aunts is

a gathering.


a space for artists to take risks, try things out, and be together.

we make performances, parties, classes, festivals — experiments in care and collective creation.


each event is a reminder that art can happen anywhere, that community is the medium, and that being together is the work.

AUNTS is artist-run, ever-evolving, and always listening for what’s needed now:
a little joy, a little movement, something shared, something new

the collective was founded by Jmy James Kidd and Rebecca Brooks in 2005, co-organized by Liliana Dirks-Goodman and Laurie Berg from 2009-2020, in 2021 AUNTS was organized by Laurie Berg, Jessie Young, Shana Crawford, Jordan Lloyd, Kadie Henderson and Larissa Velez-Jackson and is currently organized by jess pretty.

auntie jess @ the AUNTS fetival in June 2025

photo credit: Tony Turner