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Saturday, Oct 1, 2011
4pm-7pm
Ben Maltz Gallery
Free Admission & ParkingAt 4pm Artist Linda Vallejo will conduct an opening ceremony to honor the legacy of the women at the Woman’s Building. The ceremony will pay homage to the elements of earth, water, fire, and air, the four cardinal directions, mother earth, father sky, and the great spirit. An altar will be built with special items donated by members of the audience that recall the relationships, memories and accomplishments of the Woman’s Building community.
From 5pm to 7pm there will be a performance by The Waitresses called Order Up! A woman dressed as a waitress with a serving tray follows a customer dressed in costume who drops money for her to pick up. As the waitress bends down, her outfit reveals her sexually, as on of the “rules” is “the sexier the waitress, the bigger the tip.”
Book launch for two volume set: From Site to Vision: the Woman’s Building in Contemporary Culture and Doin’ It in Public Feminism and Art at the Woman’s Building, $55
Book signing with Judy Chicago and Jill Fields for the new publication: Entering the Picture: Judy Chicago, the Fresno Feminist Art Program, and the Collective Visions of Women Artists (2011 Routledge).
Gallery Open
Sunday, Oct 2, 10am-5pm
Ben Maltz Gallery
Free Admission & Parking
Ben Maltz Gallery is open on Sunday for the opening weekend of Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980.
Show ‘n Tell
Thursdays
12-12:30pm
Oct 6, 13, 20, 27
Nov 3, 10, 17
Dec 1 / Jan 19, 26
Ben Maltz Gallery
Free Admission & Parking
Most Thursdays throughout the run of the exhibition, a case in the exhibition is opened to share a closer look at some of the artists’ books, graphic materials, and historical artifacts on display.
Check Otis Calendar for info on specific materials to be shown.
Convening
Saturday and Sunday
Oct. 15 and 16
Still Doin’ It: Fanning the Flames of the Woman’s Building
Part convening, part symposium, part reunion, part performance, this event is a dialogue between feminist arts then and now. Includes reading at Antioch and concert at the Skirball.
Pacific Standard Time
Fri & Sat, Oct 21 & 22
10am-5pm
Free Admission & Parking
Westside Pacific Standard Time Partners Event
Screening
Sat, Nov 5, 2pm
Otis Forum
Free Admission & Parking
Screening of Mother Art Tells Her Story followed by a tour of the exhibition by Mother Art, a collective of 8 women artists from 1973-1986 working on social and political issues, using performance, video, photography, installation and personal narratives. As mothers, they addressed issues that affect women and children. Video interview with original members Deborah Krall, Christy Kruse, Helen Million, Laura Silagi, and Suzanne Siegel.
Screening
Sun, Nov 13, 7:30pm
Spielberg Theater at
the Egyptian / $10
Purchase tickets online at
Brown Paper Tickets
Otis and the LA Film Forum present:
Doin’ It on Tape: Video from the Woman’s Building, Jerri Allyn and Alexandra Juhasz present video artworks, public service announcements and documentary footage from the Woman’s Building and the L.A. Women’s Video Center. www.lafilmforum.com
Reading
Monday, Nov 14
6:30pm / Free
Annenberg Community
Beach House
The New Short Fiction Series presents Telling Stories: The Woman’s Building Writers Workshop featuring work by Bia Lowe, Deena Metzger and Terry Wolverton, and performed by Jesse Holcomb, Barbara Keegan and Sally Shore.
The evening includes a panel moderated by Cheryl Klein, director of Poets & Writers, Inc West as part of the City of Santa Monica’s Beach=Culture series at the Annenberg Community Beach House.
Register at Beach=Culture
Lecture
Saturday, Dec 3, 11am
Ben Maltz Gallery
Free Admission & Parking
The Waitresses: Jerri Allyn and Anne Gauldin
Lecture by original members of The Waitresses and Sisters of Survival, collaborative performance groups at the Woman’s Building.
Lecture
Saturday, Jan 14, 2012
11am
Ben Maltz Gallery
Free Admission & Parking
Feminist Art Workers: Cheri Gaulke and Laurel Klick
Lecture by original members of Feminist Art Workers, a collaborative performance group at the Woman’s Building.
Conference
Saturday, Feb 25, 2012
9am-5pm
MOCA
Free Admission
Shares and Stakeholders
The Feminist Art Project:
100th Annual College Art Association Conference
This year’s Feminist Art Project day of panels organized by artists Audrey Chan and Elana Mann gauges the present and future of feminist artistic thought and practice. What are the stakes—and who are the stakeholders—of the feminist future? The day’s conversations will reflect the greater inclusivity of a contemporary feminist art that embraces a multiplicity of identities and philosophies.
Full details and schedule:
http://sharesandstakeholders.com
Closing Reception
Sunday, Feb 26
3-5pm
Ben Maltz Gallery
Free Admission &
Parking
Artist Linda Vallejo will conduct a closing ceremony to thank Otis and those individuals responsible for making the exhibition possible. The ceremony will pay homage to the elements of earth, water, fire, and air, the four cardinal directions, mother earth, father sky, and the great spirit. An altar, built for the opening ceremony of the exhibition, will be dismantled and items given away to visitors as a rememberance of the Woman’s Building community and to share renewed creative energy with a new generation.
