Jane Addams Hull House Museum
800 S Halsted St
312.413.5353
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Knitting
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Thursday Aug 7, 2008 (5:30–7:30pm)
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The whispers echoing through contemporary-art galleries and museums in recent months have all been saying one thing: craft is back. Curator, filmmaker, and author Faythe Levine has been investigating the reasons behind the proliferation of needlework, crocheting, knitting, weaving, and other do-it-yourself design practices, and tonight screens a 20-minute segment from her work-in-progress, Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY Art, Craft, and Design. The excerpt is followed by a discussion about how DIY tendencies relate to feminism, aesthetics, labor, the art market, and the relationship between so-called "high art" and craft.
