a movement to reclaim + celebrate women's initiations
RITES OF PASSAGE 2013
The first incarnation of Rites of Passage which took place from June 7-10 2013,
in a former historic Women's Club building in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
It was co-created in collaboration with 60 local people (mostly women)
ages 3 to 89, ​and directed by Pooja Prema
WATCH THE 2013 TRAILER
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ROOMS of CURE
Girlhood
Adolescence
Sisterhood
Maidenhood
The Kitchen / Woman as Domestic Goddess
Cycles— celebrating the menstrual cycle & the cycle of life
The Wise Wound— honoring menstruation
A Womb of Her Own— dedicated to pregnancy
The Closet of Collections / Woman as Archivist
Hysteria— exploring wild nature, sexuality & mental health
Motherhood
Our Fathers— an altar to our relationships with our fathers
Menopause
The Web— honoring the threads of our interbeing
Animus— about woman's inner male
No Longer Secret—a series of small rooms about #metoo
The Body Room
The Elder Room
After All is Said & Done—an altar-room to death
The Re-Birth Canal— in ode to the vagina, death & rebirth
GALLERY
Whitney Center for the Arts/ formerly The Women's Club of Pittsfield Photo: Sabine Vollmer von Falken
Cure-ated by Lorimer Burns Performers: Lucy, Takiah + Lorimer Photo: Krysia Kurzyca
Cure--ated by Kristin Grippo & Dina Noto Performed by Kristin Grippo + Samantha Keyes Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated by Kristen Grippo + Dina Noto Photo by Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated by Pooja Prema Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
Cure-ated by Pooja Prema Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
Artwork by Cynthia Atwood Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
Cure-ated by Camille Roos Photo: Sabine Vollmer-von Falken
Cure-ated by Camille Roos Performed by Justin Green and Olivia Wilbur Photo: Sabine Vollmer-von Falken
Cure-ated by Camille Roos Photo by Peggy Reeves
(From left to right): Ira Khonen Temple, Esteli Kitchen, Eva Goodman + Erin Bell Photo: Sabien Vollmer von Falken
Cure-ated by Suzi Banks Baum + Karen Arp- Sandel Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
Cure-ated by Suzi Banks Baum + Karen Arp- Sandel Performed by Tanya Himeji Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken (seen here: Tanya Himeji)
Cure-ated by Suzi Banks Baum + Karen Arp- Sandel artwork by Karen Arp-Sandel photo by Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
Cure-ated by Suzi Banks Baum + Karen Arp- Sandel Performed by Gill Panchy Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
Cure-ated by Pooja Prema Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated by Pooja Prema Performed by Danielle Roos Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated by Pooja Prema Performed by Elizabeth Blackshine Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated by Pooja Prema Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated by Pooja Prema Photo by Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated by Camille Roos Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated by Camille Roos Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated + performed by Camille Roos Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
Cure-ated by Karen Arp-Sandel + Pooja Prema Photo: David Benson
Cure-ated by Pooja Prema + Karen Arp-Sandel Photo: Peggy Reeves (from the collection of Florence Morrow)
Cure-ated by Pooja Prema + Karen Arp-Sandel Photo: Peggy Reeves
Performed by Meg Agnew Photo: Peggy Reeves
Artwork by Pooja Prema Photo: Peggy Reeves
Performed by Julie + Ukiah Vallun Photo: Peggy Reeves
Collaboratively Cure-ated Painting by Karen Arp-Sandel Painted Eggs by Laura Geilen Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated + performed by Gabrielle Senza Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
Cure-ated + performed by Gabrielle Senza Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
Cure-ated by Pooja Prema Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated + performed by Cynthia Atwood Photo: David Benson
Cure-ated by Cynthia Atwood Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated + performed by Cynthia Atwood Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
artwork by Sarah Nicholson Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated + performed by Cathy Fisch Photo: Peggy Reeves
Created by Cathy Fisch Photo: Peggy Reeves
The Collaborative Scroll Created by Gabrielle Senza Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
Performed by Laura Geilen + Laura Lin Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken (painting by Kiki Dufault)
Created by Cynthia Atwood Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
Cure-ated by Cindy Parrish Performed by Hillary Hawk Wolf Mask by Huck Elling Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated by Cindy Parrish Performed by Hillary Hawk Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated by Lori Fisch Performed by Gail Ryan Photo: Sabine Vollmer-von-Falken
Cure-ated by Belle O'Brien Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated by Krysia Kurzyca Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
Cure-ated by Krysia Kurzyca Photo: Sabine Vollmervon-Falken
Created by Sarah Nicholson Photo: Sabine Vollmer von-Falken
Cure-ated by Sarah Nicholson + Cynthia Atwood Photo: Peggy Reeves
Cure-ated by Sarah Nicholson + Cynthia Atwood Photo: Krysia Kurzyca
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