Making Art from Barbie and Ken creates dialogue and community, especially when combined with live stage shows! The Barbie exhibition is chock full of performances and entertainment. See detailed schedule below.

ChatterBox Arts International presents the 8th Annual San Francisco Altered Barbie Exhibit at Shotwell 50 Art Space (S50AS) www.shotwell50.com

A Date With Barbie! and Ken too... The Altered Barbie Exhibit is about transforming these modern day icons, who permeate every corner of our culture. Everyone relates to Barbie, regardless of age or cultural background. So come and put Ken's head on Barbie's body, or give her a more realistic woman's shape. The sky's the limit!

The Altered Barbie Exhibition is a local creative re-use art show. Where: Shotwell 50 ART SPACE (S50AS): 50 Shotwell between 14th & 15th St.

9/11 & 9/18 SCRAP Workshops at S50AS: A Date With Barbie!
Think Barbie out of the Box! Alter and recycle your own Barbie and or Ken by embellishing and/or building an environment for them.
Materials donated by SCRAP.
To sign up for classes: http://www.scrap-sf.org/workshops.htm. Links to the site can also be found through www.alteredbarbie.com

9/15/10: The Artists Process: A Conversation: How and why they alter Barbie. This will be a fun filled eye opening evening into the inner workings of these most creative and fun artists.

9/16/10 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.: Artist's Reception-A Date With Barbie: Come dressed as your favorite Barbie or Ken, meet the artists who have resurrected and reinvented Ken and Barbie into art and performance. The evening will include Barbie Films, Barbie Performance, Barbie MC, El Radio Fantastique!, Gregangelo's American Icon!, belly dance and more!

9/22/10: 7-9 Fundraiser and Panel Discussion with Roadawgz and participating Altered Barbie artists.

9/23/10: 7-10 Barbie Poetry night with J-Ha, Herb Kaufman, Sean Labrador y Manzano, Tea Party Magazine. Contact herb@monkeybrains.net & kahilisun@hotmail.com

9/24/10 7:30-9 Barbie Stands up for Comedy Mary Van Note and guests, http://maryvannote.com $15.00 please purchase tickets at http://www.alteredbarbie.com

9/30/10: Closing Artist Reception, live music, performances and belly dancing with Fat chance belly dance

Julie Andersen and Chatterbox International have been hosting the Altered Barbie shows since 2003. The organization is dedicated to creating multidimensional, multiplatform exhibitions that bring emerging and established artists of all ages and all cultural backgrounds together.

Shotwell Inc-Shotwell 50 Art Space (S5AS) promotes the exhibition and exchange of art as a common dialogue between diverse local and international artists to advance the understanding of cultural traditions, human welfare, and the impact on the global environment.

Shotwell Inc also offers creative space design (i.e. Altered Barbie Art Exhibition 2005-2010), professional engineering services, seismic retrofit, and building permit facilitation for residential and commercial buildings in San Francisco and the Bay Area. www.shotwell50.com Creative Space Portfolio: www.pbase.com/davidpang/s5s