The Living Womb

25/09/2023

Hi there!!! Welcome to Q***r Folk-Lore Autumn Equinox Session: MEET YOUR MAKERS MARKET MAKERS!
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Both The Living Womb and are PASSIONATE about ensuring creatives and artists the opportunity to create financial income from their art work, creativity, magick and power 🔥 here is an introduction to the incredible visual artists you will meet on Thursday 28th 18:45 onwards.
These makers will be greeting you at the door and giving you the opportunity to have some of their gorgeous art work in your life forever 💜

Introducing:


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Give them a follow and buy your ticket for Thursday if you haven’t already!!! ✨🔥🧡Tickets are in our bios ♥️

See you there!

17/09/2023

Hey there!! Long time no speak!!

We just wanted to officially share our updated logo with you all…. and with exciting news!!😊🌿💗

Our grassroots team is expanding!! Since last year The Living Womb Bristol has been running solely from our founder ; The Living Womb was seeded and birthed into reality through words with the wonderful and powerful creative .art and we are forever grateful for the inspiring and exciting conversations that took place to bring our gallery, event and wellbeing space to be ♥️

More news coming soon!
Big love and be well
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06/09/2023

Hey there!! We have created a new goal on our Ko-Fi page! With your support we can co-create a wonderfully creative ritual space of transformation and joy!
We are hoping to hire out a space for 3 days, showcasing a diverse range of artists who work through ritual with their creativity. Please support how you can to make this dream happen

Hey there! I hope you're feeling lovely:) please share a small donation to help with the running of The Living Womb to see more monthly events and magickal spaces of nourishment, creativity & collective expression.

06/08/2023

https://ko-fi.com/the_living_womb

Hey there!! We have just made a Ko-Fi page to ask for donations to support the long-term ambitions of this space. The Living Womb has a lot of juicy magick and opportunities coming up for you soon.

Stay tuned to see what we are up to soon.
Please check out of Ko-Fi space to read more about what The Living Womb has to offer and to give your financial support for this life-long ambition if you are able to :)

Thankyou!

Hey there! I hope you're feeling lovely:) please share a small donation to help with the running of The Living Womb to see more monthly events and magickal spaces of nourishment, creativity & collective expression.

09/07/2023

.please.uk let us play on a rainy day and look at the outcomes 😍😍😍😍

Pride 🌈🏳️‍🌈✨🧑‍🎨🎨🥳 with our wonderful painters:




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06/07/2023

Here are some artworks by the incredible Q***r artists we are working with for this years pride .please.uk event!!

We will be live painting from 1-5/6pm and are so excited to create some magick for you!! Come and check us out in the space, LESS THAN 50 TICKETS LEFT via .please.uk bio 🎨🧑‍🎨🌈

We can’t wait to see you there 🥳😘

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05/04/2023

More magick from on our Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey 😍😍😍

THE WONDERFUL Q***R STORYTELLING BAND 😍

on guitar kilted.celt on mouth harp
on flute
on the drum


More videos of the magick which happened coming soon!!! Send us any footage or photos you have please ❤️

04/04/2023

Gorgeous photos from our latest Q***r Storytelling with 💜💜💜
Give us a holla if you can see you!😋
Big ups to for these beautifully Q***r photographs!! 😍😍😍

20/03/2023

Here is some about us information directly from our website which is
now up LIVE and running!! Go and check it out! The link is in our bio ✨

"The Living Womb curates and prioritises working with creatives who
are systemically affected by the heteronormative and patriarchal
oppressive system we find ourselves living in.
This means we support
artists who are Global Majority, LGBTQIA+, working class, womxn and differently abled bodied people.

We especially want to work with creatives engaged in changing the societal conversation to a happier and healthier place to exist on Earth; such as challenging the ecological crisis, racism, sexism,
discrimination of ability, sexuality, income, ect.

The Living Womb holds events, workshops and talks in a cosy living room-esk space which thrives on open communication and joyous exploration of all that there is to explore in life. We work with creatives to showcase and share practises of art, music, performance, poetry, film, voice and other daily, creative practises to provide
spaces of ritual and connection to ourselves, to others and the Earth that holds us.
We invite you to fully express your self authentically, to show up as you are and to feel safe, acknowledged and held in your way of being.

We are interested in collaborating with like-minded expressive organisations and collectives in Bristol and around the UK."

