in imaginative drawing and painting. Jessica Brand derived her inspiration to establish the non-profit artist run gallery from the passion and work produced by her aunt Alida Walsh (1933-2000), a New York City artist, educator and activist who worked in film, sculpture, and multi-media most active in the 1960s and 1970s. Bad Girrls Studios was also influenced by an important performance art space in Boston during that time, Mobius Artists Group, that brought cutting-edge performance artists to Boston through an international exchange program. Mobius had been founded by another member of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts community, instructor Marilyn Arsem. Some notable artists as well as studio members working in visual, media & performance art included Justin Lieberman, Dana Moser, Jeff Warmouth, Yoriko Shiraishi, Joan Pamboukes, Sister Spit, Jake the Puppet Master, Duncan Wilder Johnson, Dame Darcey and the Cha Cha Caberet. Bad Girrls Studios invited touring and local musical acts to produce events of musical genres ranging from jazz, opera, sound art, alternative rock, blue-grass, roots, mamba, punk rock and hardcore. Some notable musicians that performed at Bad Girrls Studios include: Saturnalia String Trio, Daniel Carter, Nmperign, Miracle Orchestra, Mamashoe, Babaloo, Marc Chillemi, Jossie Perez, Kaffe Mathews, Bonfire Madigan, Jessica Ryan, Mr. Airplane Man, Lars Vegas and Lightning Bolt. Other important arts-focused organizations located in Boston's Jamaica Plain's neighborhood during the 1990s include the Jamaica Plain Firehouse Arts Center, The Footlight Club, The Elliot School of Fire & Applied Arts, The Boston Photo Collaborative, Spontaneous Celebrations, Jamaica Plain Arts Council, and Green Street Gallery. References External links Event Works, Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) at MassArt Jamaica Plain Firehouse Arts Center Green Street Gallery/ Gallery @ Green Street, Jamaica Plain Boston Photo Collaborative, Jamaica Plain Babaloo Saturnalia String Trio Alida Walsh Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass. Alumni Profile, Rebecca Goldberg, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Feminist art organizations in the United States Art museums and galleries in Massachusetts 1996 establishments in Massachusetts 2000 disestablishments in Massachusetts Art galleries established in 1996 Art galleries disestablished in 2000 History of women in Massachusetts