Ever notice how some 70-99% of the graphic designers and art directors mentioned in design books, at awards—even in otherwise progressive magazines like Plazm—are male? Let’s assume for a moment that women have also influenced the aesthetic and political juggernaut of visual culture. Where can we find ’em?
One good place to start is “Thunderbitch: Women Designers in Northwest Rock 1966–2010,” opening August 5 in Seattle at Tether. Taking its name from a pseudonym for Catherine Weinstein, an early rock poster maker in Portland, this exhibit spans the emergence of psychedelic rock, DIY punk and new wave, grunge, riot grrl and today’s contemporary silkscreen gig poster movement from Washington and Oregon.
Can’t make it? You’ll want to check out the catalog. Oh wait: they need help funding the printing. Step on up at Kickstarter.
