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    Graft

    TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 8am–1pm
    21425 Cohasset St., Canoga Park

    Youth and adults will participate in the act of fixing bright hothouse greenery onto bare branches at NEW Canoga Park Academy Charter School in their version of Graft (1970). This event is coordinated with New Economics for Women and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.
    INFO 818/710-2640 or sendchristinemail@yahoo.com
    See documentation of Graft at NEW Canoga Park Academy Charter School.

    SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 6:30am
    Figueroa Corridor, Downtown L.A.
    (Information available at 3001 S. Flower St., Los Angeles)

    Hothouse greenery and an equally valuable amount of dollar bills will be attached to bare trees along the Figueroa Corridor, which connects the heart of the “downtown renaissance” with un-gentrified areas of the city. This new version of Graft (1970) is coordinated by University of Southern California MFA students Joel Kyack and Lee Lynch.
    INFO 213/743-1804 or amandelb@usc.edu
    See documentation of Graft at USC.

    MONDAY, MAY 5, 6pm–9pm
    California State University, Northridge
    18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge

    The theme for this Happening will be “What Are You Blind To.” Youth and adults will participate in the act of fixing bright hothouse greenery and papier-mâché eyeballs onto bare branches at California State University, Northridge. This restaging of Graft (1970) is coordinated with the CSUN Department of Art Education and Department of Cultural Affairs,
    City of Los Angeles.
    INFO 818/346-7213 or sendchristinemail@yahoo.com
    Check out documentation of Graft at CSUN

    Graft (1970)
    First arranged at Kent State University in Ohio, Graft involves the hanging of hothouse greenery and dollar bills (of the same value as the greenery) on the bare branches of trees on a winter day.

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