CALL FOR BANDS AND SINGERS

Howdy - we're lookin' for a few rockin' performers for The Girlie Show Saturday live music lineup. Email us for an application at thegirlieshowokc@yahoo.com. Submissions are due September 26.

Ghouls Gone Wild

It's that time of year...yes, The Girlie Show is right around the corner - November 7-8 to be exact. But, the annual Ghouls Gone Wild Halloween Parade is coming up too. It's a must see. The Flaming Lips are there again as well as Parade Marshal Elvira. So, come see the Girlies in the parade this year. We'll be tossing out fun prizes. See you there!

Check Her Out!

The Girlie Show Artist of the Moment
is the fabulous

DEBBIE CURTIS!

Location: Oklahoma City, OK

Debbie at The Girlie Show 2007

GS: What do you create?

DC: Acrylic paintings on canvas and wallpaper

GS: What projects are you working on right now?

DC: Recent shows: Café City Arts (I have an interview taken at the show currently posted on sonarta.com.); Dreamer Concepts in Norman.

GS: Where/How/Why did this all begin?

DC: Probably with my mom, also a painter

GS: As an artist this year, what about The Girlie Show rocked your world?

DC: WOW! The response to my art! And EVERYTHING about how the show was done.

GS: The Girlietini: friend or foe?

DC: neither

GS: What are you totally obsessed with these days?

DC: Getting my work out there

GS: Tell us something completely random and quite possibly useless.

DC: My son is at Marine Corps Boot Camp right now.

GS: What’s on your iPod/music player right now?

DC: The Shins, Beatles, The Stock Market Crash

GS: If you were a shoe, what shoe would you be?

DC: Sparkly Toms

GS: What do you secretly wish you could do/be?

DC: A full-time artist.

GS: Do you have any collections?

DC: Plastic dolls, stuffed monkeys, art done by my children

GS: We so love Debbie's interpretation of the iconic vintage Barbie doll, which all girlies have a memory of in some form or fashion from our childhood. Check out more of Debbie's work at: http://www.debbiecurtisart.com/

Artist Applications Deadline

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Get your applications into us soon...deadline is August 22!

5 TIPS FOR LIVING AN INSPIRED LIFE

Well, obviously when you click on this link...and you WILL click on this link!...you will notice that this is a "mommy" website. Yes, we are mommies, what of it? Believe me, it's very glamorous! There's some good stuff out there on the web that applies to our creative lives, whether we are single, married, with kids, without...this is valuable stuff for everyone.

Hopefully you will take a minute to read through these 5 Tips for Living an Inspired Life from Healthy Green Moms. Here's a snippit from this very smart insightful chick, Monica:

"I often searched for the inspirational map that would give me insight on my unique gifts and live more in sync with my passions. I also recognized early on that regular jobs were unfulfilling. I knew that spending a lifetime working jobs I did not love would be creative suicide. There was only one problem. I had very little inspiration and therefore no idea which direction to take."

Felt like this? It's very common to get stuck in a creative rut...maybe this will lift you up a bit and inspire you to get your gift in gear and use it and use your life!!!