artLIFE at heavybubble

Welcome to artlife where we post a curated selection of events, exhibitions, workshops, and doings by heavybubble and artists that use our services. Check out the artist opportunities and events that catch our eye.

artist opportunity

The Wood Turning Center Challenge: Bartram’s Boxes Remix

Challenge VIII: Bartram’s Boxes Remix (“BBR”) is a collaborative project between the Wood Turning Center (Center) and Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia (home of famed 18th century explorer and botanist John Bartram).

exhibitions

VISION IS ELASTIC. THOUGHT IS ELASTIC. at Murray Guy

Vision is Elastic. Thought is Elastic, curated by Moyra Davey and Zoe Leonard. Exploring various intersections between photography and writing, the exhibition is presented alongside the release of Blind Spot magazine No. 43, which has been jointly edited by Davey and Leonard. The show brings together works by Josh Brand, Roy Colmer, Pradeep Dalal, Shannon Ebner, Joy Episalla, William Gedney, Roni Horn, Katherine Hubbard, Babette Mangolte, Mark Morrisroe, Adrian Piper, Claire Pentecost, James Welling, and David Wojnarowicz.

artist opportunity

Who knew? Agency of Unrealized Projects

We all have unrealized projects, some intentional — some not. Here's a cance to have your work included in the Agency of Unrealized Projects.

You are invited to contribute your own unrealized projects to AUP's growing archive. Contributions can include text (DOC) and image files (two JPEGs or PDFs up to 2MB each), and can be submitted online at www.e-flux.com/aup. Please include one paragraph describing your project.

Submission deadline: May 25, 2011

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event

Pricing Your Artwork, CFEVA Direct Dialogue Lecture Series

Thursday, May 19, 2011
Speaker: Maxine Manges, Artist and Art Consultant, MKM Fine Art

Location: The Center for Emerging Visual Artists,
237 South 18th Street, Suite 3a
Philadelphia, Pa 19103

event

Workshop: Photographing your artwork.

Yo Philly artists! The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center is having a workshop to help you document your work. If you can't hire someone to take photos of your work learn how to take the best images you can.

Description
This three-hour workshop will teach students the basics of photographing your artwork for documentation purposes. This can include sculpture, painting, drawings and photographs. We will cover the basics of equipment, lighting, setting and production as well as post-production image processing in Photoshop.

Ai Weiwei : Never Sorry on Kickstarter

On the morning of April 3rd Ai Weiwei was detained at Beijing Capital Airport by customs police while trying to travel to Hong Kong. His Beijing studio was raided. His wife, Lu Qing, and eight assistants were taken into the local police station for questioning. Five of Weiwei’s associates remain missing and Weiwei’s detention continues while he is investigated. We’ve backed this project and we hope you will too.

newsy

Finalists Announced for Stimuli•Stimulus

Heavy Bubble and 110 CHURCH gallery are please to announce the Finalists for stimuli•stimulus. This exhibition features drawings shaped by recent external forces, a juried exhibition. Leo Robinson artist, master lecturer, educator is the juror. Thirteen finalists have been selected. Now their submissions will be reviewed in a gallery setting.

We received submissions from across the country and are pleased at the high quality of the work.

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