with us, and for creating work that gives all of us a reason to reflect. 🤍

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Personal Sunday 💛

This week has been quite emotional for me with the opening of Notes from Daughters, an exhibition curated by @leahelimeliah , bringing together 19 female artists exploring our relationships with our fathers and how they have shaped us as daughters and women.
When I was asked to take part last year, I didn’t realize the emotional journey it would take me on.

Growing up, my dad was very strict and a disciplinarian. I was so afraid of him that I rarely wanted to be in the same room with him. I loved him, but there was a distance between us I didn’t know how to cross.

As I got older, our relationship changed. He softened, and later in his life he apologized. For the first time, I began to see him not just as my father, but as a man with his own story.

Now, 13 years after losing him, I wonder: Who was he before he became my dad? What shaped him? What was he carrying that I knew nothing about?
That is where my piece, “What If I Had Known,” began.
I chose to honor him with one of his Agbadas that I’ve kept since he passed. Alongside it is a poem I wrote, almost like having a conversation with him that I can no longer have.

At the opening, several women told me the piece made them think about their own fathers. That touched me deeply. 💛 If sharing my story helps another woman start a conversation, ask questions, or begin to resolve something with her father while she still can, I’m so happy I shared it.

Many thanks to everyone that came to support 🙏🏿.

Notes from Daughters is on view through October 22 at Baci Studio, 55 Anchorage Place, DUMBO, Brooklyn.

If you’re in New York, I hope you’ll come see it. 💛

#PersonalSunday #NotesFromDaughters #WhatIfIHadKnown #FathersAndDaughters #DUMBO

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Rookie mistake - I spent all night in deep conversations and didn't take any photographs that convey the excellence of the evening... So much great art, and what a glittering crowd of gorgeous, funny, talented people! You'll just have to take my word for it, and I'll do a photo drop when I gather images from other sources..
And come and see the art for yourself at @bacistudios, 55 Anchorage Place, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY.

Huge thanks to @leahelimeliah for pulling off a triumph! @notesfromdaughters
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#NewYorkArtScene #DumboNY #womenartists #multidisciplinaryexhibition

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