RUDE CRUDE and LEWD, with Penny Sisto

HAPPENING NOW…

DECEMBER  5 – JANUARY 23, 2009

Frida and the Frog Prince, Penny Sisto, 2008.

OPENING RECEPTION Friday, December 5, 6-8pm

CLOSING RECEPTION Friday, January 23, 6-8pm

ARTIST TALK     Sunday, December 14, 2-4pm, Free, open to public

“Change is Coming” House Meeting at uzoMa,  Sunday, December 14,  5-6pm

ARTIST WORKSHOP Sunday, January 11, 2-4pm, $25

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to watch Penny work live in the studio! Sign up early to hold your spot!

FAT FRIDAY Trolley Hop December 26,  6-9 pm

Film Screening: “Strange Fruit” by Joel Katz, Thursday, Jan 15, 7pm, free, donations welcome

Discussion Groups led by founder, Angela Ramsey Robinson Thurs. Eves, Jan 8 and 22 at 7pm.

Special Hours and Post-Inaugural Celebration, view “ObaMessiah” Tuesday, Jan 20, 6-9pm.

Internationally known local fiber art goddess Penny Sisto explores a range of important historical events and societal injustices including those of sex, race and class.  This show  includes her newest work “Obamessiah”  juxtaposed with “Strange Fruit 5″ based on the song made famous by Billie Holiday in 1939 about the horrors of lynchings  in the south.  This exhibit  features over 20 of Sisto’s  signature expressions revisiting  themes she has bravely explored over several decades. Sisto chose the title, using the labels critics have sometimes placed on her work.

If you haven’t yet experienced this visionary artist’s work, these portraits rendered with hand-stitched details and  sparkling–often haunting eyes–are not to be missed.

For more info about the exhibition, related events, or to sign-up for the Penny Sisto workshop, please contact founder, art therapist, Angela Ramsey Robinson.

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