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​A Woman’s Perspective presents: it’s “Dirty Work” but somebody has to do it

Arts | February 4th, 2015

By Beth Bradley

"The kids swinging in the barn, the go-kart races, the potluck feasts, the activity in the kitchen of the old farmhouse, all resonated of deep rooted traditional practices of gathering around food," Deb Wallwork said, when asked why she made the film, “Dirty Work: The Story of Elsie's Farm.”

"So when I visited for the first time, it felt like, yes, this is a different model of how we could be doing things,” added the former Fargo Film Festival participant. “In the end, it's a film that shows rather than tells because the farm really speaks for itself."

The F-M screening premiere of Wallwork's film will be on 3 p.m. Sunday as part of A Woman's Perspective on Square Visual Art Exhibition at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead. “Dirty Work” is a documentary about dreams, farming and real life. The filmmaker will be available to discuss the film and answer questions.

Wallwork will also perform as part of the guitar picking, fiddle playing, harmonica group Trad and True from Fergus Falls, Minn. The fiddler will accompany the F-M Square Dancers at 1:30 p.m.

Several authors will be on hand to sign their books throughout the afternoon and will talk about their writing journeys. Books by Sherbanoo Aziz, Ellen Jean Diederich, Joan Jarvis Ellison and Darcy Simonson will be available for purchase in the gift shop. Each of the authors has also presented visual art in A Woman's Perspective.

Sherbanoo will prepare chai tea from her cookbook for attendees. Culinary sweet treats will be provided by Nichole's Fine Pastry and Tochi Products as part of an installation art display of glass blocks.

There will be square board games during the afternoon with opportunities to win prizes as well. All of the activities will be set out among more than 100 visual artworks and vintage linen quilts on display at the museum.

Extending beyond the museum into the community are workshops and playshops scheduled through April. Topics include watermedia painting, quilting vintage linens, art of tasting tea, painting wood barn quilts, appliqué and pieced quilting construction and arm knitting.

If you miss the screening of “Dirty Work,” it will be aired on Prairie Public's PPB 3 (the Minnesota Channel) at 8 p.m. Feb. 26, courtesy of Twin Cities Public Television.

In order to provide three square meals for those in need, attendees are encouraged to bring a donation to the food pantry for a dollar off admission to the Museum through March. The events on Sunday are free and open to everyone.

A Woman's Perspective Arts Exhibitions and Events is supported in part by Quilters' Guild of North Dakota, Prairie Public, Nichole's Fine Pastry, Les Skoropat Design, Handworks, American Association of University Women-Fargo/Moorhead, artists and patrons with venue support from the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County at the Hjemkomst Center.

IF YOU GO:

“Dirty Work” at A Woman’s Perspective

Sun, Feb. 8, 1 to 4 p.m.

Hjemkomst Center, 202 First Ave. S., Moorhead

awp.handworks.org

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