Side Street Projects http://sidestreet.org Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:46:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Many of you remember our What Do Curators Want? series that aired last year, featuring insider conversations with people like Lisa Melandri from the Santa Monica Museum and Jeff Poe of Blum & Poe. Over 10,000 artists from all over the world devoured and raved about this series. The complete archive can be found on iTunes and in our podcast archive. Our new series— Shop Talk — debuts today and features frank conversations with your favorite contemporary artists. Hosted by artist Bari Ziperstein, you can think of Shop Talk like that “Inside the Actor’s Studio” show on Bravo, except for visual artists. What are some misconceptions about being a contemporary LA artist? How do you juggle deadlines, personal life, and your day job? Has your life suffered because of art? These are tough questions, and Bari gets some very honest answers from some of LA’s most celebrated and respected artists. Bari Ziperstein no Bari Ziperstein emily@sidestreet.org emily@sidestreet.org (Bari Ziperstein) Our new series— Shop Talk — debuts today and features frank conversations with your favorite contemporary artists. art, community, studio art Side Street Projects http://sidestreet.org/v2/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/shoptalk_logo_small.png http://sidestreet.org On-Site Fall 2010 Woodworking Bus Classes http://sidestreet.org/on-site-fall-woodworking-bus-classes/ http://sidestreet.org/on-site-fall-woodworking-bus-classes/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:38:00 +0000 Jon Lapointe http://sidestreet.org/?p=1726

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).

6 Week Sessions, $195 Per Child
All Materials Included
To register, please call Side Street at 626-798-7774
(M – F, 10am – 5pm)

Morning Session:
Perfect for Homeschoolers!
6-Mondays, 10:30am-12:30pm
9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25

Afternoon Session:
6-Fridays 4:00-6:00pm
9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29

]]> http://sidestreet.org/on-site-fall-woodworking-bus-classes/feed/ 0 Shop Talk #12 – Kim MacConnel http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-12-kim-macconnel/ http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-12-kim-macconnel/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:00:15 +0000 neonchard http://sidestreet.org/?p=1613 shoptalk_logo_small

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.

]]> http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-12-kim-macconnel/feed/ 0 bari ziperstein,kim macconnel,podcast,shoptalk - 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. 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. -[ LISTEN ]- // 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. Bari Ziperstein no 1:05:53 And now, the Phantom Ball is Revealed http://sidestreet.org/and-now-the-phantom-ball-is-revealed/ http://sidestreet.org/and-now-the-phantom-ball-is-revealed/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:20:17 +0000 neonchard http://sidestreet.org/?p=1588 We just can’t wait any longer!  Olga Koumoundouros’ print for our 17th annual The Phantom Ball is here. It’s a two-color etching with hand-painting, approximately 11×17″.  Every plate is hand-inked, and each print appears unique.  Olga, we love you!

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

]]> http://sidestreet.org/and-now-the-phantom-ball-is-revealed/feed/ 0 Shop Talk #11: Katie Grinnan http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-11-katie-grinnan/ http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-11-katie-grinnan/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 22:46:08 +0000 neonchard http://sidestreet.org/?p=1565 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.

]]> http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-11-katie-grinnan/feed/ 0 Katie Grinnan,podcast,Shop Talk 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, 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. -[ LISTEN ]- 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 Many thanks to the Tremaine Foundation and The Pasadena Art Alliance for their support of this series. Special thanks to Jonathan Stoffenmacher. Bari Ziperstein no Shop Talk #10: Brian Bress http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-10-brian-bress/ http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-10-brian-bress/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 17:58:55 +0000 neonchard http://sidestreet.org/?p=1545 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.

[podcast]http://www.sidestreet.org/podcasts/brian_bress.mp3[/podcast]

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.

]]> http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-10-brian-bress/feed/ 0 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, 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. [podcast]http://www.sidestreet.org/podcasts/brian_bress.mp3[/podcast] 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. Bari Ziperstein no The New Mobile Classroom is here! http://sidestreet.org/the-new-mobile-classroom-is-here/ http://sidestreet.org/the-new-mobile-classroom-is-here/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 21:03:19 +0000 neonchard http://sidestreet.org/?p=1525

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.

