Practice//Practice Residency
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Although I primarily consider myself a studio artist, my identity has evolved over the past few years to include the crafting of community. Through projects like the Lillstreet Makers Salon and Craft/Work (see below), I have come to discover that bringing people together for conversation and growth has become as fulfilling to me as my own studio practice.
I've been offered a spot in AS220's Practice//Practice Intensive Residency - a brand-new, five day program that hosts 15 participants from all over the world to share their experiences and gives guidance around community building in the arts - but, in order to take advantage of this opportunity, I need your help.
Please consider donating; pocket change and larger donations are both appreciated! Any little bit helps!
Budget:
Tuition: $500
Travel: $250
Food and supplies: $250
total: $1,000
Timeline:
The program is scheduled to run from Nov 11-15, 2015. Tuition is due November 9th. That's right, folks: it's in two weeks!
How the AS220 Practice//Practice Program will help my goals:
AS220 is a paragon of the possible; an artist-run organization committed to providing an unjuried and uncensored forum for the arts. Located in Providence, RI, AS220 offers artists opportunities to live, work, exhibit and/or perform in its facilities. Founded in 1985 with an annual budget of $800, the company now spans three multi-use buildings - over 100,000 sq feet - and represents $25million in downtown Providence restoration. It’s Practice//Practice program is specifically designed to give participants a first-hand look at the business potential of creative communities. It brings together artists and organizers from all over the world to share experiences and resources. The Practice//Practice Intensive Residency has selected only 15 participants for it’s inaugural program and I am honored to be included in this group.
From this convening I hope to gain insight from the AS220 experienced team, build connections with like-minded individuals from around the country and globe, and to return to my own community with concrete strategies for a grander practice that includes organizing in addition to artmaking.
(Previous Projects:
Lillstreet and the Lillstreet Makers Salon:
At Lillstreet Art Center, I have helped create a shared space in which students can expand technical abilities and their creative visions. Three years ago, members of Lillstreet’s Textiles Department started meeting monthly to talk about art, in both its practice and its theory. Many of us are artists and/or crafters who wanted feedback on what we were making and, although we missed the rigorous critique structure of art school, we did not miss the confines, pretensions and academic demeanor seemingly required in those spaces. Our Crit/Potluck series invited artists to show slides of their work which would then be discussed at length by the group. These events provided a supportive environment for communication, offered participants motivational deadlines, and allowed us to commune over a shared meal. The series was so impactful that Lillstreet asked us to invite the entire building to participate and thus, the Lillstreet Maker Salon was born. Our presenters have a wide range of media and experience- many of the artists who present at the Maker Salon have never spoken about their work in public; some are interested in showing work in galleries, some are interested in selling at craft fairs, and others are interested in expanding their businesses. Because of Maker Salon, each of them has at their disposal a room full of rapt and captivated individuals with whom they are able to dialogue about their process and their ideas.
Craft/Work:
Craft/Work is a community-based, multi-platform project exploring and transgressing the boundaries between "Art" and "Craft". Founded in 2013 by myself and my collaborator, Rachel Wallis, Craft/Work creates public access to art theory and history, encourages people of all backgrounds to make, and gives them the tools and materials with which to do so. Through gallery exhibitions, hands-on workshops, artist talks, and an online publication, Craft/Work aims to draw people into a broader conversation about the relationship between what they make and "Art" with a capital A.
Website , Tumblr , Facebook .
More about me:
I’m a maker: I make art. I make crafts. I make food. Sometimes I make sense. Other times I make nonsense. I make believe. I make bad jokes, and terrible puns. I make time to practice so that I can make perfect. I make friends who make trouble. I make messes. I make mistakes but, I always manage to make it up in the end. I make up my mind; some days faster than others. Sometimes, I even make money. Who, me? Yeah, I make things.
Website , Tumblr , Instagram.)
I've been offered a spot in AS220's Practice//Practice Intensive Residency - a brand-new, five day program that hosts 15 participants from all over the world to share their experiences and gives guidance around community building in the arts - but, in order to take advantage of this opportunity, I need your help.
Please consider donating; pocket change and larger donations are both appreciated! Any little bit helps!
Budget:
Tuition: $500
Travel: $250
Food and supplies: $250
total: $1,000
Timeline:
The program is scheduled to run from Nov 11-15, 2015. Tuition is due November 9th. That's right, folks: it's in two weeks!
How the AS220 Practice//Practice Program will help my goals:
AS220 is a paragon of the possible; an artist-run organization committed to providing an unjuried and uncensored forum for the arts. Located in Providence, RI, AS220 offers artists opportunities to live, work, exhibit and/or perform in its facilities. Founded in 1985 with an annual budget of $800, the company now spans three multi-use buildings - over 100,000 sq feet - and represents $25million in downtown Providence restoration. It’s Practice//Practice program is specifically designed to give participants a first-hand look at the business potential of creative communities. It brings together artists and organizers from all over the world to share experiences and resources. The Practice//Practice Intensive Residency has selected only 15 participants for it’s inaugural program and I am honored to be included in this group.
From this convening I hope to gain insight from the AS220 experienced team, build connections with like-minded individuals from around the country and globe, and to return to my own community with concrete strategies for a grander practice that includes organizing in addition to artmaking.
(Previous Projects:
Lillstreet and the Lillstreet Makers Salon:
At Lillstreet Art Center, I have helped create a shared space in which students can expand technical abilities and their creative visions. Three years ago, members of Lillstreet’s Textiles Department started meeting monthly to talk about art, in both its practice and its theory. Many of us are artists and/or crafters who wanted feedback on what we were making and, although we missed the rigorous critique structure of art school, we did not miss the confines, pretensions and academic demeanor seemingly required in those spaces. Our Crit/Potluck series invited artists to show slides of their work which would then be discussed at length by the group. These events provided a supportive environment for communication, offered participants motivational deadlines, and allowed us to commune over a shared meal. The series was so impactful that Lillstreet asked us to invite the entire building to participate and thus, the Lillstreet Maker Salon was born. Our presenters have a wide range of media and experience- many of the artists who present at the Maker Salon have never spoken about their work in public; some are interested in showing work in galleries, some are interested in selling at craft fairs, and others are interested in expanding their businesses. Because of Maker Salon, each of them has at their disposal a room full of rapt and captivated individuals with whom they are able to dialogue about their process and their ideas.
Craft/Work:
Craft/Work is a community-based, multi-platform project exploring and transgressing the boundaries between "Art" and "Craft". Founded in 2013 by myself and my collaborator, Rachel Wallis, Craft/Work creates public access to art theory and history, encourages people of all backgrounds to make, and gives them the tools and materials with which to do so. Through gallery exhibitions, hands-on workshops, artist talks, and an online publication, Craft/Work aims to draw people into a broader conversation about the relationship between what they make and "Art" with a capital A.
Website , Tumblr , Facebook .
More about me:
I’m a maker: I make art. I make crafts. I make food. Sometimes I make sense. Other times I make nonsense. I make believe. I make bad jokes, and terrible puns. I make time to practice so that I can make perfect. I make friends who make trouble. I make messes. I make mistakes but, I always manage to make it up in the end. I make up my mind; some days faster than others. Sometimes, I even make money. Who, me? Yeah, I make things.
Website , Tumblr , Instagram.)
Organizer
Nora Renick- Rinehart
Organizer
Chicago, IL