FEMME of Color Symposium

March 26th – March 28th
NEW ORLEANS

FOCS2010: Celebrations and Reflections, the inaugural symposium for FEMMES of COLOR, will create the opportunity-through workshops, community building/social activities, presentations, panels, and/or performances-to uncover and discover our similarities, our differences, our needs and how to support one another. It will serve as a launch point for a real-time and virtual nation-wide network of diverse individuals, prompt dialogue, and empower us to cultivate, sustain, and celebrate the vibrant connections we have made among femmes of color.

Check out the rest of the email for information about the hotel, our call for submissions and quick links to our Facebook, registration and website pages.  REGISTER TODAY to take advantage of our Early Registration Rate!

Three days of workshops, 2 keynotes, 1 great evening event and 100s of Femmes of Color rockin’ the Bayou in the French Quarter in historic New Orleans.  This is going to be a weekend to remember.

Astor Crown Plaza – Bourbon Street

The Astor Crowne Plaza is located at the Gateway to the French Quarter where Canal Street meets Bourbon Street. The excitement of the French Quarter awaits you right outside our door. Whether it be world renowned dining or the intoxicating sounds of New Orleans’ Jazz or Blues – you are in the heart of it all. The Astor Crowne Plaza offers easy access to nearby attractions like Harrahs Casino, the Aquarium of the Americas, Jackson Square, Morial Convention Center, Riverwalk Shopping, the New Orleans Sports Arena and the Superdome.

Call for Submissions – Workshops, Papers, Performance, and Art
Please distribute widely our call for submissions. FOCS2010 is going to be an amazing experience!

FOCS invites femmes of color from all over the map-community members, artists, academics, homemakers, activists, etc.-to participate in FOCS2010 as presenters and participants.

Submissions of all kinds are welcome. In particular, FOCS hopes that the intersections of femme with race, region, class, faith, access, ability, privilege, and marginalization will be talked about, given space, meditated upon, constructed, and deconstructed.

FOCS hopes to draw participants from across discipline, medium, and social boundaries. The conference encourages submissions from anyone interested, regardless of sexual identity (lesbian/gay, bisexual, etc.). FOCS asks that you read our mission statement before submitting. Though the POC community would not be able to live, love and/or laugh without its many allies, this conference is for self-identified femmes of color only.

FOCS is soliciting contributions from any woman who is interested, including (but not limited to):

• Workshops
• Performances
• Research presentations
• Skill shares
• Activist & organizational topics
• Visual art
• Video or film

Submission deadline is January 31, 2010. To submit a proposal, please submit the following to Krysia Villon at klvillon at aol dot com. Please put “FOCS Proposal” in the subject header.

• For research presentations, send a 300 word abstract
• For workshop and skillshare proposals, send a 300 word description of your workshop or skillshare ideas
• Visual artists should send samples of work and a 300 word description of their artistic vision
• Performers, filmmakers and other creative artists should contact us for more information

To learn more about us, our mission and to contact us with any questions, comments or concerns, please find us at our website: www.focs2010.com

Quick Links…
FOCS Website
Call for Submissions
Host Hotel
REGISTER TODAY!
FACEBOOK PAGE
EMAIL

Date: January 8th and 9th
Time: Doors at 7, Show at 8
Location: Theatre Off Jackson
Cost: $15 presale at Brownpapertickets.com $20 at the door

Let your favorite Northwest Queers take you on a wild romp through the calendar year! From the snowy months of winter to the steamy months of summer we’ll be playing it up and taking it off with a spectacular cabaret style show and sexy 2010 calendar by Fat Bottom Boudoir!

Performers
Cattitude
Beefcake Burlesque
Mercury Troy
Polly Wood
Mickey Doe Eyes
Vivian Rose
Lili Delight
Tamara the Trapeze Lady
Indy
Luscious Ladypop
Diva le Deviant
Cherry Tart
Honey
Pidgeon Von Tramp
And more…

Calendars!
Fat Bottom Boudoir and Pidgeon Coop Productions teamed up this fall to bring you a sexy, hot, funny, cute and clever 2010 calendar which will make its debut at the show on January 8th and 9th.  Come prepared with some cash to take one of these collector’s edition calendars home with you, so that you can enjoy the best of Pacific Northwest Queer Burlesque all year round.

Raffle Items!
Fat Bottom Boudoir is donating some awesome big-ticket raffle items to the show, which you don’t want to miss!  Purchasing raffle tickets will give you the opportunity to win a large art print professionally matted, framed and signed by Molly Bennett (owner of Fat Bottom Boudoir).  The image is 12×18, and the final size of the finished, framed artwork is 16×20. You may also win a free boudoir/pin-up session with Fat Bottom Boudoir (to be redeemed in 2010), valued at $399.  You have to be at the show to win, so get your tickets now!

Here’s a little preview of the calendar images…

Hope to see you at the show!