Go! Push Pops, formally named The Push Pop Collective is a queer, transnational, radical Feminist art collective under the direction of Elisa Garcia de la Huerta (b. 1983 Santiago, Chile) and Katie Cercone (b. 1984 Santa Rosa, CA). History Go! Push Pops formed in 2010 at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) where both Cercone and Garcia obtained their MFA in 2011. Go! Push Pops studied with Marilyn Minter, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Dan Cameron, Kate Gilmore (artist) and Jacqueline Winsor while at SVA. At that time, painter Anna Souvorov (b. 1983 Moscow, Russia) was the third leader of the collective. Go! Push Pops first unofficial performance happened spontaneously during a visit to artist Portia Munson’s “Pink Project” at P.P.O.W. Gallery in Chelsea. Go! Push Pops have performed at The Brooklyn Museum, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, C24 Gallery, Momenta Art, Apexart, Dixon Place and Cue Art Foundation. Go! Push Pops has been artist-in-residence at Soho20 Chelsea gallery in New York City and Alexandra Arts in Manchester, UK. In 2014, Go! Push Pops was awarded the Culture Push Fellowship for Utopian Practice. Go! Push Pops were a featured artist of Robert Adanto's the F-Word, a documentary about 4th wave feminist art. Influences Go! Push Pops work is contemporary performance art from a standpoint of embodied feminist pedagogy grounded in the spiritual principles of Ecofeminist art and can be connected to the Goddess movement The work is characteristically sex-positive. Their work references the Feminist art movement, Dada, Fluxus, Neo-Burlesque, Shamanism, Hip-hop feminism, Culture jamming, Riot grrrl, Queercore and American popular culture. As a young adult, Push Pop co-leader Katie Cercone interned at Bitch (magazine) where she was introduced to Third-wave feminism and its critique of popular culture. Go! Push Pops also name the artist Narcissister as an important influence and have appeared as Narcissister "sisters" in shows at the New Museum, The Kitchen, Envoy enterprises and The Hole. About the work Go! Push Pops performance work is collaborative in nature and socially engaged. Many of their performances engage elements of hip hop and involve rapping as a form of embodied feminism. In addition to live performance they offer workshops for youth and adults. Glossy 11 x 17 in. Go! Push Pops posters documenting each performance was a classic fixture of their early work. Go! Push Pops often use free items from Materials for the Arts to make