Passages

PASSAGES, a series of workshops, readings, performances, and other related art events took place in a context of feminist research, group support, and cooperative activity. It extended the definition of an art event to include consciousness-raising and the possibilities of cultural transformation. As documented by Metis, a literary and visual arts magazine, it was an event in which group process and relationships deriving from it were the central achievements. It had immediate effects–the PASSAGES Environment at Laguna Gloria Art Museum–and lasting effects–the ties of friendship and work among participating artists and members of the community who spent several hours at the PASSAGES Environment viewing the art installations and attending the performances.

The three-day festival included a series of workshops, readings, performances and art installations.

July 18
From Spiral to Spear produced by Susan Lee
The Dinner Party produced by Glee Ingram
Amulet Mandala written by Donna Henesy and led by Kay Turner
Goddess Bread provided by Neva Biggs

July 19
PASSAGES OF THE PRESENT AND TEACHING
Working in a Man’s World written and performed by Teresa Anderson with Millie Wilson and Theresa Macias
Virgin and Whore written and performed by Peg Runnels and Susan Shaw
Didactic/Teaching written and performed by Deanna Stevenson
Laundry written and performed by Frieda Werden with Ruthe Winegarten

PASSAGES OF FAREWELLS AND AWAKENING
Absence installation and performance by Kit Fontaine and Theresa Macias
Out of the Castle performed by Delores Gunter
Farewells performed by Olive Spitzmiller
Naming written and performed by Glee Ingram with Karen Stelzer and Susan Lee

PASSAGES OF DEATH AND RESURRECTION
Death and Rebirth written and performed by Helen Cox
Dreams and Creation written by Susan Lee; Reader: Sally Jacques; Dancers: Sherry Hartle, Susan Lee, Cynthia Roup; Music: Heloise Gold

METAMORPHOSIS
Metamorphosis performed by Kay Turner

AMPHITHEATER PERFORMANCE
Poetry reading by Carmen Tafolla
Working Women, a narrative written by Sherry Kafka Wagner
Poetry and Dramatic reading by Dorothy Banks

SITE CONSTRUCTIONS AND ENVIRONMENTS
Women Series, Different Phases by Debra Dew and Kay McFall
Farewells by Carol lvey
Air, Water by Suzanne Stiegelbauer
Reflective Cemetery by Rita Starpattern and Susan Raleigh
Working in a Man’s World and Didactic/Teaching by Millie Wilson
Paper Bags by Wina Baethege