WCU WILL RECEIVE A VISIT FROM                                                                                                              
GUERILLA GIRLS ON TOUR NOV. 8

The Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series at Western Carolina University will feature the Guerilla Girls On Tour at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, in the performance hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center.

Guerilla Girls On Tour is an internationally acclaimed anonymous theatre collective that began in 1997.  By creating original plays, street actions, visual art and residency programs, the group dramatizes women's history and advocates on behalf of women and artists of color in the performing arts. 

Guerilla Girls On Tour will present “Silence is Violence,” which will be free of charge for Western students, $3 for Western faculty and staff, and $5 for the general public.

The act balances entertainment and education, two- and three-dimensional art, and comedy and drama.  It uses humor as a primary tool to fight sexism, racism and discrimination against women and people of color. “We don't want to lecture or hit our audiences over the head with dreadful stats that exist about the lack of parity for women and artists of color,” said a group member of Guerilla Girls On Tour.

Every group member has taken the name of a dead woman artist, and performs wearing a gorilla mask in an effort to focus attention on the message, not the performer.

Guerilla Girls On Tour has toured through 30 states and five countries and has been featured in media such as the Village Voice, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, the BBC and The Tony Awards.

For more information about the event or the LCE Series, call (828) 227-7206.

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