The Birmingham Art Collective

Encaustic Painting Class at Space One Eleven

The Collective — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:56:08 +0000

Encaustic Painting Class!
March 2nd, 9th & 16th (First three Tuesdays in March!)

Ring in Spring by learning the art of encaustic painting with Trent Thomas.

When: Three Tuesdays! Mar 2nd, 9th & 16th
Where: Space One Eleven
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Cost: $150
Supplies: Included

Trent’s class serves as introduction to the practice of encaustic painting: creating luminous images with hot beeswax. The class will cover the basics of manipulating the wax for painterly effects, plus methods of introducing other media into the images.

Trent Thomas is an artist living in Birmingham, AL. His work focuses on the role of the individual in society, and society in the individual. He explores these ideas in acrylic, watercolor, screenprinting, collage, encaustic, books and music. See more of Trent’s work at: http://mexicanreagan.blogspot.com/

All supplies included!

Registration:
To sign up for classes or if you have any questions, contact:
Kara Q. Smith, Project Director, at karasmith@spaceoneeleven.org or at 205.821.3716

Bici Collaboration with Space One Eleven

The Collective — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:06:41 +0000

Calling all artists and generally fun folks!

Bici is working with Space One Eleven in the month of April with their student arts group, Alabama Charcoal. The students work throughout the school year learn about and make art using various techniques and mediums, and have an exhibit at Space One Eleven at the end of the classes (webiste: http://www.spaceoneeleven.org/index.php/alabama-charcoal). On April 6th, 13th, and 20th, volunteers with Bici will bringing in old bike parts and work with the students to create bike art, along with other supplies that will be provided by Space One Eleven.

We need volunteers to help critique and encourage the students with their art, and/or to create their own pieces to be displayed in the windows in May and June. If you are not interested in working with the students, we also need people who are just interested in creating bike art themselves. Space One Eleven’s studios will be available for work space if needed.

If this sounds like something you might be interested in, please let me know! Start thinking about what supplies you would like to have provided by Space One Eleven, which date(s) you are available for helping out at the classes, and pass on the idea to anyone you think might like to be a part of this project.

Sculptures! Painting frames! Knitting things onto bikes! Tall Bikes! Anything and everything!

Thanks,

Anna

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Anna Carrigan
BiCi Bicycle Cooperative
Head of Fundraising
anna@bicicoop.org
205-746-2403

www.bicicoop.org

Opening Night Photo

sara cannon — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:48:47 +0000

I love this shot from the Public Opening Night. “Fabric of Time” By me (sara cannon) on the right and you can sort of see it on the left. Type on the left window. The umbrella makes it.

sara

Paint the Town Red – Call for Entries

The Collective — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:09:57 +0000

On April 17, 2010 the Birmingham-Jefferson Chapter of the American Red Cross will turn a section of Birmingham’s “Loft District” into an outdoor digital art show featuring digital artists from around the globe! Illuminated art will be projected on screens and buildings along 2nd Avenue North between 22nd and 24th Street. We will accept entries between January 1st and March 15th, 2010. The top thirty pieces will be projected and juried by a panel of judges. We are looking for innovative and visually compelling examples of: digital graphic art, digital animations (less than 2 min.), digital photography, digitally altered photography, and interactive concepts. Digital photographs of fine art will not be accepted this year.

Artwork can be vertical or horizontal format. Strong consideration will be given to pieces using the color red. The top 30 artists will be notified no later than April 1st, 2009. Each artist may submit 2 pieces of art for free. Additional work can be submitted with a $25 entry fee. For examples from last year’s festival visit http://www.paintthetownredbham.info/artwork

PRIZES AWARDED
Pieces will be judged and prize packages given to pieces in the following categories:

§ Best of Show
§ Best Graphic Art
§ Best Animation
§ Best Photography

ARTISTS RETAIN 100% OWNERSHIP OF THEIR WORK, although please note that by submitting an entry you agree to allow the American Red Cross the right to use photographic reproductions of your artwork for promotional purposes, both in print and online.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
1. Submissions should be in one of the following formats: JPEG, MPEG, WMV, or AVI. Multiple pieces of artwork may be submitted; each artwork requires its own entry form.
2. Complete the application IN FULL on page two of this packet and submit with your piece. Artists are not required but encouraged to attend the show.
3. Email submission information to paintthetownredbirmingham@gmail.com or mail on disk to the following address:

Birmingham Area Chapter
American Red Cross
950 22nd Street North Ste. 750
Birmingham, AL 35206
ATTN: JEAN J. PETTIES

For more information about Paint the Town Red, please visit our website: www.paintthetownredbham.info. You may also email Kevin Burke at burkek@birminghamredcross.org or call (205) 458-8262.

submit with the form below or submit online! http://paintthetownredbham.com/submit-art

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PAINT THE TOWN RED FESTIVAL
2010 ENTRY FORM

ENTRANT INFORMATION (to be used for print listings and inquiries about the entry)

Name:______________________________________________________________________________
Company:___________________________________________________________________________
Address:____________________________________________________________________________
City / State / Zip: ____________________________________________________________________________
Phone: ________________________________ Fax: _________________________________________
E-mail: ____________________________________________________________________________________

ENTRY INFORMATION:
Please select one of the following categories:
_____ Digital Graphic Art _____ Digital Animation _____ Digital Photography

Name of Piece _______________________________________________________________________________
Brief Synopsis ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

ANIMATION SUBMISSIONS ONLY:
Running Time _______________________________________________________________________________
Director ___________________________________________________________________________________
Producer ___________________________________________________________________________________
Sound ____________________________________________________________________________________
Composer ____________________________________________________________________________________
Editor ____________________________________________________________________________________
Other Production members ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
If submitting more than 2 works, please include $25 entry fee. Make checks payable to the American Red Cross, and mail to the address on page one.
Please include C.V. /Resume with submission if possible.

