Archive May 2010

Shop Talk #11: Katie Grinnan 0 comments

May27

Katie Grinnan is an artist living and working in Los Angeles. She is represented by ACME. gallery in Los Angeles and has exhibited her work at the Whitney Museum in New York, MOCA in Los Angeles, the MAK Center in Los Angeles, and Modern Art Oxford in the UK.  She attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and received her M.F.A. from U.C.L.A.

Her sculptures and installations use hybrid techniques, borrowing from photography and approaching sculpture from an expanded field. Combining photography and sculpture allows social, psychological, imagined, physical, and visual space to exist simultaneously while spotlighting the incongruities between the structure and surface of an object.

For more information about Katie Grinnan’s work, visit ACME‘s website.

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About The Host: Bari Ziperstein, who lives and works in Los Angeles, is a site-specific sculptor, photographer, collage, and ceramic artist who is interested in the politics of space through intervention and organization. Her artistic practice is engaged with the architectural history of Los Angeles and can be read as an investigation of how urban landscapes are defined by consumerism. Ziperstein holds her MFA from CalArts and double majored at Ohio University to receive a BFA in painting and a Women’s Studies Degree. Since 2007, she has been an active member of the Board of Directors at Side Street Projects. Visit her website at www.bariziperstein.com/home.

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Many thanks to the Tremaine Foundation and The Pasadena Art Alliance for their support of this series. Special thanks to Jonathan Stoffenmacher.

Written on May 27

Shop Talk #10: Brian Bress 0 comments

May21

Brian Bress is a Los Angeles based artist and filmmaker. His collages, photographs, videos and paintings have been exhibited in various group shows and film festivals in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, including Spike and Mike’s Festival of Animation, Black Maria Film Festival, New York Director’s Club Biennial and The LA Weekly Biennial. His work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Cherry and Martin, Zach Feuer Gallery, and Angstrom Gallery. Recent group exhibitions include those at the Institute of Contemporary Art (Philadephia PA), Human Resources (Los Angeles), and Diverse Works (Houston TX), among others. He received his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 1998 and his MFA from University of California, Los Angeles in 2006.

More information about Brian Bress is available on his website, www.brianbress.com, or at Cherry and Martin.

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About The Host: Bari Ziperstein, who lives and works in Los Angeles, is a site-specific sculptor, photographer, collage, and ceramic artist who is interested in the politics of space through intervention and organization. Her artistic practice is engaged with the architectural history of Los Angeles and can be read as an investigation of how urban landscapes are defined by consumerism. Ziperstein holds her MFA from CalArts and double majored at Ohio University to receive a BFA in painting and a Women’s Studies Degree. Since 2007, she has been an active member of the Board of Directors at Side Street Projects. Visit her website at www.bariziperstein.com/home.

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Much thanks to the Tremaine Foundation and The Pasadena Art Alliance for their support of this series. Special thanks to Jonathan Stoffenmacher.

Written on May 21

Tool Drive for the Next Generation! 0 comments

May18


We’re embarking upon a gigantic tool drive for our next generation of mobile classrooms, due to roll out this summer. Show your support, and help us stock the trailers. All donations are tax deductible.

Three Ways to Donate:

1. In-Kind Tool Donations Drop-off or request a pickup for any new or used tools in working condition. Email liz (at) sidestreet (dot) org for more information. We will provide you with a receipt for tax purposes.

2. Make a Paypal Donation and we’ll put it towards the tools of your choice.


3. Buy Us Tools! Click on any of the links below, purchase tools through the website, and have them shipped to Side Street Projects, c/o The Armory Center for the Arts, 145 N. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena CA 91103

Naming rights available upon request. No contribution is too small!

OUR WISH LIST:

48 Woodworking Tool Sets

Each tool set will contain one of each item below, unless noted. Feel free to purchase or donate in any quantity

6” Clamp-On Bench Vise, $29.99 each at Rockler

8 oz Claw Hammer, Clearance $2.99 each at Woodcraft

Rubber Sanding Blocks, 8 sets of 12 needed, $12 per set at Do It Best

Stanley Plane Type Regular Surform, $10.95 each at Amazon.com (through Direct Tools)

3 x 4 1/2 inch C-Clamp by Adjustable Clamp , $10.89 each at Hardware and Tools.com

Egg Beater Hand Drill with 1/4″ Chuck, $29.95 each at Traditional Woodworker

or, shop for drills on E-Bay

Great Neck 12″or 16″ Miter Box, $8.29 each on Amazon.com

Phillips Head Stubby Screw Driver, $4.59 each on Amazon.com

24″ Cross Cutting Hand Saw, each $34.95 at Traditional Woodworker, or
20″ Cross Cutting Hand Saw, each $20.50 at Amazon.com

Scratch Awl, $5.99 each at Sears

8″ Aluminum Try Square $5.99 each at Sears

3/16″ Center Punch $4.30 each at Wholesale Tools

3/16″ Drill Bit $1.79 each at Do It Best, 96 total needed


Hardware Organizer, $9.50 each at Duluth Trading

And for the office …

Black and Decker PSV1800 18v Cordless Vacuum $89.99 at J&R

Mr. Heater Portable Buddy Heater $99.99 at Camping World

Outdoor Extension Cords and Extension Cord Reels at Ace Hardware

Every little (drill) bit helps! We love you guys!

Written on May 18

The New Mobile Classroom is here! 0 comments

May6

Isn’t she cute?  This is Side Street’s new mobile classroom, on her way home from the factory in Hurricane, Utah.

Stay tuned – we’ve got more images from our trip, but right now we’re busy re-arranging the lot, and preparing to begin the build-out.

Written on May 6

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