• Visit to the Millennimum Oak in Potsdam

    One of the highlights of my (gregorian) year was this fall walk to a beautiful old Millennium oak tree. On November 5  a group of adventurous tree lovers ventured into the grounds of the Sarcow Castle with me to learn some history about Gad Beck and Jewish artistic and survival mutual aid networks. It was…

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  • Passing the Paintbrush Gallery Event -final exhibition at Spinnboden

    We had an incredible event last week at spinnboden lesbian archive where workshop participants and admirers gathered to enjoy the absolutely stunning art created during this project. Thank you to all who came and helped make this happen !  It meant so much !  Photos by Rocket Loam Below is an expert from my reflection…

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  • Charlotte Charlaque Portrait

    Charlotte Charlaque’s life and story deserves attention and celebration! A line in the 1933 Ahlstedt article saying that Toni Ebel had a nude painting of Charlotte in the Nollendorfstrasse apartment has my imagination racing…..could this be the nude be on the back of another painting? Underneath? Or undiscovered still?  Painting style inspiration are My Nana…

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  • Passing the Paintbrush: Art Show on Dec 3 in Berlin

    You are invited to the Passing the Paintbrush Gallery show at Spinnboden Lesbian Archive on December 3 from 16-19. The exhibition will feature beautiful art by participants from the art and history workshops on Gertrude Sandmann, Lotte Laserstein, and Toni Ebel this fall.  In each three-hour workshop, we explored the biographies of these incredible women and how their stories…

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  • Drawings at the Club

    It was almost 3 and a half years since I went to a club. Before the pandemic started I used to be in bars and clubs almost every single week, sometimes multiple times a week performing drag, and supporting my friends and community. After finding what covid precautions I need to take to make this…

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