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Heidi bluegirl

Hear My Name! Doesn't Anybody Want to Play?

About Me

I am an artist, photographer, producer of art parties and curator of art and music. I grew up in Tampa, Florida and was always creative as a child. I was a painter for a long time, and always dreamed of a life in NY as a famous painter as a teen in the 80's, and becoming part of the "Factory" someday. After Warhol's death, and due to ongoing family battles, I briefly gave up on my dream and lost interest in painting, and got really into music and going to see bands, which was when I got very interested in photography. I started out shooting rock photos and developed into experimenting with more creative things using photography as an art medium. I got a solid foundation in photography there in Tampa, under the instruction of the best around, Suzanne Crosby. After she taught me all she could, believing in me, she wrote a letter of recommendation for me. After a portfolio day in Florida, I applied to the school that showed the most interest in my work- the School of Visual Arts in New York. There I was offered a Chairmen's Merit Scholarship for photography, which was a rare and huge honor (only 10 students per year were granted this award). I moved to NY within a couple of months with the money I made selling my work off the wall at the local coffee shop, and by cashing in my 401K from my receptionist job, with noplace to live, nowhere to work, and never having been to NYC. I didn't know anyone, I just went. It was the most frightening moment of my life, but also the most liberating and life-changing. I lived at the Gershwin Hotel for my first several months in NY. And that's when my life really began...
This is my personal profile for all my friends "IRL" and potential new friends. If you'd like to be considered for this "position", please send me a message THEN add me, don't just add me. And don't ask me to add you because you are too lazy to read my profile. the answers are all here. If you want to add me for networking purposes, that's fine, but please do it on my other profile here: www.myspace.com/bluegirlproductions! Thanks!
If you want to add me but dont know me, it's pretty easy to find out my last name if you don't know it!! ;) (ahem! Look down there!! Derrr!) And, if I am not worth making an effort for, don't bother. You're not friendship material. I have higher standards than that.
Love, bluegirl
If you are a model who is interested in working with me, please be interested for the following reason: You love my art and want to be part of it. I don't pay. It's not because I don't think you deserve to get paid for your time, costumes, and effort but you ARE getting "paid". Just not with money. You are getting to be in a piece of art that I created (and chances are you will get more work after working with me, many of my models have told me they have, but still- besides the point). I worked hard and for many years to accomplish what I have. What I mean by that is not "who" I am according to how much money I make or how much press I've gotten (which is way more than the former, by the way, heh). But who I have evolved into as an artist. All of the education I've gotten (that I still pay for EVERY MONTH! Yeah, I got a scholarship, but I'm still paying for my school before that! And, the scholarship didn't cover everything either!) and more notably, all of my experience is what I am talking about. That takes time. You can't buy that. Not to mention my creativity that I was blessed with... that can't even be learned. All the $$ I put into quality makeup and sets and equipment is beside the point. I find it extremely disrespectful that a MODEL who has had no training, and paid nothing to LEARN anything, merely USES me for her vanity's sake so she can show off on My Space or wherever and show the world how pretty or "cool" she is. If you AREN'T "that" model, of you are truly interested in being my muse and creating ART with me, please feel free to contact me. I don't mean for this to sound disrespectful in any way. I appreciate my models so much. Without them, I would be nothing. I couldn't make art without models. And I know that modeling is hard work and costs money, and it takes a certain talent too. I realize and respect that. But if you plan on just making MY art into your own version of what you think it should be, then do me a favor and don't bother contacting me- EVER. Or if you plan on not sticking to our deal, or complaining about it later, get over yourself - just leave me alone and don't waste my time. I don't deserve to be disrespected that way and I don't want your energy around me. If you are a TRUE MUSE who loves art, and loves and respects creation, and respects the artist, please do contact me, I want to meet you. And I shall respect you too...
For more information about me and what I do, please visit my official website at www.bluegirlproductions.com
My show "NAKED" covered by HD.NET's "Deadline".
My party "All Tomorrow's Parties" in New York City, filmed by Anton Perich
Scenes from my show "Alive!" at my gallery bluespace. Filmed by Tim Polecat
for more info: bluegirl Productions
Have you been to one my events and want to share your experience, or make a comment? Please leave one here! Your feedback is appreciated!
bluegirl digital illustration by Muffinhead
Clockwise from top left: Blowfly, Vulgaras' Velocity Chyaldd, David J's Cabaret Oscuro, Cylab, The Birthday Massacre, My Life with Thrill Kill Kult
Myspace Layouts
Myspace Codes
Myspace Generators
Myspace Backgrounds

My Interests

Art in many media from photography to music to living, breathing art (some favorites: Warhol, Avedon, Mapplethorpe, Witkin, Giger, Harring, Basquiat, Pollock, Helmut Newton, Dianne Arbus, Leee Black Childers, Anton Perich), Rock n' Roll photography, Heavy Makeup, Dandyism, drag queens, the desert, traveling, LA, NYC, glamour,haute couture, eccentricities, glitter, champagne, vegetarianism, MUSIC, records, dancing, tattoos, wigs, long fingernails, high heels, platforms, OMG shoes!,costumes, rubber, fishnet, Japanese culture & fashion, Sushi, hello kitty, pink, and of course BLUE, kitty cats, earl grey & peppermint teas, espresso, yoga, meditation, swimming, hiking, making an impact on and a difference in the artworld and the WORLD!

