"Aims to foster community among transgender, intersex, and genderqueer performers" - Curve Magazine
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FP Edge General Information
FP Edge - Artist Network
FP Edge is an artists network run by the Femina Potens Art Gallery
focusing on building relationships and recognition between cutting
edge LGBTQI and Erotic artists and artworks, venues and residents
within the greater queer, feminist, wellness and sex positive
community. Based in the SF Bay Area, Edge connects a diverse range of
artists with the businesses, collectors, exhibitions and other events
searching out lgbt and erotic themed works or commissioned pieces. The
network also offers the support of the Gallery's marketing experience,
artist and venue consultation services and a vast list of specialized
contacts within the West Coast art scene. Strengthening and creating
these community ties helps artists build their names and at the same
time allows organizations to participate more within their
communities. Overall, Edge aims to expose the community to a wider
range of work from within the ever changing queer landscape.
To inquire about joining our network of artists please email a short bio and 3 - 5 images along with an inquirying letter to fpedge@gmail.com
Current Exhibit: Identity
In honor of the National Queer Arts Festival, Femina Potens is proud to
present "Identity," an exhibit dedicated to exploring the multifaceted
constructions of gender identity, the gendered presentations of the artists themselves, and the outside perceptions of queer identity. In deconstructing binaries
of gender identities, we have invited artists Jess T. Dugan, Melvyn
Herrick, Julie Sutherland, and Fakir Musafar to explore the
multiplicity of gender identity through various mediums such as pen and
ink, linocut print, and photography.June 6 to 30, gallery hours Thursday to Sunday noon - 6:00 pm. 2199 Market St, SF. Opening reception: Saturday, June 6 @ 7:00 pm. Click to view.
Lights go up at Femina Potens. A young woman steps up to the crackling mic...
She came to San Francisco in search of community and found
Femina Potens. She excitedly shares her stories with established
writers like Michelle Tea, Jewelle Gomez, Carol Queen, and Meliza
Baņales, in a gallery packed with community. She is making a home.
For the past eight years, Femina Potens has provided hundreds of art exhibits, spoken word events, multi-media programs, film screenings and educational workshops
that reflect the experiences of women, transgendered, kink, and sex
worker communities. Located in the heart of San Francisco, Femina
Potens is the country's only queer public arts program. Support is
needed to sustain these resources, promote visibility and foster the advancement of emerging, queer identified artists.
Femina Potens invites you to join a movement that pushes the boundaries of art, identity, sex, and well being by becoming a member of the only non-profit art gallery
in the Castro. Members enjoy free monthly tickets and VIP invitations
to our newest programs. Be there as crowds line up for an evening of
queer film and discussion with erotic filmmakers Shine Louise Houston
and Morty Diamond. Be present as cool clay dries and hardens on the
chests of breast cancer survivors at a visual art
event centered around breast cancer awareness. Be in the moment at an
avant-garde rope bondage performance with Madison Young and at an
intensely intimate bloodletting ritual by performance art duo Twincest. Your help is needed to continue to forge visibility and connection through the arts in a space that reflects you, your art and your community.
$10 a month puts you in the center of our ninth season, featuring
aerial performance, artist lectures on sex/gender and art, workshops on
polyamory, erotic literature and bondage art salons. This is the kind
of progressive programming, community-centered workshop and pure
celebration of queer space that prompted the SF Gate to label Femina
Potens "the most happening art space in San Francisco."
Donations are 100%
tax-deductible. You may also give a donation in honor of
someone else. This is also a great way to gift someone who believes
in the mission of Femina Potens. [Image right: Nikki McClure - Invest]
Satin Membership - $10 monthly or one donation of $120: One free pass each month to any programming event
Lace Membership - $20 monthly or one donation of $240: Two free passes each month to any programming event and 10% off all DIY store purchases.
Leather Membership - $40 monthly or one donation of $480: Unlimited event passes, 10% off store purchases, plus 10% off one exhibited art piece.
...the lights go up, a girl walks up to the mic. This time Luna Maia is a featured performer reading her published work. She has
grown up a little since that first visit to the gallery and her future
is bright. A grant funds her latest work, an upcoming literary
performance uncovering of her Native American history. She is home, and so are you.
We're seeking SUPER volunteers to get involved with the gallery in the areas of: Art Sales, Graphic
Designers, Video Editors, Visual Art Volunteers,
Volunteer Coordinators, HTML Helpers, Web Administrators, Art Writers, Artists with Installation
Experience, Fundraising Feminists, and people of all skill levels with
a big heart and an need for community, connection and change. APPLY NOW!
Our online store is always open at tinyurl.com/fpstore. Buy fine art online from the current exhibit, past shows, affordable art, crafts and DIY items by LGBTI artists and artisans.
Femina Potens invites you to join a movement that pushes the boundaries of art, identity, sex, and well being by becoming a member of the only non-profit art gallery
in the Castro. Members enjoy free monthly tickets and VIP invitations
to our newest programs. Be there as crowds line up for an evening of
queer film and discussion with erotic filmmakers 
$10 a month puts you in the center of our ninth season, featuring
aerial performance, artist lectures on sex/gender and art, workshops on
polyamory, erotic literature and bondage art salons. This is the kind
of progressive programming, community-centered workshop and pure
celebration of queer space that prompted the 
