Madre Tierra Workshop
Fifteen women artists were selected by the Woman’s Building and Metabolic Studio’s Special Projects in Archiving to create new works inspired by the history and legacy of the Woman’s Building and the feminist art movement.
Project Overview
Press Coverage
KCET: Re-Animating the Woman's Building, by Myriam Gurba
Los Angeles Blade: Celebrating the Woman’s Building, ‘Feminist Mecca’ for art and culture
Art and Cakes: Animating the Archives: The Woman’s Building, Avenue 50 Studios, Highland Park, By Shana Nys Dambrot
About
A selfless self-portrait mixed-media workshop grown from the seeds of the Madre Tierra Press (1982) in partnership with Las Fotos Project.
DAY 01
reading + research
The workshop began by introducing the young participants to the Madre Tierra Press (1982) publication: “a written and visual work by a collective of thirteen Chicana Women in conjunction with the Women’s Graphic Center.” After an initial discussion, we reflected on our unique interpretation of Madre Tierra/Mother Earth as we created new ways of documenting and creating art over the course of the 3-Day workshop.
Paint into pictures
While working with color and paint, the participants were able to focus on the unique elements of their chosen plant. Once a pallett was created, we transformed the colors to create our own unique filter in order to paint our photos as we embarked on an urban hike around Boyle Heights.
collaboration
We were able to create an open and friendly environment that ecnourages independent discoveries, mutual respect, and collaboration.
DAY 02
DAY 03
Viva La Muxer Exhibition
Plaza De La Raza, Los Angeles, California, March 2017.
Animating the Archives:
the Woman’s Building Exhibition
Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, California
May 2017
“Its organizers and participants have deeply understood the importance of engaging the aesthetic and technological zeitgeist of the present, the better to accomplish a lively, colorful contextualization of this salient piece of art history and Los Angeles culture.”
