A woman in a pink shirt and jeans empties a overflowing trash can onto wet steps in the foreground, with film festival laurels and the title "Maintenance Artist" visible in the background.

WOMEN ECO ARTISTS DIALOG

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WEAD&#39;s celebrating its 30th anniversary! We&#39;re thrilled to have you join us.&nbsp; FUNDRAISER &amp; Film Screening Maintenance Artist&nbsp; New Parkway Theater The afternoon will kick off with a special intro by the film&rsquo;s writer/director, Toby Perl Freilich, followed by a screening of the film. We&rsquo;ll conclude with lots of exciting raffle prizes, including:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Recycled glass workshop with Mary B. White</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">4-person class with Damon Turner, 2024 National Pickleball Champion</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.eifrigpublishing.com/products/zazu-dreams?srsltid=AU7gw4UWARGBk3Wim-vkB5gM9vzLmGid-JUW_M3Q0kUFb7BNh20GjVvN" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Zazu Dreams: Between the Scarab and the Dung Beetle, A Cautionary Fable for the Anthropocene Era</a>, a story for adults, by Cara Judea Alhadeff, PhD, with paintings by Micaela Amateau Amato</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://bobbimastrangelo.com/its-a-grate-life-will-be-mastrangelos-autobiography/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">It&rsquo;s A Grate Life</a>, an autobiography by manhole artist Bobbi Mastrangelo</li><li fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Family pass (2 adults, 2 children) to <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.oaklandzoo.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Oakland Zoo</a>&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">2 tickets to <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2026-27-season/north-by-northwest?url=%2Fwhats-on%2F2026-27-season%2Fnorth-by-northwest%2F&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_campaign=nxnw&utm_term=pmax&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=24131608075&gbraid=0AAAAACL7Xx4E1OBNTgW9lhEOszaWHiWgq&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlNPVBhCMARIsAPZ5RqhMmvx_BO72iMWgiZCVxeuTLLzPAqtpvJe1Xxf2kDRjRW7j5N9yMd4aAiiZEALw_wcB" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">American Conservatory Theater</a> performance&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">$100 gift certificate to <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.forkinthepath.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Fork in the Path</a> foraging classes&nbsp;</li></ul>About the film &ldquo;After the Revolution, who&rsquo;s going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning?&rdquo;&nbsp; &nbsp;&ndash; Mierle Laderman Ukeles In 1969, WEAD member Mierle Laderman Ukeles penned the Manifesto for Maintenance Art, 1969! Proposal for an exhibition: &ldquo;Care.&rdquo; Routine maintenance &ndash; from changing diapers to picking up city trash to caring for the earth &ndash; could be acts of performance art, she said. The rest, as they say, is ART history. Crashing the boundary between art and action, in 1977 she became the first artist-in-residence at NYC&rsquo;s Department of Sanitation, collaborating with municipal workers to inject art directly into the city&rsquo;s bloodstream. Toby Perl Freilich&nbsp;has created the first feature film documenting that history. With never-before-seen archival footage, Maintenance Artist tells a story of essential workers and radical contemporary art set during the social and artistic upheavals of the last half century. Penetrating, provocative, funny, and deeply moving, Maintenance Artist fills a glaring cultural gap and heralds Ukeles&rsquo; call for a Maintenance Revolution. Penetrating, provocative, funny, and deeply moving, Maintenance Artist fills a glaring cultural gap and heralds Ukeles&rsquo; call for a Maintenance Revolution.

WEAD's celebrating its 30th anniversary! We're thrilled to have you join us.  FUNDRAISER &amp; Film Screening Maintenance Artist  New Parkway Theater The afternoon will kick off with a special intro by the film’s writer/director, Toby Perl Freilich, followed by a screening of the film. We’ll conclude with lots of exciting raffle prizes, including:<ul><li>Recycled glass workshop with Mary B. White</li><li>4-person class with Damon Turner, 2024 National Pickleball Champion</li><li><a href="https://www.eifrigpublishing.com/products/zazu-dreams?srsltid=AU7gw4UWARGBk3Wim-vkB5gM9vzLmGid-JUW_M3Q0kUFb7BNh20GjVvN" target="_blank">Zazu Dreams: Between the Scarab and the Dung Beetle, A Cautionary Fable for the Anthropocene Era</a>, a story for adults, by Cara Judea Alhadeff, PhD, with paintings by Micaela Amateau Amato</li><li><a href="https://bobbimastrangelo.com/its-a-grate-life-will-be-mastrangelos-autobiography/" target="_blank">It’s A Grate Life</a>, an autobiography by manhole artist Bobbi Mastrangelo</li><li>Family pass (2 adults, 2 children) to <a href="https://www.oaklandzoo.org/" target="_blank">Oakland Zoo</a> </li><li>2 tickets to <a href="https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2026-27-season/north-by-northwest?url=%2Fwhats-on%2F2026-27-season%2Fnorth-by-northwest%2F&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=paid_social&amp;utm_campaign=nxnw&amp;utm_term=pmax&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=24131608075&amp;gbraid=0AAAAACL7Xx4E1OBNTgW9lhEOszaWHiWgq&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwlNPVBhCMARIsAPZ5RqhMmvx_BO72iMWgiZCVxeuTLLzPAqtpvJe1Xxf2kDRjRW7j5N9yMd4aAiiZEALw_wcB" target="_blank">American Conservatory Theater</a> performance </li><li>$100 gift certificate to <a href="https://www.forkinthepath.org/" target="_blank">Fork in the Path</a> foraging classes </li></ul>About the film “After the Revolution, who’s going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning?”   – Mierle Laderman Ukeles In 1969, WEAD member Mierle Laderman Ukeles penned the Manifesto for Maintenance Art, 1969! Proposal for an exhibition: “Care.” Routine maintenance – from changing diapers to picking up city trash to caring for the earth – could be acts of performance art, she said. The rest, as they say, is ART history. Crashing the boundary between art and action, in 1977 she became the first artist-in-residence at NYC’s Department of Sanitation, collaborating with municipal workers to inject art directly into the city’s bloodstream. Toby Perl Freilich has created the first feature film documenting that history. With never-before-seen archival footage, Maintenance Artist tells a story of essential workers and radical contemporary art set during the social and artistic upheavals of the last half century. Penetrating, provocative, funny, and deeply moving, Maintenance Artist fills a glaring cultural gap and heralds Ukeles’ call for a Maintenance Revolution. Penetrating, provocative, funny, and deeply moving, Maintenance Artist fills a glaring cultural gap and heralds Ukeles’ call for a Maintenance Revolution.

WOMEN ECO ARTISTS DIALOG

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