[ilssa] Re: hello fellow laborers! invitation to participate in my roadtrip artistic community experiment
- From: emily tipps <emilytipps@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ilssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 17:28:38 -0600
April,
I echo the sentiment that your project sounds great. I wish I could tag
along! I'm not sure if your travels will take you west, but if so, you
should come visit the Book Arts Program at the University of
Utah<http://www.bookartsprogram.org>.
We've got a full docket of workshops and classes, an amazing letterpress and
binding studio, and a staff of committed and talented artists and book
workers here. Also, I noticed you are planning to be in Asheville close to
the time of the Ladies of Letterpress Conference, which will be in Asheville
August 5-7. Happy trails, and let us know if you want to come see us.
Emily
Emily Tipps
Binding Instructor and Studio Coordinator
Book Arts + Red Butte Press
J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 S 1500 E
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
801.585.9191
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Faythe Levine <faythelevine@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hey-
> If your in Chicago you should head up to Milwaukee. We will have a great
> exhibit up through July at my gallery <http://www.skyhighmilwaukee.com>and If
> you make the trip I can arrange for you to meet some others doing
> amazing work/projects- as well as a place to stay as long as I'm in town.
>
> Regards,
> Faythe Levine
> --
> *{* curator author collector director *}*
> web: www.faythelevine.com
> twitter: @faythelevine
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Elisabeth M. Long <elong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> April: If you are going to Cleveland, you'll have to stop by the Morgan
>> Conservatory http://morganconservatory.org/home.htm
>>
>> From: april llewellyn <aprilhl@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: "ilssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ilssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 10:22:23 -0500
>> To: "ilssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ilssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Subject: [ilssa] hello fellow laborers! invitation to participate in my
>> roadtrip artistic community experiment
>>
>> Hi y'all,
>>
>> I'd like to introduce myself and invite you to participate in a roadtrip
>> experiment/potential thesis project/craft arts extravaganza!
>>
>> I believe ILSSA Union members are the perfect participants for talking
>> about this; the idea of what can be created through laboring, making,
>> crafting--besides the physical end product--is one of the reasons I enjoy
>> ILSSA so much.
>>
>> so without further interruption--
>>
>> I am April Llewellyn <http://aprilhl.net/about/>, a second year MFA
>> student at Columbia College Chicago in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper
>> Arts <http://www.colum.edu/Academics/interarts/programs.php>. I am in
>> graduate school because I am interested in understanding how art, and more
>> specifically craft, can develop relationships between people. To attempt to
>> answer these questions I am experimenting with elements from some of my
>> previous projects <http://aprilhl.net/projects/> and I hope that this
>> experience will lead into my thesis work.
>>
>> I am planning an extensive
>> roadtrip<http://aprilhl.net/projects/roadtrip/>for this July
>> with my partner Matt to visit book and paper art centers and community
>> art centers and survey these places' roles as hubs in the artistic
>> community. I would also like to converse with directors, artists,
>> craftspeople, and other interested participants about their thoughts on what
>> roles art and craft can fulfill in building community.
>>
>> A secondary component of this trip will be
>> couchsurfing<http://www.couchsurfing.org/home.html>—staying
>> with and relying on the hospitality of others for our resting place as a way
>> to experience the impact of gifting more directly. As part of this, I will
>> be making a gift for everyone that participates in *any*fashion in return
>> for the generous assistance needed in creating this project.
>>
>> The general route and my ideas for places to contact/visit (still taking
>> suggestions for all cities!--I'd love a few more community centers or
>> non-traditional hubs for artists/makers/craftspeople...ren faires? DIY
>> schools?)
>>
>> -
>>
>> June: Interview with Steve Woodall, director for the Center for Book
>> and Paper Arts <http://www.colum.edu/book_and_paper/>, Chicago, IL;
>> following with other local participants
>>
>>
>> -
>>
>> June 28th: Chicago, IL to Saugatuck, MI (Oxbow<http://www.ox-bow.org/>
>> )
>> -
>>
>> June 29th: Saugatuck, MI to Grand Rapids, MI (Matt's hometown, and
>> home to Art Prize <http://www.artprize.org/>; Kalamazoo Book Arts
>> Center <http://www.kalbookarts.org/index.html>)
>> -
>>
>> July 5th: Grand Rapids, MI to Detroit, MI
>> -
>>
>> July 7th: Detroit, MI to Cleveland, OH (Paper Circle Book and Paper
>> Art Center <http://www.papercircle.org/>)
>> -
>>
>> July 8th: Cleveland, OH to Rosendale, NY (Women's Studio
>> Workshop<http://www.wsworkshop.org/index.htm>
>> )
>> -
>>
>> July 10th: Rosendale, NY to Boston, ME (Boston Papermakers
>> Collective<http://bostonpapercollective.wordpress.com/about/>
>> )
>> -
>>
>> July 12th: Boston, ME to New York City, NY (Dieu
>> Donne<http://www.dieudonne.org/>;
>> Lower Eastside Printshop <http://www.printshop.org/web/home.html>; The
>> Center for Book Arts <http://www.centerforbookarts.org/>)
>> -
>>
>> July 16th: New York City, NY to Philadelphia, PA (University of the
>> Arts - Bookarts <http://www.uarts.edu/academics/cad/bookarts.html>)
>> -
>>
>> July 18th: Philadelphia, PA to Washington D.C. (Pyramid
>> Atlantic<http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/>
>> )
>> -
>>
>> July 20th: Washington D.C. To Roanoke, VA
>> -
>>
>> July 22nd: Roanoke, VA to Asheville, NC (Asheville Book
>> Works<http://www.ashevillebookworks.com/>;
>> Penland <http://www.penland.org/>)
>> -
>>
>> July 24th: Asheville, NC to Atlanta, GA (Georgia Tech Paper
>> Museum<http://ipst.gatech.edu/amp/>;
>>
>> -
>>
>> July 26th: Atlanta, GA to Tuscaloosa, AL (University of AL Book Arts
>> MFA <http://www.bookarts.ua.edu/>)
>> -
>>
>> July 27th: Tuscaloosa, AL to Huntsville, AL (Lowe
>> Mill<http://www.lowemill.net/>;
>> my hometown)
>> -
>>
>> August 1st: Huntsville, AL to Chicago, IL
>>
>> (if you wish to see a visual representation of the map and calendar, look
>> no further <http://aprilhl.net/projects/roadtrip/>! )
>>
>> This project is still in the planning stages, so I want to fully utilize
>> every resource available on this trip.
>>
>> Critical things I'm looking for: where we should visit, introductions to
>> contacts for a conversation or for hosting us (you can nominate yourself!),
>> a good place to catch a meal or a roadtrip recipe, suggestions or ideas on
>> the general project, and, of course, general well-wishes are very welcome.
>>
>> I am fundraising for this trip by selling handmade paper cards, which you
>> can find here on my etsy page. <http://www.etsy.com/shop/aprilhl>(and
>> psst: use the coupon code “emailinvite” to get free shipping!)
>>
>> Also, even though we're not leaving for this trip *quite*yet, you may
>> subscribe/follow my progress in planning, the actual trip, and the followup
>> at my website: www.aprilhl.net(posts there will also forward to my
>> facebook <http://www.facebook.com/aprilhl>, if that is easier for you).
>>
>> I look forward to hearing from you soon!
>>
>> best wishes to the union!
>>
>>
>> ~april hannah llewellyn (aprilhl)
>>
>> www.aprilhl.net | 256-777-3912
>>
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