The PES Feminist Incubator is an annual residency for femme identified and non-binary artists who are interested in intersectionality and contemporary feminist discourse. The program invites artists working in and across multiple creative disciplines (literature, dance, performance, visual arts, theater, etc.) to join in a group residency for six months, during which time the cohort will have an exhibition of work created during the residency. Incubator members will work in a shared studio with access to resources such as a feminist library & lounge, writing, print and publishing workshops, studio visits, and more. This residency not only provides much needed safe space for femme-identified creative practitioners, but also is a space for productive and critical intersectional dialogue as a means of catharsis, camaraderie, and education.
Past Exhibiting and Feminist Incubator artists include Niama Safia Sandy, Noelle Lorraine Williams, Tatjana Lightbourn, Yeimy Gamez Castillo, Aimee Gilmore, Angela Fraleigh, Anna Ogier-Bloomer, Camille Lee, Chaya Babu, Christen Clifford, fayemi shakur, Hiba Schahbaz, Jillian M. Rock, Julie Marie Seibert, Katherine Toukhy, Katrina Majkut, Marilyn Narota, Michele Pred, Mimi Bai, Priscilla Dobler Dzul, Rosary Solimanto, Sahana Ramakrishnan, Sara Jimenez, Sarah K. Khan, Sophia Wallace, Spandita Malik, and Zoe Buckman.
The PES Feminist Library features books and literature pertaining to intersectional feminism and women’s empowerment. Visitors are encouraged to bring their favorite reading material to share with others as a way to not only share knowledge and perspective; but also, to prompt conversations.
The PES Feminist Library is also home to the Margaret Kaplan Art Book Collection, which includes the personal library of the late Margaret Kaplan, former senior V-P and executive editor of Abram's Artbooks for over 50 years.
Now On View:
”A Series of Choices” by Ashley Molese in collaboration with Caroline Sinders
“A Series of Choices” is an interactive installation where visitors vote for statements that relate to their experience with abortion and culminated in a large-scale, participatory data visualization of this subject from within a “safe haven” state (New Jersey). Audience members exercise their enshrined right to vote to assert how issues of reproductive justice affect and inform their lived experiences.
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Feminist Incubator Open Studio (2023)
Ashley Molese in collaboration with Caroline Sinders, Laura 嘟嘟, Lizzie MacWillie, and Kamal Nassif
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The Cartography of Time (2021)
Niama Safia Sandy, Noelle Lorraine Williams, Tatjana Lightbourn, and Yeimy Gamez Castillo
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What We Become When We Are Unbound (2020)
Jillian M Rock, Mimi Bai, Sarah K. Khan, Spandita Malik, and Priscilla Dobler Dzul
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Narrative Threads (2019)
Aimee Gilmore, Katrina Majkut, Julie Marie Seibert, Fayemi Shakur, Sara Jimenez, and Sophia Wallace
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Incision (2018)
Camille Lee, Chaya Babu, Christen Clifford, and Katherine Toukhy
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Claw (2017)
Marilyn Gomez, Anna Ogier-Bloomer, Sahana Ramakrishnan, and Rosary Solimanto
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Self Portraits (2017)
Hiba Schahbaz
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Imprison Her Soft Hand (2017)
Zoe Buckman
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GRAB BACK (2017)
Angela Fraleigh and Michele Pred