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Cut and Paint #2

Cut and Paint #2 is now out! This issue is packed with more great ready to paint stencil templates and also includes Street Stencil Photos from Buenos Aires and Barcelona, Mirco-stencils by bor*d, Eco-stencils, a stencil how-to, and much more!

The Zine can be picked-up through Just Seeds.

Here is the description of #2 from the Just Seeds website:

Expanding on the scope of the first issue, this edition has a number of writings including an essay by Emily Abendroth on a stencil project in Oakland and a short how-to-guide on moss stencils! Cut and Paint # 2 also features a number of photo spreads about stencil activity and Nicolas Lampert’s book review of Schlabone Berlin.

Seeing Green Catalog available through Just Seeds

The Seeing Green catalog is now available for purchase through Just Seeds!

Here is the description from their website:

The Seeing Green exhibition catalog features images and text of 30 projects from an activist art show in Milwaukee in April 2008 that was curated by Nicolas Lampert. The show addressed issues of urban environmental sustainability where local artists created various projects including public interventions, street art, posters, books, films, and architecture. Familiar names in the show include Colin Matthes (Justseeds), Sue Simensky Bietila (Drawing Resistance/World War 3 Illustrated), and Brandon Bauer (SAW). This catalog is sure to inspire and exemplifies what artists can do to take a lead an envisioning a greener city.

full color
folds out accordian style to 10 pages
1500 printed

Make Your Own History- Blatz Project Opening

MAKE YOUR OWN HISTORY

May 2nd - May 17th, 2008
Opening Reception, May 9th, 7-10 p.m.
Closing Reception, May 16th, 6-9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat: 12-5 pm






The Blatz Building
270 East Highland Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(enter gallery from Broadway St.)


For more info visit the website and the blog... Visit Jennifer Bastian's flickr site for some good work in progress images.

Artists included:

Jennifer Bastian
Brandon Bauer
Maria Bolivar
Max Estes
Kristen Haas
Jonathan Horvath
Tiffany Knopow
Madeline McGrath
A. Bill Miller
Ashley Morgan
Richard Mutz
Vijay Paniker
Annushka Peck
Holli Pitsch
Leah Schreiber

Make Your Own History- Beer Barons & Brewery Workers project sneak peek...

Make Your Own History is a group exhibition of 15 emerging artists that uses the historic Blatz Building (a former beer brewing facility) as both a subject and location for narrative experimentation. Responding to the transitional state of the space, as well as how the site symbolizes Milwaukee’s own shifting identity, these artists have created site-specific works and interventions that complicate and challenge how history gets told and remembered.

For this exhibition A. Bill Miller and I are collaborating on a project titled Beer Barons & Brewery Workers.

Here is a video segment of the animated portraits we are working on for the installation:


From our statement:

The Project Beer Barons & Brewery Workers creates a dialog across the history of the brewing industry in Milwaukee. Animated portraits of beer barons from the era of the rise of the brewing industry interact with archival text about the 1953 brewery strike, a strike that anticipated the decline of the brewing industry in Milwaukee. The subtle and humorous animated gestures engage both the viewer and the texts shedding light on these important historical events. These two historical points become bookends to a history that is still very much a part of the fabric and character of the city of Milwaukee.

Along with the animations a site-specific drawing in the exhibition space weaves the portraits and texts in an abstract and fragmented way around a column and the floor of the installation space. This intertwining of these disparate events within the Blatz building is a physical representation of how these two events are inextricably linked to the history of this building, as well as to the larger history of the Milwaukee brewing industry.

I will post more information on the exhibition soon.

Seeing Green- Film and Video Update.

Seeing Green Film Screening, Wednesday, April 16th, 7:00-9:00pm
Woodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust Street

Screening of videos by:
Lane Hall and Lisa Moline
Brian Carlson
Lindsay Holden
Brandon Bauer
Ray Chi
Laura Klein
Eddee Daniel
Suzanne Rosenblatt and Spencer Tepper
Zachary Nesgoda

This event is free

Also, on Wednesday, curator talk by Nicolas Lampert 4:30-6:00.

Press:
To read the MKE article click here
Here is the post from Mary Louise Schumacher's Art City Blog

for more information:
Seeing Green currently on view at Woodland Pattern
http://seeinggreenartshow.wordpress.com/

Reproduce & Revolt Book Out Soon!

Due out April 15th!

I will have a few designs in this new book- Reproduce and Revolt!

Josh MacPhee & Favianna Rodriguez (eds.)
Reproduce & Revolt/Reproduce Y Rebélate
$18 ($19.95 cover price)

A collection of over 500 political graphics, Reproduce & Revolt/Reproduce Y Rebélate contains original art granted by the creators to the public domain, to be freely used on political posters, flyers, and campaigns. A bilingual (English & Spanish) book, it also includes a history of the reproducible political graphic and a design how-to for anyone interested in using the images in this book to help change the world. A powerful collection of graphic work by some of the world’s most active and interesting political propagandists, street artists and socially conscious graphic designers. Over 100 artists from over 25 countries are included!

You can order a copy from Just Seeds.

196 pages
10.5"x8"
Soft Skull Press

Paper Politics in Corpus Christi, TX

Paper Politics is a traveling political art exhibition I have been involved in since its first inception in Chicago in 2004. The show is curated by Josh MacPhee and has an amazing range of print processes and political sentiments... Next stop Corpus Christi, TX!

