Simply Shibori, Easy Indigo Workshop

Barbara Setsu Pickett and Michael Tadao Pickett, Mihara Shibori Studio
Saturday, February 7, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
$40 ($36 JSMA members)
Learn how to pattern cloth using simply, quick shibori resist techniques and learn how to dye with instant indigo and other easy dyes. Each participant will receive two silk scarves to resist and dye. The emphasis is on low-impact, non-toxic processes. Children are welcome.
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Jennifer Wall, Reframe @ LumpWest on Friday, Feb. 13, 2009

Opening Reception:  Friday, February 13th, 2009
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM with musical guest Susurri

Location: LumpWest
2493 Harris Street
Eugene Oregon 97405

Jennifer Wall, Reframe

After a long hiatus, local artist run project space LumpWest hits the ground running with Jennifer Wall and her site specific installation Reframe. Wall is currently an MFA student in Jewelry and Metalsmithing at the University of Oregon. She employs the use of a laser cutter in her work, navigating the intersection between the mechanical and the hand-crafted. With Reframe, Wall rethinks the cameo, juxtaposing the “idealized, framed” Victorian woman with the death/power/desire rhetoric of disembodied animal carcasses.

In her own words:

“My work investigates how cultural, social, political, historical and gender influences obscure our perceptions and dictate our relationship with objects and images. I look to create an inflation of the romanticized. I often think of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus while I am melting wax together to create the illusion of huge swells of hair, and I see many connections between Venus’ sea birth and the romanticism of her hair.”

Contact: Michael Salter, salter@uoregon.edu

Additional information:
http://www.jenniferwall.com
http://www.lumpwest.blogspot.com
http://www.myspace.com/susurri
http://www.michaelasalter.com

AAD Friday Forum: Marc Moscato

Marc Moscato: AAD Friday Forum (2/13/09)

Biography

Marc Moscato is an artist, curator and activist living in Portland, OR. His short films and videos have screened at film festivals, theaters and non-traditional spaces across the country, including the New York Underground Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Video Mundi Festival and many more.

Moscato has more than 10 years experience working in marketing and communications and has worked for the Museum of Contemporary Craft, City Club of Portand, Microcosm Publishing, Peripheral Produce and the Squeaky Wheel, in addition to directing DIY arts center, “My House” in Eugene, OR, 2001-2003.

My Life in 75 Slides

Marc Moscato, AAD Alumnus, 2003, presents a slide lecture on working from both the margins of radical Do It Yourself (DIY) culture and from within city policy in affecting community change. Covering his involvement in anti-globalization organizing, directing a DIY center and working for Portland’s premier arts and cultural institutions, Moscato will also speak about how place and social history continues to inform his work.

For more information on Marc Moscato visit:
http://marcmoscato.com