Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been POSTPONED to a later date TBA.

Each Saturday (1:45pm - 4pm) during November, Visible Records is hosting the People’s Activist Series. This event is the first of 4 sessions. These workshops cover topics of Non-Cooperation to Resist Authoritarianism, Safety in our Community Spaces, Responding to Federal Threats, and Growing our Movements. Come get connected with your community and join in collective action!

Food provided. Restrooms onsite 100 ft from event space.

This Peoples Activist Series is a collaboration between Indivisible Charlottesville, Cville DSA, and Congregate Charlottesville.

Join our October Artist in Residence for two opportunities to connect and hear about her work.

Zap’s Happy AiR – October 14th, 6-7pm, a brief and casual introduction and celebration.

Zap’s Show+Tell – Oct 29th, 6-8pm, a more in depth conversation about her practice!

DATE MOVED TO MONDAY, OCT 27!

Come to Movie Friend’s second screening — “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives”. Watch with friends, friends of friends, friends of friends of friends, for free and for fun!

@movie.friend

Local artists & makers market

11-4pm

fruitmarket@visible-records.com

Spend an autumn evening learning a new technique with the guidance of Allyson Mellberg of Inchworm Fibers Lab!

Contact inchwormlab@gmail.com for workshop details.

11 AM Workshop by Venuca Evanán Vivanco 

@venucaevanandeperu

2 PM The Modern Bambabatok Screening

Ethnographic film by @kc_omil @lanewilcken

Prisoner Letter Writing

This month we'll be writing to Oso Blanco, an indigenous activist serving 55 years. Oso is an enrolled citizen by blood of the Cherokee Nation. We'll be joined this month by Dakota artist, Dustina Gill. Dustina will be hosting a workshop at Visible Records earlier in the day to make prayer bags. 

No experience is necessary and all supplies will be provided. 

Drop in anytime, and bring a friend!

An art event that will be led by Dustina Gill of Nis'to, Inc invites students and community members alike to come together for an afternoon creating small prayer bags.

Attendees are always welcome to contribute to Nis'to, Inc. Dustina Gill's 501(c)3!

In the evening following this event there will be a letter writing session to indigenous activist, Oso Blanco. See the flyer below for more info.

Plus Size Clothing Swap, co-hosted by Wednesday’s Whimsies and Cville Fatties

Come to Movie Friend’s “Opening Night” screening. Watch a movie with friends, friends of friends, friends of friends of friends, for free and for fun!

Instagram: @movie.friend

Hugo Ljungbäck: Behind Closed Doors

Hugo Ljungbäck is a Swedish filmmaker, archivist, curator, and media scholar. His videos explore queer history, identity, representation, and sexuality through an autobiographical lens, emphasizing the possibilities afforded by found footage filmmaking in response to the ephemerality of queer history. By using appropriated text, photos, sound, and video to make visible the hidden, sometimes unflattering, and often unarchivable traces of queer experience, his work builds a makeshift archive of love letters, home movies, YouTube videos, sex tapes, spam emails, physique magazines, propaganda films, and selfies. This hour-long program presents the first survey of his work spanning the past eight years. Please note that some of the videos feature sexually explicit materials.

Hugo holds a BFA in Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and an MFA in Studio Art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently a PhD Student in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. His videos have screened at film festivals, art galleries, and museums internationally and are distributed worldwide by Vtape and Light Cone.

Sunday, September 21st, 1:00 – 3:00pm

Hosted by Indivisible Charlottesville

Drop by for a relaxed, convivial afternoon to WRITE POSTCARDS to our local, state and federal-level elected representatives about protecting workers’ rights! We’ll call on them to prioritize a living wage, repeal Virginia’s so-called “right to work” law, and strengthen enforcement of labor law violations. Postcards, stamps, suggested language, as well as snacks and good company provided!

This is a Labor Month Action! #SolidiaritySeptember #WorkersOverBillionaires

Experimental Rotoscope Animation Workshop

Join us on Saturday, September 20th, from 12-3 for a free animation workshop with artist-in-residence Hugo Ljungbäck! This hands-on workshop will explore analog rotoscope animation using DIY experimental methods, and each participant will create their own short one-second sequence. No previous experience necessary! Materials will be provided!

Limited capacity, please RSVP to natasha@visible-records.com