Here’s the link to my plague year 2020 email: “mothering is just one of my superpowers.”

Here’s the news from me. I’m getting back to my work after recovering from Covid-19. I had a mild case and the doctor recommended I not get tested because “that’s where the sick people are.” (!) For over a month my work has been to get healthy and I think I’m finally there. Now I’m looking out at my prospects, blinking.

The market landscape for self-produced artists like me has been completely decimated. I have relied on large-crowd gatherings to sell my work directly and interact with my visitors (this performance is at least half of the Project) and I don’t see those gatherings coming safely back until, perhaps, next year. I am putting more of my works on my Etsy site at FemalePowerProject.com so that even though you cannot experience the “Female Power Hut” (my market installations) you can at least buy some of the things. This email is showing some of the things appropriate for Mother’s Day, May 10, the next holiday here in the U.S. There are many more things on the shop and even more works showing on my blog (here!).

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After it is safe to open for business in DC I plan to make over my retail(ish) studio, Black Lab, into a Female Power Project environment and allow visitors by appointment. I will also explore ways to depict the studio environment in other more distributed ways on social media. If you haven’t already, I invite you to see my more visual presentations on Instagram at these handles: @LedaBlackArtist and @TheFemalePowerProject. You can follow my more word based presentations on Facebook at these feeds: facebook.com/BlackLab and facebook.com/FemalePowerProject.

When it comes toward Fall I will be publishing a book about the Female Power Project. This will be integrated into the next calendar. I’ve just started work on that writing. I will be posting installments on facebook.com/FemalePowerProject.

Thanks for reading. Stay Strong.
—Leda Black, creatrix at Female Power Project