- "In The Loop: Knitting past, present and future"
- July 15 - 17, 2008
- Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, England
- Keynote Speakers include: Barbara Burman, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Sandy Black and
Liz Collins.
In response to the resurgence of public interest knitting has enjoyed in recent years, this interdisciplinary conference proposes an exploration of knitting from a broad range of theoretical and practical perspectives.
- www.intheloop.soton.ac.uk
- PAST EVENTS
- Lecture
- 7pm, April 9, 2008
- CSU Long Beach
- Long Beach, CA
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will lecture on her artwork.
- Panel discussion and Craft Reception
- 3-5:00pm, January 26, 2008
- The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
- 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
- New York, NY 10011
- Moderator: Julia Bryan-Wilson, art historian and critic, University of California at Irvine. Panelists: Liz Collins, artist/designer; Sabrina Gschwandtner, artist; Cat Mazza, artist/activist, and Allison Smith, artist. This event is presented on occasion of the Vera List Center's program cycle on "Agency," and is co-sponsored by Modern Painters. Special thanks to Liz Collins and RISD Texiles for the use of their industrial knitting machine.
- Photos here
- Book signing
- 6:30-8pm, December 13, 2007
- Knit Cafe
- 8441 Melrose Avenue
- Los Angeles, CA 90069
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will be joined by artists Lisa Anne Auerbach, Bridget Marrin, Tina Marrin, and Eugene Ong to read from and sign copies of the KnitKnit book.
- www.knitcafe.com
- Photos here
- Book signing
- 6:45-8pm, December 12, 2007
- ImagiKnit
- 3897 18th Street
- San Francisco, CA 94114
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will read from and sign copies of her book KnitKnit.
- www.ImagiKnit.com
- Photos here
- Book signing
- 6-8pm, December 10, 2007
- NapaNest
- 1019 Atlas Peak Rd
- Napa, CA 94558
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will read from and sign copies of her book KnitKnit. "The Handmade Goes Digital," an hourlong screening of artists' videos, will be shown.
- Photos here
- Book signing
- 6-8pm, December 9, 2007
- knit-one-one
- Sweet Adeline Bakeshop
- 3350 Adeline Street
- Berkeley, CA 94703
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will read from and sign copies of her book KnitKnit.
- www.knitoneone.com
- Photos here
- Book signing
- 3-5pm, December 1, 2007
- Internationalist Books
- 405 W. Franklin Street
- Chapel Hill, NC 27516
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will read from her book KnitKnit.
- www.internationalistbooks.com
- Photos here
- Lecture
- 6:30pm, November 28, 2007
- The University of Virginia
- Campbell Hall, Room 160
- Architecture School
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will lecture on her artwork and curatorial endeavors.
- Photos here
- Book signing
- 5:30-7:30, November 27, 2007
- New Dominion Bookshop
- 404 East Main Street
- Charlottesville, VA 22902
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will read from and sign copies of the KnitKnit
book.
- www.newdominionbookshop.com
- Photos here
- Lecture
- 1pm, November 19, 2007
- Kingston University
- London, UK
- Sabrina Gschwandtner and Rachael Matthews will lecture on knitting activism
in America and Britain.
- Photos here
- Book signing
- 1pm, November 18, 2007
- Loop
- 41 Cross Street
- Islington, London
- N1 2BB
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will be joined by artists Anna Bell,
Freddie Robins, Rachael Matthews and Erika Knight to read from and sign
copies of the KnitKnit
book.
- www.loop.gb.com
- Photos here
- Book signing and "Wartime Knitting Circle" performance
- 11am-8pm, November 17, 2007
- Prick Your Finger
- 260 Globe Road
- Bethnal Green, London
- E2 0JD
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will be joined by artist Rachael Matthews to read from and sign copies of the KnitKnit book, and to perform "Wartime Knitting Circle."
- www.prickyourfinger.com
- Photos here
- Lecture
- 10:30am, November 16, 2007
- Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
- London, UK
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will lecture on radical knitting
in America.
- Urban Field symposium
- 11am-4pm, November 14, 2007
- University College for the Creative Arts
- Falkner Road, Farnham
- Surrey GU9 7DS England
- An international one day symposium, building on the critically acclaimed urban Field exhibition, which will explore the relationships between rural and urban craft practices, throwing up new perspectives on locational identity, economic sustainability and environmental politics. Speakers include: Deirdre Figueiredo, Director, Craftspace; Sabrina Gschwandtner, Artist and Founder of KnitKnit magazine, New York; Ian Hunter, Director, Littoral; Love Jönsson, Göteburg University and Think Tank; Simon Olding.
- www.urbanfield.org.uk
- Photos here
- Lecture and book signing at the Rhode Island School of Design
- 4:30pm, November 9, 2007
- The Rhode Island School of Design
- Providence, RI 02912
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will lecture on “the Possibilities of Knitting" and will sign copies of her book KnitKnit.
- Photos here
- Book signing
- 7-9pm, November 2, 2007
- Atomic POP
- 3620 Falls Rd
- Baltimore, MD
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will read from her book KnitKnit
and will introduce Laure Drogoul, who will perform her "Orchestral Apparatus
for Musical Knitting" which amplifies the sound of live knitting needles
wielded by members of the audience.
