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[[image]] Birth Project Participants at March, 1981 Benicia Potluck. (Jon McNally) THROUGH THE FLOWER CORP Through the Flower, a nonprofit corporation, was formed to care for the traveling and eventual permanent housing of Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party. Through the Flower Corp. is dedicated to social change through art and education. The Birth Project is an on going project of Through the Flower. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Needlework will be allocated four times a year in each regional area for both individual and groups projects. Needleworkers submitting samples should keep in mind these deadlines for the next project allocations: West Coast Needlework Sample Deadlines-June1 and September 1 Southwest Needlework Sample Deadlines-May 1, June 15 and September 1 West Coast Pot Luck & Sharing for Participants-Friday, June 12 West Coast Reviews of Works in Progress-Saturday 7 Sunday, June 13 & 14 Southwest Review of Samples-Saturday &Sunday, May 2 & 3 Southwest Potluck & Sharing for Participants-Friday , June 26 Southwest Reviews of Works in Progress-Saturday & Sunday, June 27 & 28 The Birth Project Southwest Regional Office: TACO 4601 University Oaks Houston, TX 77004 The Birth Project will soon have a new home-a two-story historic building in Benicia which will serve as a center for the rapidly expanding Birth Project and the headquarters of Through the Flower Corp. Over the next few months we will be renovating the building and moving in and need help. If you can offer skilled assistance or just plain time, please call the office 707/746-0398. The Birth Project needs money. We are moving into a larger studio space, building a pattern tables, light tables, a darkroom, office space, etc. -all the resources we will need for the duration of the project. We need a base of $50,000.00 for 1982 to pay for rent, utilities, materials costs, photography and minimum staffing. We are applying for numerous government grants but given the federal budget cuts for the arts, funding prospects are becoming ever more narrow -especially for the projects that affirm women. It is therefore essential that women turn to each other so that the gains we have made are not lost and are extended to women everywhere. We hope that you will understand how necessary it is for women to have symbols that affirm our experience. All contributions are tax deductible; checks should be made to The Birth Project/Through the Flower Corp. Newsletter Subscriptions One complimentary newsletter will be given to everyone who writes to The Birth Project. Thereafter we will ask people who are interested in supporting this exciting project to become a member of Through the Flower Corp. (minimum donation $10.00 per year) which will entitle you to a continued subscription, ongoing information about the activities of Through the Flower and Judy Chicago, and, in the future, special discounts on materials produced by us. Next newsletter, Fall 1981. Newsletter Production Lauren Elder Margaret Greer Henrietta Haines Debra Witte Typesetting by Parents' Press, Oakland, CA.