The Collective at Space One Eleven

The Collective — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:42:07 +0000

Opening Reception: February 5th 6:00-8:00 pm

Jason Burgess, Sara Cannon, Andrew Thomson, and Atreus Sacco are doing a Birmingham Art Collective window installation called “Statement of a Facade” in conjunction with the gallery show “Public Places, Private Spaces” by Margot Wade.

Fabric of Time by Sara Cannon – Friday the 18th Installation Art Show

The Collective — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:47:40 +0000

No matter who or where:

everyone grows up.

everyone has memory.

everyone wears clothes.

- this interactive installation explores the fabric and communities combined with nostalgia, forward movement, associations, and memory. – Sara Cannon

Fabric of Time by Sara Cannon from sara cannon on Vimeo. music by the triceratops

Jason Burgess – Friday the 18th Art Installation Show

The Collective — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:46:49 +0000

Andrew Thomson – Friday the 18th Art Installation Show

The Collective — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:45:41 +0000

Made by Andrew Thomson. Foam and Light.

FRIDAY THE 18th – Installation Art Show

The Collective — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:34:37 +0000

The Birmingham Art Collective Presents:
Friday the 18th

Dec 18th + 8:00pm
Phoenix Loft 303
ART + BEER + MUSIC

jason burgess
atreus sacco
sara cannon
andrew thompson

come by the house to see some installation as a preview for a future joint project between the artists – exhibiting in Birmingham in February!

RSVP facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=194477771874&ref=mf

Space One Eleven: The Compassion Project

The Collective — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:56:05 +0000

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Shana Berger
Nathan Purath
November 6, 2009 – January 8, 2010

“THE COMPASSION PROJECT”

“The Compassion Project” is a conceptual art billboard undertaking that uses the vernacular of Christian marketing campaigns to examine spirituality and politics in America. Based in York, Alabama, the artist team Shana Berger and Nathan Purath engage religious preconceptions by exploring the phrase “Even in hell there is compassion.” Hell, compassion, the democratizing of resurrection, and redemption, this expression offers traditional fundamentalist Christian heritage an expanded way of viewing damnation. The art installations illustrate that escape from hell is universally available to every human through compassion.

Artists Berger and Purath installed billboards in New Orleans, Memphis and Atlanta. Their work highlights the challenges faced when considering complex expressions of faith and spirituality. They will exhibit project documents and conduct workshops and lectures at:

Space One Eleven (SOE)
Birmingham, Alabama
November 6, 2009 – January 8, 2010
Opening Reception November 6, 2009
6-8PM
(All events are free and open to the public!)

Berger and Purath are inspired by a Buddhist folktale told by the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hahn. The story tells that in a past life, prior to enlightenment, the Buddha was in hell.

A guard in hell whose duty was to cause suffering was torturing the Buddha along with another man. The Buddha, tired of seeing his companion in pain, told the guard that he should not beat the man or cause suffering in others. The guard became very angry and stuck his fork in the heart of the Buddha. The Buddha died, but was simultaneously reborn into a new life on earth. “Even in hell there is compassion.”

Berger and Purath’s billboards use the same memorable black background and white serif font of the pervasive “God Speaks” religious advertising crusade. The “God Speaks” billboards are written in casual modern day English. They invoke an obvious ideological association and critique from a conservative Christian God. Some ofthe phrases include, “All I know is everything,” “The real Supreme Court meets up here,” and “One nation under me,” all signed God.

The billboards were respectfully declined in Birmingham, AL and Knoxville, TN by Lamar Advertising. This sadly demonstrates economic influences on morality.

Berger and Purath ask for audience participation with an interactive website www.thecompassionproject.net and a toll free number, 1-800-515-5690.

“FOUND AROUND THE SOUTH, TWO”

Berger and Purath’s “The Compassion Project” is part of “Found Around the South, Two.” Conceived and curated by SOE’s founding directors. Anne Arrasmith and Peter Prinz, it echoes Space One Eleven’s first exhibit, “Found Around the South” (1986) which brought regional artists together to explore how Deep South concerns, while often described as “peculiar,” were (and are) relevant to all.

Now, 23 years later, from their base in Birmingham, Alabama noted for its post Civil War industry, its leadership in the movement for civil rights and its current recognition for cutting edge medicine, Arrasmith and Prinz have designed a series of six projects. Running from 2009-2012,” Found Around the South, Two” focuses on work done by today’s organizing artists/curators based in the Deep South who address issues that ripple out into the world.

“Found Around the South, Two” brings attention to their interests concerning race, politics, religion, sex not to mention class, gender and the changing demographics of the Deep South. The series explores the area’s unfortunate attachment to anti intellectualism while celebrating its renowned friendliness, delicious emphasis on food, road house R&B, jazz, gospel and Rock & Roll!

The “heat” remains in this unique place as it continues to shine the light on what’s important to the world.

http://thecompassionproject.net/

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2409 2nd Avenue North | Birmingham, AL 35203-3809 | Tel. 205 328-0553 |
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Space One Eleven Mission

Deeply grounded in place, Space One Eleven’s mission is to provide professional opportunities for visual artists while creating a forum for public understanding of contemporary art. Cornerstones are Space One Eleven’s adherence to artistic freedom and a commitment to the payment of professional fees to participating artists