Does your child want to learn woodworking? Let the Woodworking Bus teach them how! On-site Fall 2010 classes registering now, to be held at Side Street Projects’ mobile headquarters (730 North Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena).

*Ages 5 & up

*6 Week Sessions, $195 Per Child
*All Materials Included
*To register, please call Side Street at 626-798-7774

Morning Sessions
Perfect for Homeschoolers
6-Fridays 10:00am-12:00pm
$195/student

Session 1: Fall- [Sept 29th - Nov 3rd]
Session 2: Winter
Session 3: Spring
Session 4: Summer
Afternoon Session
6-Thursdays/ Sessions, 4:00-6:00pm
$195/student

Session 1: Fall – [Sept 30th-Nov 4th]
Session 2: Winter
Session 3: Spring
Session 4: Summer

3-Day Holiday Intensive
$150 per child
9am-12pm
12/19, 12/20, 12/21

SUMMER 2012

On-site: August (TBA)

We’ll also be out at 3 camps- click on the following links for more info & to sign up!

Mayfield Jr. (Pasadena): June 20- July 29th Mon-Thurs

Summer Arts Academy:

Valley Village-    Session One: June 20th – July 15th – - – -   Session Two: July 18th to August 12th

Agora Hills -       Session Two: July 25th – August 19th

We’ve partnered with the City of Pasadena to be a part of this amazing event. We’ll be on-site with a feast for all the senses; serving up treats from Whole Foods Market , listening to the sweet sounds of local musicians, and viewing our on-site installation from Los Angeles based artist Lisa Mann.

Enjoy a free evening of art, music and entertainment as Pasadena’s most prominent arts and cultural institutions swing open their doors. Last fall, 14,000 people experienced the excitement of ArtNight!

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE!

Just buy a “ticket” to Side Street Projects’ 18th Annual Phantom Ball
and we’ll send you a “party favor” made for this infamous non-event:
a signed, limited-edition print by a well-known contemporary artist
created exclusively for the Phantom Ball (Edition size=150).

What does the print look like? that’s a secret until June 1, 2011.

Buy your “ticket” right now (sight unseen) for $150 (limit 2 per customer).
Once we reveal the image on June 1st, the “ticket” price doubles to $300.
After January 1st, 2012, any remaining prints will be sold for $600 each (+tax).

And on that note, this year’s “souvenir print” is by…

or call (626) 798-7774 (M-F, 10am-5pm PDT)

Limit 2 “tickets” per customer
On 6/1/11 the “ticket” price DOUBLES to $300,
so get yours now (sight-unseen) and save!

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Tell us what you think! CLICK HERE to take a survey about this series. You might win limited edition prints by today’s hottest artists.

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.

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

The Met Life Foundation Innovative Space Awards are unrestricted cash awards that recognize best practices in artist space development. Side Street took top honors, which includes a $50,000 cash award. Click Here to Learn More!

We are honored to be in the company many of other amazing organizations nation-wide.

Much of what makes Side Street Projects so special is our community. We would like to say a special thanks to all of you for helping to make Side Street Projects so innovative.

Watch the LINC MetLife Foundation 2010 Innovative Space Awards Announcement from LINC on Vimeo.

Cost:
$15 ($20 at the door)

Place:
Fancifull Fine Foods & Baskets
5617 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, 90038
(between Gower and Larchmont)

RSVP:
To RSVP by phone and pay $20 at door: 323.466.7654

Or, order tickets on-line for only $15.

FREE and open to the public

About the Performance and Screenings: Inspired by 10-day-long traffic jams in China, devastating oil spills in the gulf, the “end” of the Iraq war, and fatal off-road races in the Mojave desert, Driven by What’s Inside is an outdoor performance and cinema event that reconsiders the role of the automobile in contemporary society.

The evening brings together recent performance and video work by Vera Brunner-Sung, Ecstatic Energy Consultants Inc. in collaboration with Elana Mann, Diana-Sofia Estrada, Alexa Gerrity, Joseph Imhauser, Noah Klersfeld, Julie Lequin, Benjamin Love, Susan Mogul, and Carlin Wing.

These artworks undermine the banality and brutality of the automobile by any means possible whether through psychedelic road-tripping, FM radio talk-shows, or love songs. Artist Elana Mann presents Driven by What’s Inside as a way to deepen explorations in her own work related to cars, driving, and war. This event is the second in a new series for Mann, in which she will be attempting to redress her grandfather’s involvement in the Manhattan Project by creating a “peace bomb” with other artists. Drive-in, walk-in, cycle-in, but bring a blanket, folding chair or seatbelt, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

Kim MacConnel is an influential artist in the Pattern and Decoration Movement of the 1970s. Taking cues from Picasso and the so-called “primitivists,” MacConnel has taken the primitive and made it relevant in different dialogues between cultures. MacConnel’s work has been exhibited internationally for over three decades, including recent shows at the Holly  Solomon Gallery (NYC), Rosamund Felsen Gallery, and Claremont Graduate University.  He is represented by the Rosamund Felsen Gallery.

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Tell us what you think! CLICK HERE to take a survey about this series. You might win limited edition prints by today’s hottest artists.

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.

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

We still have prints available, at the ticket of $350.   Edition of 100. It’s beautiful.  Get one before they sell out!

