'Doll Lady' is no dummy
Diverse dolls promote non-violent message
Cassandra Harwood
Issue date: 2/28/08 Last update: 2/28/08 at 6:07 AM PST
Section: Features
"I want to be known not as a starving artist, but a giving artist," Williams stressed. This desire to give is where "Domestics Unlimited" came into play. In 1984, the young entrepreneur started Domestics Unlimited as a community service program to provide nanny and maid services to single parents and elderly.
Decades later, around 2003, Williams was aware of the high level of youth violence in the Oakland area. In response to the violence, which she saw as a product of misplaced anger and frustration by its perpetuators, Williams reinvented Domestics Unlimited as a theatre group geared towards young performers and artists.
Using revenue from her art sales to pay the necessary deposits to rent various show and theatre spaces, she held her first show-"Stop the Violence-Music Heals" at Berkeley's Julia Morgan Center for the Arts in June 2003.
This June, Domestics Unlimited will hold its annual performance at Oakland's Humanist Hall at 390 27th St., where Williams will perform the character "Mrs. Hamilton," whom she describes as "A 1930s blast from the past who talks to youth about the good ol' days in contrast to modern society."
Williams plans to organize a 6-week art and improvisation summer camp for teens in June on a first-come, first-serve basis.
For more information about upcoming Domestics Unlimited events, visit www.domesticsunlimitedcherriewilliams.com or call 510-482-5810.
Decades later, around 2003, Williams was aware of the high level of youth violence in the Oakland area. In response to the violence, which she saw as a product of misplaced anger and frustration by its perpetuators, Williams reinvented Domestics Unlimited as a theatre group geared towards young performers and artists.
Using revenue from her art sales to pay the necessary deposits to rent various show and theatre spaces, she held her first show-"Stop the Violence-Music Heals" at Berkeley's Julia Morgan Center for the Arts in June 2003.
This June, Domestics Unlimited will hold its annual performance at Oakland's Humanist Hall at 390 27th St., where Williams will perform the character "Mrs. Hamilton," whom she describes as "A 1930s blast from the past who talks to youth about the good ol' days in contrast to modern society."
Williams plans to organize a 6-week art and improvisation summer camp for teens in June on a first-come, first-serve basis.
For more information about upcoming Domestics Unlimited events, visit www.domesticsunlimitedcherriewilliams.com or call 510-482-5810.
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Cherrie Williams
posted 4/03/08 @ 2:42 PM PST
New found stength connection... Thank You
I will never forget you,and your teamwork.
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