I will be performing my solo one-act opera The Porous World at Honor Fraser Gallery on Sunday April 7th 2013 at 6pm sharp. I'm part of the performance series Move In Again from April 2nd to April 7th, which includes the work of Dawn Kaspar, Julie Tolentino, Brian Getnick, Tara Jane O'Neil, James Kidd, J. Patrick Walsh III, Alexa Weir, Paul Waddell, Matt Siegel, Bryatt Bryant, and Dorothy Hoover. For more information, please go here.


See you there I hope!
THANK YOU!
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I will be performing my piece The Porous World for the release party of the third issue of Native Strategies, the performance art of Los Angeles journal, at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions on February 27th 2013 at 7pm. For more information on Native Strategies, please go |here|http://nativestrategiesla.com/|. For more information on the event, please go |here|http://www.welcometolace.org/events/view/native-strategies-issue-3-launch-with-performance-by-lee-relvas/|.

See you there! And thanks.
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I will be performing a new piece for BLASTING VOICE, a series curated by Ashland Mines (TOTAL FREEDOM) for The Suzanne Geiss Company in NYC. The series runs from July 11th through July 28th, and includes 27 solo performers. My show will be on July 12th at 6pm sharp and I am sharing the bill with Kyp Malone (of TV on the Radio) and David Riley (of Mirror Mirror). The Suzanne Geiss Company is located at 76 Grand Ave in Manhattan.

For more information on BLASTING VOICE, please go here:.

I will also be doing Rind shows in Boston and Providence!

JULY 14th: PROVIDENCE: with Virusse (formerly Mongrel, formerly Jelen), REBER/RUIN (Visual artist Erik Ruin & sound artist Scott Reber (AKA Work/Death)), Roby Newton (performing a shadow puppet play "no dogs no masters") and Olivia Horvath (doing a reading/performance).
At Coffee Club, 186 Carpenter St, Providence. 7:30 sharp!
More info here.

JULY 15th: BOSTON: Raw Meet 6.5 with 16 bands! At the Whitehaus in Jamaica Plain (please write me for exact address). BBQ at 3:00, bands start at 7:00 sharp, everyone plays for 15 minutes.
more info here.

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I will be one of 11 performers in Math Bass' collaborative performance "Brutal Set" in the Made in L.A biennial at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. We will be performing on June 22 at 8pm and June 24th at 2pm. More information about Made in L.A can be found here. Please come!
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I made a new drawing for a portfolio of off-set prints curated by Erik Ruin entitled Witches and Mad Prophets, in which he asked 13 artists to create an image of a visionary heretic from history. The portfolio release party will happen on June 8th in Providence (with details below) and more information on ordering the portfolio will follow shortly.


"ONE-NIGHT EXHIBIT- LIVE PERFORMANCES- EPIC NIGHT!
performances by-
ASSEMBLY OF LIGHT CHOIR (w/ projections by Erik Ruin, & special guests!)
WORK/DEATH (the best noise)
GEB THE GREAT CACKLER (Philly freak-folk-punk done right!)
GROKE (Silver Apples gone crust-punk?)
plus a special surprise video debut by XANDER MARRO!!!!

Come celebrate the unveiling of the Witches & Mad Prophets portfolio- 13 offset prints depicting various heretical figures & movements! Images by local luminaries William Schaff- Ian Cozzens- Xander Marro- Katrina Silander Clark- Erik Ruin and farflung friends AMTK (Minneapolis)- Bec Young (Pittsburgh)- Corina Dross (Philadelphia)- Dylan Miner (Lansing)- Charlotte De Sedouy (Toulouse, France)- Santiago Armengod (San Cristobal, Mexico)- Lee Relvas (Los Angeles)- Mandy Katz (Philadelphia).
more info- http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1224485301/witches-and-mad-prophets-13-heretics

Portfolios will be available for pickup to Kickstarter supporters, or for sale for $40 each. Some original work will also be on display/for sale.

Some very special things are being planned for this, so if you've ever said to yourself "I've always wanted to see a twenty-piece choir with shadow projections do a live set that ends in waves of noise", you owe it to yourself to be here!!!

