BUTCH - Not Like Other the Girls

Premiere photography show from Vancouver BC by SD Holman thru the cultural program of MAP and ECA+ Easthampton Community Arts. Holman delineates Butch as “an inclusive site of resistance to limitations on the way women, gender, and sexuality are still defined.” The images honor the beauty, power and diversity of women who transgress the gender binary, with subjects reflecting the many sizes, shapes, ethnicities, and styles of Butch. The transversal dialectic of female masculinity is celebrated here — unapologetic and undiluted. “This show displays to me such a large range of this word, this expression, Butch. I truly believe the meaning crosses dialogue into all sorts of people’s gender identities,” says debut curator Amiee Joy Ross. Known in the Pioneer Valley as The Bearded Lady, Ross has been in the area for over twenty years and has been a professional piercer in Northampton and Provincetown for sixteen years at Piercings by the Bearded Lady. Ross has sat for numerous artists, photographers, videographers and art classes including local painter Betsy Stone, Leonard Nimoy, and Del LaGrace Volcano. Declared a Gender Terrorist by Del LaGrace Volcano, Ross says, “My personal identification with the word butch as part of my gender expression, and my participation in this work, are just a small part of why I am bringing SD Holman's Butch Project to the Valley.” Show will be in Eastworks building 116 suite 137 Easthampton from April 4th -May 4th Artist will be present and artist for opening. Stay tuned for addition events and opening festivities. meanwhile enjoy butch on the street and bus shelters. http://dailyxtra.com/vancouver/arts-and-entertainment/visual-arts/butches-bus-shelters volunteers needed and rewarded! Like our FB please and thank you @ www.facebook.com/BUTCHNotLikeTheOtherGirls