(re-posted from the Just Seeds blog)

Paper Politics, the political print show I've been traveling around the continent has made it's way to Texas! K Space Contemporary opens Paper Politics on Saturday, April 5th.
The exhibit showcases print art that uses themes of social justice and global equity to engage community members in political conversation. All the Justseeds artists are in the show, as well as 175 other artists from the US and around the world. An eclectic collection of work by artists who are primarily activists, as well as artists, whose work may not always be politically motivated, but who wanted to respond to the monumental trends and events of our times.

Opening: Saturday April 5th, 6-8 PM
Free Admission, Food & Drinks
On view April 5th-May 11th

Also:
Woodcut Printmaking Workshop with Paper Politics artist Mike Stephens
Saturday, April 12th, 10Am-1PM
$65 materials fee, call to reserve a space.

An Incomplete History

A Short and Incomplete History of Experimental Film and Video will be screened at the Experiments In Cinema Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico This April!

Here are the Specifics on the Experiments in Cinema V 3.0 Festival:

Festival dates:

Thursday April 17 8-9pm 516 Arts “Cut Up Or Shut Up”
Friday April 18 6-9:30pm Southwest Film Center
Saturday April 19 6-9:30pm Southwest Film Center
Sunday April 20 noon-3:30pm Guild Cinema

Thursday April 17, 8-9pm: "Cut Up Or Shut Up" an evening of collage films is presented in conjunction with the exhibit Alchemy: Collage & Assemblage, at 516 Arts as part of Experiments in Cinema V3.0.

For the full listing of film times and programs visit the Basement Films website.

Seeing Green: Art, Ecology, and Activism

Seeing Green: Art, Ecology, and Activism opens Saturday, April 12, 5:00-9:00pm at Woodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee, WI.

Seeing Green encourages artists to leave the confines of the studio and take an active role with the community, to collaborate and address issues of the environment, and to open a dialog with the public. Guest curator Nicolas Lampert invited over 40 local artists to work on a project for the duration of eight months. During the month of April, 2008 the show will be exhibited at Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where the gallery will serve as a hub space, informing the viewer and the public of the many environmental projects taking place throughout the city, exhibiting visual work and books, screening films and holding discussions and events based around the exhibition.



















Urban Agriculture Poster by Brandon Bauer

Calendar:

Seeing Green opens at Woodland Pattern Book Center (720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee, WI.) on Saturday, April 12, 2008, 5:00-9:00pm

Additional events:
Reading by California author Rebecca Solnit, Sunday, March 30th, 2:00pm

Curator talk by Nicolas Lampert 4:30-6:00 / Film Screening, Wednesday, April 16th, 7:00-9:00pm
(Screening of 5 minute films and videos on urban ecology issues by: Lane Hall, Lisa Moline, Lindsay Holden, Brandon Bauer, Ray Chi, Laura Klein, Eddee Daniel, Suzanne Rosenblatt, Spencer Tepper, Zachary Nesgoda.)

Artist/Scientist/Community Activist talk, Wednesday, April 23rd, 7:00-9:00pm
(presentations by Susan Simensky-Bietila, Chris Cornelius, RiverPulse)

Artist/Scientist/Community Activist talk, Wednesday, April 30th, 7:00-9:00pm
(presentations by Raoul Deal and Larry Adams; Mary Osmundsen, Andrea Fuentes, Jose’ Medina, Monica Gonzalez and Adolfo Garcia; Lane Hall, Lisa Moline and Dr. Rudi Strickler)

Seeing Green is co-sponsored by UWM Cultures and Communities/Institute for Service Learning Co-Sponsorship Award, the Milwaukee Arts Board, and the Windhover Foundation.

http://seeinggreenartshow.wordpress.com/

Bits and Pieces

I will have some work in this upcoming Luckystar opening...

Here is the information:

'Bits and Pieces' exhibit opening reception @ Luckystar Studio
When 7-11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22
Where Luckystar Studio, 5407 W. Vliet St.

'Bits and Pieces' displays works from the Luckystar private gallery, an eclectic odds-and-ends collection assembled by hours of thrift store searches, sniper-like bids on Internet auctions and purchases from prolific artists. Features a variety of artists and media.

Luckystar Studio Gallery
5407 W. Vliet St.
Milwaukee, WI. 53203

BATHAS Episode #6

BATHAS #6- The "When The Sun Goes Down" Episode is On Air! This Episode is the best yet with amazing contributions from EMCEE MC, ERTROK, MS. BRANDI JO, and MARY O!

Look for it on MATA Community Media Channel 96 in Milwaukee, WI

Play Dates:

Saturday 2/2/2008, 2:30 AM, Channel 96
Sunday 2/3/2008, 2:30 AM, Channel 96
Saturday 2/9/2008, 2:30 AM, Channel 96
Sunday 2/10/2008, 2:30 AM, Channel 96
Saturday 2/16/2008, 2:30 AM, Channel 96
Sunday 2/17/2008, 2:30 AM, Channel 96
Saturday 2/23/2008, 2:30 AM, Channel 96
Sunday 2/24/2008, 2:30 AM, Channel 96
Saturday 3/1/2008, 2:30 AM, Channel 96
Sunday 3/2/2008, 2:30 AM, Channel 96

BATHAS INTERNATIONALE

Co-conspirators Include:

The Steve Allen Liberation Army
Avenging Destro
Challenger Crew
Dulabomber
Dynamic Lifters
Duck Aam Mallard
The Man's Inhumanity To Man One Man Band
The Sons Of The Sons Of Lee Marvin
Bob Somnambulist
White Wolf Avalanche


Look for BATHAS TV on myspace!

Paper Politics at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Paper Politics is now at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater... For more info visit the Just Seeds posting by Colin Matthes.