- www.atomicbooks.com
- Photos here
- Lecture at the Maryland Institute College of the Arts
- noon, November 1, 2007
- The Maryland Institute College of the Arts
- Baltimore, MD 21217
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will lecture on “the Possibilities
of Knitting."
- Lecture and "Wartime
Knitting Circle" performance at the Jersey City Art Museum
- 1-4pm, October 28, 2007
- Jersey City Art Museum
- 350 Montgomery Street
- Jersey City, NJ 07302
- Join us for an amazing afternoon featuring an all-star
cast of women in the arts organized by JCM and Michelle Loughlin in connection
with the exhibition Feminine Mystique. Sabrina Gschwandtner from KnitKnit
will discuss the historical relevance of knitting during wartime. Videos
by Womenswork collective will be screened in the theater and in the museum's
atrium. Join artists Sheila Pepe, Christie Sayre, Pam Cooper, Juana Valdes,
Carson Fox, Heather Hart, Donna Lish, Cat Mazza, Carol Westfall and a
host of others for this Stitch-In. Wine and light refreshments will be
served. The event is free and open to the public.
- www.jerseycitymuseum.org
- Photos here
- Book signing
- 5:30-7:30pm, October 28, 2007
- Modern Yarn
- 32a Church Street
- Montclair, NJ 07042
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will read from and sign copies of
her book KnitKnit.
- www.modernyarn.com
- Photos here
- Lecture
- 1-2:30pm, October 23, 2007
- The University of Houston
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will lecture on her artwork and on artwork that
crafts politics.
- Book signing
- 6-8pm, October 21, 2007
- Domy Books
- 1709 Westheimer
- Houston, TX 77098
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will read from her book KnitKnit.
- www.domystore.com
- Photos here
- Book signing and workshop at the Maker Faire
- 10am – 6pm, October 20, 2007
- Austin Maker Faire
- Travis County Fairgrounds
- Austin, TX
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will sign her book KnitKnit
and do a knitted graffiti workshop with Knitta.
- www.makerfaire.com
- Photos here
- Lecture at Southern Methodist University
- 7pm, October 16, 2007
- Meadows Museum lecture hall
- 5900 Bishop Blvd.
- Southern Methodist University
- Dallas, TX 75275
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will lecture on her artwork, writing, and curatorial endeavors during a one hour lecture open to the public.
- Book signing
- 6-9pm, October 17, 2007
- Passionknit
- 6817 Snider Plaza
- Dallas, TX 75205
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will sign her book KnitKnit.
- www.passionknitdallas.com
- Photos here
- Book signing
- 2pm, September 22, 2007
- Purl
- 137 Sullivan Street
- New York, NY 10012
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will sign her book KnitKnit.
- www.purlsoho.com
- Photos here
- Book signing
- 6-8pm, September 13, 2007
- Greene Naftali Gallery
- 508 W 26th Street #8
- New York, NY 10001
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will sign her book KnitKnit
and will be accompanied by KnitKnit artists Jim Drain, Cat Mazza, Teva
Durham, Wenlan Chia, Joelle Hoverson, Knitta, David Gentzsch, Beryl Tsang,
Isabel Berglund and Lisa Anne Auerbach.
- www.greenenaftaligallery.com
- Photos here
- "Common Threads"
- June 3 - September 25, 2007
- Confederation Centre for the Arts
- Prince Edward Island, Canada
- The KnitKnit Sundown Salon will be on view as part of the art exhibition "Common Threads."
- "The Handmade Goes Digital"
- 6-7:30pm, May 24th, 2007
- Museum of Arts & Design
- 40 West 53rd Street
- New York, NY 10019
- How do artists express the rhythms, textures, processes and meanings of knitting through video? This hourlong screening includes flat, pulsating, animated textile patterns, neoprimitive knit costumes in action, utopic communal labor processes, and a story that literally unravels. Conceived by Sabrina Gschwandtner, film/video curator, "Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting" artist, and creator of KnitKnit magazine.
- "The Possibilities of Knitting"
- 6-7:30pm, March 15, 2007
- Museum of Arts & Design
- 40 West 53rd Street
- New York, NY 10019
- Lecture by Sabrina Gschwandtner, exhibiting artist, at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York.
- www.madmuseum.org
- Happy Ending Reading Series
- 8pm, Feb 28, 2007
- 302 Broome Street @ Forsyth
- New York, NY; 212-334-9676
- Sabrina Gschwandtner will read from the upcoming book "KnitKnit"
- www.amandastern.com/happyending.html
- "Show Me How: New Strategies for Curating in Craft"
- 3 pm, Feb 24th, 2007 and 1 pm, Feb 25th, 2007
- Baltimore Convention Center
- One West Pratt Street
- Baltimore, MD 21201
- Join artist/curators Sarah Templin, director of Baltimore's Broadcloth, and Sabrina Gschwandtner, founder of the influential artists' publication KnitKnit and author of the forthcoming KnitKnit book, as they speak about how they create interactions between audiences, artists, exhibitions and objects to encourage hands on experiences that bring craft to life and inspire future generations of makers.
- www.craftcouncil.org