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Update #12: A special message to those who backed our Decade Archive project
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Posted on January 5
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Update #11: More about your Rewards
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Update #10: Rewards!
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Update #9: I love it
Thanks everyone!
Pledges are still trickling in! Now over 70 supporters though kickstarter.
With 3 days to go, we can still accept pledges. After the 15th, we'll email you to find out your T-shirt size, or which ABC you'd like, etc. Be sure your contact information is correct with kickstarter so that we can contact you! (I assume if you get this, then your email address is correct).
Last minute pledges are especially welcome! Don't be shy to encourage others. These funds will help enormously!
Once we send out your T-shirts, prints, and artists books, we'll keep you updated on how things are going at Booklyn. Hopefully we will find a buyer for the archive this year. A few images have been uploaded to our FaceBooklyn page, and more will be posted to a flickr.com account soon.
You can also subscribe to our announcement listserve for occasional updates from Booklyn.
Cheers,
Kurt & Booklyn
Update #8: We did it!
You all rock!
Plain and simple.
We set a goal, and you met the challenge.
Feel free to swing by and bask in the adoration we will shower on you.
After the 15th, we will begin organizing the sending of your rewards.
And stay tuned for Booklyn's Decade party, which we're planning for sometime early this year...
Cheers,
Kurt & all of Booklyn (that's a lot of people, really - it includes the board, the staff, all the artists we represent, the public who enjoy our programming, all the students who get to see the books we leave with university libraries and museums, and all the librarians, curators and collectors who's day we hopefully brighten with our visits...)
Update #7: 50 backers; $9,476; 11 days & $524 to go....
Wow! Happy New Year!
I stepped away from my computer for a few days of internet-free holidays and came back to find that thousands of dollars have been pledged (and donated) to Booklyn in the last few days. I'm amazed, and want to thank each of the 20 new people that pledged through kickstarter.com - in addition to the previous 39 people who've pledged. Your generosity has brought us very close to our $10,000 goal -- with less less than 2 weeks until the deadline.
We've also had many people donating through our nycharites.org page during the last few days of 2009, which is fantastic.
Thank you all - anyone who wants can bump up their pledge easily, or encourage your friends to help push it over the finish line!
Update #6: End of the Year Newsletter
Booklyn News at the end of the Decade
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If you're looking for a quick & easy way to make a 2009 tax-dedcutable donation, you can do it online before Jan 31: http://www.nycharities.org/donate/c_donate.asp...
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Booklyn is at 85% of our Kickstarter goal!
As the year comes to a close, we want to extend our deepest gratitude to those of you who have pledged to our Kickstarter campaign, donated online, or found other ways to support the organization. Booklyn exists for the public, the artists, the art lovers, and for the institutions that serve everyone. And we, in turn, rely on our supporters to keep things rolling. More info on this later...
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Another Booklyn Chapbook Series (ABC)
We are nearing the completion of the next 3 ABCs! We've got some really great books on the plate by artists by Charmaine Wheatly (http://www.charmainewheatley.com/), Emily Blair (http://scenerychewer.com/) and Shana Agid (http://rindpress.com/). Stay tuned for release dates and more info coming soon. These books have been generously supported by the Jerome Foundation, and we thank them for their patience as we sort out the final details!
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Featured Artwork
Check out our "Featured Artwork" page @ http://www.booklyn.org/featuredartwork.php for work by Raymond Pettibon, Jessica Stockholder, Xu Bing, Joseph Buys, Jason Rhoades, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, and Aaron Noble.
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Kottie Paloma at Booklyn
Booklyn will be mounting a show of Kottie's recent work titled "Fragments of a Fictional Reality" in our Greenpoint studio from Feb 4th to April 1st. You don't want to miss this! In this crisp survey of provocative new drawings, soft sculptures, photography, and artists books, longtime Booklyn artist Paloma introduces the 5 boroughs to: STUPORMAN!, THE HOTEL GIRLS!, wretched talking shoes, the German language, former lovers, stacks of cigarettes, and a collaborative print and stencil project with legendary San Francisco Stencil Pirate and Mission School Godfather Scott Williams. More info to follow.
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The Booklyn Decade
At 10-years old, Booklyn is organizing over 35-cubic feet of material in to an archive to be sold to a worthy institution to raise much-needed operating funds. A team of archivist/librarians have been hard at work for months, and are nearing completion of this herculean task. The archive will include books, prints, drawings, artists files and correspondence, as well as other vital records of publications, exhibitions, educational outreach, etc. Imagine trying to organize 10 years worth of correspondence, book mock-ups, artist’s proofs, prints, single-object and editioned books, cancelled checks, hand-drawn invoices, and much more! Librarians and curators: if you are interested in this collection, please contact mweber@booklyn.org. More information on supporting this initiative can be found at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1053023774/booklyn-artist-alliance-the-next-decade.
Right now we've raised 85% of our goal of $10,000! But in order to receive any of those funds, we must reach the $10K goal by Jan 15. So now it is more critical than ever that you take a moment to check out our online campaign and pledge. In exchange, we have many great rewards!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1053023774/booklyn-artist-alliance-the-next-decade
If you've already pledged, THANK YOU. Forward on our appeal to increase the effect of your pledge - and remember, you won't get your reward unless we reach our goal. So we're in it together! You can increase your pledge (and choose new rewards) by going back to the site and easily clicking the large green "manage my pledge" button.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1053023774/booklyn-artist-alliance-the-next-decade
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People at Booklyn
Booklyn has a new face at the office: Tracey Ober has signed on to help keep us on our toes and manage the day-to-day business. She comes to us with years of non-profit management and journalism experience. We're very excited to have her on board.
Felice Tebbe has recently returned to Booklyn to help with the distribution of artwork to museums and other collections.
Also this year, our Board has grown to include Amber Billey, a fabulous librarian/archivist who has been instrumental in putting together the Booklyn Decade. She brings to the Board some very valuable skills and knowledge, as well as her connections to our local community (as President of the Friends of the Greenpoint Library Association).
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Open Studios/First Tuesdays/Classes @ Booklyn
We're hoping to restart the weekly Open Studios and monthly First Tuesdays again in 2010. We're also planning to once again utilize the space for a range of classes and exhibitions. If you have ideas for these programs, want to teach a class or Open Studio session, get in touch with us.
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Booklyn Ed Manual
Now out-of print, you can download a copy of Booklyn's Ed Manual here:
http://www.booklyn.org/news/000237.php
Booklyn has brought together book artists and educators to write, illustrate, and design an education manual for use by other book artists and educators. This two year collaboration between artists and educators aims to get the peoples' hands making more books, inside and outside the classroom. The Booklyn ED Manual is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council.
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Booklyn welcomes all book and paper artists as well as collectors and curators - call, email or visit. Students, interns, instructors, grant writers, web designers, database wizards: we would love to collaborate. And anyone with a rich uncle...
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Visit the Facebooklyn page: http://facebook.com/Booklyn
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Kickstart the Next Booklyn Decade: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1053023774/booklyn-artist-alliance-the-next-decade
Quick & Easy 2009 tax-dedcutable donation by Jan 31: http://www.nycharities.org/donate/c_donate.asp...
Buy Booklyn: http://booklyn.org/buy.php
Featured Artwork: http://www.booklyn.org/featuredartwork.php
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Happy New Year!
Kurt Allerslev
BOOKLYN ARTISTS ALLIANCE
37 Greenpoint Avenue
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Brooklyn, NY 11222
(718) 383-9621
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Update #5: The Next Wave
Hi Backers!
If all goes well, Booklyn's new majordomo-managed listserve should have sent an appeal out to almost 3000 people last night. If you didn't get a message, and would like to subscribe to Booklyn's (very occasional) announcement email list, you can send an email to majordomo@booklyn.org with the words "subscribe booklyn" in the body of the email (and nothing else - delete any signatures).
We hope that this will inspire the next wave of pledges and push us to the $10,000 goal so that your pledges will be counted and so that you will get your prizes!
Cheers!
Booklyn
Update #4: Social Media
“It’s pretty well documented that social media is by no means an easy way to raise money,” said Sean Stannard-Stockton, chief executive of Tactical Philanthropy Advisors...