]]> http://sidestreet.org/the-new-mobile-classroom-is-here/feed/ 0 Shop Talk #9 David Burns http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-9-david-burns/ http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-9-david-burns/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:52:33 +0000 neonchard http://sidestreet.org/?p=1516 David Burns is a Los Angeles-based artist, curator, and educator. David is a member of the seminal Los Angeles activist art collective Fallen Fruit, along with Matias Viegener and Austin Young.  Fallen Fruit’s recent solo projects include the ongoing EATLACMA at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United Fruit at L.A.C.E., the annual Public Fruit Jam at Machine Project, and many more. Burns’ recent projects have been shown at the Ars Electronica (Austria), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco), Netherlands Architecture Institute at Maastricht, and Artists Space in New York, among others. David Burns is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts (1993) and received his MFA from the University of California, Irvine in 2005.

[podcast]http://www.sidestreet.org/podcasts/david_burns.mp3[/podcast]

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.

]]> http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-9-david-burns/feed/ 0 David Burns is a Los Angeles-based artist, curator, and educator. David is a member of the seminal Los Angeles activist art collective Fallen Fruit, along with Matias Viegener and Austin Young.  Fallen Fruit's recent solo projects include the ongoing ... David Burns is a Los Angeles-based artist, curator, and educator. David is a member of the seminal Los Angeles activist art collective Fallen Fruit, along with Matias Viegener and Austin Young.  Fallen Fruit's recent solo projects include the ongoing EATLACMA at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United Fruit at L.A.C.E., the annual Public Fruit Jam at Machine Project, and many more. Burns’ recent projects have been shown at the Ars Electronica (Austria), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco), Netherlands Architecture Institute at Maastricht, and Artists Space in New York, among others. David Burns is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts (1993) and received his MFA from the University of California, Irvine in 2005. [podcast]http://www.sidestreet.org/podcasts/david_burns.mp3[/podcast] 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. Bari Ziperstein no Side Street on 89.3 KPCC http://sidestreet.org/side-street-on-89-3-kpcc/ http://sidestreet.org/side-street-on-89-3-kpcc/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:24:10 +0000 neonchard http://sidestreet.org/?p=1491 Southern California Public Radio comes to Side Street!

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.

]]> http://sidestreet.org/side-street-on-89-3-kpcc/feed/ 0 Please Don’t Come to the Phantom Ball http://sidestreet.org/phantomball/ http://sidestreet.org/phantomball/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:47:57 +0000 Jon Lapointe http://sidestreet.org/?p=1466 Side Street Projects
understands that you’re tired and busy, so we
kindly requests that you refrain from attending our…

Please Don't Come to the Phantom Ball

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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:

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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.

]]> http://sidestreet.org/phantomball/feed/ 0 Get on Board with Mel Chin’s FUNDRED Dollar Bill Project! http://sidestreet.org/get-on-board-with-mel-chins-fundred-dollar-bill-project/ http://sidestreet.org/get-on-board-with-mel-chins-fundred-dollar-bill-project/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:38:43 +0000 Jon Lapointe http://sidestreet.org/?p=1372 Arise Academy

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

]]> http://sidestreet.org/get-on-board-with-mel-chins-fundred-dollar-bill-project/feed/ 0 Side Street Projects @ The LA Art Show http://sidestreet.org/side-street-projects-the-la-art-show/ http://sidestreet.org/side-street-projects-the-la-art-show/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:05:28 +0000 Jon Lapointe http://sidestreet.org/?p=1347

 

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.

]]> http://sidestreet.org/side-street-projects-the-la-art-show/feed/ 1 Announcing Crit Clusters! http://sidestreet.org/announcing-crit-clusters/ http://sidestreet.org/announcing-crit-clusters/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:16:06 +0000 Jon Lapointe http://sidestreet.org/?p=1344 Crit Clusters are Side Street Projects’ new professional practices program for visual artists in LA County. Crit Clusters are mobile, moderated critique groups that combine studio visit and business skill seminar. Clusters launch mid-March, 2010. Tuition is $180 for 8 weeks and includes the textbook plus a one year artist membership to Side Street Projects. Sign up on-line below, or call (626) 798-7774.