OCTOBER 1, 2011 – JANUARY 28, 2012
BEN MALTZ GALLERY
This exhibition, two-volume publication, website, and public programs documents, contextualizes and pays tribute to the groundbreaking work of feminist artists and art collectives that were centered at the Los Angeles Woman’s Building in the 1970s and 1980s. It highlights collaborative production and features work by Ariadne: A Social Network, Chrysalis, Feminist Art Workers, The Incest Awareness Project, LA Women’s Video Center, Lesbian Art Project, Great American Lesbian Art Show (GALAS), Madre Tierra, Mother Art, Natalie Barney Collective, Sisters Of Survival, The Waitresses, Women’s Graphic Center, Writers Workshop, and so much more.
RESOURCES
Find out about related events, watch videos, find readings, and more at www.otis.edu/benmaltzgallery
Share your Woman’s Building story
www.wbexhibit.otis.edu/contribution
TOURS
To schedule a group tour of the exhibition for students, businesses, or organizations please email galleryinfo@otis.edu
OpENiNg FESTiviTiES
Saturday, October 1, 4pm–7pm 4pm
Opening ceremony performed by artist Linda Vallejo
5pm
The Waitresses perform Order Up!
Launch for two-volume exhibition publication:
From Site to Vision: the Woman’s Building in Contemporary Culture
and
Doin’t It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman’s Building
(books sold as set, $55)
Book signing with Judy Chicago and Jill Fields for the
new publication: Entering the Picture: Judy Chicago, the Fresno Feminist Art Program, and the Collective Visions of Women Artists (2011 Routledge).
Reception Sponsors:
Cake Divas of Los Angeles: Leigh Grode & Joan Spitter
Sunday, October 2, 10am–5pm
Gallery is open this Sunday as part of the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time opening weekend celebration.
Unless otherwise noted, all public programs are free and located on the Main Campus at 9045 Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles 90045.
STill DOiN’ iT:
FANNiNg ThE FlAmES OF ThE
WOmAN’S BUilDiNg
Part symposium/convening/reunion, this two-day event offers a dialogue between feminist artists then and now.
Saturday, October 15 1pm–3pm
Share your WB Story on video at Otis
3–4pm
Tour of the Otis exhibition with visiting scholars Alexandra Juhasz, Jennie Klein, Michelle Moravec, and Jenni Sorkin
6:30pm
Reception and Reading
at Antioch University, 400 Corporate Pointe Culver City 90230, www.antiochla.edu
Reading begins at 7:15pm
with WB Writers: Gloria Alvarez, Wanda Coleman, Eloise Klein Healy, Bia Lowe, Deena Metzger, Terry Wolverton, and MitsuyeYamada
Sunday, October 16 9:00am–2:30pm
Artists’ presentations and conversation at Otis with Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Susan E. King, Suzanne Lacy, Onya Hogan-Finlay, Elana Mann, Audrey Chan, Anne Swartz, Feminist Art Workers, The Waitresses, and others
Tickets: General $25; Students & Faculty $10 available online at www.brownpapertickets.com
4–5pm
Concert at the Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepeulveda Blvd, Los Angeles 90049 This is Your Life: the Woman’s Building Hosted by Phranc, the All American Jewish Lesbian Folksinger.
Tickets: $25 General, $20 Skirball Members, $15 Full-Time Students, and available online at www.skirball.org/programs
SCREENiNgS
Saturday, November 5 2pm
The premiere of Mother Art Tells Her Story in the Otis Forum followed by a gallery tour with members of Mother Art
Sunday, November 13 7:30pm
Spielberg Theater at the Egyptian
6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles 90028 Doin’ It on Tape:
Video from the Woman’s Building
Jerri Allyn and Alexandra Juhasz present video artworks, public service announcements and docu- mentary footage from the WB and the L.A. Women’s Video Center
Tickets: General $10, available online at www.lafilmforum.com
READiNg
Monday, November 14 6:30pm
Annenberg Community Beach House
415 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica 90402
Telling Stories, The New Short Fiction Series presents the Woman’s Building Writers Workshop featuring work by Bia Lowe, Deena Metzger and Terry Wolverton, and performed by Jesse Holcomb, Bar- bara Keegan and Sally Shore. The evening includes
a panel moderated by Cheryl Klein, director Poets & Writers, Inc. West as part of Beach=Culture series. Register for this free event at www.newshortfictionseries.com
gAllERY TOURS
Saturday, december 3 11am
Gallery tour with The Waitresses and Sisters Of Survival
Saturday, January 14 11am
Gallery Tour with Feminist Art Workers
ClOSiNg RECEpTiON
Saturday, January 28 3pm–5pm
Closing reception and ceremony performed by artist Linda Vallejo
WB ShOW N’ TEll
Thursdays 12pm–12:30pm
Gallery staff opens a case to share a closer look at the artist books, graphics, and historical artifacts on display.
October 6, 13, 20, 27 November 3, 10, 17 December 1
January 19, 26
For a complete listing of exhibition programs visit: www.otis.edu/calendar.