Residency Schedule and Guidlines

So with the weekend being only a few days away, we thought we would lay out the schedule, and throw down a few guidelines. Without further ado:

Friday, August 15th:

5:00 Walking tour of the Village

8:00pm Dinner, Welcome, and History of Historic Yellow Springs with Rob Lukens, director of HYS,

featuring an overview of the weekend, and a DVD Documentary of HYS.

Saturday, August 16th:

8:00am Car Pool Field Trip to "Mercers Mill". Arrive at 9am, and view the private collection of PAFA Country School paintings, owned by Chester Marron. The visit will include lunch.

12:30pm Depart from Mercers Mill and arrive back at HYS.

1:30-5:00pm Open working sessions, time to consider collaborations, general roaming.

5:30pm Community Picnic BBQ! An open invite event, attended by press, local area residents, friends of FLUX, HYS, and artists. Food, games, and fun. A few demos, some talks, and more to be determined.

Sunday August 17th:

Through 6pm No scheduled programs. Breakfast and lunch to be announced.

6pm: Meet and discuss further ideas, the upcoming exhibition, and other such interests.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, feel free to contact any of us involved with the program.

Cheers,
Shaun

Participating Artists

We are glad to present the list of artists who will be attending the residency, and then taking part in the exhibition this November!

In no particular order:

Joy Payton
Jen Packer
Maria Anasazi
Sara Stenger
Marissa Georgiou
Josh Kerner
Nick Cassaway
Dave Kim
John Greiner
Amanda Ritter
Kati Geggenheimer
James Weissinger
Sarah Jacoby
Oliver Wunsch
Kai Pederson
Joe DiGiuseppe
Austen Brown
Carl Marin
Rika Hawes
Chris Golas
Austin Lee
Rose Bochansky
Eric Juth
Mike Ambron
Brian Lange
Jeremy Gecker
Andrew Negrey
Nike Desis
Megan Bartly-Matthews
Maggie Van Scoyk
Dustin Metz
Shaun M. Baer

We will be sure to keep you updated on those attending, possibly even feature some of these artists on the blog.

Cheers,
Shaun

Project Portal Contact Information

Hello All!

In case you should need to get in contact with any of the curators involved in the program, here is a list of their names and emails. The general email to send artist statements and c.v.'s to is hys.flux@gmail.com.

Curators:
Shaun Baer: shaun.baer@gmail.com
Megan Bartley-Matthews: meganbartleymatthews@gmail.com
Nike Desis: nike.desis@gmail.com
Dustin Metz: dustin.metz@gmail.com
Maggie Van Scoyk: maggievanscoyk@gmail.com

And, while we are addressing the issue of names and such, here is a list of all the people involved with the project:

FLUXspace staff:
Shaun Baer, Megan Bartley-Matthews, Nike Desis, Joseph DiGiuseppe, Christopher Golas, Josh Kerner, Dustin Metz, and Maggie Van Skoyk.

Historic Yellow Springs Staff:
Sally Ritter (Chester Springs Studio Program Mangaer), Suzanne Halstead (Director of Education and Public Programs), and Rob Lukens (Executive Director of HYS). You can contact them via email at inquiries@yellowsprings.org, or by visiting their web page, www.yellowsprings.org.

Community Members:
Gregory Blue, Lisa Blue, and John Matthews, all of whom act as artist/community mentors in the development of this program.

Feel free to email us with any questions you might have, and we will be happy to get back to you.

Residency and Exhibition Dates Scheduled

Hello Everyone and welcome to the Project Portal Residency & Exhibition Information blog.

Residency dates have been scheduled for August 15-17, 2008. Saturday, August 16, will feature a community picnic, in which artists are encouraged to invite friends and family to Historic Yellow Springs. Neighbors and press are also gladly welcome to attend, and enjoy the scenery and presence of the participating artists. Plus, there's a BBQ, so why not?

The exhibition will open to the public on November 1, 2008, with installation begining in late October. More information to come on this later....

Also, all artists involved are welcome to send their website links to us, and we will put them on the link-roll at the left.

Cheers,
Shaun