Justin Vivian Bond Instagram – 2023: A Major Year
Wrote SEVEN new Shows:
A Julie Valentine/London Calling (February, March)
JVB’s Birthday Bouquet (May)
What Have You Done For Me Legislately? (June)
Manchester Festival: One Night in Trans Vegas (July)
Sex With Strangers (November)
Oh Come Let Us Adore Them (December)
Icing (December)
Toured:
OAOA: Spoleto Festival (June), Dublin Fringe (September)
Kiki & Herb: DC, NYC, Chicago, Dallas, Austin, San Francisco, LA (December)
Sang at Carnegie Hall:
Music & Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 60s, Zankel Hall (November)
Traveled Internationally:
Puerto Vallarta (January)
London (March, May, September)
Paris (March)
Dublin (September)
Lisbon (September)
Deaths:
Mom (January)
Aunt Sandra (February)
Ian Falconer (March)
Heklina (April)
Jon Bush (July)
Nancy Brooks Brody (December)
Physically:
Turned 60 (May)
Broken Foot (September)
Covid (September)
Visual Art:
Group Show “Between Us” at @alexandergrayassociates (September)
Favorite Art Exhibitions and Shows:
Aknahtan, ENO (March)
Fierce Pussy Palais fe Tokyo (march)
@JerryStafford Rara Arvis, White Cube Paris (March)
@bobbijenesmith, Palais Garnier (March)
Champion, Metropolitan Opera (April)
@jonathan.anderson On Foot, Otter Waterman, London (September)
@LindaEvangelista, Cadogan Hall, London (September)
Best Meal:
60th Birthday Dinner prepared by @hamilton_gabrielle and @ashmerriman at Prune (May)
Gratitude:
That I was able to care for my dying mother and be with her when she slipped back into the great unknown, and for the profound grace we were blessed with during her illness and death
For my sister @mammacbd1 and her family
For the wonderful lifelong friends and close extended family members who supported me through that difficult time and who have been there to hold me up when I’ve needed support during this year of hard work and grieving.
For my cats
For my art, which sustains me
For everyone who has come to see me perform this year
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