11am – 2pm March 12, 13, 14 and 18

The project is installed in various woman-owned establishments throughout the Waterloo Region. It aims to cultivate a sense of community, deliver a message of empowerment and showcase the power of the arts through multimedia platforms. Each piece is an intuitively channeled message transcribed from Elfie’s meditation practice. The images illustrate messages of individual and collective empowerment and use symbols from our collective unconscious. The pieces are sacred objects. To amplify the energy of each image, an electrical current is wired into each piece to emit some form of light.

These multimedia pieces will be installed throughout the Waterloo Region. They will also be available to the public through an online platform describing the location of each installation along with each host site. The project hopes to unite women, promote community and illustrate the power of the arts. Handmade silkscreen prints of the posters are also available at various host locations. All proceeds made from the sale of the posters will be donated to the Region of Waterloo Sexual Assault Survivor Centre.

Launching throughout Kitchener and Waterloo in March 2020 Femme Folks Fest is a new month-long festival dedicated to and in celebration of Women identified and presenting. 40+ Events. 9 Venues. Pop-UP’s daily.Programming will include live performance in theatre, first-look back stage performance, spoken-word, installations, community conversation cafes on issues pertaining to women and a Conference on Digital Story/Gaming Creation for Women and Non-Binary Folk. here will also be Professional Development Master Classes for artists. Activity will occur in 9 venues across Waterloo Region. femmefolksfest.ca

Femme Folks Fest is produced by Pat the Dog Theatre Creation , Founded in 2006, Pat the Dog provides an essential home for the creation of extraordinary new works of Canadian theatre. The company is led by Artistic Director Lisa O’Connell.

Pat the Dog Theatre Creation acknowledges that we are located on the Haldimand Tract, land promised to Six Nations, which included six miles on each side of the Grand River. We are on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral Confederacy), Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples.