- Friday, October 3, 2014
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Cinematheque, 100 Arthur Street in the Artspace Building
An intergenerational lecture by Stephanie Poruchnyk-Butler and Sigrid Dahle
#feminism, state-sponsored gender oppression, selfies, trisha paytas, zine culture, DIY, riot grrrl, keeping up with the Kardashians, surviving class warfare, what girls really don’t want, tumblr culture, running as fast as you can, white privilege, high school gym class, ***Flawless and on knowing when to shut up and listen—in 45 minutes or less.
Supported by the Caroline Dukes Fund at the Winnipeg Foundation
Free! Everyone welcome!
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Stephanie Poruchnyk-Butler is a printmaker, writer and zinester princess from Winnipeg. She is the creator of many local zines including Glitter Zine, Trash Divas and 2kdreams. Poruchnyk-Butler is a founding member of Winnipeg’s own feminist arts collective, Sappho Zine Collective, and is excited about encouraging people to make art and share their work.
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Sigrid Dahle, a recent graduate of the University of Manitoba MFA program, is a Winnipeg-based artist-curator and art writer. She has been thinking, conversing, reading, writing, researching, mentoring, speaking, listening, teaching, learning and making exhibitions for over 25 years. Currently Dahle is developing a multi-component project for the Manitoba Craft Council that interprets ceramics as a discourse. She clearly remembers a time before MAWA was born.