Micia Mosely in a BLISS(ful) Place
August 11, 2010 by Nursha
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BLISS Weekend announces events, performers, and artists, and this year, NPA Micia Mosely will be performing at the Oasis for Women of Color!
BLISS Weekend Details
September 30th-October 3rd, 2010
Palm Springs, California
Join Micia Mosely, NP Collaborator Mona Webb, and a lineup of other talented artists at the Artist Showcase.
BLISS Artist Showcase
Friday, October 1st, 2010
7-8:30pm
Hotel Zoso
Palm Springs
To purchase tickets or learn more, click here.
Events
August 5, 2010 by Nursha
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The Events Archive Page documents Nursha Project Productions that have just been missed. Check out descriptions and images from recent events:
Micia Mosely & Friends is a series of performances intended to provide audience members a sneak peek into Micia’s newest project, Get Into It! Micia Mosely & Friends is a fund-raising initiative to help with the cultivation and development of the show. If you would like to donate to this project, or other Nursha Project initiatives, you’re welcomed to via:
Credit Card, click here.
Make Checks Payable to Nursha Project and mail to:
Nursha Project (East)
748 Putnam Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11221
MEMO: “Get Into It!” (or the Nursha Project Production of your choosing)
Cash may also be donated during the Micia Mosely & Friends performances.
Micia Mosely&Friends At Nuyorican Poets Cafe; July 18, 2010
Images by: S. Torho
Artists
August 3, 2010 by Nursha
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milDRED
Notable Quotes
“A lean, sinuous woman, milDRED Gerestant is a charismatic performer, brimming with raw talent, high energy and a gentle, winning charm. Using a blend of poetry, dance, music and monologue, she explores the fragile, fluid definitions of sexual identity and cultural stereotypes…Gerestant is a trickster. Watching her channel her characters produces a strange sensation. As her costumes change, we witness transformation by degree, an experience that not only challenges our assumptions but also teases us with an uneasy feeling of dislocation. Just as we settle into one character, Gerestant pulls a quick change and sends us looking for another label.”
- Mark Muro, Anchorage Daily News
“From Flip Wilson as Geraldine to Martin Lawrence as Sheneneh, men have made tons of money as drag performers. Now it’s the women’s turn, and one of the world’s leading character actors is Haitian-American milDRED Gerestant, the artist formerly known as DRED.”
- Port of Harlem Magazine
“At “Divercity,” … the Haitian-American star actress DRED Love created a remarkable gender collage in motion… out of a trunkload of hairpieces, costumes, props, and sexy, dead-on body language . With muscles and curves… goatee, and a surprise between her shapely legs, she danced a manifesto of freedom and self-respect.”
- Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Village Voice
“milDRED Gerestant’s own act is a gender-bending roller coaster ride alternating between man and woman, outrageous and serious, ironic and sincere. It also preaches the message of self-love as if Eddie Murphy were to perform Eve Ensler’s “Vagina Monologues… milDRED Gerestant uses sexuality as a departure point to preach the message of tolerance, acceptance, and diversity. While a lot of her act uses hilarity to demonstrate that femininity and masculinity are not set in stone, she hopes that once her audiences realize the multiplicity of beings in themselves, the various shades of man and woman that is in all of us, regardless of sex, then we are more apt to realize and accept all the myriad differences of those around us.”
- The Korean Herald
Awards and Recognitions
2009 OUTMusic’s Spirit Award
GO Magazine’s “100 Women We Love“
Two-time Recipient of The Field’s Artward Bound Artist in Residency
Projects
August 3, 2010 by Nursha
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“Children of the Last Days”
Written and Performed by Thandiwe Thomas deShazor
Directed by Norman Gee
Produced by Shalonda Ingram
A Nursha Project Production
Notable Quotes
“Afro Solo won’t be ‘Last Days’ for gifted performer!”
-Kevin Thomas, examiner.com
Links to Full-Length Articles
“Where My Girls At?”
Written and Performed by Micia Mosely
Directed by Tamilla Woodard
Produced by Shalonda Ingram
A Nursha Project Production
Notable Quotes
“Where My Girls At?, written and performed by the talented Micia Mosely, is a laugh-out-loud comedy that pushes the envelope in too many ways to describe…Where My Girls At? is a great night out and a shining example of what a talented and flexible mind can do when given the freedom.”
-New York Amsterdam News
“Where My Girls At? was a rich multi-layered experience that provided a dissertation into being black and lesbian including having the audience rate by applause which of the “contestants” was the most black, which was the most “womanly” and which was the most “lesbian”. I didn’t stop laughing during this whirlwind performance by an extremely talented artist. As a matter of fact it wasn’t until I sat down to write this review that I noticed the “medicine” of this show was so cleverly hidden in the candy.”
-D.C. Theatre Scene
Awards and Recognitions
2009 New York Innovative Theater Award Nominee for Best Solo Performance
Links to Full-Length Articles
Get Into It
August 2, 2010 by Nursha
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Join Nursha Project in launching our newest production, Get Into It! Written and produced in a talk-show format, Get Into It will delve into topics relating to health, wealth, and prosperity. The purpose of the the project is to document and share the experiences of transnational pop-culturalism in real-time through the kaleidoscope of arts, entertainment, social, political, historical, and environmental media. Community members will be encouraged to express current and ever changing experiences that reflect their hyper-local social experiences.
Based in New York City with satellite correspondents throughout the United States and eventually, Europe and Africa, Get Into It will engage underrepresented populations; tweens, independent artists, communities of color and their allies, as well as micro-enterprise developers who are taste-makers in their respective markets. Performance artists, health-care workers, community-organizers, 
technology widget users, social media fanatics, students, and educators will also be targeted.
