Planning your week? Here is an idea...@ the American Folk Art Museum

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 6:00 pmCraft Activism—the book and the movement
With Joan Tapper and Gale Zucker

6 to 7:30 pm
Free for museum members
$10 for non-members
Includes refreshments

Space is limited. Tickets can be purchased below. To reserve member tickets, contact Elizabeth Kingman at 212. 265. 1040, ext. 346.

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“We make to give. We make to share. We make to connect with others. Crafters all over the world are using their hands and hearts to make a statement, change the world, and build community.”

Writer Joan Tapper and photographer Gale Zucker will discuss how the DIY movement has evolved beyond simply creating for pleasure to Craft Activism, or “craftivism,” in which craft of all types can be a much larger statement in a community. Following a book signing of Craft Activism: Ideas and Projects Powered by the New Community of Handmade and How You Can Do It Yourself, we will be making woven recycled plastic bag purses inspired by Austin artist Virginia Fleck.

Tapper and Zucker are also the authors of Shear Spirit: Ten Fiber Farms, Twenty Projects and Miles of Yarn. Visit their blog, Craftactivism.

MORE INFO http://www.folkartmuseum.org/index.php?p=folk&rd=8999&id=8998

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