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crowdfunding, gracias

currently in post-production ~
"we were baby armadillos," a short film.
footage/credit: JESSE

"we were baby armadillos"
by JESSE

dear strawberry, 🍓🍓🍓

kellyshawwillman.blogspot.com is a personal archive of my art ~ it also highlights my experiences abroad, delves into some personal storytelling + + + more.

approximately 5-6 years ago, i moved to Costa Rica for a full-time living venture, though i have since closed this chapter. while based in CR, i began crowdfunding, & wanted to briefly outline below how that looked. 

i have created this particular article as a point of reference that documents spending, goals, etc.🌹🌹

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i am an independent artist, with all 11 of my hearts dedicated to the continued making of my work ~ i care deeply for its processes, am hella loyal, etc. growing my art-family is of immense importance to me too, meaning i come together with like-minded powerhouses to continue offering art into the world as healing, helping, elevating, divinely expressed, & reclamation-centered. 

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THANK YOU TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS DONATED OVER THESE 4+ YEARS, and to anyone who before, during, or after this period of time, is/was a friend, an audience member at a performance, helped me to document my work, etc. etc. etc.

thank you x a milli.

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SUPPORT: 

** shop my Etsy store HERE.

** email kellyshaw11jewelz@gmail.com to place a custom jewelry order.

** donate directly to my PAYPAL. 

**&** stay tuned for a more sustainable means of offering support by donating to my PATREON, coming in 2022+   

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... a summarizing point from my most recent GoFundMe: "in the last 2.5 years, approximately, your donations (thru indiegogo once and gofundme twice) have helped me to launch my jewelry lines to Etsy, make a trip to Guatemala to give my first nude (live) performance, and most recently, you helped me back to Brooklyn (2017) on a mini art-trip ~ freaking gracias."

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** the updates section of my recent "self-designed art grant" campaign tracks spending + + +. people who donated in the last 2-3 months will receive their prizes within January 2019 if you haven't already. thank u!!

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** i also earned $515 out of a $400 goal for a trip back to BROOKLYN in early spring of 2017 to perform, & to care for my health. thank you again so much to all who donated!! the prize associated with this giving = a *sweet thank you to all donators* in my short film, "we were baby armadillos," scheduled to launch in 2022+.

** thank u to all who helped me earn $677 out of a $420 goal towards my trip to Guatemala in early 2017. all prizes were honored a long time ago, which was a fun process. this blog article references my spending/expenses for the trip.

** and here's the article i wrote post-indiegogo campaign: INDIEGOGO SPENDING

kelly shaw willman

foto by VIKA of some fruit-moments in CR

"we were baby armadillos" by JESSE

NYC on the 11th

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i am $sssooooo excited 2 be in NYC 4 MOTHERSHIP'S 2nd TUESDAYS in BROOKLYN. come on thru.
** SEPT. 11 **

a milli thank u's 2 KWEEN*KATIE & ALEXANDRA ARTS 4 weaving the opportunity ~

i am really proud of the artist's statement i wrote about my new WERK: 
READ it HERE

sneak peak: kelly shaw willman,
by: Jesse Artavia, for my short film:
"we were baby armadillos."

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we were baby armadillos

still image of kelly shaw nyala (from "we were baby armadillos") by John Pierpont

Oya brings colorful, welcomed change ~

the kind of change preceded by storms. always.

this change is very new 4 me, & has risen from years of 

shadow-y. inner-werk. utterly painful. often private.

necessary, tho. sweet moments too. (where to begin?)

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below are still images from both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Costa Rica, where i began working on my debut/original short film, "we were baby armadillos," which speaks up about machismo as an illness. + i perform rituals that honor the aesthetic of my work (as interdisciplinary performance artist) since 2005. + i storytell thru the voices of 11,678 women. ... the script wrote itself about 6-7 months ago, was fully erased intentionally, and now is being recreated. i am so excited to share this completed work with you in or after 2022.

still image of kelly shaw willman by John Pierpont

still image of kelly shaw willman by John Pierpont

* a little raw footage sneak-peak by John Pierpont *

** NOTE: ALL FOOTAGE with John Pierpont took place in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. ALL FOOTAGE with Jesse Artavia (below) took place in Playa Negra in the Talamanca (Limón) region of Costa Rica, the Caribbean coast. 

my irritability has been high, and i'm having tough dreams again. it was hard to share space, in spite of how much i love and trust my friend, Jesse. he came to film with me for a few days very recently. i was able to break the ice by giving about 20+ minutes of vulnerable interviews. i also told the story of one of my favorite Caribbean women, who directly channels GAWD. this is me, kelly shaw willman, in my Playa Negra apartment, on 4.10.2018. image: Jesse Artavia. 👄

pre-ritual. kelly shaw willman by Jesse Artavia

post-ritual. kelly shaw willman by Jesse Artavia

kelly shaw willman by Jesse Artavia

kelly shaw willman by Jesse Artavia

kelly shaw willman by Jesse Artavia

p.s. recently in NYC.

p.s. recently in NYC.

kelly shaw willman 

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PROMO & ART MATERIAL

thank you to Michael Preston for helping me to make some PROMO & ART material on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica. 

thank you also to everyone who donated through my art campaign ~ you paid for our work together. straight up. 

if my work speaks to you, plz consider circulating my material.

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kelly shaw willman

peep the teaser below ~

new/mind/ritualz (movement 10)

IN LATE JUNE OF 2017, i performed movement 10, an ongoing performance art project of mine. 

for my artist's statement and project archive, go HERE.

documentation: Michael Preston

below is the sound (storytelling/link) that coincides with this particular movement of n/m/r ~ CLICK HERE. i recommend that you watch the video below, then engage with the sound (story) while you look at the photos. 

k ~

vid$ from facebook

i broke-up w/ Fb recently, but i've archived the vids below.

read more about my break-up with Facebook : HERE : 

^ kitty love ^

^ lioness ^

^ silly ^

^ vid in SJ by Cati ^

^ on-set for Gandhi ^

^ on-set for Gandhi ^

^ on-set for Gandhi ^

^ twerk on plane, Guatemala ^