100 Survivors

In memory of
Francesca Danieli, Anne Mulligan, Joanne Hooper, Cassandra Warthen, Nancy Krauss, Roz Kaplan, Clara Behar, Carole Jean Bertsch, Ellen Helfman, and Gwen Highto

About

100 Survivors is a collaborative photo and video project by and for women currently in treatment for breast cancer or diagnosed in the past three years. Shooting from a list of 12 tags, participants share photos, videos, and stories.

By featuring up to 100 women and their work, 100 Survivors hopes to inform and inspire by looking beyond "awareness" and "supporting the cause" and focusing on the experiences of actual women with breast cancer. Unique perspectives on breast cancer and identity are welcome and encouraged.

Note: 100 Survivors contains a few nude and postoperative photographs. Viewer compassion advised.

100 SURVIVORS TAGS
1. my face (daily)
2. what I see when I wake up
3. who I love or who I (used to) love
4. a place that hurts
5. my favorite view
6. something I would miss or something I would (not) miss
7. a private place
8. a member of my medical staff who truly cares about me
9. something red
10. what I see before I go to sleep
11. something that is always there
12. something I am proud of

HISTORY
Artists Francesca Danieli and Julia Kim Smith co-founded 100 Survivors in 2004 when Danieli discovered she had metastatic breast cancer. They decided to collaborate on a project about her struggle with breast cancer and created Project 10 at HopeWell Cancer Support in Brooklandville, Maryland, which evolved into 100 Survivors, the not-for-profit website. Since Danieli passed away in 2006, Smith has continued as curator of the project.

CREDITS
Co-Founders: Francesca Danieli and Julia Kim Smith
Curator: Julia Kim Smith
100 Survivors Website Design: Linked by Air
Additional Photography: Steven Parke

Press

Creative Capital, "On Our Radar: Julia Kim Smith & 100 Survivors," April 2012

"a moving and powerful testament to the women behind the pink ribbons...full of intimate and personal revelations from women that are both heart-breaking and inspiring"
Cara Ober, "Behind The Pink Ribbons," Urbanite, October 2011

"an empowering and expressive gesture that speaks less of happy endings than complex and truthful present-tense resolve"
Betsy Boyd, "100 Survivors: Breast Cancer Boldly Self-Documented," Baltimore Fishbowl, October 2011

Exhibitions

Fear Strikes Back
Curated by Helen Frederick, Founding and Artistic Director Emeritus, Pyramid Atlantic; Professor, George Mason University
Artists: Clara Behar and Edie Windsor, work from 100 Survivors
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
October 14-November 1, 2013
Opening Reception: October 16 6:30-8:30pm, Artist Talk: 7:30pm
Performance: David Page's Staggering October 30 4:00-7:00pm

100 Survivors
Curated by Julia Kim Smith
Artists: Anne Mulligan, Carole Jean Bertsch, Charlotte Floyd, Clara Behar, Diane Cullinan, Edie Windsor, Gwen Highto, Ilene Gold, Leslie Jubilee, Maria McMahon, Mollie Fein, Toni Killefer, Tracey Marvel
Amalie Rothschild Gallery, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, Maryland
October 4-19, 2013, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Opening Reception: October 5 5:30-7:30pm

Fear Strikes Back
Curated by Helen Frederick, Founding and Artistic Director Emeritus, Pyramid Atlantic; Professor, George Mason University
Artists: Clara Behar and Edie Windsor, work from 100 Survivors
District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
April 26-June 2, 2013
Opening Reception: April 26 7:00-9:00pm
Closing Panel: June 2 5:00pm

Perception & Ability
Curated by Gabrielle Buzgo, MICA Curatorial Practice candidate
Artist: Diane Cullinan, work from 100 Survivors
Evergreen Museum and Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
March 10-May 26, 2013
Opening Reception: March 12 6:00-8:00pm

Celebrating Kindred Spirits and Strange Bedfellows
A.I.R. National & International Artists Exhibition
Curated by Catherine J. Morris, Brooklyn Museum, Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
Artists: Clara Behar and Leslie Jubilee, work from 100 Survivors
A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
March 28-April 21, 2012
Opening Reception: March 29 6:00-8:30pm
Curator's Talk: March 29 5:30pm

SPECIAL EVENT
Half the Sky Festival
Gender and Diaspora: Conflicts and Resolutions
A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Panel: April 21 2:00-4:00pm
Reception: 4:00-6:00pm

Presented in association with the Brooklyn Arts Council and A.I.R. Gallery as part of the exhibition featuring international women artists, Celebrating Kindred Spirits and Strange Bedfellows, and in association with Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory, NYU

Participate

If you are currently in treatment for breast cancer or diagnosed in the past three years, you may submit photographs and videos to 100 Survivors through Flickr:

1. If you're not a member yet, join Flickr (free).
2. Upload your photos/videos. If you're having trouble uploading, consult Flickr's help guide.
3. Go to the 100 Survivors group on Flickr and click the "Join" link.
4. Find a photo/video from your photostream that you'd like to add to the group, and go to the photo/video's page. Working from the 100 Survivors Tags (list above), add a tag or tags in the "Tags" field, and use the "Add a description" field to tell the story behind it. Click the "Add to group" link in the "Actions" menu. Then choose "100 Survivors", and you're done!

Or email: info@100survivors.org.

Selected work from the 100 Survivors group on Flickr is published on the 100 Survivors website, on a rolling basis. Selected participants are contacted via email.