Weekly Initiative News 7/30/12

This week, admire large scale murals, get involved with some artistic cooking and eating and participate in a range of workshops and events.

http://machineproject.com/archive/events/2012/08/09/giant-leaps-for-mankind-and-the-future-of-the-past/ – Machine Project

http://bayareaartgrind.com/2012/07/24/call-for-applicants-grant-opportunity-southern-exposures-2012-grant-program-alternative-exposure-round-6/ – Southern Exposure

http://www.ultimateheights.com/stories/400894-events-lawndale-art-center-to-present-collaborative-mural – Lawndale Art Center

http://www.strattonfaxon.com/blog/real-art-ways-creative-cocktail-hour/ – Real Art Ways

http://thepeoplescook.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/call-for-artists-for-feed-be-fed-due-august-12/ – Intermedia Arts

http://www.printeresting.org/tag/space-gallery/ – Space Gallery

http://fresharts.org/eventdetail.asp?eventid=2654 – Aurora Picture Show

http://pushingtheflywheel.com/non-profit-formation-workshop-with-the-kansas-city-artists-coalition/ – Kansas City Artists Coalition

Image courtesy of Alex Luster for Lawndale Art Center.

Weekly Initiative News 7/2/12

Good news for a bunch of arts organizations with successful fundraising events, generous grants and various other examples of support coming their way.

http://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Headlands-auction-sees-100-pieces-fly-out-door-3653755.php – Headlands Center for the Arts

http://www.namelesssound.org/events/2012_09_22_text_of_light.html – Aurora Picture Show

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/mocada-100-000-grant-bring-free-concerts-nycha-complexes-article-1.1102145?localLinksEnabled=false – MOCADA

http://www.laimyours.com/21026/laxart-garden-party/ – Laxart

http://www.bookcourt.com/events/bomb-magazine-0 – Bomb Magazine

http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Boom-through-Dec-18-at-Southern-Exposure-3162801.php – Southern Exposure

http://bayareaartgrind.com/2012/06/30/job-san-jose-institute-of-contemporary-art-sjica-print-center-manager/ – San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

http://diverseworks.org/about/employment-opportunities/ – DiverseWorks

Image of Randy Weston playing piano, courtesy of the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts (MOCADA).

Weekly Initiative News 6/4/12

Plan ahead to draw some monsters with Southern Exposure, head to DiverseWorks to admire street art and get your Woody Guthrie fix at Legion Arts.

http://www.eadolife.com/locations/diverseworks-art-space/ – DiverseWorks

http://ultimatemontrose.com/stories/375242-events-lawndale-art-center-to-hold-billie-holiday-dinner – Lawndale Art Center

http://legionarts.org/events/woodyfest – Legion Arts

http://buffalo-energy.com/2012/05/31/green-building-101-event-june-18th-7pm-hallwalls-free/ – Hallwalls

http://www.pressherald.com/life/go/all-crank-ed-up-and-ready-to-make-art-at-space_2012-05-31.html – Space Gallery

http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2012/05/30/artspublish/2348913774.html – Triple Canopy

http://www.knightarts.org/community/miami/a-sneak-peak-at-the-first-issue-of-miami-rail – Brooklyn Rail

http://www.me-di-ate.net/mediateWP/wp-content/uploads/2012FestCalendar.pdf – Intersection for the Arts

http://flavorpill.com/sanfrancisco/events/2012/6/8/southern-exposures-annual-monster-drawing-rally – Southern Exposure

Image from The Portland Press Herald website

Weekly Initiative News 5/29/12

Take part in some creative paper-folding, check out experimental music by dogs or just ogle the spectacular Ballroom Marfa drive-in proposal (picture above!)

http://www.nyfa.org/opp_detail.asp?type=Job&id=94&fid=1&sid=54&oppid=40057&print=true – Art in General

http://www.songkick.com/concerts/12452738-wye-oak-at-crowley-theatre-at-ballroom-marfa – Ballroom Marfa

http://bigbendnow.com/2012/05/county-enters-into-99-year-lease-for-ballroom-marfa-drive-in-project/ – Ballroom Marfa

http://www.chron.com/life/society/article/All-won-at-Luck-of-the-Draw-3576712.php – DiverseWorks

http://trendfactory2012.tumblr.com/ and http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2012/05/free_for_all_the_emotional_lif.php – Lawndale Art Center

http://thebolditalic.com/events/4752-southern-machine-exposure-project – Southern Exposure/Machine Project

http://artistsspace.org/programs/performing-institution-event/ – Artist’s Space

Image: Rendering of Ballroom Marfa drive-in, courtesy of MOS architects.

Weekly Initiative News 5/7/12

An opportunity to work in a Haunted Basement. Unless that’s how you already describe your current offices.

http://fiberartcalls.blogspot.com/2012/04/maryland-art-place-curators-incubator.html – Maryland Art Place

http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/art-design/15289721/threewalls-helps-hull-house-museum-open-art-lending-library – Threewalls

http://www.hallwalls.org/community/5245.html – Hallwalls

http://losangelesartresource.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/51-jobs/ – LACE: job opportunity

http://charlottesvillearts.org/blog/arts-education-workshop-with-second-street-gallery-and-vmfa/ – Second Street Gallery

http://rhizome.org/announce/jobs/56997/view/ – Rhizome: job opportunity

http://www.springboardforthearts.org/haunted-basement-company-and-stage-manager/ – The Soap Factory:job opportunity

http://cabinetmagazine.org/events/shell.php – Cabinet

http://www.fh-joanneum.at/aw/home/Studienangebot_Uebersicht/fachbereich_information_design_technologien/ind/News_Events/ind_events/~cjup/120515_allen/?lan=de – Machine Project

http://events.marinij.com/san_francisco_ca/events/show/258085724-southern-exposures-annual-monster-drawing-rally – Southern Exposure

Image of the Soap Factory’s Haunted Basement, via Lindsey Lyford.

ALSO IN SF: The Cries of San Francisco

Southern Exposure, the site of our closing night dinner, recently launched a new project by artist Allison Smith entitled, The Cries of San Francisco. The installation will be up in the galleries, but if you plan on being in SF for an extended period of time, you may want to check out one of the numerous public events planned during the show’s run.

The following is from the SOEX website, where you can also find out more about this project: “The Cries of San Francisco is a project by Allison Smith in collaboration with Southern Exposure that invokes the historic tradition of street peddlers hawking their wares with melodic songs and calls as a means of offering up social revelations on the temporal employments, habits, and callings of nearly 70 Bay Area artists, craftspeople, and other urban workers. The Cries of San Francisco takes the form of a public art event centered around Mint Plaza, a sculptural installation and a series of events at Southern Exposure and a publication chronicling the project.

Allison Smith presents a sculptural installation at Southern Exposure that serves as a public house and market hall where participants gather to perform and record their cries and to trade and peddle their wares to the public. The exhibition includes sculptures, works on paper, and ambient sound, creating a tangible stage-set for social interaction, dialogue, events, and market days.”

Image: Allison Smith as the town crier, via SOEX.