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...And my hot pink tights! I love cute shoes...

And sexy shoes!


I'd like to meet:

Fun, honest, QUALITY new friends to do fun things with such as go dancing, to concerts, clubbing, fancy dinners, the movies, and who wants to play dress up, listen to records, go to art galleries, museums and art shows, and who has similar interests/music tastes as me. Also: Artists. Amazing Creatures. Walking art. Nick Rhodes, again. Gerard Malanga. Mount Sims. Warhol Superstars (have already met/know 3!). dandies. Other art freaks/chic freaks. Kiefer Sutherland, again.

In the Afterlife...(Film by Anton Perich, Photo by me at my party in East Village, NYC, "All Tomorrow's Parties" via projection)

Also this guy, if I haven't already...

The Invitation

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”

It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.

It doesn’t interest me who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.

It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself

and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.

-Oriah Mountain Dreamer

© Mountaindreaming, from the book The Invitation published by HarperSanFrancisco, 1999 All rights reserved

Music:



video by Dean Karr

Adam Ant
Adult
Air
Alien Sex Fiend
Steve Aoki
GG Allin
Marc Almond
Altered Images
Tori Amos
Aphex Twin
Arcadia
Armand Van Helden
B52s
Bad Religion
Basement Jaxx
Bauhaus
Beastie Boys
Beatles
Beborn Beton
Benny Benassi
Berlin
Bjork
Bloc Party
Blondie
Blur
Bodyrox
Book of Love
Bow Wow Wow
Angie Bowie
David Bowie
Kate Bush
Butthole Surfers
Cabaret Oscuro
Cabinet of Curiousities
Johnny Cash
Christian Death
the Clash
Client
Cocteau Twins
Concrete Blonde
Cowboy Junkies
The Cramps
Lenny Cravitz
Culture Club
The Cure
Cylab
The Damned
The Dandy Warhols
Dead Can Dance
Dead Kennedys
Depeche Mode
Devils
Dirty Sanchez
Dixie Chicks
Dresden Dolls
Duran Duran
Bob Dylan
Echo and the Bunnymen
Electric Six
Erasure
Felix da Housecat
Fischerspooner
Diamanda Galas
Garbage
Gorillaz
Nina Hagen
PJ Harvey
Juliana Hatfield
Haujobb
Head Automatica
Hefner
Human League
IAMX
Interpol
Jane's Addiction
Japan
Jem
Jesus and Mary Chain
Jimmy Eats World
Joy Division
KMFDM
Kraftwerk
Ladytron
John Lennon
Lords of Acid
Lords of the New Church
Love and Rockets
Madonna
Mates of State
Mazzy Star
Ministry
Miss Kittin
Missing Persons
Moby
Morningwood
Morrissey
Peter Murphy
Muse
My Chemical Romance
My Life with Thrill Kill Kult
Mylo
Rick Nelson
New Order
New York Dolls
Nine Inch Nails
Gary Numan
Paul Oakenfold
Peaches
Iggy Pop
Portishead
The Postal Service
Elvis Presley
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Princess Superstar
Psychedelic Furs
Pulp
Armen Ra
Redd Kross
The Ramones
Roxy Music
Sex Pistols
She Wants Revenge
Shiny Toy Guns
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Sisters of Mercy
Skinny Puppy
The Birthday Massacre
The Smiths
Tommie Sunshine
Patti Smith
Social Distortion
Soft Cell
The Sounds
Specimen
T.S.O.L.
Tears for Fears
Tegan and Sara
This Mortal Coil
Thompson Twins
Tiga
Tones on Tail
VHS or BETA
Velvet Underground
Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black
Violent Femmes
Butch Walker
Weezer
White Rose Movement
Wolfsheim
Yazoo

Movies:

Basquiat, I Shot Andy Warhol, Secretary, Frida, Edward Scissorhands, Lost Boys, Silence of the Lambs, The Wedding Singer, Freeway, DICK, Sid and Nancy, Clueless, Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, Beetlejuice, Corpse Bride, 24 Hour Party People, Crash...

