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'''Yarnbombing Los Angeles (YBLA)''' is a group of guerrilla knitters that have been collaborating since 2010. They are based at the [http://www.18thstreet.org 18th Street Arts Center] in [[Santa Monica, California]]. YBLA stages public [[installation art]] and performances to help expand the definition of [[public art]] to embrace [[street art]], [[Urban Interventionism]] and [[ephemera]]. Collaborative art making, [[community building]], [[public outreach]], blurring boundaries between [[contemporary art]] practices, [[graffiti]] and [[craft]] are integral components to YBLA's practice.
'''Yarnbombing Los Angeles''' ('''YBLA''') is a group of [[guerrilla knitting|guerrilla knitters]] that have been collaborating since 2010. They are based at the [18th Street Arts Center]] in [[Santa Monica, California]]. YBLA stages public [[installation art]] and performances to help expand the definition of [[public art]] to embrace [[street art]], [[Urban Interventionism]] and [[ephemera]]. Collaborative art making, [[community building]], [[public outreach]], blurring boundaries between [[contemporary art]] practices, [[graffiti]] and [[craft]] are integral components to YBLA's practice.


== History ==
== History ==

YBLA organically grew out of a series of participatory [[yarn bombing]] events in [[Los Angeles, California]]. Inspired by the book ''Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti'' by Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain, <ref>{{cite book|last=Prain|first=Leanne|title=Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti|year=2009|publisher=Arsenal Pulp Press|isbn=1-55152-255-1|url=http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=294}}</ref> Heather Hoggan of Arroyo Arts Collective <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arroyoartscollective.org |title=Arroyo Arts Collective|website = Arroyo Arts Collective|accessdate=2013-05-15}}</ref> and Amy Inouye of Future Studio <ref>{{cite web|url=http://futurestudio.typepad.com |title=Future Studio&#124;|website = Future Studio|accessdate=2013-05-15}}</ref> decided to organize '''Fig Knit On''' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://futurestudio.typepad.com/gallery/2010/09/second-saturday-october-9-2010.html|title=Fig Knit On |website = Future Studio|accessdate=2013-05-15}}</ref> in October 2010. The event took place on [[Figueroa Street]] in [[Highland Park, Los Angeles]] and had 19 local participants.
YBLA organically grew out of a series of participatory [[yarn bombing]] events in [[Los Angeles, California]]. Inspired by the book ''Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti'' by Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain, <ref>{{cite book|last=Prain|first=Leanne|title=Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti|year=2009|publisher=Arsenal Pulp Press|isbn=1-55152-255-1|url=http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=294}}</ref> Heather Hoggan of Arroyo Arts Collective <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arroyoartscollective.org |title=Arroyo Arts Collective|website = Arroyo Arts Collective|accessdate=2013-05-15}}</ref> and Amy Inouye of Future Studio <ref>{{cite web|url=http://futurestudio.typepad.com |title=Future Studio&#124;|website = Future Studio|accessdate=2013-05-15}}</ref> decided to organize '''Fig Knit On''' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://futurestudio.typepad.com/gallery/2010/09/second-saturday-october-9-2010.html|title=Fig Knit On |website = Future Studio|accessdate=2013-05-15}}</ref> in October 2010. The event took place on [[Figueroa Street]] in [[Highland Park, Los Angeles]] and had 19 local participants.


