Presentation about the Costumes of Burning Man

Please join me at the de Young in San Francisco

Hi Jan, can you please share this with the BCG members for me? Thanks! Linda

Presentation about the Costumes of Burning Man
Friday March 13 at 7 p.m. in the Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum, San Francisco

I'm giving a presentation as part of "Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young celebrates Yves Saint Laurent and Warhol Live." A departure from my usual environmental art about water theme, this presentation is pure fun about outrageous creativity and some serious costumes. It's entitled "Radical Self Expression: The Costumes of Burning Man." Last year I wrote an article by the same title for Fiberarts Magazine and I'm tickled to be invited to speak at the de Young in conjunction with the two current exhibitions. Although I've never thought about it until now, some of the costumes of Burning Man could very well be described as "Andy Warhol meets Yves Saint Laurent." I'll be showing a lot of photographs I've taken over the years as well as the work of other photographers.

Friday nights at the de Young are always hopping with lots of activities and there are three additional happenings going on in the museum that evening for you to enjoy: live Moroccan music by Aza, hands on activities to Make Your Own Top Hat and henna-tatoo good-luck charms for your home. There will also be two Andy Warhol film screenings at 6 pm and 8 pm: "Couch" and "Andy Warhol Screen Tests." The programs are free after museum admission. For more information, click here (scroll down to March 13 and then click on that for the full description). And if you want to read the article I wrote for Fiberarts, click here.