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Open Source Embroidery Thursday October 1 |
• Press/Member Preview: 5-6pm
• Public Reception: 6-8pm
• Curatorial Tour with Ele Carpenter: 7pm
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CRAFT BAR with ETSY LABS@MOCFA SF Launch Thursday, October 1st 6:30-8pm |
Craft Bar with Etsy Labs sessions kick off Thursday, October 1st from 6:30-8 pm in the Museum of Craft and Folk Art store, during the opening of our latest exhibition, Open Source Embroidery. Admission is free. Local artists will teach you how to embroider or brush up on your knitting skills with a quick and easy scarf — learn how to make a fun, free project that is perfect for gift-giving.
Sessions are FREE and open to all skill levels from beginner to expert — Materials and instruction will be provided and MOCFA will host a live Etsy Virtual Labs demo via webcam of each project.
The “bar” will also include beers and wine from the region as well as DIY bar design. Don’t forget to peruse the gallery and Museum Store for inspiration!
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Family Activity Days First Saturday of every month (Oct. 3, Nov. 7, Dec. 5, Jan. 9) 1-3pm |
Stop by and learn to braid or knit colorful yarn into cord that you can wear and take home. $3/child (for materials), ages 5+. *RSVP is required for these events. Please call 415.227.4888 ext. 10 to reserve your space.
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Member Day Saturday October 10 |
Members enjoy 20% off in the store and can enter a raffle to win an item from our incredible Folk Art collection!
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Third Thursdays Series: Workshop with Travis Meinolf: Show & Tell Thursday October 15 6-8pm |
Artist Travis Meinolf teaches visitors how to weave, interacting with his work in the exhibition, and facilitating discussion about the function of weaving, communal production, and collaborative decision making.
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First Thursdays: Student Night + Craft Bar First Thursday of every month (Nov. 5, Dec. 3, and Jan. 7) 6-8pm |
Get off campus & out of the cubicle! Come to the FREE Student & Young Professionals night at the Museum of Craft & Folk Art, co-sponsored by Etsy Labs! Join us for CRAFT BAR with ETSY LABS@MOCFA SF, see the Open Source Embroidery Exhibition, hear a live performance by Bay Area artist, Beep!, and enjoy tasty refreshments from local artisans. Stroll through our gallery, visit the Museum store, relax with your favorite drink, dance to the music or even pick up a new hobby. Crafting sessions are free and all materials will be provided.
Can’t make it to the museum? MOCFA will also host a live Etsy Virtual Labs demo for each project offered.
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Folksy Family Days First Saturday of every month (Oct. 3, Nov. 7, Dec. 5, Jan. 9) 2-4pm |
Folksy Family Days are held on the first Saturday of every month. Contribute to various ongoing collaborative projects that will take shape over the duration of the exhibition: weave on a back strap loom, draw a pixel sampler drawing with the Sampler Collective, and embroider a chair! Pre-registration is required, call 415.227.4888 ext. 10 weekdays to reserve your space and take-home project materials. $3 donation is suggested.
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Third Thursdays Series: Artist Talk: Michele Pred Thursday November 19 7pm |
Ms. Pred will be discussing her mobile phone interactive art piece. This piece is a part of the Open Source Embroidery exhibition which presents artworks that use embroidery and code as a tool for participatory production and distribution.For this show Pred created an embroidery of a 2D Barcode. These barcodes are composed of black and white squares that encode the URLs to any website of the creator's choice. Through new technology, cell phones are capable of scanning and decoding 2D barcodes. This event is free.
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First Thursdays: Craft Bar First Thursday of every month (Nov. 5, Dec. 3, and Jan. 7) 6-8pm |
A collaboration with Etsy.com: community craft nights including materials and beer.
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Japanese Tea Party + Folksy Family Day First Saturday of every month (Oct. 3, Nov. 7, Dec. 5, Jan. 9) 1-3pm |
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Third Thursdays Series: Open Source Sound Thursday December 17 6-8pm |
Join us for an event that celebrates the fusion of technology, sound and chocolate. “Open Source Sound”, showcases Bay Area artists that are inspired by the participatory and accessible elements of open source technology, expressing their craft through sound. This one-night event features artists Shimomitsu, Christian McKay and Rosanna Yau, who are part of the emergent experimental sound scene in San Francisco.
As part of the event, TCHO – the obsessively good chocolate for a new generation- will delight us with presentation of their chocolatitious experiments!
For this program, each artist has created a sound environment that translates into the language of cultural participation by allowing people to perform in the construction of their own tonal compositions. Like Travis Meinolf’s “Social Fabric” - currently displayed in “Open Source Embroidery”- these artists allow spectators to engage in their respective artworks while promoting a collective experience with the work of art. Come by the gallery to enjoy the sound performances and embark in chocolate tasting!
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First Thursdays: Craft Bar First Thursday of every month (Nov. 5, Dec. 3, and Jan. 7) 6-8pm |
A collaboration with Etsy.com: community craft nights including materials and beer.
