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a "show of emotion" >> THURS JULY 14 6p til LATE
Who would you be if you couldn’t cry?
Because testosterone can inhibit the ability to produce and shed tears, this question loomed—achingly, menacingly—for Elva Bennett (they/them) upon beginning hormone treatment and the more formal process of transitioning.
As Elva was living with that possibility, they were also developing and furthering a ceramics practice … and little by little they realized that the shapes they were forming and firing mimicked human faces—more specifically: human faces crying.
On Thursday July 14, from 6:30p to late that night, we’ll celebrate the body of work that emerged—and the sometimes narrow, sometimes expressive emotions that our human bodies are capable of—at a party called TEARJERKER.
Please join us for:
a presentation of Elva’s ceramic pieces from this collection, most of which will be offered for sale **and available for pick-up on Friday July 15 or by other arrangement.**
video installation by GRASS founder Theresa Wingert
live readings & storytelling about crying and not crying by Richard Chiem, Em Rose, Kim Selling, Tara Thomas, Gabi Page-Fort, and more
gorgeous summer wines that taste like salty tears from some-time sommelier Jessica Tousignant
**$5 donation per glass; cash preferred**beautiful seasonal bites that provoke tears - or at least perhaps watery eyes - from GRASS founder/artist/some-time chef Theresa Wingert
**$5 donation per glass; cash preferred**sad songs presented as party anthems
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In this summer of ongoing outrage, it feels necessary and nourishing to celebrate our ability to feel and our propensity to express.
But as much as we relish the thought of crying together in public on a hot summer night, TEARJERKER isn’t designed to be a downer.
So come join us — we’d love to see you, and be with you.