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== Art ==
== Art ==

YBLA activities range from knit graffiti workshops for [[Los Angeles Unified School District]] teachers, students, and their parents, <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yarnbombinglosangeles.com/mini-makers-faire--pasadena-convention-center.html|title=Mini Makers Faire|website = Yarnbombing 18th Street|accessdate=2013-05-16}}</ref> to installing hugging trees around town<ref>{{cite web|last=Fonseca |first=David |url=http://highlandpark-ca.patch.com/articles/photo-yarn-bombers-descend-on-york-boulevard#photo-8948585|title=''Yarn Bombers Descent on York Boulevard.''|website= Highland Park Patch.|accessdate=2013-05-27}}</ref>,ongoing participatory projects such as the ''Urban Letters'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://urbanletters.yarnbombinglosangeles.com|title = Urban Letters|accessdate=2013-05-16}}</ref> and ''Forest for the Trees'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://forestforthetrees.yarnbombinglosangeles.com/calls-for-entry.html|title = Forest for the Trees|accessdate=2013-05-16}}</ref> and interactive installations such as the ''Wishing Tree'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yarnbombinglosangeles.com/wishing-tree--angels-gate-cultural-center.html|title = Wishing Tree|accessdate=2013-05-16}}</ref> and ''“Wish I Were Here”'' pillows <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yarnbombinglosangeles.com/wish-i-were-here-pillows--caa.html|title = Wish I Were Here Pillows|accessdate=2013-05-16}}</ref>.
YBLA activities range from knit graffiti workshops for [[Los Angeles Unified School District]] teachers, students, and their parents, <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yarnbombinglosangeles.com/mini-makers-faire--pasadena-convention-center.html|title=Mini Makers Faire|website = Yarnbombing 18th Street|accessdate=2013-05-16}}</ref> to installing hugging trees around town<ref>{{cite web|last=Fonseca |first=David |url=http://highlandpark-ca.patch.com/articles/photo-yarn-bombers-descend-on-york-boulevard#photo-8948585|title=''Yarn Bombers Descent on York Boulevard.''|website= Highland Park Patch.|accessdate=2013-05-27}}</ref>,ongoing participatory projects such as the ''Urban Letters'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://urbanletters.yarnbombinglosangeles.com|title = Urban Letters|accessdate=2013-05-16}}</ref> and ''Forest for the Trees'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://forestforthetrees.yarnbombinglosangeles.com/calls-for-entry.html|title = Forest for the Trees|accessdate=2013-05-16}}</ref> and interactive installations such as the ''Wishing Tree'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yarnbombinglosangeles.com/wishing-tree--angels-gate-cultural-center.html|title = Wishing Tree|accessdate=2013-05-16}}</ref> and ''“Wish I Were Here”'' pillows <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yarnbombinglosangeles.com/wish-i-were-here-pillows--caa.html|title = Wish I Were Here Pillows|accessdate=2013-05-16}}</ref>.


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== Literature ==
== Literature ==

Yarn Bombing Los Angeles released a self-published catalog of an exhibit held at 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA in June 2011 titled ''Yarn Bombing 18th Street''<ref>{{cite book|last=Kosar|first=Arzu|title=Yarn Bombing 18th Street|year=2012|publisher= CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=1-47002-190-0|url=http://www.amazon.com/Yarn-Bombing-18th-Street-Kosar/dp/1470021900}}</ref> by Arzu Arda Kosar.
Yarn Bombing Los Angeles released a self-published catalog of an exhibit held at 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA in June 2011 titled ''Yarn Bombing 18th Street''<ref>{{cite book|last=Kosar|first=Arzu|title=Yarn Bombing 18th Street|year=2012|publisher= CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=1-47002-190-0|url=http://www.amazon.com/Yarn-Bombing-18th-Street-Kosar/dp/1470021900}}</ref> by Arzu Arda Kosar.


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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* [https://twitter.com/YarnBombingLA Yarnbombing Los Angeles Twitter]


== References ==
== References ==

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Revision as of 20:57, 6 June 2013

Yarnbombing Los Angeles (YBLA) is a group of guerrilla knitters that have been collaborating since 2010. They are based at the [18th Street Arts Center]] in Santa Monica, California. YBLA stages public installation art and performances to help expand the definition of public art to embrace street art, Urban Interventionism and ephemera. Collaborative art making, community building, public outreach, blurring boundaries between contemporary art practices, graffiti and craft are integral components to YBLA's practice.

History

YBLA organically grew out of a series of participatory yarn bombing events in Los Angeles, California. Inspired by the book Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti by Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain, [1] Heather Hoggan of Arroyo Arts Collective [2] and Amy Inouye of Future Studio [3] decided to organize Fig Knit On [4] in October 2010. The event took place on Figueroa Street in Highland Park, Los Angeles and had 19 local participants.

The group stayed together when Fig Knit On participant Arzu Arda Kosar [5] invited Hoggan to another yarn bombing at the 18th Street Arts Center on June 18, 2011 and 12 of the Fig Knit On participants signed on. What followed was a six month process of putting together Yarn Bombing 18th Street [6] where local participants met monthly at Kosar’s 18th Street studio and some even developed additional projects such as the Empathy Circle[7].

