Marc Fischer will be in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Art Work related discussions and an exhibition. If you are in town, stop by and say hello, join the conversation, start organizing in your community.
Friday, February 5th
3:00PM – 5:00PM ART WORK Discussion
Located at The Division Avenue Arts Collective (DAAC) (downtown Grand Rapids)
Address – 115 S. Division, Grand Rapids
DAAC is inviting artists, business owners, city planners, commissioners and creatives to participate in a conversation with artist Marc Fischer to discuss the issues addressed in the ART WORK project, a national dialogue concerning art and economies.
The ARTWORK project includes:
• A dialogue online at the Artwork website http://www.artandwork.us.
• A publication which will be avaiable at the DAAC event and on display at the UICA
• A series of public conversations to discuss the global and local implications of the shift in the economy; focusing on the impact of arts, culture and communities.
Interested individuals are invited to check out the ART WORK project website prior to the discussion at http://www.artandwork.us and then join us from 3-5PM to meet artist Marc Fischer, and participate in this timely and loaded conversation about arts, culture and economies.
6:00PM – 9:00PM The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts reception (including the ART WORK Display)
Located in UICA (downtown Grand Rapids)
Address – 41 Sheldon BLVD, Grand Rapids
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Images from the event at Sight School.
About
Art Work is a newspaper and accompanying website that consists of writings and images from artists, activists, writers, critics, and others on the topic of working within depressed economies and how that impacts artistic process, compensation and artistic property. The newspaper is distributed for free at sites and from people throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. It is also available by mail order from Half Letter Press for the cost of postage.
Distribution
Art Work is being distributed throughout the 50 United States and Puerto Rico (among other locations). To find a hard copy of Art Work near you, please read on.
Major support for SPACES is provided by The Cleveland Foundation; Cuyahoga Arts and Culture; The George Gund Foundation; Donna and Stewart Kohl; Kulas Foundation; Toby Devan Lewis; National Endowment for the Arts; Nimoy Foundation; and the Ohio Arts Council.
Art Work is partly funded by Lauren Rich Fine & Gary Giller and the John P. Murphy Foundation.