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OPENING EXHIBITION PARTY
OPENING EXHIBITION PARTY
BODY OF WORK: TATTOO CULTURE Opening Party
Celebrate the artistry, history, and evolution of tattooing at the Body of Work: Tattoo Culture opening party!
Guests are encouraged to explore the new exhibition, chat with featured artists, witness the creativity and diversity of the Pacific Northwest tattoo community, and consider how their own body art (or lack thereof) expresses their identity.
Opening party details below…
OPENING PARTY TICKETS
Friday, January 31, 2020
7-11pm
Sky Church @ MoPOP
This event is 21+ only
$23 Adults
$18 MoPOP Members
Last minute tickets may be available the night of the event but there are no guarantees.
Opening Party is sold out, but tickets are still available to see the exhibit Saturday and Sunday!
FEATURING
MC Tootsie Spangles
Interdisciplinary performing artist
(storytelling, acting, burlesque, theater)
DJ OCNotes
KEXP DJ (Sunday Soul) and collaborator with
Black Constellation and Shabazz Palaces
BURLESQUE PERFORMANCE
La Petite Mort: A performance collective specializing in the darker side of burlesque art including music, contortion, belly dancing
IN-GALLERY PRESENTATIONS
Ricky Gaspar: PNW’s premier Polynesian tattoo artist based in Vancouver, WA
Grant Hindsley: Seattle-based freelance documentary, editorial, and commercial photographer
Sara Kay: Tattoo and visual artist at Parlour Tattoo in Seattle
INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES
Mural art project by Overall Collective, a muralist collective based in Seattle
PANELS
Panel 1: Reimagining the Sideshow: Jim Rose, Burlesque, and Body Modification (moderated by Larry Reid)
Featuring:
- Matt Crowley: One of the original performers of Seattle’s iconic Jim Rose Circus
- Alison Braun: Noted music and portrait photographer
- Louie Raffloer: Photographer and co-owner of Seattle’s Black Dog Forge
- Larry Reid (moderator): Manager of the Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery, curator of Modern Primitives exhibition at Seattle’s Center of Contemporary Art
Panel 2: Evolution of the Art of Tattooing
Featuring:
- Shannon Perry: Founder and artist at Valentine’s Tattoo Company
- Lollie Morlock: Tattoo artist at Valentine’s Tattoo Company and musician
- Damon Conklin: Tattoo artist, owner of Supergenius Tattoo, and painter
- Heather Maranda: Oregon-based tattoo artist
- Aaron Bell: Proprietor and artists at Seattle’s Slave to the Needle tattoo studio in Ballard
OPENING PARTY TICKETS
Friday, January 31, 2020 7-11pm Sky Church @ MoPOP This event is 21+ only
$23 Adults
$18 MoPOP Members
Last minute tickets may be available the night of the event but there are no guarantees.
Opening Party is sold out, but tickets are still available to see the exhibit Saturday and Sunday!
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