FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

FRIDAY MAY 6

2:00 -6:30 PM: ABORTION STORIES SPEAK OUT facilitated by Dr. Carolina Franco in Tompkins Square Park

Psychologist Carolina Franco facilitates a free and open event where people are invited to share their abortion stories in a group setting or sitting privately with a listener. People can also write or draw their story and add it to a story tree, or send a thank you note to an abortion provider.

4:30: Clinician advocates with the Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP) will demonstrate an MVA abortion using a papaya as a uterine model.

6:00 PM: WE LIVED IN THE GAPS BETWEEN THE STORIES

Ceremony with artist Lena Chen honoring honoring and thanking abortion providers, doulas, midwives, healers, herbalists, clinic escorts and all who care for abortion seekers. For more information: https://www.lenachen.com/we-lived-in-the-gaps-between-the-stories/

SATURDAY MAY 7

10:00 AM - 9:00 PM: Art, recordings, and performances at Cindy Rucker Gallery, 143B Orchard Street, NYC 10002.

THE GALLERY WILL BE CLOSED TO VISITORS UNTIL 6:00 PM. View Christen Clifford’s piece INTERIORS: WE ARE ALL PINK INSIDE in the window.

10:00 - 6:00 PM: STORYCORPS

In a temporary booth in the gallery, Peabody award winning oral history organization StoryCorps will record interviews to be sent to the Library of Congress.

12:00 - 6:00: INTERIORS: WE ARE ALL PINK INSIDE

Artist Christen Clifford will take interior portraits which will be played in a loop in the gallery. For more information: https://www.weareallpinkinside.com/

6:00 PM: The gallery opens to visitors.

Abortion Stories group show OPENING RECEPTION

Performance, art, books and zines by Becky Bailey, Christen Clifford, Lena Chen, Morgan Cousins, Rebecca Goyette, Rachel Gita Karp, Darryl LaVare, Lydia Nobles, Shout Your Abortion BK and Cat Tyc.

Stories and readings by Molly Gaebe and Jacey Powers.

Music by NO FUN.

SUNDAY MAY 8

12:00 - 6:00 PM: ABORTION STORIES GROUP SHOW ON VIEW

Cindy Rucker Gallery open to visitors.

Background image by Cat Tyc