Yarnbombing 18th Street formed a Facebook page [8] and was soon joined by 50 local and international cohorts [9] who signed up to create their own original site-specific installations. Due to the diversity of the participants, Yarn Bombing 18th Street ended up becoming an international survey of the yarn bombing movement showcasing a wide variety of installations that ranged from the highly political to whimsical to conceptual pieces. [10] The event deliberately coincided with the 18th Street Arts Center's Debating Through the Arts [11] event by Inez S. Bush & Jerri Allyn, who was a member of the Woman's Building, and so Yarnbombing 18th Street was therefore presented in relation to a movement that questioned established art practices on material, technical, and conceptual levels.[12]

The group then yarn bombed their own cars outside the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles’s Art in the Streets show [13] in August 2011 to bring yarn bombing to the attention of street art lovers. By then the group adopted the collective name Yarnbombing Los Angeles (YBLA). The core members, participants and level of involvement among collaborators have been fluid based on project. [14]

Art

YBLA activities range from knit graffiti workshops for Los Angeles Unified School District teachers, students, and their parents, [15] to installing hugging trees around town[16],ongoing participatory projects such as the Urban Letters [17] and Forest for the Trees [18] and interactive installations such as the Wishing Tree [19] and “Wish I Were Here” pillows [20].

YBLA’s largest endeavor to date is the Craft and Folk Art Museum Granny Squared,[21]a self-produced grassroots project that brought together an international community of over 500 artists and crafters to cover the façade of the Craft and Folk Art Museum with granny squares to make a statement about artistic and institutional identities [22] YBLA has monthly meetings every 3rd Saturday from 2-5pm at the Craft and Folk Art Museum [23] that are open to the public.[24][25][26]

Literature

Yarn Bombing Los Angeles released a self-published catalog of an exhibit held at 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA in June 2011 titled Yarn Bombing 18th Street[27] by Arzu Arda Kosar.

References

  1. ^ Prain, Leanne (2009). Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti. Arsenal Pulp Press. ISBN 1-55152-255-1.
  2. ^ "Arroyo Arts Collective". Arroyo Arts Collective. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  3. ^ "Future Studio|". Future Studio. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  4. ^ "Fig Knit On". Future Studio. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  5. ^ "Arzu Arda Kosar". Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  6. ^ "Yarnbombing 18th Street". Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  7. ^ "Empathy Project". Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  8. ^ "Yarnbombing Los Angeles Facebook Page". Facebook. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  9. ^ "Yarnbombing 18th Street Crew". Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  10. ^ Milly, Jena. "Yarn Bombing Isn't Knit and Run Anymore.". The Huffington Post (originally published in Turnstyle.com. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  11. ^ "Debating Through the Arts". Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  12. ^ Pajer, Nicole. "Yarn Bombing 18th Street ". The China Shop. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  13. ^ "Art in the Streets". MOCA. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  14. ^ "Yarnbombing 18th Street Crew". Yarnbombing 18th Street. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  15. ^ "Mini Makers Faire". Yarnbombing 18th Street. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  16. ^ Fonseca, David. "Yarn Bombers Descent on York Boulevard.". Highland Park Patch. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  17. ^ "Urban Letters". Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  18. ^ "Forest for the Trees". Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  19. ^ "Wishing Tree". Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  20. ^ "Wish I Were Here Pillows". Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  21. ^ Painter, Alysia Gray. "12,000 "Granny Squares" Will Cover Museum Facade". NBC Southern California. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  22. ^ "Granny Squared Project". Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  23. ^ "Craft and Folk Art Museum Education". Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  24. ^ Boone, Lisa. " Yarn Bombing Los Angeles to cover craft museum in granny squares.". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  25. ^ Montgomery, Renee. "The CAFAM Granny-Squared Project,". Los Angeles. WestMuse Blog. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  26. ^ "Cynthia Interviews Sasha Ali, Carol Zou, and Darlyn Susan Yee of Yarn Bombing LA.". 95.5 KLOS Spotlight on the Community. Retrieved 2013-05-27. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  27. ^ Kosar, Arzu (2012). Yarn Bombing 18th Street. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 1-47002-190-0.
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