A corner of Olga Koumoundouros' Phantom Ball "souvenir" print

It’s coming…

The 17th annual PHANTOM BALL image is about to be revealed. RSVP now, and get your souvenir print for $175, site unseen. At 6pm, the ticket price will double to $350.

Don’t miss out! The print is beautiful: an etching, two colors, approximately 11×17″, each with a unique hand-painted element added by Olga herself. This labor intensive process will continue throughout June; prints will ship at the end of the month.

Thank you to everyone who has already RSVPed – every little bit helps!

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

Subscribe via iTunes | Take a Survey About This Series

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

Corey Bridewell of KPCC’s About Town paid us a visit last week and got a full tour, courtesy of Emily Hopkins. There’s a really neat video now on the 89.3 KPCC website featuring an interview with Emily – check it out:

Side Street Projects from 89.3 KPCC on Vimeo.

To view the full article at the KPCC website, click here.

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Seriously, stay home. It’s ok. Instead of coming to the Phantom Ball, we invite you to pick something you want to do, but haven’t (because you can’t find the time) and do that, instead. How about this: just buy a “ticket” to Side Street Projects’ 17th Annual Phantom Ball, and we’ll send you a “party favor” made for this infamous non-event: a signed, limited-edition print by a well-known contemporary artist created exclusively for the Phantom Ball (edition of 100).

What does this year’s print look like? Well, that’s a big secret until June 1st. Buy your “ticket” right now, sight unseen, for only $175. Once we reveal the image on June 1st, the “ticket price” doubles to $350. On January 1st, 2011, any remaining prints will be sold for $700 each. See how it works?

As always, we’ll understand if you can’t attend, because nobody ever has. Nobody ever does. Not in 17 years. Get it?

And on that note, this year’s “souvenir print” is by LA’s very own:

-[ Tickets Are $175 Each | Edition Size Is 100 ]-

About the Artist
Olga Koumoundouros’ provocative practice actively engages ideas of labor, class, and human sustenance. Using common industrial materials [cement, tar, and salvaged building fragments] Olga’s work transforms the stuff of daily life into an evocative commentary on social reality. Through hands-on engagement with material processes, her sculptures and drawings reflect a raw subjectivity and explore the dynamics of power through blunt gestures and bold forms.

Olga’s work was included in 2005′s critically-acclaimed exhibition Thing: New Sculptures from Los Angeles at UCLA’s Hammer Museum. Olga’s art has been featured in solo exhibitions at REDCAT, Open Satellite (Bellevue, WA), and Adamski Gallery (Aachen, Germany), and in group exhibitions at the Cultuurcentrum Brugge (Belgium), LA><ART, Creative Time (New York), and the Studio Museum of Harlem.

Olga lives and works in Los Angeles and is represented by Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects.

In as little as 20 minutes you can create and donate a unique Fundred Dollar Bill artwork that will be picked up in by a special armored truck and carried to Washington D.C., where a request will be made to our legislators for real change.

The goal is to collect over 3 million of these unique artworks. This cumulative total of 300,000,000 Fundred Dollars supports the equivalent cost (in U.S. Dollars) required to make safe every lead contaminated property in New Orleans, so that every child is protected.

Your creative contribution, along with 3,000,000 other individuals, will send a powerful message to Congress that we care about the health of future generations. This is a cool project, a great learning opportunity for all ages, with profound implications for the health of our planet and children.

Side Street Projects will be serving as one of the collection centers for the Fundred Dollar Bills. The people involved in this project are world class artists who really pull stuff like this off on a regular basis.

The “Fundred” truck will be coming to Side Street Projects on Friday February 19th at 4:00 pm.

We will be making Fundreds and loading up the truck. Come join us. It will be fun!

Additionally, come and make your own hanging planter out of a recycled 2 liter bottle.

Last summer when Side Street Projects stopped in New Orleans on our cross country trip with the Armadillo we were astounded by how much work still needs to be done. Here is a video of children in the 7th ward who have never tasted fresh herbs because their soil is so contaminated that they can’t plant anything to eat in the ground.

Did you know that lead contaminated soil is a problem in many cities in the U.S. and is a condition that often significantly impacts the health of our children? Studies demonstrate that lead-poisoning can affect nearly every system in the body, compromising healthy brain development and leading to poor performance in the schools, attention deficit disorder and even juvenile delinquency. The good news is that there is a solution, and it is why I encourage you to participate in The Fundred Dollar Bill Project, a simple, fun and important project supporting a solution to lead-contaminated soil in New Orleans as a model for other cities across the United States with the same devastating problem.

To learn more about getting involved, visit the website: www.fundred.org

Side Street Projects has been invited to participate in the 2010 Los Angeles Art Show at the LA Convention Center (January 21-24th). Your Side Street membership card gets you half-price admission tickets at the door (only $10…wow!).

Side Street will be offering free classes aboard the Woodworking Bus at the Art Show on Saturday the 23rd starting at 1pm. Email Emily at emily@sidestreet.org to reserve your child’s spot now, or sign up at the show.

The Los Angeles Art Show returns to the LA Convention Center in the revitalized downtown district. This year’s Show features over 100 national and international galleries, displaying a vibrant range of artwork, spanning artistic mediums across the centuries. Join an eclectic art-loving audience and be part of the creative magic at this internationally attended celebration of the arts. Visit their website at www.laartshow.com.