Animating the Archives

Animating the Archives: The Woman’s Building

A Metabolic Studio Special Project in Archiving

Opening Reception is May 13th, 2017 from 7:00-10:00PM
May 13 – June 3, 2017

Animating the Archives: the Woman’s Building is a Metabolic Studio Special Project in Archiving. Fifteen emerging Southern California women artists have created new works about the legacy of the Woman’s Building and the feminist art movement.

Featuring:
Johanna Breiding
CamLab (Anna Mayer and Jemima Wyman)
Teresa Flores (in collaboration with Maryam Hosseinzadeh)
Raquel Gutiérrez
Hackers of Resistance
Onya Hogan-Finlay (in collaboration with Phranc)
Carolina Ibarra-Mendoza
Marissa Magdalena
J. Alex Mathews
Felicia ‘Fe’ Montes
Cindy Rehm
Gladys Rodriguez
Hana Ward
Lisa Diane Wedgeworth
Diana Wyenn

Sat, May 13
7-10 p.m. : Exhibit Opening

Sat, May 20
1-4 p.m. : CamLab Miniatures Workshop
7-10 p.m. : Feminist Fridays on Saturday Night, facilitated by Micol Hebron

Sun, May 21
2-4 p.m. : Las Palabras hosts the Women Writers Series

Sat, May 27
3pm : Gallery Talk by Charlotte Cotton, curator-in-residence, the Metabolic Studio, with artists from exhibit
7-10 p.m. : Performances by Raquel Gutierrez, Hackers of Resistance, Marissa Magdalena and J. Alex Mathews

Sun, May 28
2-4 p.m. : Reading by Lisa Diane Wedgeworth

Sat, June 3
1-4 p.m. : Feminist Art Worksharing, coordinated by Jerri Allyn
7 p.m. : The A-Vest Awards Honoring Women Artists, hosted by Onya Hogan-Finlay and Phranc
8-10 p.m. : Evening of Women’s Music featuring Alice Bag, Phranc, Upset, and other special guests


PRESS

Wondering Women: ‘Animating the Archives’ Channeled the Energy of Feminist Activity in L.A. from 1975 to 1991