Good news: The Rahne Check returns!
After a long fallow period, finally: lots of things to announce! I've got an exciting, witchy show coming this week and much more on the horizon.
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TUNE IN TOMORROW to Woman Wattage on WHCP. Anne Watts invited me back to introduce one of the great songs released last year — "What They Call Us" by Fever Ray!
GET YOUR TICKETS: Spellbinder Salon
This Thursday, 26 January at The Crown
Doors at 7:30, $10-15 sliding scale.
Join us for a night of performance, poetry, song, & ritual at The Crown! This occasional pop-up salon series brings together artists from various corners of the Baltimore scene for unforgettable, one-night-only, singularly spellbinding bills! This month's salon features works by...
* Rahne Alexander!
* Theresa Columbus + Mystery Guest!
* Sylvia Jones!
* Megan Livingston!
* Joseph Mulhollen!
* Rae Red & Cliff Doby/Rain!
* and your host, Jake Bee (a.k.a. Dreambaby)
More info & ticket links: check out the FB event page for The Spellbinder Salon!
ART OPENINGS
I got really lucky this month: two shows opened on the same day in two different states (Virginia and New Jersey), each featuring an original work from my project I Am the End of the Patriarchy and So Can You. Tell your friends in Northern Virginia and on the Jersey Shore!
Cast/Recast at Gillespie Gallery
Jan 23 - Mar 10, 2023
George Mason University School of Art
Gillespie Gallery of Art
4400 University Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday 12:00 am: - 4:00 pm
Free and open to the public
1 Feb: Opening Reception & Grounding Meditation
Mason Exhibitions is honored to present Cast/Recast, a group exhibition of photography, video, sculpture, painting, site-specific installation, and live performative works.
Cast/Recast is curated by Alissa Maru in collaboration with Hannah Barco and Sue Wrbican.
Cast/Recast fills Gillespie Gallery with installations, sculptures, altars, manifestos, performance documentation, paintings, photographs, wallpaper, a soundtrack, and a portal. Participating artists include: Rahne Alexander, Laure Drogoul, Cheryl Edwards, Heloisa Escudero, Maggie Gourlay, Mira Hecht, Kay Hwang, Veronica Jackson, Jessica Kallista, Maria Karametou, Isabel Manalo, Ceci Cole McInturff, Meeting Ground (Susan Main and MJ Neuberger), Zia Palmer, Judith Pratt, Lisa Rosenstein, Nicole Salimbene, Asha Santee, Katherine Thompson, Jessica Valoris, and Naoco Wowsugi.
This exhibition is presented in partnership with Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA). A concurrent exhibition, Forecast, is on view at the Tephra ICA at Signature Gallery located at 11580 Freedom Avenue, Reston, VA through February 14, 2023. This exhibition presents the entire group of Buoyant Oracles, their fine art prints, reflections, and predictions, along with the ephemera of the Buoyant Force sculpture.
Jan 23 - Mar 11, 2023
Monmouth University
Pollak Gallery
400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Saturday and Sunday 10:00 am: - 4:00 pm
Free and open to the public
10 Feb: Film screening & artist reception
As told in their own voices through art and film, Aging and the Lived Experiences of Transgender and Gender Non-conforming (T/GNC) Older Adults: Narratives through Art is a juried exhibit seeking to share some of the diverse lived experiences of transgender and gender non-conforming older adults (T/GNC). This exhibit centers T/GNC individuals’ unique narratives and make their lives visible. The artwork chosen celebrates the strength and resiliency of these individuals while also sharing the painful challenges encountered. The process of living authentically may instill hope and bring joy, but often this process involves losses and pain as well. The purpose is to increase understanding and knowledge of the lives of T/GNC older adults while supporting Monmouth University’s commitment to create an inclusive, affirming, and equitable campus community.
In conjunction with this gallery exhibition we invite you to the FREE film screening/panel discussion of the film From This Day Forward with director Sharon Shattuck and her parents Trisha and Marcia Shattuck on Friday, February 10th from 11 am – 1:30 pm. Find more information about this event here.
Following the film screening there will be an artist reception in the Pollak Gallery from 2-3 pm.
This exhibition is sponsored by: Monmouth University’s LGBT+ Older Adult Project, The Center for the Arts and The Intercultural Center
PUBLICATIONS
Hot off the presses from Fifth Wheel Press!
fwp 2022: an anthology of queer writing is now available; an anthology featuring work from 124 contributors originally published in fifth wheel press' 2022 online publications flux and the truth is in the stars.
SAVE THE DATE(S)
Back in December I spent two days in the Magpie Cage recording studio with J. Robbins recording dozens of songs, just me and my guitar.
In March I'll be putting out an album of some of these songs, 50'♀ In The Raw: Live From the Magpie Cage. In the tradition of some of my favorite live-to-tape records (e.g., 4-Track Demos, The Trinity Session; Back to Basics; Texas Campfire Tapes) I'm excited to share this album of songs, most never before recorded and some of which have been out of print for years, and I'll be celebrating the album's release with a show upstairs at Zissimo's on 1 March. I'll be supported by Jeff Waters and Lady Hatchet, front woman of The Scotch Bonnets in a rare solo set. Show poster and album art coming soon!
Speaking of Zissimo's I may be jumping on their tribute to Tom Petty show Feb. 8, reprising my Doin' It Doin' It Duet ("Insider") with Christina Reitemeyer of Double Decker Decadence. Paul Joyce of Megazillion has some exciting tribute nights planned at Zissimo's this year; I'm very much looking forward to this series.
