Jerri Allyn
American Dining: A Working Woman’s Moment
Premiere Gefen’s Dairy Restaurant, sponsored by The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, USA 1986-1989
Photo Documentation for other images: Marty Heitner, Fran Resch
National tour
Press Grill, sponsored by University Gallery of Fine Art, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH;
Market Café sponsored by 911 Arts, Seattle, WA;
Gay Nineties Restaurant sponsored by Art in Action, Rosendale, NY; Maine Arts Festival, Portland, MA.
Additional Exhibitions with Performance Poet readings
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA;
Eastern Washington University, Pullman, WA;
Franklin and Marshall College, PA;
Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY;
1199 Bread and Roses Gallery, New York, NY;
PS1 Contemporary Arts Center, Long Island City, NY.
Caption-Top Photo American Dining: A Working Woman’s Moment installation of artist-designed jukeboxes and placemats by Allyn and The Waitresses, Market Café at Pike Place, Seattle, WA, Jan-Feb 1988. Pictured: Café waitress Llordes Velasquez with Jerri Allyn (right). Copyright: The Waitresses – Jerri Allyn and Anne Gauldin. Photographer: Blake Grinstein. Courtesy of: The Woman’s Building Image Bank at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California, USA.