OVER MY DEAD BODY

Dear Friends, I am pleased to invite you to Over My Dead Body: A Collaborative Installation About Artistic Survival. Amanda Curreri, George Pfau, and Hannah Ireland, and I have created a collaborative artwork for this exhibit. Please come check out our, and other artists' take on the many different needs for creative expression, which form a connected installation loosely based on the Surrealist game of the Exquisite Corpse. We have two receptions, Saturday August 13 7-10 pm and Satuday August 20, 5-8 pm. Hope you can make it to both (or at least one). More details below... Llewelynn Fletcher www.llfletcher.com

Contact: Dana Hemenway 415.863.7668 events@rootdivision.org **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** ROOT DIVISION PRESENTS: Second Saturday August 2011 OVER MY DEAD BODY: A Collaborative Installation about Artistic Survival Reception for Phase I: Creation -- Saturday, August 13, 7-10 pm Reception for Phase II: Connection -- Saturday, August 20, 5-8 pm SAN FRANCISCO, CA- Root Division presents Over My Dead Body: A Collaborative Installation about Artistic Survival, curated by Laura Boles Faw and Hava Liberman. What happens when you revamp the idea of an Exquisite Corpse to make a group installation that unfolds to occupy an entire gallery? Instigation, chance, and spirited play will ensue in Over My Dead Body, an installation-based, collaborative exhibition inspired by the Surrealist parlor game Exquisite Corpse, in which members of a group add to a piece without seeing what came before. The emphasis is on collaboration, and the rules dictate that the artists work in groups, focus on one of several physical and creative necessities of surviving as an artist, and must connect their work to each other in some fashion. This evolving exhibition will therefore have two phases: Phase I: Creation, in which artists view others work for the first time; and Phase II: Connection, which reveals the changes that take place as artists connect their work. In the spirit of the Surrealists, the exhibition will involve food, drink, performance, and participatory work. Artists will be available to discuss work and socialize with visitors during Artist Hours on Thursday and Friday afternoons as well as during the two receptions. Through collaboration and the surprise inherent in the making and viewing of an exquisite corpse, Over My Dead Body will offer a contemporary take on the generative process of artists. Artist Collaborative Groups: Luca N Antonucci & Carissa Potter // Christi Baker & Colleen Mulvey // Johanna Barron, Christy Chan, Helen Lee, & Cybele Lyle // Peter Belkin, Evan Engstrom, & Joe Melamed // Amanda Curreri, Llewelynn Fletcher, Hannah Ireland, & George Pfau // Nancy de Y. Elkus & Matthew Marchand // Cathy Fairbanks // Bryan Hewitt, Vita Hewitt, & Emmanuelle Namont Kouznetsov // Pete Hickok, Jennie Lennick, & Rachel Mica Weiss // John-Mark Ikeda & Nicholas Price // Ryan Jones*, Scott MacLeod, & Jesse Walton // Seth Lower & David Wolf // Cathy Lu* & Rochelle Youk. * Root Division Resident or Affiliate Artist Reception for Phase I: Creation -- Saturday, August 13, 7-10 pm Reception for Phase II: Connection -- Saturday, August 20, 5-8 pm Exhibition Dates: August 10-20, 2011 Gallery Hours: Wednesday- Saturday, 2–6 pm (or by appointment) Artist Hours: Thursdays & Fridays, August 11-19, 4-6 pm ROOT DIVISION 3175 17th Street (between South Van Ness & Shotwell) San Francisco, CA 94110 www.rootdivision.org 415.863.7668 ### ABOUT ROOT DIVISION: Root Division is an arts & arts education non-profit located in the Mission District of San Francisco. Root Division's mission is to improve appreciation and access to the visual arts by connecting personal inspiration and community participation. We provide subsidized studio space to working artists in exchange for their service in creating shared learning opportunities for the community. Artists develop creatively and professionally by teaching art to underserved youth, leading adult education classes, and producing exhibitions that showcase local emerging artwork. By combining multiple opportunities for creative exchange, Root Division cultivates an artistic ecosystem that enriches life throughout the Bay Area. Root Division is supported in part by grants from Grants for the Arts: San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, Zellerbach Family Foundation, W A Gerbode Foundation, and Fleishhacker Foundation. For further information regarding events and/or press materials, please do not hesitate to contact Dana Hemenway at 415.863.7668 or events@rootdivision.org -- Dana Hemenway Exhibitions & Events Coordinator Root Division 415 863 7668 www.rootdivision.org events@rootdivision.org [My office hours are Wednesday & Friday, 11-6pm]

SPACE STATIONS @ the carville annex

SPACE STATIONS
at the Carville Annex
Saturday January 8th - February 5th

MAIN ENCOUNTER:
Saturday Jan 29th
3pm - 7pm


CLOSE ENCOUNTERS:
check out the participating artists at
carville annex SPACE STATIONS calendar
Wednesdays 6-9pm
Saturdays 11am-3pm

ECHO ECHOES ECHOED

Dynamic, cutting edge art, education, and community programs since 1974.

