Charlotte Street Foundation presents The Craft, Care & Justice Hub @ Project Space Gallery
An 8-Evening Event Series Focusing on the Issue of Violence in its Myriad Forms
Co-Organized by NedRa Bonds, Diane Burkholder (OneStruggle KC), Anna-Maria Kretzer, Janet Moss (The New Jim Crow Reading Group) & Danny Orendorff
12.1.14 – 12.19.14
Monday, December 1 though Friday, December 19, 2014, Charlotte Street Foundation’s Project Space Gallery (21 E. 12th St., KCMO) will become The Craft, Care & Justice Hub, home to an 8-evening series of free-to-attend events addressing the issue of violence in its myriad forms. Co-organized by 2014-15 Curator-in-Residence Danny Orendorff with local artist NedRa Bonds and independent curator Anna-Maria Kretzer, this series will include film-screenings, pop-up exhibitions, a book-club, artist talks, open forum discussions, and presentations by area social-workers and activists. On view for the duration of the project will be a small selection of artwork curated by Kretzer, an informal library, and a feedback graffiti wall capturing attendee thoughts on each of the presentations. Images Below. Full Press Release
Read my extended essay on the work of NedRa Bonds and this collaboration on Art Practical:
“Say Yes, Show Up, and Bring Somebody With You.” NedRa Bonds and the Story of The Craft, Care & Justice Hub, Danny Orendorff, Art Practical, 6.3 / Dimensions: Expanded Measures of Textiles (Ed. Namita Gupta Wiggers), 2.26.15
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Monday, December 1, 2014 | 6-8pm
ALTERNATE ENDINGS: Day With(out) Art Video Program & Discussion
Thursday, December 4, 2014 | 6:30-8:30pm
THE NEW JIM CROW: Reading & Action Circle – Session 1: Introduction & Chapter 1
Saturday, December 6, 2014 | 3-5pm
ONE STRUGGLE KC: Community Healing Project – Session 1
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 | 6:30-8:30pm
THE NEW JIM CROW: Reading & Action Circle – Session 2: Chapters 2 & 3
Monday, December 15, 2014 | 6-8pm
ART & ACTION ADDRESSING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 | 6:30-8:30pm
THE NEW JIM CROW: Reading & Action Circle – Session 3: Chapters 4 & 5
Thursday, December 18, 2014 | 5:30-7:30pm
THE NEW JIM CROW: Reading & Action Circle – Session 4: Chapter 6
Thursday, December 18, 2014 | 7:45-10pm
RESISTANT HISTORY: Screenings & Discussion
Friday, December 19 | 6-8pm
ONE STRUGGLE KC: Community Healing Project – Session 2
