Part of the Artists Bailout Renegade Bounty Exchange by Elana Mann and Autumn Rooney at Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, May 2010.

Review by Carol Cheh

History imprints itself on our bodies and our clothing. My Business is Circumference No. 2 borrows its title from an Emily Dickinson quote. Comprised of suspended circular elements fabricated from donated clothing and thread configured in a random presentation suggesting abstracted narratives of memory and collective gathering.

On view at the Bath Spa Gallery in Weston-super-Mare, UK.

Special thanks to Camilla Stacey for her curatorial and preparatorial work.

ARTIST BAILOUT: RENEGADE BOUNTY EXCHANGE’S INAUGURAL DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISER FEEDS PATRONS WHILE FUNDING NEW WORK BY EMERGING ARTISTS

(Los Angeles) Angel’s Gate Cultural Center proudly presents Artist Bailout: Renegade Bounty Exchange, a community driven way to fund new work by artists during the economic crisis. A collaboration by Elana Mann and Autumn Rooney, this new philanthropic model brings together artists and patrons for a lunch, which is part performance part fundraiser and culminates in the presentation of two micro-grants for emerging artists. The inaugural Artist Bailout: Renegade Bounty Exchange will be held during the open studios at Angel’s Gate Cultural Center on Sunday, May 16, 2010 from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm.

Patrons pay $10 at the door for a delicious vegetarian meal and a ballot (or $5 for the ballot only). At 2:00 pm a group of pre-selected artists will present proposals for new original work. Artists who will be presenting proposals include Edith Abeyta, literary magazine Amor Fati, Laura Bouza, Janet and Matthew Owen Driggs, Liz Glynn, Jabari Hall-Smith, the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Editorial Collective, Llano del Rio Collective, Anna Mayer, Nancy Popp, Evelyn Serrano, and Juliana Snapper. Due to the wide variety of artistic disciplines represented, these proposals will run from films about sound healers to mapping alternative cultures in Los Angeles; all presented in the spirit of sharing visions and garnering community support. Also on the bill is a special musical performance by Monica Howe (H.R. Muff’n Stuff). At the end of the presentations and performances, ballots will be collected and counted. The top two winning artists will each take home half of all the money collected at the door as a micro grant to be used towards their proposed project.

“The goal is to get the pot up to a thousand dollars or more,” expressed organizers Elana Mann and Autumn Rooney. “Our hope is that this will become an on-going support system for Los Angeles artists in a time when funding for the arts is vanishing. Together we can share our resources to support each other’s projects, both creatively and financially. We are excited to collaborate in funding interesting and relevant projects and experimenting with unconventional philanthropic models.”
For more information about Artist Bailout: Renegade Bounty Exchange call 213-220-0295 or visit www.artistbailoutrenegadebountyexchange.blogspot.com.

Artist Bailout: Renegade Bounty Exchange and Open Studios 2010 are sponsored by Sony Pictures Entertainment and The James Irvine Foundation.

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Artist Bailout: Renegade Bounty Exchange
A public meal designed to solicit community-driven financial support and democratically fund new work by emerging artists.

Date & Time: Sunday, May 16, 2010 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Price: $10 (includes lunch and a ballot) or $5 (ballot) only

Location: Angel’s Gate Cultural Center | 3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro, CA 90731

In approximately, three hours, 1000 pieces of clothing were detached and unwoven. Bags of clothes went out the door with visitors, one carload of clothes was donated to garage-salers in Koreatown, one bag of children’s clothes were donated to a church, I kept five bags of clothing, and two bags went to Goodwill. Many thanks to all the visitors who cut, sorted, tried-on, and packed-up the installation.

José Drudis-Biada Gallery
Mount Saint Mary’s College
12001 Chalon Rd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1599
Telephone: (310) 954-4000

Directions to the Gallery click here.

Remaining clothes will be used for the upcoming project, Me, You, Us and donated to charity.

Like always I’ll be selling a variety of mostly ceramic objects from previously executed projects as well as a few things I thought up just for this sale. Joining me will be Lisa Romero of Paperbullet with hand painted bookmarks, badges, and small paintings.

Money from this year’s sale goes towards the purchasing of wire cable, cable crimpers, and eye bolts for an installation at the José Drudis-Biada Gallery at Mt. Saint Mary’s College, opening January 17, 2010.

Tom Jennings and Joshua Stehlik model El Hombre Invisible for Tropico de Nopal’s Ofrenda 2009.

More Still Photos

Pants: vinyl, pages from Queer, zipper, thread
Shirt: muslin, hand screen printed poppy design, hand embroidered text and typewriter, thread, silk flowers
Dress: vinyl, pages from Junky, zipper, thread
Accessories: feather boa, feather wig, silk flowers, ribbon, headband, studded belt, gun sunglasses, black men’s shoes, altered women’s slip-ons, cap gun

2009 Calavera Tom and Josh – video by Dina Palivos

Browne Molyneaux in Street Wear

Calavera Fashions from 2003 -2008
November 2 – 14
Special Reception: Monday, November 2 at 7:00 p.m.
at:
Tropico de Nopal
1665 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 481-8112

Calavera Fashion Show & Walking Altars
at: Tropico de Nopal
Saturday, November 7 at 8:00 p.m.
General Admission: $10
Reserved Seating: $25

Abel Alejandre, Edith Abeyta, Rosanna Ahrens, Miguel Barragan, Joe Bravo, Consuelo Flores, Juana Flores, Linda Gamboa, Daniel Gonzalez, Cici Segura Gonzalez, Rebeca Guerrero, Marialice Jacob, Jose Lozano, Poli Marichal, Stephanie Mercado Reyes, Jennifer Gutierrez Morgan, Lilia Ramirez, Marianne Sadowski, Robert Quijada, Orquidia Violeta, and J. Michael Walker

My tribute this year is to William S. Burroughs and Joan Vollmer Burroughs.

William S. Burroughs accidentally shot his wife Joan Vollmer Burroughs, on September 6, 1951 while doing their “William Tell Routine” during a party at their Mexico City apartment. In the introduction to Queer, Burroughs writes, “I am forced to the appalling conclusion that I would have never become a writer but for Joan’s death … the death of Joan brought me into contact with the invader, the Ugly Spirit, and maneuvered me into a lifelong struggle, in which I had no choice except to write my way out.”

Many thanks to models, Tom Jennings and Joshua Stehlik, this could not happen without them.

More printing, cutting, and socializing.
The topic of discussion this week is exploitation in the professional life. You thought a college degree would protect you from being a slave, but no you’re just a better dressed slave.

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Smart Gals Reading Preserve at the West Hollywood Book Fair
Sunday, October 4
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
at:
West Hollywood Park, 647 N San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069

A quiet non-consumptive space for reading. Pillows and woven book page mats fabricated by numerous contributors on Saturday, September 5 at Future Studio.

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The Mythical Beast(s) Sweet Shoppe U.K
Saturday & Sunday, October 3 & 4
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
at:
Near Birnbeck pier in Weston-Super-Mare

Candy, candy, candy, and artists’ multiples in the form of prints, dolls, figurines, bags, totes, t-shirts, magnets, comics, and zines. Online shoppe here.