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Nova Darkstar

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Musician, visual artist, and social artist in the mid-Hudson valley
Also @shape_oftheday
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Come see our window display and grab some zines this Wednesday at Rewind Kingson!
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Wowwoww thank you so much Karlie from @rewindkingston for the opportunity to showcase unique sculptural artists from all around the Hudson Valley in your window. We are so honored!!! In the spirit of keeping things out of the landfill, nearly every item used for the zine machine's backdrop sculpture is second hand and repurposed. Some of my favorite elements of the structure are the use of the kinusaiga method to insert the fabric into foamboard, the hand stitching of the patches (of which the letters are cut out from old tee shirts!) and tge 3 dimensional aspect of the velvet letters in "Zine Machine" (handstitched, filled with stuffing, and outlined in tee shirt yarn). Special thank you to @voiceless.orpheus for being a tremendous helper behind the scenes, spending hours with me hand stiching, learning kinusaiga & helping install the display with care. COMING SOON- The Zine Machine will be installed inside Rewind Kingston! There will be zines and prints reflecting the artists and their work that's in the window. There will be a release event! WORKSHOPS- there will be a series of workshops taught by the artists whose work is displayed in the window. More on the sceuduling and content of the workshops soon! Stay tuned for dates!!! Whats in the window? Hand Puppets made using paper maché,wearing little outfits. Artist: Vincent Rodriguez of Coxsackie @voiceless.orpheus Victorian Hair Jewlery- a pair of earrings, bracelet, & broach. Artist: Julianna Marcellina of Chatham @julianna_marcellina Pillow Pals made with custom patches repurposed fabric and plastic. Artist: Alexa Floresta of Crust and Magic in New Paltz @crustandmagic Hand Sewn Dolls that represent activists of the Stonewall Riot era. Artist: Hannah Corwin-Taylor of Kingston @yourlocalcoffeewitch Ceramic Noses of the "Nosie" series. Artist: Nova Darkstar of Shokan @nova_darkstar_ Felted Monsters! Artist: Maeve Dwyer of Kingston @snailermoon More in depth about each artist and their process coming soon! Interested in workshops?
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Happening today!! Woven World at Gallery RAG 1-7pm Musical activations by Bulk Mulch Di$count at 1pm and 6pm
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How does the future take form? What is the future made of? And how do we shape the future? These are some of the questions at the heart of WOVEN WORLD, our participatory Art+Everywhere residency with Martha Chason-Sokol + Nova Darkstar at Gallery RAG. As Nova says, maybe what we’re really asking is: How do we learn to think together—for our common benefit? This week the gallery is becoming a world made collectively: found objects, rope, thread, sculpture, sound, light, words, ideas—and whatever YOU bring to it. Come make, weave, tie, add, respond, talk, listen, play. No special skills needed. The work grows through participation. BUILD WITH US! Thursday 9/24 | 1–4 PM Then come back for the full activation: Saturday 9/26 | 1–7 PM Music + activation with Bark Mulch Di$count at 1 PM + 6 PM 📍 Gallery RAG 37 Rocky Neck Ave., Gloucester Free + open to everyone. Come help us imagine—and make—the world we want to inhabit. #WovenWorld #GalleryRAG #ArtPlusEverywhere #ParticipatoryArt #CollaborativeArt ArtistResidency InstallationArt RockyNeck GloucesterArts ArtAsGenerosity
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WOVEN WORLD is a participatory Art+Everywhere residency with Martha Chason-Sokol & Nova Darkstar at Gallery RAG. Help build an evolving world of found materials, sculpture, music, light & performance, culminating Sept. 26 with musical activations by Bulk Mulch Di$count .Thursday Sept 24, 1-4pm come make with us! Saturday Sept 26, 1-7pm exhibition and musical activation @nova_darkstar_ _ @chasonsokol @artpluseverywhere #WovenWorld #GalleryRAG #ArtPlusEverywhere #RockyNeck #GloucesterArts BostonArt ParticipatoryArt ArtistResidency
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Our next selection for Unicorn Bar’s Queer Classics Book Club is Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. Maybe you’ve seen the recent movie adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey or read the book at some point? Not gay. However - Miller’s book draws on Homer’s Iliad, precursor to the Odyssey, and depicts the homoerotic relationship between demigod Achilles and Patroclus as a mythic gaymance! The Boston Globe called Song of Achilles “powerful, inventive, passionate and beautifully written.” Join us on Thursday, October 22nd at 6 PM at the Unicorn Bar as we discuss this book in queer community!
