Pink Week - Nov 06

Pink week takes place the second week of November and was created by Gioia Fonda in 1993, while attending the California College of Arts and Crafts. Upon declaring she was going to wear pink clothes all week and have a "pink week", her good friend Eric Wood (now husband and Official Pink Week Chief Consultant), printed a few posters advertising the event on campus. What began as a personal expression quickly became a group piece as other people asked if they could participate too.

The main purpose of the holiday is to celebrate, observe and commemorate the color pink for pink's sake. Pink week is essentially a non-profit art piece with absolutely no political, religious or social agenda other than pink. Please do not confuse pink week tags with pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness or pink triangles representing homosexual identity. During pink week, pink just means pink.

Lastly, over the years, pink week has been, for many, an important educational opportunity. Pink week illustrates the endless possibility of forms "art" can take and that art is indeed accessible, affordable and needed by all in our contemporary culture.

> See site for details www.pinkweek.org