Events | Native Funk & Flash

CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, S.F., 5/12/16

Posted by Alexandra Hart on Apr 21, 2016 in Events | 0 comments

Styling the Bay Area: 1960s-1970s Fashion

Thursday, May 12, 2016, 5:45PM-8:30PM

$10 for CHS and Shaping SF Members, $20 General Admission

Please RSVP (space is limited): https://fashioningthe1960s-1970s.eventbrite.com

TALKS • LOTS OF GRAPHICS & A FEW REAL GARMENTS • FOOD & DRINK

COME IN 60’S DRAG • EXPERIENCE THE GOOD OLD TIMES

Do you love the photos, posters, and movies that showed off Bay Area fashion in the 1960s and 1970s? Dig in, re-live, and dress up for a program that is informed and stylish!

Join Tracey Panek, Historian for Levi Strauss & Co. and Alexandra Jacopetti Hart, designer and author of Native Funk & Flash: An Emerging Folk Art for presentations that are lively, deeply visual, and connect to a rich professional, cultural, and personal experience of fashion, in denim and beyond, in the Bay Area.

Tracey will discuss how Levi Strauss & Co. denim evolved from cowboy culture to the youth market in the 1960s through marketing (with music and more), rebel wear, and how Levi Strauss & Co. denim became a canvas for self-expression. She will show a few fantastic pieces including a pair of customized 505® jeans, White Levi’s® of the era, and Denim from Levi Strauss & Co. Denim Art Contest of 1973.

Alexandra will be mentioning denim and its role/importance to the 60’s-70’s fashion scene, but in addition to thrift store chic and Folkwear, she will present slides with embroidery on things other than denim, that are all part of that period of fashion. She will also focus on the underlying meaning of the counter-culture and its effect on the imagery, indeed what the imagery and the fashion tell us about the times.

Before the presentations, hang out for the pre-party and imbibe on local beer and wine while listening to the era’s music. After the presentations, stay for the costume contest! Submit your costume and strut your stuff to a panel of esteemed judges and win some great prizes!

Schedule for the night:

5:45 Doors Open to the public

5:45-6:30 Pre-Party

6:30-7:30 Presentations by Alexandra Jacopetti Hart and Tracey Panek

7:30-7:45 Question and Answer from the audience

7:45-8:15 Costume Contest judged by Tracey and Alexandra

Nov. 2013 APPEARANCES – Changes

Posted by Alexandra Hart on Oct 18, 2013 in Events | 0 comments

Alexandra Jacopetti Hart: Fiber Arts and The Saga of Macramé Park film

November 16, 2013

Alexandra will be speaking about her fiber arts career and screening The Saga of Macramé Park on November 16 at 4:00 pm in San Francisco. The event is sponsored by the S. F. MOMA at the Neptune Society Columbarium at 21 Loraine Court as part of their series celebrating SECA Award artists. They are featuring events in interesting venues around the city during their long closure for renovations.

This day of free-to-the-public presentations features an installation by SECA winner Josh Faught, who will begin the day speaking of his work at 12:00 noon in the extraordinary setting of the Columbarium’s Rotunda. This place must be seen to be believed (click on Virtual Tour). The acoustics are amazing and the environment is totally unique. CORRECTION: The Virtual Tour is no longer on their site, but the link will take you to some pics.

ANOTHER CORRECTION OR TWO: Neither Maupin nor Shawcroft (mentioned below) confirmed, nor are seats free, but Standing Room Only IS free, but reservations are needed for both. Seats are $10, and only 35 SRO places are available: both require RSVP. Please go to the MOMA site for more specifics. Other guests that day can be found at the MOMA link.

The Saga of Macramé Park (21 min.) was made in 1974 by underground filmmaker Ben Van Meter through an NEA Grant to feature a series of Baulines Craftsmans Guild artists and their apprenticeship program. This was the first completed in the series.

Stories, Book Reading, Signing, Mini Exhibit Native Funk & Flash

November 17, 2013

Alexandra will regale fans at Gravel & Gold (3266 21^st Street, S.F.) with stories and images of Native Funk & Flash artists at 5:30 pm, November 17, followed by a reading from the new third edition of this Bay Area Counterculture classic and, of course, book signing. Folks are encouraged to wear their funky, flashy 70’s regalia to the event!

Even more, ten pieces from Alexandra’s personal collection of embroidered and woven garments from this beloved book and others not shown before are currently being displayed at Gravel & Gold, on 21^st Street near Valencia through November 25.