]]> http://sidestreet.org/announcing-crit-clusters/feed/ 0 Shop Talk #8 – Tom Lawson http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-8-tom-lawson/ http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-8-tom-lawson/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:35:13 +0000 Jon Lapointe http://sidestreet.org/?p=1315 shoptalk_logo_small

Tom Lawson is a Los Angeles based painter, writer, Dean of the School of Art at CalArts, and—for the past 8 years—the co-editor of Afterall. He is now starting a new website and publishing venture called East of Borneo.  Most recently he had solo exhibitions at Participant Inc in New York, and in Los Angeles at LAXART;‘The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984′ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY and is the recipient of a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship. He is represented by David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles.

[podcast]http://www.sidestreet.org/podcasts/tom_lawson.mp3[/podcast]

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 http://www.bariziperstein.com/home.

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.

]]> http://sidestreet.org/shop-talk-8-tom-lawson/feed/ 0 - Tom Lawson is a Los Angeles based painter, writer, Dean of the School of Art at CalArts, and—for the past 8 years—the co-editor of Afterall. He is now starting a new website and publishing venture called East of Borneo. Tom Lawson is a Los Angeles based painter, writer, Dean of the School of Art at CalArts, and—for the past 8 years—the co-editor of Afterall. He is now starting a new website and publishing venture called East of Borneo.  Most recently he had solo exhibitions at Participant Inc in New York, and in Los Angeles at LAXART;'The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984' at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY and is the recipient of a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship. He is represented by David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles. [podcast]http://www.sidestreet.org/podcasts/tom_lawson.mp3[/podcast] 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 http://www.bariziperstein.com/home. 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. Bari Ziperstein no Holiday Print Sale: Catherine Opie http://sidestreet.org/opie/ http://sidestreet.org/opie/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:48:46 +0000 Jon Lapointe http://sidestreet.org/?p=1246 Every holiday season, we open up the vault and offer rare selections from our print archives for a very limited time. This year, we’re pleased to present the absolute last 3 signed Cathy Opie prints available for sale. This is the official “portrait” by Cathy of our Mobile Headquarters, commemorating Side Street Projects’ 16th Anniversary (aka, our SweetSixteen). Proceeds from all print sales directly support Side Street Projects’ programs for kids and artists throughout LA County.

Catherine Opie
Side Street Projects Sweet 16 Aniversary Print
Untitled – Side Street Projects’ Mobile HQ (2008)
Archival Pigment Print (From a Digital Photo)
Archival Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Paper (20″ x 16”)
Limited Edition of 50
Signed & Numbered by the Artist
$1,000 (only 3 available)


or call (626) 798-7774

]]> http://sidestreet.org/opie/feed/ 0 Holiday Print Sale: Walead Beshty http://sidestreet.org/beshty/ http://sidestreet.org/beshty/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:32:05 +0000 Jon Lapointe http://sidestreet.org/?p=1242 Every holiday season, we open up the vault and offer rare selections from our print archives for a very limited time. This year, we’re pleased to present 5 unique cyanotypes by LA’s very own Walead Beshty. These are the absolute last 5 Beshty cyanotypes available for sale. Each is unique and handmade by Walead. Proceeds from all print sales directly support Side Street Projects’ programs for kids and artists throughout LA County.

Walead Beshty
 Untitled (2009)
Cyanotype
6″ x 8″
Limited Edition of 100 Unique Cyanotypes
Hand-Indexed by the Artist
$1,000 each (only 5 available)


or call (626) 798-7774

]]> http://sidestreet.org/beshty/feed/ 0 Holiday Print Sale: John Baldessari http://sidestreet.org/baldessari/ http://sidestreet.org/baldessari/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:26:38 +0000 Jon Lapointe http://sidestreet.org/?p=1237 Every holiday season, we open up the vault and offer rare selections from our print archives for a very limited time. This year, we’re pleased to present the absolute last 2 John Baldessari prints that will ever be made public again. John created this fabulous edition for us back in 1997 to commemorate Side Street Projects’ 5th Anniversary. These are the last two available, save for the 1 copy in Side Street’s permanent archive.