Television:

24, House, ANTM

Books:

Disco Bloodbath (Party Monster), The Invitation, Andy Warhol: from A-B and back again, Popism
SO MANY PARTIES...
NEW YORK
Muffinhead and Amber Ray at "All Tomorrow's Parties"
Sparkleteria, Constance, Joey Arias, Richie Rich at Happy Valley
Malkavich, Cindy Crawford, Miranda Moondust at the Stephen Knoll Party at Indochine
Dee Dee Luxe and Axle Rose at the Victoria's Secret party at Show
Traver Rains, Amanda Lepore, Richie Rich and Amber Ray at Happy Valley
Richie Rich and Susanne Bartsch at the Heatherette Party at Happy Valley
With Amber Ray at the Marc Jacobs Blondie/RnR Hall of Fame Party
Moodust, Patrick McDonald, and Malkavich at Indochine/Stephen Knoll party
Marlborough Gallery
Anton Perich and Taylor Meade at Galapagos
Leee Black Childers and Debbie Harry
LOS ANGELES - bluespace
With Dave Navaro at bluespace
Fetish Jade with David J
With James St. James at bluespace
Rikki Rockett and VK7 at bluespace
With Michael Pilmer and Mark Mothersbaugh at bluespace
Margaret Cho with Amber Ray at bluespace
With Steve Diet Geodde at bluespace
Muffinhead, Amber Ray, and James St. James at bluespace
Bluespace Crew with Nina Hagen at the gallery
Hot Chicks...Myself and Moonlyn
I shot this cover. Pretty Sweeeet, no?

Heroes:


Andy Warhol (Photo by: Anton Perich)

Nick Rhodes

And this one is from the "Out of My Mind" Video by Dean Karr- Nick in female dandy drag! Brilliance I tell you!

Richard Avedon

Leee Black Childers

Anton Perich

Penny Arcade - Photo by ME!

My big Merl AKA Merlin the Majick Kitty by Sam Saturday- thank you!!

and the real Merlin... my dreamy kitty...

My Blog

I VANT to be ALONE!

But I can't, apparently, even when I am inside my home! No, peeping pepe loves to come visit me at night. Tonight I went out there and busted his ass and told him next time I catch him I'm going to ta...
Posted by Heidi bluegirl on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:55:00 PST

Remember bluespace??

Well, I have heard the building, along with Gear's amazing artwork that immortalized it's walls forever as BLUESPACE, is going down soon. Once an unimaginably filthy, giant cockroach infested sweatsho...
Posted by Heidi bluegirl on Mon, 19 May 2008 07:59:00 PST

Take my art!!

Help me by taking it off my hands - and out of my closet!!I'll sell stuff SUPER cheap- as low as $50 for some pieces. Contact me now and make me an offer on a piece. I have 8X10 signed/framed prints (...
Posted by Heidi bluegirl on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:24:00 PST

ONE NIGHT STAND info!

Numa Perrier presents the second bi-annualONE NIGHT STAND an evening of film fotography and fearless artexploring the theme Pillow Talk Tableau Vivant ("living picture")installation "CES REVES BLEUS...
Posted by Heidi bluegirl on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:39:00 PST

ONE NIGHT STAND: PILLOW TALK

I shall be doing my very first performance art piece at this show which will be a tableau vivant within my art installation. I am excited!!IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact:  Numa Perrier 323. 39...
Posted by Heidi bluegirl on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:15:00 PST

RUST PRESS RELEASE! More artists to come...

RUST Press Release   IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Heidi Calvert [email protected] www.bluegirlproductions.com   RUST   bluegirl Productions presents "RUST", a multi...
Posted by Heidi bluegirl on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:52:00 PST

RUST : Coming November 10th to Gladstone’s Malibu

My next art party shall be decadant, yet edgy and it will take place in Malibu.  The concept here is "RUST"... artists will interpret this concept making environmental and/or emotional statement...
Posted by Heidi bluegirl on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:28:00 PST

NAKED Press Release

IMMEDIATE RELEASEPress Contact: Heidi [email protected] Dbluegirl Productions presents "Naked", a multi-media art party where artist curator Heidi Calvert cha...
Posted by Heidi bluegirl on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:22:00 PST

NAKED lineup...

bluegirl Productions presents:In association with DREAMLAND LOFTNAKEDSaturday, September 8at Dreamland Loft1049 E. 32nd St.Los Angeles, 900119PM-1AMPerformances promptly at 9:30! $7 donation at doo...
Posted by Heidi bluegirl on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:49:00 PST

Roll call for NAKED at Dreamland Loft

Here is who I have so far...Yours "Bluely" ;) Heidi CalvertVK7Dave NazOrianaDame DarcyBrad MillerEban LehrerJezebelle XMolly Crabapple (NYC)Ashes Monroe (PARIS)Ozzie RosalesCynthia CodesidoEleventhree...
Posted by Heidi bluegirl on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:19:00 PST