Article by Rach and Nic
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp (BAGRC) is a nonprofit that was formed in 2008 after being inspired by Portland, Oregon’s own Girls Rock and Roll Camp. BAGRC is committed to fostering teamwork, creativity, and confidence in female identified youth through the use of music. BAGRC recently wrapped up its last camp session of 2013, which culminated in a showcase of 16 original songs written and performed by each camp band.
Guiding the campers through the musical week was a group of mentors comprised primarily of volunteers, with several interns and staff members. This venerable group of adults ranged from late teens to mid 60s and encompassed a variety of musical backgrounds from zero experience to decades of musical involvement. In addition to their musical endeavors, many volunteers and staff also were sporting tattoos that ranged from intricate gun tattoos to those of the stick and poke variety.
The volunteers took some time out of their busy schedule for a guerrilla photo shoot and to talk with the SnP crew about themselves and their tats.
Zoe showing off her unfinished stick and poke. Why unfinished?!! She didn’t have an alcohol swab. (If only she had a stick and poke kit).
Alana has been with BAGRC for years, check out her impressive stick and poke tattoos below.
Carey is the BAGRC founder. She also found stick and poking at a young age.
And then proceeded to get some of them covered.
Gabby, getting ready for some screen printing with the campers. Her stick n poke was hard to get to. So we didn’t get there.
Chelsea’s stick and poke was tucked away but plenty of parlor tats on display. You can check out a couple of her band’s songs here.
Sabina, sporting some temporary marker art repping her campers’ band ;-)
Annah from Annah - Anti Palindrome facilitating a band practice and sporting her very nice calf envelope Stick and Poke.
This awesomely tatted volunteer shows off her ankle stick and poke (and her band's uni-brow theme of the day).