Prepare for the trenches and front lines of your next street protest with our three craft workshop stations. Guaranteed to have you primed for your next social justice assembly, march or protest
Date/Time: Nov 23 2017, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Vancouver, Museum of Vancouver | Event calendarCost: $17.00
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Politically seasoned crafters KIM WERKER (Action + Craft), TAMARA KOMUNIECKI (Delish General Store), in addition to members of the radical cheerleading group, THE POMBOMBS, will facilitate three workshops for you to create, hands on, simple symbols that can help define a movement.
Drink bar and music will be flowing. Galleries will be open. Come early and explore.
Pussyhats helped to put the massive worldwide Women’s March on the map in January, 2017, as photos of crowds appeared on social media and in newspapers and magazines featuring streets filled with people wearing fabric pink hats. Originally conceived by women in California as a way to reclaim then President-elect Trump’s vulgar sentiments/words about grabbing female genitalia, patterns for the handmade hats spread virally and hundreds of thousands were made in time for the marches. Make your own pussyhat with a simple fabric design.
More concise than a manifesto and sassier than a rant, Radical Cheerleading takes the tropes of traditional college rah-rah and runs away with them. An effective cheer is driven by your passion for the cause that moves you, but the process of building it can be broken down into steps. Lyrics, choreography, and the rhythmic synchronization of body and voice are all elements that you can explore at the workshop. Take part in physical and vocal warm-up sessions and learn how to craft DIY pompoms from rags!
A rally sign has the potential to encapsulate and articulate fears, moods, beliefs, causes and more. Given the small footprint of a placard, it is imperative that one's message is concise and easily understood and this section of the workshop will provide people with not only the supplies needed to make a rally sign, but some inspiration and discussion on how to make an effective and impactful one. Participants are encouraged to come prepared with their idea, slogan or sentiment - keeping the message relevant, timely, digestible within a glance, while being thought provoking, perhaps humourous or even stark or shocking. Work through the artwork/printing and assembly stations, and leave with your very own rally sign for the next gathering or action, or just take it home and admire your handiwork.
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City on Edge: A Century of Vancouver Activism is a photo-based exhibition exploring how protest demonstrations have shaped Vancouver’s identity. The exhibition is a unique opportunity to access rarely seen images capturing epic moments of Vancouver’s protest history from the Vancouver Sun and The Province newspapers’ photo collection. These photographs are exceptional historical records of intense and transformative moments in the lives of Vancouverites. Opening September 28, 2017.
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