"7th ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO ALTERED BARBIE" SHOW

I participated in this show in 2007 and it was fun to be a part of!!! It's interesting to see different people's takes on such an American icon as Barbie.

"ChatterBox presents -
The 7th Annual San Francisco Altered Barbie Exhibit
Happy 50th Birthday Barbie!

Over 60 artists who have resurrected and reinvented Ken and Barbie into art and performance!

Shotwell 50 Studios
50 shotwell
San Francisco, Ca. 94103

www.alteredbarbie.com
415-240-2202

9/10/09-10/04/09
Tuesday –Saturday 1-7, Sunday 1-5


9/12/09: Scrap Altered Barbie Workshop: Alter and recycle your own Barbie and or Ken, build an environment or embellish found items, with materials donated by SCRAP. To sign up for classes: http://www.scrap-sf.org/workshops

9/17/09-5pm-10pm: Happy 50th Birthday Barbie ARTISTS RECEPTION!! Come dressed as your favorite Birthday Barbie or Ken and meet the artists and thier dolls, MC John Hell of FCCFreeRadio, Barbie Haiku & Poetry, Velocity Circus’s-American Icon
Barbie Films: The Tribe-Tiffany Shlain, Barbie Nation-Susan Stern, Documentary-Michel Fraser, interactive puppetry by little blue moon theater,Live Music by Dogs Playing Poker & DJ.

9/18/09: Barbie Haiku and book reading night.

9/23/09: Altered Barbie Wine Tasting:

9/24/09: 5pm-9pm Fundraiser for SF State The Safe Place: Dolls from Students will be on display as well as a Barbie Panel Discussion with SF State Safe Place & Roadawgz: Pandel Discussion: Issues of body image and the use of recreating Barbie to promote a positive body image. Love your Body!

10/01/09: 7:30-$20.00 The Barbie Diaries: A Barbie Puppet Theater: Little Blue Moon Theater presents The Barbie Diaries: An intimate view from a dolls perspective, humorous, yet with more depth than you might expect from a blond, plastic, fashion icon. www.magicalmoonshine.org/bluemoon

10/03/09: 6pm-10pm: A Barbarella Closing Artists Reception: A Fantabulous futuristic night of Altered Everything with Evolution Control committee, velocity circus, DJs and more!

Donations encouraged!"