OPENING STARTS AT 7- PERFORMANCES START AT 9
$5 admission -can be put toward a portfolio!"
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Three of my paintings are included in the group show "Let Your Body In", at the National Gay and Lesbian Archives in Los Angeles. Here are the details:

Let Your Body In
April 21 – July 1, 2012

ONE Archives Gallery & Museum
626 North Robertson Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Reception: Saturday, April 21, 2012, 5-8pm

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives presents Let Your Body In, an exhibition of work by contemporary queer artists alongside artworks and objects from the collections at ONE Archives. Participating artists include Maya Bookbinder, EMR (Math Bass & Dylan Mira), Aimee Goguen, Laurel Frank, Kim Kelly, and Lee Relvas. Additional pieces from the archives include works by Roger Campbell, Harold L. Dittmer, G.N., Olaf Odegaard, Tomata du Plenty, John Quitman, and James Snodgrass. The exhibition explores creative approaches to activating the body and playful ways of engaging with queer histories and culture.

More information can be found here.
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Rind has a LP entitled "Exhaust Yourself" released in November 2011 by Rotted Tooth Recordings in an edition of 250 copies on clear vinyl, with hand-screenprinted album sleeves.

I will be touring in November and December 2011 via the greyhound with the LP all over the country. Here is the schedule:

Nov. 8th, OAKLAND: at the Purplehouse with Alabaster Choad, Sisterfucker, and Fat Transfer. 8pm SHARP!

Nov. 10th, DENVER: Benefit for legal support for Occupy Denver! At the TeaHaus with Pythian Whispers, DJ This That and the Other.

Nov. 12th, LAWRENCE, KS: at the Replay Lounge with CAVE.

Nov. 13th, COLUMBIA, MO: at the Hairhole with The Spit.

Nov. 15th, MINNEAPOLIS: at Madame with Naomi Joy, Toilet.

Nov. 16th, MADISON: EARLY SHOW at Project Lodge with Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Stacian, and Gel Set. 7pm sharp!

Nov. 17th, MILWAUKEE: at Circle A with Lucky Bone, Batten Revue.

Nov. 18th, CHICAGO: at Mortville with Bad Drugs, Skoal Kodiak, Nerv, and Bret Koontz.

Nov. 20th, PITTSBURGH: at Kopec's Corner with Lungs Face Feet, Slag Womb.

Nov. 21st, PHILADELPHIA: at Kingsessing Clothes Swap.

Nov. 22nd, NYC: at 208 Bowery, 2nd fl., with Mattin and Jarrold Fowler. This is a SNEAK PREVIEW of a new performance series that will begin in 2012!!

Nov. 23rd, PROVIDENCE: at Witch Club with Work/Death, ^, Groke, Mongrel.

Nov. 26th, BOSTON: house show with Exusamwa, Hunnie Bunnies, Ski Mask, Rotten Apples, Guerilla Toss, and Hypnic Jerk.

Nov. 28th, BALTIMORE: at Current Gallery, with J. Graf and Man Love Joy.

Nov. 29th, CHAPEL HILL: at Nightlight with Secret Boyfriend, Viszk, and Isabel Gun.

Nov. 30, ASHEVILLE: West St. House with Protractor

Dec. 1st, NASHVILLE: at Exit/In, with Is She Wierd.

Dec. 3rd, NEW ORLEANS: at the Mudlark, with The Healing Center.

Dec. 5th, AUSTIN: at Hotel Vegas with Yellow Fever and Hatchet Wound.

Dec. 7th, PHOENIX: at Yellow Canary Dance Hall, with Sungsang and Good Amount.

Dec. 8th, Los Angeles: at Dem Passwords with Total Freedom, Jaws, Mother, and The Judy Experience.
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My oil spill embroideries are included in the group show Underground at Woman-Made Gallery in Chicago, curated by Ruby Thorkelson, which opens July 8th 6-9pm and will be up until August 18th.

For the complete details and images from the show, visit here

This show also includes the work of Alexandra Blom, Liz Born, Anya Davidson, Megan Diddie, Meredith Eastburn, Edie Fake, Sanya Glisic, Robin Hustle, Anne Elizabeth Moore and Esther Pearl Watson, and Laura Szumowski.

