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Thursday, March 5, 2009
Crafty Handmade Nation Extravaganza!
Posted by Marjorie Skinner on Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Coming up the first weekend in April, the Museum of Contemporary Craft is hosting the Northwest premiere of Handmade Nation, the documentary film and accompanying book chronicling the rise of the modern craft movement (you can read my interview with the director and author, Faythe Levine, here). They're embellishing (haha, get it?) the event with a full day of craft-centric activities on Saturday, April 4 (they just launched a microsite with all the details): A panel discussion—er, I mean a CraftPerspectives Conversation with Levine as well as Susan Beal and Jill Bliss, among others, and moderated by the Museum's very cool curator, Namita Gupta Wiggers. There's also a "crochet-a-thon" with Mandy Greer, whose work is currently residing the Museum's first floor gallery space, an astonishing, forest-like installment of crocheted work (I reviewed the show here). And of course, there are the screenings: The fancy one is on Friday, April 3, and costs $25 to attend, but will go towards paying off the Levine's credit card debt, which is, unfortunately, what DIY financing usually boils down to in this country of ours. The $10 screening takes place on Saturday at noon, and you can conveniently stay put at the museum for the other activities, which are free. If you're interested, don't dilly dally: the screenings are at the Museum and there are only about 200 tickets available, so it's a distinct possibility that they will sell out.
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