Download a variety of free copies of Art Work to read, print and host an exhibition, discussion or reading group. Also, if you are not in a place where the paper is being distributed and you want a printed copy, we are making them available for free through Half Letter Press. We will have to charge a small fee for shipping. But we are making no profit on the paper’s dissemination. Order one copy or 100. We will ship them to you.
Versions of the Paper
We have prepared several versions of Art Work: A National Conversation About Art, Labor, and Economics. Feel free to copy, email, transmit, hang in public, host or link to from you blog, or otherwise distribute any of these versions.
Printed Version
There is a printed version of the paper. Two runs, totaling 12,000 copies, were printed (10,000 with soy ink on 100% recycled paper). They are being distributed in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. They are also being distributed in several European cities. For an up to date list, please visit: www.artandwork.us/
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This Web Site
The online version of the paper has content that none of the other versions have. We encourage you to look at the additional articles, personal stories, bibliographies, essays, comments, discussions, pictures and more that we will be adding regularly. Use the web site as a tool. Please explore it and add your voice.
High-Resolution PDF (16.9 mb)
A high resolution PDF is available. It was made ready for printing copies of the paper either with a commercial printer or for your own personal, high-quality print out. For large-run printing, please note that the final, folded size of the paper is 11″ x 12″. We are available to answer other questions you might have about printing the paper. Email:
Low-Resolution PDF (1.8 mb)
We made this copy easy to share with others via email, or for viewing online. Note that the resolution of some images will be much lower quality than the high resolution version.
Classroom PDF (1.3 mb)
We made this PDF for those who want to use the newspaper in the classroom. It contains the contents of the paper reformatted to fit on letter-sized sheets. It is easy to print out and read. The images were removed to keep the page count as low as possible. It is 90 pages long.
Accessible PDF (1.4 mb)
The accessible version is similar to the classroom one, but is easier to read. It utilizes a larger (16 pt), bold, font and is left-justified per many accessibility standards. It is 188 pages long.
E-Book
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Point your device or app (iPhone and iPod Touch users will want to get the free app Stanza) here to download the file: www.artandwork.us/i/art_work.epub
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Art Work at Gallery 400, Chicago
Join us in Chicago for an exhibition featuring Art Work and our friends The Free Store. Temporary Services has organized the exhibition and coordinated a bunch of related events, all to take place at Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
We hope to see you for the opening reception on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, as well as for the events listed below.
On Saturday, January 30, members of Temporary Services will introduce the project and initiate a discussion about art, labor, and economics from 6:00-8:00 pm.
LOCATION AND HOURS
Gallery 400 at University of Illinois at Chicago
400 S. Peoria St., Chicago
January 26 – March 6, 2010
Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Saturday, 12:00 – 6:00 pm.
Thursdays open until 8:00 pm for The Free Store.
EVENTS AT GALLERY 400
• Opening reception: Wednesday, January 27, 5:00 – 8:00 pm
• Art Work introduction & discussion with Temporary Services: Saturday, January 30, 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Please join us for a public discussion. Temporary Services will give a short introduction to the newspaper, its distribution and the events and discussions happening around the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The discussion will focus on how artists, art students, and arts professionals are coping with the miserable economic cli- mate we are living through and how we can build differ- ent, more ethical arts infra- structures for the future. DOWNLOAD FLIER
• The Free Store event: workers from the Greenhouses of Hope at Chicago’s Pacific Garden Mission talk: Saturday, February 6, 2:00 -5:00 pm
• Organize! What the Artists’ Union & The American Artists’ Congress Can Teach Us Today, talk by Nicolas Lampert: Monday, February 15, 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Nicolas Lampert (Justseeds’ Artists Cooperative) will provide an overview of the Artists’ Union and the American Art- ists’ Congress, two of the leading voices for radical artists in the 1930s that responded to the Great Depression and the rise of fascism with collective action and aligning themselves with working class movements. The talk will segue to an open discussion about how artists today are addressing the present-day economic crisis. DOWNLOAD FLIER
• FAIR: two-day local maker and publisher fair, Friday, February 26 and Saturday, February 27. Noon – 6:00 pm both days
• Money drawing event with Harold Jefferies and screening of “You’re Gonna Miss Me” documentary, Friday, March 5, 2:00 – 6:00 pm (screening at 4:00 pm). Harold Jefferies is an artist working at the Little City Foundation art studios, outside Chicago, a program for artists with developmental disabilities. He has been making his own money for years. Harold will be drawing money and making exchanges with visitors. “You’re Gonna Miss Me” is a documentary about rock n roll pioneer Roky Erickson, whose band the 13th Floor Elevators coined the term “psychedelic rock” in the 60s. This film tells the story of Erikson’s family and their struggle to care for Roky, who suffers from schizophrenia. DOWNLOAD FLIER
• Reading Room: Half Letter Press presents Brian Holmes discussing his work: Saturday, March 6, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
• Last Day: The Free Store Blowout with Surprises!!: Saturday, March 6, 12:00 -8:00 pm
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.