Sabrina Gschwandtner
Upcoming/News
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"The Politics of Craft"
The American Craft Council
72 Spring Street, 6th floor, New York CityKnitKnit's Sabrina Gschwandtner, Knitting Nation's Liz Collins and New York Times columnist Rob Walker weigh in on craft's role in addressing issues of urgency in our world today.
September 18th, 2008
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"Thread as the Line"
Ellipse Arts Center
4350 N. Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VAFeaturing work by: Jennifer Bernstein, Natalia Blanch, Jennifer Boe, Thomas Campbell, Natalie Chanin, Steven Frost, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Caroline Hwang, Jenny Hart, Jennifer Muskopf, and Megan Whitmarsh.
May 1 - July 12, 2008
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"Crafting Protest" - Panel Discussion and Craft Reception
The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10011Moderator: Julia Bryan-Wilson, art historian and critic, University of California at Irvine. Panelists: Liz Collins, artist/designer; Sabrina Gschwandtner, artist; Cat Mazza, artist/activist, and Allison Smith, artist. This event is presented on occasion of the Vera List Center's program cycle on "Agency," and is co-sponsored by Modern Painters. Special thanks to Liz Collins and RISD Texiles for the use of their industrial knitting machine.
January 26, 2008
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"Pricked: Extreme Embroidery"
The Museum of Arts & Design
40 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019November 8 - April 27, 2008
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Book tour
Sabrina Gschwandtner will sign her book "KnitKnit" at book stores, yarn shops, museums, galleries and art schools in 16 cities throughout the US and England. Please see the book tour calendar for full details.
September 22 - December 13, 2007
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"Material Pursuits"
Fleming Museum
The University of Vermont
61 Colchester Avenue
Burlington, VT 05405curated by Evelyn Hankins
Works by: Lee Boroson, Lucky DeBellevue, Alisa Dworsky, James Esber, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Kirsten Hassenfeld, Elana Herzog, Jason Middlebrook, Sheila Pepe, Jessica Rankin, Kathleen Schneider, Jane South, Devorah Sperber, and Anna Von Mertens.
September 4 - December 14, 2007
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Book launch party
Greene Naftali Gallery
508 W 26th Street #8
New York, NY 10001Sabrina Gschwandtner will sign her book "KnitKnit" and will be accompanied by artists profiled in the book, including Jim Drain, Isabel Berglund, Cat Mazza, Teva Durham, Wenlan Chia, Joelle Hoverson, Knitta, David Gentzsch, Beryl Tsang, and Lisa Anne Auerbach.
September 13, 2007
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"Common Threads"
Confederation Centre of the Arts
Prince Edward Island, Canadacurated by Lee Plested
Works by: Alexandra Bircken, Anders Bonnesson, Instant Coffee, the KnitKnit Sundown Salon (by Sara Grady, Sabrina Gschwandtner and Fritz Haeg), Cary Leibowitz, Judith Scott, Steven Shearer, Kathy Slade, Rosemarie Trockel, Francesco Vezzoli
June 3 - September 23, 2007
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"Extreme Crafts"
Contemporary Art Centre
Vilnius, LithuaniaWorks by Barb Hunt, Cast Off, Catherine Bertola, Claudia Borgna, Daniel Eatock, Egle Bogdanienò, Flash Bar / Mirjam Wirz, Garth Johnson, Hilary Jack, Jan Körbes, Julie Jackson, Juneau/Projects/, Juozas Laivys, Lina Ozerkina, Mark Newport, Rayna Fahey aka Kakariki Radical Cross Stitch, Sabrina Gschwandtner & KnitKnit, Sonya Scöhnberger, Try 3, Ulrike Solbrig, Via Vaudeville
May 25 - August 12, 2007
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"Bionic Threads"
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Avenue
Chicago, IL 60615Works by Sabrina Gschwandtner and Christy Matson
May 20 - June 24, 2007
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"The Mechanics of the Medium"
Harbourfront Centre
York Quay Centre
235 Queens Quay W
Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5J 2G8Works by Joe Kelly, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Kelly Egan,
Joel Schlemowitz, Sandra Gibson & Luis Recoder, and Angélica ChioMarch 17 - May 6, 2007
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"Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting"
The Museum of Arts and Design
40 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019Works by Bennett Battaile, Dror Benshetrit, Hildur Bjarnadóttir,
Dave Cole, Liz Collins, Annet Couwenberg, Françoise Dupré,
Janet Echelman, Carson Fox, Katja Gruijters, Sabrina Gschwandtner,
Elana Herzog, Hilal Sami Hilal, Yoshiki Hishinuma, Sheila Klein, Cal Lane,
Althea Merback, Sheila Pepe, Freddie Robins, Piper Shepard, Niels van Eijk,
Ruth Marshall, Edward Mayer, Cat Mazza, Erna van Sambeek, Eugène
van Veldhoven, Shane Waltener, Anne Wilson, Henk Wolvers and Barbara ZuckerJanuary 25 - June 17, 2007
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"A Fold in the Fabric"
LMAK Projects
526 West 26th Street #310
New York, NY 10001Works by Sabrina Gschwandtner, Andy Graydon, and Dominique Petitgand
November 17, 2006 - December 16, 2006
Opening Reception Thursday November 16, 7-9pm
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"A Brief History of String"
An artist's project printed in
Cabinet Magazine
Fall 2006