Photograph by on Instagram, taken at the very first Q***r
Storytelling with at HAUNTED SIBLINGHOOD
in July 2022. Performing is ♥️

20/03/2023

Here is some about us information directly from our website which is now up LIVE and running!! Go and check it out :*

https://www.esmeeturlejart.com/about

"The Living Womb curates and prioritises working with creatives who are systemically affected by the heteronormative and patriarchal oppressive system we find ourselves living in. This means we support artists who are Global Majority, LGBTQIA+, working class, womxn and differently abled bodied people.

We especially want to work with creatives engaged in changing the societal conversation to a happier and healthier place to exist on Earth; such as challenging the ecological crisis, racism, sexism, discrimination of ability, sexuality, income, ect.

The Living Womb holds events, workshops and talks in a cosy living room-esk space which thrives on open communication and joyous exploration of all that there is to explore in life. We work with creatives to showcase and share practises of art, music, performance, poetry, film, voice and other daily, creative practises to provide spaces of ritual and connection to ourselves, to others and the Earth that holds us.

We invite you to fully express your self authentically, to show up as you are and to feel safe, acknowledged and held in your way of being.

We are interested in collaborating with like-minded expressive organisations and collectives in Bristol and around the UK."

Photograph by on Instagram, taken at the very first Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey (Evie Myfanwy Rey at HAUNTED SIBLINGHOOD in July 2022.

27/01/2023

“Here we go….we’re back! 30/03/2023 🌀

We’ve got a new home and an amazing folky line-up for you (to be announced soon) 🎶

We’ve got a busy year of Q***r Storytelling events scheduled, so you can see us at The Llandoger Trow on a quarterly basis. Get your low income/general sale tickets in my bio!

We’ve found funding a continued challenge (no-one wants to support Q***r artists, which is unsurprising) so all of your bought tickets and donations go into helping us pay Q***r creatives ♥️ 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

Details of the event below:

‘Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey (& The Living Womb & Angharad Iris ) is organised, curated, and hosted by a grassroot team of creatives.

Q***r Storytelling (QST) is an intimate and immersive experience. Inspired by Celtic folklore and folk music, QST platforms Q***r people in a gently explosive way.

Expect to see the most magical of Q***r storytellers, telling tales proudly and diversely. Expect to hear music, see dancing, and transcend with spoken word. The event will be accompanied by an open mic (which we consider as the most organic forms of storytelling).

Refusing to be silenced, Evie Rey created QST as a space for expression and imprint. Unlike our oppressed Q***r ancestors, this space invites you to safely share your/our stories loudly.

MEET YOUR HOST

Evie Rey (they/she) is Q***r, Celtic folk storyteller. They strive to create art that openly celebrates and challenge’s identity.

Their exploration of identity delves into their own ancestry. Whilst focusing on their Celtic roots spanning Wales, Scotland and Ireland, they also look to combine this with their Q***r identity. Ancient Celtic traditions and Paganism are of continued inspiration to them.

OUR VALUES

We strive to curate a diverse and authentic atmosphere, inviting you to show up in both solidarity and integrity.

This space is inclusive for all people, prioritising and supporting Q***r and other marginalised creatives’.

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23/01/2023

Dipping into the archives this week to show some of the magic from one of our first events… in collaboration with .we.make.bristol and in October 2021!! 💜

This wonderful event was called ‘Happenings’ and occurred over at on a Saturday and Sunday. Here are some photos from one of the lovely spaces that we created on the Sunday!

Live paintings from , group creation held by .we.make.bristol and beautiful harp music from 💙

Watch this space for more GOLDEN archive magick and hopefully more yummy collaborations in future!!

24/12/2022

It’s Xmas Eve and I hope you’re looking after yourself 😋 our final post from this beautiful occasion at Q***RMAS EVE is our gorgeous open mic participants!!!

Thankyou for all the magick which was built and created and shared and made at/for/with this space; we couldn’t have done it with our you.

With love from, the Q***r Storytelling Team ♥️♥️♥️

Join us next year sometime after Jan for more Q***r spaces, folk music, magick poetry, delcious sounds and visual art work and space for you to share your voice too!!! 💜

24/12/2022

Evie Rey at Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey: Q***RMAS EVE by 🌟

Thankyou for bringing, breathing, birthing, being this project Evie 💗 the world feels happier and safer for it, our curator feels more understood and seen in their Q***rness for it; you have bought healing to the Earth and The Living Womb is incredibly grateful to be part of this space 💜 you are amazing!!!!