OPENING NEXT WEEK

ECHO, ECHOES, ECHOED
Southern Exposure's 15th Annual Mission Voices Summer (MVS)

Opening/Grito de la Mision Celebration:
Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Exhibition on View: August 18 - 28, 2010
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12 pm - 6 pm
FREE and open to the public

Southern Exposure invites you to join Mission Voices Summer youth, artists, and community partners for El Grito de la Mision, a celebration of the opening of the Mission Voices Summer 2010 exhibition, ECHO, ECHOES, ECHOED. The project is the culmination of a six-week immersive summer program that took place at SoEx. The event includes an exhibition of new work and installations, interactive performances, food, and refreshments.

ECHO, ECHOES, ECHOED, explores personal identity through the guise of the past, present and future. Throughout the summer, three collaborative projects, or acts, guide learning and art making, culminating in a three-act performance amidst an elaborate and compelling set.

Lead Artists: Llewelynn Fletcher, Ace Lehner, Matthew Rana
Artist Assistants: Ana Bedolla, Carlos Ramirez, Anastasja Robinson
Youth Leaders: Stephanie Lopez, Maxine Puorro and Benito Rodriguez
Collaborator Partners: Jewish Vocational Services (JVS), Mayor's Youth Employment Education Program (MYEEP), and Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)
Program Manager: Tara Foley
MVS Intern and Photographer: Sofia Mas

Generous support for SoEx's Artists in Education Programs is provided by The Walter & Elise Haas Fund, The L.E.A.W Family Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The San Francisco Arts Commission, and SoEx's Members.

Symbolic Flow at SUB-Mission Gallery

Opening reception:

Sat, July 10^th 2010, 8:30pm

Exhibition dates:

July 10^th to August 1^st 2010

Location:

SUB-Mission Gallery

2183 Mission St., SF, CA 94110

Suggested donation: 2$

breathe. opening 8pm, june 9th

MFA Thesis Exhibition up through May 15th

Our CCA Graduate Fine Arts Thesis exhibit is open through May 15th!
While at the show, also be sure to check out the audio tour portion, where you can dial in to hear several of us speak directly about the work you're seeing.

Get to it! It's worth it to experience this work in person...

MFA Exhibition
May 6-15
San Francisco campus
10 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. .
415.551.9214

Recent coverage from the San Francisco Bay Guardian:
http://www.sfbg.com/2010/05/04/all-young-turks

More information on the event and exhibiting artists:
http://sites.cca.edu/gradthesisevents/2010/finearts.html

Pictures of my work in the show:
http://picasaweb.google.com/llfletch/MFAExhibition#

MFA Thesis Exhibition

California College of the Arts
2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition

May 6-15
San Francisco campus
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Opening reception: May 6, 6-9 p.m.
415.551.9214

For more information on the event and exhibiting artists:
http://sites.cca.edu/gradthesisevents/2010/finearts.html

Zarouhie Abdalian, Alexander Beckman, Mara Baldwin, Nicola Noelle Buffa, Angela Camille,

Georgia Carbone, Sofía Córdova, Adeleine Daysor, Jay Dion, T. TigerBrooke Fifer , Doron Fishman,

Llewelynn Fletcher, Michael Fox, Kaif Ghaznavi, Rema Ghuloum, Eduardo Gomez, Natalia Gomez,

Crystal Gonzalez, Isaac Gray, Ben Guttin, Maggie Haas, Erika Hanson, David Hartwell, Malak Helmy,

Rie Hirai, Emily Hoover, Nicholas Hurd, Nanci Ikejimba, Hannah Ireland, Josef Jacques, Hyun Sun Jo,

Kelly Lynn Jones, Claire Kessler-Bradner, Sasha Krieger, Sean Leake, Monique López, Anna Ludwig,

Dorathy Lye, Erik Madsen, Lauren Marsden, Eric Martin, Brigid Mason, Lynne McCabe, Christian McKay,

Brad Menninga, James-David Mericle, Gabrielle Messeri, Rebecca Najdowski, Natalia Nakazawa,

Rebecca Ora, George Pfau, Ruth Robbins, Sidney Russell, Ashley Saks, Maggie Simpson, Danielle

Sommer, Kristin Timken, Matthew Waldbillig, Rebecca Wallace, Alice Warnecke, Joshua Per Webber,

Anna Martine Whitehead, Hillary Wiedemann, Carment Winant, Suné Woods, Shoko Yamamura, Wafaa Yasin

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