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Join us Saturday 9/12 7-10pm for the closing reception of BLOOMS at Camp Kingston! We’ll have flowery-forward signature cocktails, poetry readings, and so much gorgeous art for sale!! 🌸 poster by @warmgingerale / poster art by Kevin Stern of @kingstonneighbor 💐
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FREE EVENT! JOIN US Sat 8/1 1pm-3 EDT IN-PERSON & ONLINE for the CO-DEPENDENCE Gallery Talk / CHECK OUT! CO-DEPENDENCE 7/1-8/31/26 Group Exhibition at M Galleries @mgalleries 67 E Washington Ave. Washington, NJ 07882 / mgalleries.org@gmail.com / call/text (908) 689-3414 / MAKE A FREE IN-PERSON or VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT TODAY! available Tues-Sat 3pm-9 via http://mgalleries.org - Unable to attend the Gallery Talk IN-PERSON? Join us ONLINE via: https://discord.gg/XSDX7ydb7Z (links in bio) / Join the conversation today! - "CO-DEPENDENCE" plans to shine a light on how the US, UK, & Ireland have developed & responded to each other over the past 250 years. 10 US based artists and 10 UK/Ireland based artists were selected to be featured. We are all "independent," but we are also entwined in an ongoing relationship & share the same language. This exhibition plans to document our ongoing dialogue from a variety of view points & will provide a further opportunity for artists to create and develop international & cultural links. @codependenceusuk - Participating Artists: Rita Asch, Berendina Buist @berendinabuist / Nova Darkstar @nova_darkstar_ / Lane Dalton @lanedalton_com / Fion Gunn @gunnfion / Marq Kearey @marqkearey / Andrew Kerr @nonspecificlogos / Marsha Levin-Rojer / Frank Magalhaes / Frank May @frankmay_net / Benjamin Medd-Phillips @benmeddphillips / Liz Mitchell @lizwaldronmitchell / Pete Mountford @pete_mountford14 / Audrey Mullins @akmullinsartist / Frances Norton @francesann2819 / Darren O'Brien @darren_c_obrien / Mark Pearson @markpearson.info.art / Laurie Pettine @lauriepettineart / Harry Pye @harrypyepaintings / Roberta Rose @robertarosearts - @mgalleriesmobile / @mgalleriesstudios - M Partnerships: @ccabedminster / @sieminskitheater / @fellowshipvillage / @healthandfitnessinitiative / @ducretnj / @_co11ective_ / @movismovis_com / @hunterhallnj / @roxburyartsalliance @washingtonbusinessimprovement / @wcccollege / @ascgallery / @sala_at_752 / @gardenstateartweekend / @basecamp_studio_gallery / @flemingtondiy - #art #artists #artexhibition #CODEPENDENCE #mgalleries
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Our next selection for the Unicorn Bar’s Queer Classics Book Club is Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage by Pauli Murray, one of the great civil rights autobiographies of the 20th century. Murray (1910-1985) was an activist, feminist, poet, lawyer, and Episcopal priest. An early Freedom Rider, she was friends with Thurgood Marshall and Eleanor Roosevelt and her call for an NAACP for women spurred the founding of NOW (National Organization for Women). Murray was a self-described “she/he personality” who unsuccessfully sought to obtain testosterone from her doctors. Join us at the Unicorn on Thursday, September 3rd from 6:00 to 7:30 PM as we discuss this critically lauded book - winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and the Lillian Smith Book Award - about an amazing queer elder, Pauli Murray! Purchase your copy at Rough Draft in Kingston. Mention the Unicorn Bar Queer Classics Book Club and get 10% off. FREE Pre-registration is encouraged, but not required!
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Our next selection for the Unicorn Bar’s Queer Classics Book Club is Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H. This 2023 memoir of growing up Queer and Muslim has been called “a classic” (Lesbrary) and “ searingly intimate” (Sapphic Society). We’ll gather to discuss the book at the Unicorn on Thursday, July 16th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. Join us in queer community to reflect on this powerful and topical read! Purchase your copy at Rough Draft in Kingston. Mention the Unicorn Bar Queer Classics Book Club and get 10% off. FREE Pre-registration is encouraged, but not required!
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