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Folksy Family Days Saturday January 9 2-4pm |
Folksy Family Days are held on the first Saturday of every month. Contribute to various ongoing collaborative projects that will take shape over the duration of the exhibition: weave on a back strap loom, draw a pixel sampler drawing with the Sampler Collective, and embroider a chair! Pre-registration is required, call 415.227.4888 ext. 10 weekdays to reserve your space and take-home project materials. $3 donation is suggested.
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Third Thursdays Series: Group Stitching Mantra with Sherri Lynn Wood Thursday January 21 6-8pm |
Join artist Sherri Lynn Wood on a meditative, communal journey that merges the Eastern spiritual traditions of mudras, mandalas and mantras with the simple act of stitching. Participants will explore the rhythm of attention and the creative impulse through an imaginative sub-grouping experience. Don't miss this fun, trippy, stitching "group-therapy" session!
Pre-register by calling 415-227-4888 ext.10. No sewing experience necessary. Materials provided. The chant session will be audio recorded and participants will have the option of keeping their stitched mandala or donating it to a group prayer flag that will be exhibited anonymously with the recording at a later date.
Docent Tours*
1pm: First Tuesday of every month; 2nd and 4th Saturdays of every month
All events marked * are free with Museum admission.
For more information about these events, please call the Museum at (415) 227-4888.
Pictured on homepage:
Becky Stern
LilyPad Arduino Embroidery: A Tribute to Leah Buechley, 2008
Pictured this page (top to bottom):
Html Patchwork (detail)
Facilitated by Ele Carpenter, 2007-2008
Foto: Mikael Lundgren
Emma Ferguson
Motherboard, 2007
Html Patchwork
Facilitated by Ele Carpenter, 2007-2008
Foto: Mikael Lundgren
Open Source Embroidery
October 2, 2009—January 24, 2010
Artists: Access Space, Suzanne Brook Martin, Ele Carpenter, Iain Clark, Eclectic Tech Carnival, Emma Ferguson, Flare Productions, Paul Grimmer, Richard Hamilton, Suzanne Hardy, HUMlab Workers, James Hutchinson, Charlene Lam, Kristina Lindström & Åsa Stahl, Sampler Collective, Sophie McDonald & Davide Della Casa, Travis J. Meinolf, Kate Pemberton, Trevor Pitt, Michele Pred, Clare Ruddock, Hamilton, Southern & St Amand, Becky Stern, Haishu Zhang.
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Exhibition Video: Ele Carpenter: Open Source Embroidery |
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Exhibition Video: Travis Meinolf: Action Weaver |
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Exhibition Video: Michele Pred: Conceptual Artist |
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The Open Source Embroidery exhibition presents artworks that use embroidery, thread, and code as a tool for participatory production and distribution.
Open Source Embroidery includes workshops and exhibitions that investigate how the open source software development model has been incorporated into the language of cultural participation. This major exhibition brings together individual and collectively made artworks by artists, makers, computer programmers and html users that explore the relationship between craft and code through social and digital networks. The works experiment with interdisciplinary approaches to modifying patterns, the DIY culture of hacking and sampling in sound, GPS and mobile technologies.
The history of computing as craft began with the Jacquard loom (1801), the first programmed machine which used binary punch cards to design woven patterns. The loom inspired Charles Babbage in his design of the Analytical Engine, often described as the precursor to the modern computer. Flare Productions’ documentary film about Ada Byron Lovelace, To Dream Tomorrow (2003) highlights the significance of her extensive notes about the Analytical Engine, and her insight into the potential of the machine to operate not just as a calculator of numbers but also as a computer of symbols and information. Richard Hamilton also featured Ada Lovelace in a poster campaign to save free public entry for the South Kensington Museums in London (1998). Issues of access to code and culture are still pertinent questions of our time.
The Open Source Embroidery exhibition brings together individual and collectively made artworks by artists, crafts people, computer programmers and html users which explore the relationship between craft and code, physical and digital space. The artworks experiment with interdisciplinary approaches to modifying patterns, the DIY culture of hacking and sampling in sound, GPS and mobile technologies.
Through participatory networks over 500 people from across the UK, Sweden, USA and Canada have contributed their creative skills to collectively make works in the exhibition. Including the Html Patchwork of 216 patches each stitched with their RGB colour code.
Open Source Embroidery is curated by Ele Carpenter, HUMlab Research Fellow in partnership with BildMuseet, Umea, Sweden. The exhibition has been developed by BildMuseet and the Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, and supported by Adobe Action Grants, Arts Council England, Canada Council, Fleishhacker Foundation, the Galleria Park Hotel, San Francisco Arts Commission Organization Project Grant, and the San Francisco Foundation’s 2009 Fund for Artists Matching Commission. The Museum of Craft and Folk Art is generously supported by the Compton Foundation, Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, The Kimball Foundation, Harold and Gertrud Parker, The San Francisco Foundation, The Sato Foundation, Museum members, and friends.