As both perpetrators and participants in our shared
cultural fascination with the subject matter, women have made vast
contributions to true crime-related art forms. From murders to
heists, deceptions to general unruly behavior, we will explore the patriarchal
structures and societal constraints/expectations that true crime, and its
subject matter, subvert & transform. Further, how we as artists and
consumers create and further these conversations within the genre.
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I've been working this week on promo & planning for this fall's focus topic, which is all about women and true crime. While we had initially decided to devote it to serial killers in general, I've spent the last couple years feeling a little complicated about giving so much attention to men who kill (predominantly) women. The solution? Women who kill men, of course! Well, maybe not only killing, but in general, behaving badly (or against societal expectations.). We'll be hosting an exhibit, doing panels and readings and such. We are also searching out a book about Elizabeth Bathory for Book to Art Club, which should be fun...(we've already plotted for one session we'll be making bloody bath bombs as our attendant artsy craftiness.)
(If you remember, we kicked off our festivities with the above card sets at Zine Fest, and we'll be adding to the collection with new ones that will be in the Small Works vending machines this fall.)