John Baldessari
Side Street Projects’ 5th Anniversary Print
I Saw It (1997)
Lithograph
16″ x 20 ”
Limited Edition of 100
Signed and Numbered by the Artist
$2,000 (only 1 left as of 12/17/09)


or call (626) 798-7774

]]> http://sidestreet.org/baldessari/feed/ 0 Bookmeat Booksale: PASADENA http://sidestreet.org/bookmeat-booksale-pasadena/ http://sidestreet.org/bookmeat-booksale-pasadena/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:54:36 +0000 Jon Lapointe http://sidestreet.org/?p=1189 bookmeat_booksale

Bookmeat has a meaty and marvelous name,
and a meaty and marvelous mission.”
- NBC Los Angeles

“This is something really special.”
- LA Weekly

For our friends who couldn’t make it out to Culver City for our Bookmeat fundraiser on November 21st, we’re having a showing & sale of some really interesting (and still available) Bookmeat books at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena:

Bookmeat Booksale: PASADENA
Saturday, December 19th, 1pm-4pm
The Armory Center for the Arts
145 North Raymond Ave, Pasdena

get_pricelistFor as little as $75, you can walk away with a unique and affordable holiday gift for the art lover in your life— a signed and (in many cases) modified book from the personal collections of artists like Katie Grinnan, Sam Durant, Pae White, Elad Lassry, Hirsch Perlman, Mario Ybarra Jr., Olga Koumoundouros, Ry Rocklen, Tom Lawson, Alexis Smith, Christopher Russell, Jennifer Steinkamp, Kim MacConnel, Martin Kersels, Mel Chin, Alice Konitz, Nathan Mabry, and more!

All proceeds benefit Side Street’s education programs for kids and artists in LA County. Click here to download the pricelist. To arrange a private viewing, please contact Side Street Projects via email, or call (626) 798-7774.

We’d like to thank all the artist, writers, curators who contributed their time, treasure, and talent to help make Bookmeat such a success. We’d also like to thank our steering committee and all the volunteers who helped make it all happen. For a complete list of folks, please visit the Bookmeat page.

]]> http://sidestreet.org/bookmeat-booksale-pasadena/feed/ 0 Solar Powered Creatures: Built on the Woodworking Bus http://sidestreet.org/solar-powered-creatures-built-on-the-woodworking-bus/ http://sidestreet.org/solar-powered-creatures-built-on-the-woodworking-bus/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:12:09 +0000 Jon Lapointe http://sidestreet.org/?p=1171 These are solar-powered contraptions designed and built by 3rd grade students in Los Angeles aboard Side Street Projects’ Woodworking Bus. Students were shown examples of historical & contemporary kinetic/contraption art, including Jean Tinguley, Alexander Calder, Tim Hawkinson, and Martin Kersels. The following footage is from the “group show” the students put on for their families and classmates.

]]> http://sidestreet.org/solar-powered-creatures-built-on-the-woodworking-bus/feed/ 0 Beavers & Bookshelves: Built on the Woodworking Bus http://sidestreet.org/beavers-bookshelves-built-on-the-woodworking-bus/ http://sidestreet.org/beavers-bookshelves-built-on-the-woodworking-bus/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:51:23 +0000 Jon Lapointe http://sidestreet.org/?p=1161 The following are examples of student-designed projects built aboard Side Street Project’s Woodworking Buses — mobile wood shops aboard renovated transit buses where kids age 5-11 learn about art & design using only hand tools, raw materials, and their imagination. These are not “woodworking kits” mind you, these are unique designs that kids envisioned and fabricated by themselves from raw pine stock.

]]> http://sidestreet.org/beavers-bookshelves-built-on-the-woodworking-bus/feed/ 0 Bookmeat Party Video http://sidestreet.org/bookmeat-party-video/ http://sidestreet.org/bookmeat-party-video/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:23:12 +0000 Jon Lapointe http://sidestreet.org/?p=1083 What a fantastic evening! Good food, good drink, good friends, and a great cause. Bookmeat was a success on many levels. We’re so grateful for everyone that came out and showed their love for Side Street. For those who were “there in spirit,” here’s a little 2 minute video of what went down @ Bookmeat. Enjoy.

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