aunts is
a performance collective rooted in joy, care, experimentation, and community.
inspired by the collective power of aunties—those bold, nurturing, fly-as-hell guides who shape us—we create space for artists to gather, move, play, and be witnessed.
AUNTS is where movement meets memory, where legacy becomes action.
we make you a plate. we hold your hand. we tell it like it is.
we are your biggest fans, your fiercest protectors, your day ones.
we are AUNTS.
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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, and is currently organized by jess pretty.
auntie jess, Steph and Jas @ the Mother’s Day Block Party
photo credit: Cassie Dietrich