THE BLOOMFIELD GARDEN CLUB 2021 Season Announced
Top Left: Shana Simmons (photo by Jamie Erin Murphy); Bottom Left: Gia T Cacalano; Center: Rachel Rampleman, “Life is Drag” @ the Cell in NYC; Top Right: Nick M Daniels; Bottom Right: Centa Schumacher.
TD Projects (Tina Dillman, independent artist and curator) will be launching the second season of The Bloomfield Garden Club (BGC), a monthly salon highlighting local and regional artists working in dance, music, comedy, literary, visual, and/or performance art. The goal of the BGC is to provide an experimental platform for artists from various backgrounds to create new work, and to provide sources of revenue for those that are the most vulnerable- females, mothers, artists along the queer spectrum, and artists whom identify as other than just white.
In June 2021, the season will begin with our first Visiting Artist in Residence, Rachel Rampleman (NYC), who will be documenting a slice of the local drag scene for an ongoing project of hers, Life is Drag, with assistance from community partners Kelly Strayhorn Theater, and the Blue Moon and collaborator/artist Scott Andrew. The videos will premiere at Bunker Projects (outside in their back lot), along with live drag performances on Sat/Sun June 12 & 13. On July 10 &11, the BGC will travel to the Braddock Farms operated by Grow Pittsburgh, with Nick M Daniels (dance), Erin Mallea w/ Jen Vaughn (media) and Shawna Roxanne (music). On August 14 & 15 the BGC will pop up at Union Project with Gia T Cacalano (dance), Adrie Rose (photography) and Janet Watkins (ceramics). On September 11 & 12, the BGC will be happening at the Hamnett Place Community Garden with artists Christina McNeese (comedy), Centa Schumacher (media) and Sarah Tancred (ceramics). The season will conclude on October 9 & 10 at the @ Vandergrift Public Library & Casino Theater with Betty Douglas w/ Rex Trimm (music), Shana Simmons (dance) & Sarah Elaine Smith (literary).
All events will be outdoors and will run from 3-5pm, unless otherwise stated. All guests will be required to wear a mask while attending the event, and all tickets must be purchased at least 24 hours in advance of the event. Limited tickets will be available for each event on a sliding scale, $10-25 that will go on sale one month prior to each event, and a limited number of memberships will go on sale May 1. The 2021 BGC season is currently supported by the Heinz Endowments.
TD Projects is fiscally sponsored by the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in Pittsburgh, and you can make a tax-deductible donation by clicking here.