The show also includes a zine library with the work of Michelle Aiello, Aria Boutet, Mia Beatrice, Alexandra Blom, Jenna Brager, Vanessa Capshaw, Caitlin Cass, Sabrina Chap, Chicago Underground Library, Carrie Colpitts, Stephany Colunga, Gabrielle Congrave, Dancing Girl Press and Studio, Enola D, JD, Anya Davidson, Asher and Mary Doyle, Sara Drake, Edie Fake, Mary Hamilton, Betty Heredia, Robin Hustle, Marie Hunt, Alison James, Jessica Justice, Aidan Koch, Kate Larson, LB, Angee Lennard, Dalice Malice, Max Mandax, Kira Mardikes, Liz Mason, Sam Merritt, Mildred Pierce Zine, Hannah Melton, Louisa Parker, Jeannette Perkal, Emilie Lis Pradera and Natalie Bowers, Lee Relvas, Rose Metal Press, Jami Sailor, Kara Sievewright, Dean Spade, Simon Strikeback, Laura Szumowski, Students for Justice in Palestine at SAIC, and Sy Wagon.
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Come on out to the release party for the new comics anthology "Gay Genius", edited by Annie Murphy and published by Sparkplug. My work is included alongside the work of KUBB E. BEAR, HARMONY BIANCA, SARAH SASS BISCARRA-DILLEY, PAM CAMERON-SNYDER, JACKIE DAVIS, MAT DEFILER, SAMANTHA JANE DORSETT, EDIE FAKE, SAILOR HOLLADAY, ELISHA LIM, ANNIE MURPHY, LEROI NEWBOLD, ADEE ROBERSON, MATT RUNKLE, ELLERY RUSSIAN, CLIO REESE SADY, and SILKY SHOEMAKER.

The release party will happen on July 3rd at 6pm with a comic workshop by Annie Murphy and Clio Sady, a panel with contributors at 7pm, and bands at 8:30pm- my solo project, Rind, will play with Mother Popcorn and Fat Transfer. At Fivepoints Art Center, 72 Tehama St, at 2nd and Howard in San Francisco.

If you can't make it to the party, you can order your own copy at: http://sparkplugcomicbooks.com/books/gaygenius/pages/gaygenius.html
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I'm having a solo show of paintings and drawings at the gallery Win Wilder Hall in Rockland Maine, a new space started by New York-based artists Ashley Seelig and Joshua Cardoso. The opening reception is July 1st from 6pm to 8pm and until July 27th. More info can be found at www.winwilderhall.com.
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Two paintings of mine will be included in the inaugural group show at the new art space Win Wilder Gallery in Rockland, Maine. The show, entitled "Crazy Cat Lady", will also include the work of Andrew Graham, Ashley Seelig, Cassie Raihl, Devin Powers, Haeri Yoo, Joshua Cardoso, Kate Parnell, and Warren Seelig. The grand opening is Friday May 27th, 5 to 8pm, and will be up until June 26th.

Also, I will be having my first solo show of paintings here in July!

http://winwilderhall.com
Win Wilder Hall
328 Main Street
Rockland, Maine
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The Gay Genius comic anthology, edited by Annie Murphy and published by Sparkplug Comic Books, is coming out April 17th! The anthology includes the work of Silky Shoemaker, Kubby Bear, Ellery Russian, Mat Defiler, Elisha Lim, Sailor Holladay, Annie Murphy, Clio Reese Sady, Sarah Sass Biscarra, Adee Roberson, Matt Runkle, Edie Fake, Royal Newbold, Jackie Davis, myself and others.

There will be a release party in Portland on April 17th at the In Other Words bookstore, and a San Francisco release party is in the works for July. Write to me for a copy, or find it at your local zine shop!

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Everybody! Visual Resistance in Feminist Health Movements, 1969-2009, the group show curated by Bonnie Fortune and first shown at I-Space in Chicago in 2010, is traveling to the Carleton College Gallery in Minnesota. I have three paintings from the You Make Me Feel Plenty series in the show, and the exhibit also includes the work of Heather Ault, Cambridge Documentary Films, CureThis!, Chicago Women's Graphics Collective, Melanie Cervantes, Tee Corine, Christa Donner, Docs Populi Archive, Suzann Gage, Terri Kapsalis, Suzanne Lacy, Madsen Minax, Pink Bloque, Favianna Rodriguez, subRosa, Laura Szumowski, Video Data Bank, Sara Welch, Women on Waves, and Faith Wilding.

The show will open on April 1st 2011 with a performance by subRosa (Hyla Willis and Faith Wilding) and close on May 8th.

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Three of my Oil Spill embroidery pieces are included in the group show Bless This Mess at Gallery 400 alongside the work of Edie Fake, Jail Flanagan, and Robin Hustle. The show is up from January 19th to March 12th 2011 at 400 S. Peoria, Chicago. I will be doing a solo performance in a double bill with a performance by Edie Fake at the gallery on Wednesday March 2nd at 7pm. It will be my first time performing solo in two years!