22/12/2022

Q***R STORYTELLING WITH EVIE REY MUSICAL AND ORGANISATIONAL TEAM MOWWW WOAAWWWWW 😍♥️😍
Photos by Rosa Brown!!! 💗

22/12/2022

The wonderful Cameron was our amazing and inspiring final set-list performer at the last Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey of the year!!: Q***RMAS EVE! 🌟

Follow them and their awesome words here!>>> 💜

Photos by Rosa Brown ✨

21/12/2022

Happy Solstice all ♥️🌄🌟🔥✨
Photo by Rosa Brown at our last Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey: Q***RMAS EVE

20/12/2022

Imagine feeling home and safe enough in a public space to relax, close your eyes and listen to deeply intimate poetry shared by beautiful Q***r folk ✨ what’s what you get here at The Living Womb and at Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey events ☀️🌄♥️ such beautiful, precious, home environments surrounded by beautiful artwork and amazing people!! Here’s to the next one!!!
Huge thankyou to for these amazing pics! Give him a follow, he’s a wicked photographer!

20/12/2022

“If relationships were sh*ts”……

That’s right people!! Our second set-list artist of Q***rmas Eve was…..

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Go and follow for her wild funny magick and more (they also make and sell made cute crotchet wear as modelled by them am assuming!! Please correct me if I’m wrong 😋)
Photos by !

20/12/2022

PEOPLE ARE MAGICK! 💗✨

Stills from Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey: Q***RMAS EVE 🔥

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Tag ya peeps in if you see them!!! 🌟

19/12/2022

Aiysha Humpreys!!! Our first set list poet for the evening 🌟

“though I no longer call myself woman, I know I once was a little girl with out a place” ♥️
Photo credits 1-5 6- Rosa Brown 💗

19/12/2022

Some lurrrrrrsh still of The Swanning Folk performing with and for Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey: Q***RMAS EVE!!! 🌟

Stay tuned to our events next year for more action from them!! Follow and check out the videos of these amazing performances on all accounts!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

Photography by ✨

18/12/2022

Big ups to our Q***r Market Maker’s corner organised by for Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey: Q***rmas Eve!! 🌟 Check out the makers to buy their wonderful goods and support Q***r artists!!!

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Photos 1-6 by Rosa Brown and 7-8 by 💙

18/12/2022

Our Q***r Visual Artist this month was Rhian Mathison!! (()) Go and see her amazing artwork here!! ✨So blessed to work with you! Thankyou for bringing yourself all the way from Cardiff specially for this event 💗

Excited to see your future as a tattoo artist!! Go and follow them and buy her work now!! 🌟🌟🌟

Photography by Rosa Brown ❤️

18/12/2022

Some beautiful Q***r Joy captured by at Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey: Q***RMAS EVE 🌟💜🌟!!!! What an absolute bloody joy we all are! Keep being magickal and bringing your full range of being here with us! We love you, we need you, we honour you, BIG UPS ♥️

17/12/2022

Q***RMAS EVE, Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey, our chrimbo special!!! 🌟 oh my god!!! Woaaaw!! We did it again! Thankyou so much for everyone who participated, shared truth, came to the space and kept each other warm!! We had a beautiful time!!

Catch us again some time early next year!!
Big love to .kilted.celt for consistently being babes to make this space happen!! We love you 💖

More amazing photos from from this event coming to you soon 💙

08/12/2022

Just in case you didn’t see via or the wicked 💓❤️‍🔥💗 our Second set-list artist is announced!!!!

You guessed it!…….

‘Iman Weet (she/they) is a Pakistani/White British, Bristol based poet, artist and curator.

Her poetry talks about identity, heritage, neurodiversity and mental health using rhythm and humour to weave their way through life with words’.

You can see Iman at our Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey: Q***RMAS EVE event!! Last one of the year! 😍😋♥️

Keep up to date with Iman’s artistry at 🔥

Details of the event ran by and in collaboration with The Living Womb below:

THURSDAY 15th 19:00-23:00
£3/5/10 tickets via Headfirst in the bio 😍

28/11/2022

Our final set list performer from Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey: AUTUMN Q***RNOIX…… the beautiful Claudia Kennaugh () Follow them for inspiring creativity magick!! 💜

Thankyou for sharing your voice and seasons with us all 🌟

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27/11/2022

The inspiring wild fire that is .ara 😍 last Q***r Storytelling with Evie Rey !!! Date for Dec tbc, watch this space 😍😍😍

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