Oct 19NOW studios / Express Your Yes — Thurdsay, October 19thNOW studios / Express Your Yes — Thurdsay, October 19th Agenda: lightning round check ins /introductions what is express your yes? NOW studios? (new website in the works) what is a 501(c)3? tour platforms we use: asana / telegram / discord / slack / google docs (will cut some of…2 min read2 min read
Jul 4Member-onlyAnn Arbor is burning — art and culture for whom?I meet Petals Sandcastle (they/them) on the grass in the Diag-State-Hill triangle of Ann Arbor. It’s familiar grounds for Petals who studied at the University of Michigan. A stone’s throw away is Now Studios run by the Express Your Yes Foundation, a 501(c)3 creative nonprofit fusing activism with art. NOW…10 min read10 min read
Apr 18Member-onlyJune 9 | Annex Tent Manifestos of Love: A Silent DiscoJune 9 | Annex Tent Manifestos of Love: A Silent Disco What is the flow state? In celebration of Opening Night of A2SF, Express Your Yes invites us to embark on a journey inward to explore the limitlessness of our identity through collective vibration featuring a legendary lineup of DJs…4 min read4 min read
Jan 3, 2022for-credit U of M independent study internship with NOW studiosexpress your yes foundation is a nonprofit born to bring together disparate social groups to create, explore, play, perform, socialize, heal, rebel, move, and grow. we produce multimodal theatre and political performance art that challenges the most divisive aspects of our culture, economy, and government. this includes facilitating fabulous public…6 min read6 min read
Apr 18, 2021Member-onlyAudition Notice!Audition Notice! Calling All Woke Creative Dreamers! Calling all Freedom Fighters Dedicated to the Gentle Resistance! — ATTENTION, ATTENTION: Make Way For Creative Nonviolent Revolution ! CNR, darling… CNR! Calling All Actors, Singers, Dancers, Poets, Drag Queens, & Musicians! Calling All Flow Artists, Aerial Stars, & Progressive Politicians ! NOW…9 min read9 min read
Apr 10, 2021Member-onlydear mya & agsdarlings, hello! poetry & song, life breath— vibration pools of light. meow, pussycats— meow. Charming, divine sweeties— firstly my apologies for this coming so late. Life just spins time faster with certain gravities involved. Let me cut straight to it: selling art on the street with masks on doesn’t seem…2 min read2 min read
Apr 1, 2021Member-onlyNOTES FOR NOWHi darlings, thanks heaps for embarking on this wild ride with us! as you can tell we’re very informal but our dreams and visions are big as the sky! Here are some notes… feel free to reach out if you have any questions or comments. Your main job as a…3 min read3 min read
Mar 1, 2021Member-onlyhiring/casting art dealer general manager social media guru event host all-around unicorn assistant.hiring/casting art dealer general manager social media guru event host all-around unicorn assistant. ideal candidate is charasmatic, queer, people-orientated, fabulous, art lover, pro at sales, knows how to seduce a client, well-versed in social media and the full cycle of content from creation through editing and beautifully blasting a platform…1 min read1 min read
Feb 27, 2021Member-onlyart is my right to be soft.dear luke, you asked me to write something so here you go babe. art is my right to be soft. to not know. to let the world slip. art is a portal to sometimes unavailable planes. art expresses our anger and lost hope and also our dreams and our truths and our visions for tomorrow. what is this place? why are we here? where are we? dancing through the champagne, the fog of neon come morning. we’re mostly surface creatures, stuffed with delusions, trained out of symbols and subtext. …2 min read2 min read
Jan 26, 2021Member-onlydearest sweetie UMMTs,dearest sweetie UMMTs, hi darlings! i’m petals sandcastle and ya’ll are sultry decadence. And it would be our honor if you come check out our new space NOW studios. We’re in downtown A2 a block from the diag and ya’ll are a degree away from Broadway! …2 min read2 min read
