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ELSEWHERE HOSTS PARTICULARLY EXCEPTIONAL RESIDENCY WITH TEXTILE ARTIST AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FRAU FIBER

June 10, 2010

Revolution Textiles, Elsewhere Collaborative’s new fabric workshop, features sewing machines from all eras for public use, displays of Elsewhere’s 58-year collection of vintage fabrics, and a mending station for Elsewhere’s vintage clothing collection. For the remainder of the 2010 season, Elsewhere Collaborative will host ongoing textile workshops led by artists across the globe.

Frau Fiber comes to Greensboro from a background of working globally as an itinerant textile worker in locations from Dublin to New Orleans to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. North Carolina’s rich textile industry history speaks through the collaborative quilting process with Frau Fiber.

During this particularly exceptional residency, Elsewhere event programming will focus on textile art practices and the regional industrial textile history. From June 12 – July 2, 2010, on Fridays and Saturdays, Frau Fiber works with museum visitors in the Elsewhere museum’s Revolution Textiles for open collaborative quilting hours. Collaborative quilting will go mobile throughout the Greensboro community on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12:00 – 4:00 PM. Elsewhere will host Downtown After Dinner Quilting with Frau Fiber Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays during the residency from 7:00 – 11:00 PM.

Frau is seeking community partners and groups to join in the construction of the collaborative quilt under her tutelage. Frau Fiber is also available for talks, lectures, and museum tours exploring her current projects, including Made In Haiti (http://madeinhaiti09.wordpress.com). Made In Haiti is an ongoing micro-textile-industry started in Haiti before the earthquake.

This particularly exceptional residency is supported with a project grant from the North Carolina Arts Council and with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, Andy Warhol Foundation, and the United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro.

www.elsewhereelsewhere.org/revolutiontextiles

www.fraufiber.com

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

JUNE 10 – JULY 2, 2010

*All events are free to participants, $1 donation for museum visitors

ONGOING PROGRAMMING

Collaborative Quilting Open Hours Fridays, Saturdays 1:00 – 11:00 PM, Join Frau Fiber for collaborative quilting in Revolution Textiles at Elsewhere’s living museum, individuals welcome all hours, call ahead to schedule a participatory group visit with Frau.

Sewing With the People On Location Wednesdays and Thursdays 12:00 – 4:00 PM, Frau Fiber takes the collaborative quilting on location to community groups throughout Greensboro.

Downtown After Dinner Quilting Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays 7:00 – 11:00 PM, Work with Frau Fiber at Revolution Textiles for evening hours collaborative quilting.

FRIDAY JUNE 11 8:00 PM LIVING ROOM LECTURE: TEXTILE EDITION Frau Fiber (Carole Frances Lung) will speak about her textile practice and recent projects
Bryant Holsenbeck will speak about living a year without disposable plastic--her blog is "The Last Straw" www.bryantholsenbeck.com/blog
Elaine Gustafson, curator of collections at Weatherspoon, will speak about select works from their current exhibiton "Entwined: Thread-like & Thread-based works from the Permanent Collection"
and a presentation from NY-based artist and writer Swati Khurana , swatikhurana.com

SATURDAY JUNE 12 1:00 – 2:00 PM MENDING CIRCLE A sewing circle open to all visitors covering basic mending techniques, repairs, and classic sewing conversation.

FRIDAY JUNE 17 8:00 PM REVOLUTION TEXTILES OPENS IN CITY CITY performance game invites participants to re-imagine the museum as a booming urban metropolis. Frau operates Revolution Textiles as part of the ongoing narrative.

FRIDAY JUNE 25 8:00 PM ARTIST CONVERSATION, Frau joins Elsewhere Collaborative’s visiting artist group for reflections on the Elsewhere process and experience. All museum visitors are invited to join in the conversation.

SATURDAY JUNE 26 1:00 – 2:00 PM, MENDING CIRCLE A sewing circle open to all visitors covering basic mending techniques, repairs, and classic sewing conversation.

THURSDAY JULY 1 8:00 PM, REVOLUTION RECEPTION Members of Elsewhere and sew-your-support project sponsors will join us for a special preview of the collaborative quilt.

FIRST FRIDAY, JULY 2 6:00 – 11:00 PM, SEWING WITH THE PEOPLE, AN OPENING WTH FRAU FIBER A special opening event for the collaborative quilt, featuring a free community dinner and ceremonial final stitch.