A Feminist Tea Party
dal 10/4/2011 al 14/4/2011
Segnalato da
New York Foundation for the Arts
10/4/2011
A Feminist Tea Party
New York Foundation for the Arts NYFA, New York
A week-long residency event presented through NYFA's Curatorial Program. Caitlin Rueter and Suzanne Stroebe revisit the consciousness-raising groups of the 1970''s in the set of a midcentury tea party. Each day a different co-host or team of co-hosts will introduce a discussion or event, engaging guests in casual conversation surrounding a topic related to feminism that they have chosen for this space.
NYFA is pleased to announce A Feminist Tea Party, a week-long residency event presented through NYFA's Curatorial Program.
A Feminist Tea Party at NYFA is Caitlin Rueter and Suzanne Stroebe's first solo exhibition for their collaborative project A Feminist Tea Party. A Feminist Tea Party lies somewhere between a performance, an installation and a participatory event. Rueter and Stroebe will be welcoming guests for tea, sweets and informal conversation daily in the NYFA Gallery from 12 noon until 5 o'clock during the week of April 11th, 2011.
Provoked by the Tea Party protests, A Feminist Tea Party recasts the "tea party" as a playful, progressive, inquisitive and inclusive space. At its inception, the project was only meant to last for an afternoon. It has now continued for over a year, and is constantly re-imagined as it finds new audiences, spaces, and participants.
Stroebe and Rueter revisit the consciousness-raising groups of the 1970's in the set of a midcentury tea party. Rather than recreating the exclusive environment of the historical consciousness-raising groups, or the homogeneous scene typical of the historical tea party, they include a wider cast of discussants, conflating the past and present to create an environment where essential and discomfiting issues can be discussed freely and with a sense of humor.
Each day a different co-host or team of co-hosts will introduce a discussion or event, engaging guests in casual conversation surrounding a topic related to feminism that they have chosen for this space. Please see below for a schedule.
Everyone is welcome to participate regardless of your gender, your political persuasion or
whether you identify as feminist.
Schedule of events:
Monday April 11, 2-4pm
"Feminist Swag : Bitches and Hoes in contemporary Rap and Hip Hop"
Co-host: Jenn Dierdorf
Tuesday April 12, 2-4pm
"Pop Music and Feminism"
Co-host: damali abrams
Wednesday April 13, 4:30-6pm
"Male / Female (Check One)
A discussion of how our gender defines (and/or doesn't) our everyday life"
Co-hosts: Jennifer Dalton and William Powhida
Thursday April 14, 2-4pm
"Activism in Performance: Representing Women"
Co-hosts: Jaimianne Amicucci, Autumn Horne and Bonnie MacAllister
Friday April 15, TBA
For more information, visit A Feminist Tea Party's blog: http://www.afeministteaparty.wordpress.com
Image: Photograph by Artist Eva Weiss: Lois Weaver in Beauty and the Beast
Monday, April 11 - Friday, April 15, 2011
NYFA Gallery
20 Jay Street, 7th floor, Brooklyn, New York
12noon until 5pm daily
Free and open to the public