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"The Counterfeit Crochet Project (Critique of a Political Economy)" installed at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, 3/08 - 6/08


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The Counterfeit Crochet Project is currently part of a big art exhibition in San Francisco! Along with an installation built especially for the gallery, informal drop-in Counterfeiting Workshops are being held in conjunction with the show. Details below:

Counterfeit Crochet Workshops!
Join us for informal workshops on counterfeit crocheting in conjunction with the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts exhibition “The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics.” The organizer will be on hand and you can swap counterfeiting tips, pick up a few new techniques and share your own black market stories!

Free with price of gallery admission. All workshops are on Saturdays from noon — 5pm on these dates:

March 29, April 19, May 10, May 24 and June 14, 2008

The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St. at Third St., San Francisco, CA
March 29 - June 29, 2008

Organized by YBCA, The Way That We Rhyme showcases the politically charged work of a new generation of women. Emphasizing performativity, collaboration and coalition building, the works are influenced by the feminist ideologies and activist movements of the past, while also speaking loudly and clearly to the issues facing women right now. Adhering to the notion that there is strength in numbers, the show culls together work from women of differing backgrounds and disciplines to highlight the common goals of their practices.

Artists include: Lisa Anne Auerbach, Andrea Bowers, Nao Bustamante, Tammy Rae Carland, Vaginal Davis, Eve Fowler with Math Bass, Deborah Grant, MK Guth, Taraneh Hemami, Miranda July and Shauna McGarry, LTTR, Leslie Labowitz and Suzanne Lacy, Aleksandra Mir, Laurel Nakadate, Shinique Smith, subRosa, SWOON and Tennessee Jane Watson, The Counterfeit Crochet Project organized by Stephanie Syjuco, The Toxic Titties, Jessica Tully, and RiotGrrl zines from the Independent Publishing Resource Center, Portland.


 


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