Get Into It will be hosted by Nursha Project Artist Micia Mosely, Ph.D. Independent and mainstream artists of traction will also be highlighted in the capacity of band membership, correspondence and scripted skits.
To donate to Get Into It or other Nursha Project initiatives, you’re welcomed to via:
Credit Card, click here.
Checks can be made payable to Nursha Project and mailed to:
Nursha Project (East)
748 Putnam Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11221
MEMO: “Get Into It!” (or any NP Production of your choosing)
Also, cash donations my be made at any Nursha Project Event.
Stay tuned for more details!
Queer Art Impact
August 2, 2010 by Nursha
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Stay tuned as Mat Heggem, Brooklyn-based Artistic Director and Curator of Bushed/Gay Wars, and Nursha Project Founder, Shalonda Ingram, launch their newest initiative, Queer Art Impact.
What is Queer Art Impact?
Queer Art Impact (QAI) explores the conversation between politics, art and action. The New York City-based initiative is intended to bring together individuals and organizations who self-identify their body of work as queer. By supporting artists whose works challenge the hetero-normative, QAI seeks to embrace queerness and create opportunities for all artists – living in the political and social fringe – to move to the center.
QAI is about action and re-action. It’s the motivation to do something and to speak out. This action/reaction takes the form of art, politic gesture, youth engagement, community movement, education, and business training with/by/for queers.
QAI features performances, cabarets, parties, panel discussions and networking events that occur throughout the year, culminating in an annual spring festival where QAI commissioned works are premiered. Subsequent discourse catapults the community into a Summer of Inspired Pride — S.I.P. – a Rooftop WrrkQ P(art)y on the regs!
We accept applications on an ongoing basis, and are especially looking for those who want to build on-going communications with their fellow queers. Upon receipt and approval of materials, the artist will be included on our website, provided access to www.wrrkq.com (coming soon), and may be curated and/or commissioned for QAI events throughout the year.
QAI welcomes partnerships and shared programming proposals from educators, community organizers, and other arts entities.
What is WrrkQ?
WrrkQ is about sharing resources, creating opportunities, developing collaborative relationships, keeping communications open, and providing a physical & virtual space to meet individuals who share the same motivation for their queer agendas. But, it’s also about the business side too — having your needs met and understanding the systems that need to be in place to make the wrrkq happen.
WrrkQ includes a monthly gathering hosted by a QAI artist and a quarterly newsletter on relevant artist resources for the queer community. Stay tuned for more information about www.wrrkq.com.
Upcoming Events
QAI will be presenting Come As You Are, NYC.
Save the dates – September 27 – October 3, 2010
Connect with QAI on Facebook and keep your social streams as open as you 
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Queer-Art-Impact/129147190461382?ref=ts
Twitter hastag #wrrkq and follow @queerai
Viewpoint
August 2, 2010 by Nursha
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The Design:
Created by Shannyn Vicente and Shalonda Ingram, Viewpoint explores a shared desire to live into the truth of loving 
through and across the lines of fear, anger, and mistrust. A commitment to move through the ever-evolving painful realities of the social constructs that binds, traps, and perpetuates Dis.Ease in the mind.
The Experience:
The Viewpoint experience enables us to walk towards love through a practice of becoming unattached to the outcomes of all relationships while learning to lean into the discomfort of the internal and external forces of fear.
The Tools:
Viewpoint encourages folks to experientially explore themselves breaking loose from the blockades of theirs and others’ minds. Allow Viewpoint to support YOUR expression of self through dialogues, workshops, trainings, and gear.
VIEWPOINT: Developing compassion for just how hard it is to trust yourself and others to be real!
Nursha Project Launches New Partnership
August 2, 2010 by Nursha
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Coming soon….
Join Nursha Project as it partners with Mat Heggem on a new initiative, Queer Arts Impact. QAI will feature programs such as Come As You Are (New York), a series around queer sex, among other flavorful, eye-opening, jaw-dropping, colorful events.
Stay tuned for more details…
Join Us For Another Installation of Micia Mosely & Friends
August 2, 2010 by Nursha
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If you missed last month’s edition of Micia Mosely & Friends at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, here is another opportunity to catch Micia Mosely and some of her favorite artists as they celebrate the summer and share a sneak peak into, and donation opportunity for Micia’s newest project. This installment of Micia Mosely & Friends features performances by Ganessa James (Folk/Rock/Soul), Jennifer Johns (Singer/Songwriter/Spoken Word), and Kid Lucky (Da Beath Rhymer). This Nursha Project Production is not to be missed!
EVENT DETAILS
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 East 3rd Street (Between Avenue B & C)
New York, New York
Doors open at 7p, followed by Open Mic and show at 7:30p
Tickets: $10; To purchase, click here.
Micia Mosely & Friends is a fund-raising initiative to help with the cultivation and development of Micia’s newest project, Get Into It. If you are interested in donating to this project, or other Nursha Project initiatives, you’re welcomed to via:
Credit Card, click here.
Make Checks Payable to Nursha Project and mail to:
Nursha Project (East)
748 Putnam Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11221
MEMO: “Get Into It!” (or the Nursha Project Production of your choosing)
Cash may also be donated during the Micia Mosely & Friends performances, or at any Nursha Project initiative.
Micia Mosely and Friends at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
July 2, 2010 by Nursha
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Join Micia Mosely and some of her favorite performers as they celebrate the summer season and give you a sneak peak into Micia’s newest project. Featuring musical and movement performances by Fedel (Hip-Hop/Soul), Ganessa James (Folk/Rock/Soul), and Wendell Cooper (Spoken Word/ Hip-Hop)! This Nursha Project production is not to be missed!! For ticket information, click here.
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