Scarlet: A Celebration of Female Expression is a cultural celebration of women that promotes our talents while highlighting powerful social issues.
Founded in 2014 as a feminist art show, The Scarlet Event has since blossomed into a live, interactive creative art space and lifestyle event focused on bringing intellectuals together in the spirit of cultural celebration, mutual understanding, and social justice.
SPOKEN WORD
ELIZABETH ACEVEDO is a New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X and With the Fire on High. Her critically-acclaimed debut novel, The Poet X, won the 2018 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. She is also the recipient of the Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction, the CILIP Carnegie Medal, and the Boston Globe-Hornbook Award. Additionally, she was honored with the 2019 Pure Belpré Author Award for celebrating, affirming, and portraying Latinx culture and experience.
COMEDY
We Stand Comedy: We stand Comedy formed in March 2014. Spearheaded by female comedians with a united sense of funny, the goal was small: produce live shows and digital content. Exactly a year later, Tara Cannistraci and Kimberley Hellem legally bound themselves at a gas station off the New Jersey Turnpike. It was official, We Stand Comedy was a LLC. In the last four years, We Stand Comedy has performed, created, consulted, and grown into a comedic production house with large accomplishments and never-ending goals. To date, the duo has raised over $30,000 for various foundations, and grown their client base to include Dancing for a Cure (Dana Farber Cancer Institute), Child Reach Foundation (Chazz & Gianna Palminteri), Color + Information (L’Oreal) and more!
JIU JITSU
Self Defense class presentation by Brazilian Jiu Jitsu grapplers Jillian Decoursey & Vianca Jager.
VISUAL ARTISTS
Three Painters, Two Illustrators, Two Photographers, a Graphic Designer, and a Sculptor.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Flordalis Espinal and Tiffany Dejesus’ photography captures the essence of The Scarlet Event.
