knit-a-thon -Sifu Design Studio & Fine Yarns is a creative hub where people meet and share Ideas!

I am in the process of opening a shop in Chicago, I want to create a hub of creative people, artists, crafters, fiber artists, and host a fund raiser for this space. I want to create a network of these artists to come and share ideas/collaborate on projects. Sifu Design Studio & Fine Yarns is a creative hub where people meet and share Ideas!

I want to have a kind of knit-a-thon where people pledge per inch of fabric knit or per hour knitting. The entire thing would be video taped, over time-lapse video. People would come with their scrap yarn see how long we can all knit for. There would also be a silent auction of pieces while the knit-a-thon is going on. This could be the type of event were we could have a life feed on my web site, and just like PBS, have people call in and donate to the cause. The cause of uniting fiber artists, getting knitting known as a not just a feminine craft but as a community building activity. Where people can stitch and bitch, and be strong, and where men can create things, and not be afraid that they are stereotypically "girly" for doing so. That knitting and the needle arts is an art form!!

This is my project I did a while back, but I would really like to see it revived!

http://www.communitycaston.blogspot.com/

I would like to do a performance piece where knitters or crocheters gather together in the WCA conference in February, where during the speeches/lectures people are knitting 3"x3" color squares that will be put together by myself as a giant afghan or quilt. But this image will be of a giant penis, or a giant vagina. Something having to do with gender identification. Knitting or hand needle work is considered a traditionally female craft and a homemakers job where you knit your kids a sweater, knit your hubby a scarf, knit yourself a teapot cozy. These things are well and good but i want to challenge the idea of a feminine craft with a juxtaposed image as strangely jarring as a penis. And since this is going to be put together over time it could be that people don't realize what it is until most of the image is done. I am hoping to video tape hundreds of knitters in New York knitting in public places (like the subway, busses, coffee shops, parks) and in the conference to knit these squares that would be put together and then displayed at the Ceres Gallery in the summer of 2011. The piece could be put together at the conference in February if we have enough knitters, or at the gallery in the summer. However the piecing together would be time-lapsed so you can see this process unfold in a few minuets.

Performance in the winter conference for the show at "Ceres" gallery in The summer of 2011.

Let me know what you think.

Lisa Whiting

Artist/ Designer/ Teacher/ Owner

Sifu Design Studio & Fine Yarns

5044 N. Clark St.

Chicago, IL 60640

313.930.2388

sifudesignstudio@gmail.com

Proposals for panel, poster and open forum sessions for the CAA Conference 2011 in New York City

The Feminist Art Project and the Institute for Women and Art would like to invite College Art Association members to submit proposals for panel, poster and open forum sessions for the CAA Conference 2011 in New York City. We encourage you to propose sessions that address the theme of: Feminism, Diversity and Globalism.  That theme is one of several selected by CAA for their Centennial celebration . It was originally proposed by a coalition of groups including ArtTable, The Feminist Art Project, and Women's Caucus for Art , along with several CAA committees. The Feminist Art Project will be presenting TFAP@CAA, an extraordinary day of feminist art panels and performances on Saturday, February 12 organized by Johanna Burton and Julia Bryan-Wilson.
Thank you,
Ferris Olin and Judith Brodsky
Directors, Institute for Women and Art
Connie Tell
Project Manager, The Feminist Art Project
tfap@rci.rutgers.edu
Beginning June 26, individual CAA members may submit a session proposal for the centennial Annual Conference, taking place February 12, 2011, in New York. Proposals should cover the breadth of current thought and research in art, art and architectural history, theory and criticism, pedagogical issues, museum and curatorial practice, conservation, and developments in technology.

The Annual Conference Committee welcomes session proposals that include the work of established artists and scholars, along with that of younger scholars, emerging and mid-career artists, and graduate students. Particularly welcome are those sessions that highlight interdisciplinary work. Artists are especially encouraged to propose sessions appropriate to dialogue and information exchange relevant to artists.

Session proposals are only taken online; paper forms and postal mailings are not accepted. To set up an account, please email Lauren Stark, CAA manager of programs, who will register your email address and provide you with a password.
Or visit the CAA main website and click on "Conference" then "Proposals": http://www.collegeart.org/

Open Call

Women Artists Archive Directory | Call for Participation

ALL ARCHIVAL REPOSITORIES holding primary source materials of and about women visual artists active in the U.S. since 1945 are invited to be included in WAAND, the Women Artists Archives National Directory, an innovative Web directory developed by Rutgers University Libraries.

Please make plans to list your collections with WAAND and make your holdings known to interested scholars and students around the world. WAAND will go live to users during summer 2006. You can learn more about WAAND at . WAAND is designed to become a powerful research tool for scholars, students, artists, and collecting institutions around the world. WAAND will direct users to the location of the papers of contemporary women visual artists and to the records of organizations of women artists active in the U.S. The development of WAAND has been funded by the Getty Foundation.

Visit the WAAND directory input form online.

E-mail: WAAND@rci.rutgers.edu
Website: waand.rutgers.edu

Open Call

The Jacksonville International Airport Arts Commission is seeking local 3D artists to showcase at the Jacksonville International Airport (which receives over 5 million visitors annually).

Artwork will be displayed in 4 glass kiosks in the main terminal building for a period of 3 months. Discrete sales are permitted during this time.

To download an application please visit www.JIAarts.org and click on artist opportunities.

Submissions are always accepted, but gallery scheduling will begin soon so please respond ASAP. Any questions contact Faith Jordan, program coordinator at fjordan@jaa.aero or 904.741.3546

Open Call

The Illinois State Committee of the National Museum of Women

Join the Illinois State Committee of NMWA as we celebrate Illinois women artists in our 4th Annual Grants Exhibition. This year, we are excited to announce that Karen Irvine, Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, will be our juror.

We will select a group of photographers to be included in an exhibition at Roosevelt University's Gage Gallery at 18 S. Michigan Ave, and/or on the Committee's web site at www.ilnmwa.org Two of the artists will be chosen as receipients of the Illinois NMWA grant of $500 each.

Visit www.ilnmwa.org, and click on the EVENTS page in the main menu.

The Illinois State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts was formed in 1989 to assist the Museum in its mission to honor women's achievements - both past and present - in all of the arts. The committee promotes greater awareness of those achievements through exhibitions and education programs. The exhibitions include an annual juried awards exhibition and invitational exhibitions highlighting the work of emerging women artists.