From the NY Times article on the subject:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/giving/12FACE.html...
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Heidi Wilde on December 18, 2009
Please, folks, open your hearts and wallets, just a little bit, every one who has been connected with booklyn over the past 10 years. You have all found joy and pleasure, learning and fellowship - now it's time to give some back, so that the goal will be met.
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Update #3: more thanks and praises
So a super big thanks to everyone supporting this drive. A few more people have pledged, some with very generous amounts. Every single dollar is important, so thank you all!
We've passed the 20% mark, and are going full-steam ahead towards the goal of $10,000 by Jan 15. Feel free to pass along the link to anyone else you may know who would be interested - chances are we have missed them in our mailings.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1053023774/booklyn-artist-alliance-the-next-decade
This week is the 10-year anniversary of the day Marshall and I went down to the Brooklyn County courthouse to file business papers officially creating Booklyn. It's been a great decade.
Be sure to check us out on Facebooklyn
cheers,
Kurt
Update #2: Gaining momentum
Hey! Thanks to all those who've pledged so far! In a few short days, we've gotten almost 10% of our goal of $10,000. Now we just need to keep it going - encourage your friends to pledge, because remember, this is an all-or-nothing project. You don't get your reward unless we reach our goal, and we get none of the money unless we reach that goal (and you won't get charged).
Make your cash do more work! Email your friends a link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1053023774/booklyn-artist-alliance-the-next-decade
A T-shirt usually goes for $15 on the website -- through this project, you get a big discount. Same goes for most of the other rewards... Make your cash do more work!
Thanks again!
Booklyn loves you!
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on January 15, 2010.
Pledge $10 or more
For $10, you will get an awesome Booklyn T-shirt. A blue American Apparel shirt with the Booklyn logo emblazoned across your chest in black and red.
Pledge $15 or more
For $15, you'll get a copy of one of our ABC (Another Booklyn Chapbook) books. You'll get to choose which one you want! Issue #3 (Scream at the Librarian) is a must for anyone who has worked in a library. You can read about the series in the link to the left. Issue #1 and #2 are out-of-print unless you get the special Box Set (see below).
Pledge $30 or more
Hey, what a bargain! For $30, you'll get 3 ABCs for the price of 2! You choose or let us pick for you.
Pledge $100 or more
A reward for every level! For $100, you'll get a set of 4 prints by artists Damara Kaminecki, Eliana Perez, Scott Teplin, and Sara Varon. A rare steal! See the prints thru the link to the left, where you'll also see that we usually sell them for $175!
Pledge $200 or more
Here's your chance to get those rare ABC #1 and #2 as part of the Box Set (1-5). These books, designed by Mark Wagner and Amy Mees, were recognized by The American Institute of Graphic Arts as one of the "50 books/50 covers of the year" competition.
Pledge $200 or more
Karen Switzer is Artnoose, and has been publishing the letterpress zine Ker-bloom! for years. For $200, you can get Ker-bloom!, Collection #3, with issues July/August 2003 #43 through Nov/Dec 2006, #63 (edition of 50). More info thru the link to the left.
Pledge $400 or more
What a crazy book! Check out The Slapdown, an unusual book that you really have to hold in your hands to appreciate. On the link (to the left) is a movie that shows it in action. Flag-book binding with letterpress printed Perma Dur concertina spine and 2-ply die-cut museum board flags. Housed in a gray painted wood and bookboard slip case with blind and black foil-stamped title. 16 flag pages (with 37 printed surfaces), signed by artist and author. Concept and drawing by Damara Kaminecki, text by Jeremy Schmall, production design by Mark Wagner and Sara Parkel with Amy Mees, printed and bound by Sara Parkel and Cat Glennon with Jamie Munkatchy
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Or, for $600, you can get a copy of Esmeralda Tree Cat / Lonely Bear by Christine Shields. See the link!
Pledge $1,000 or more
This is the De-Luxe: For $1000, the Organik crew (Kurt Allerslev, Marshall Weber, and Christopher Wilde) will make a one-of-kind drawing to adorn the walls of your home. Check out the Organik links.
Pledge $2,000 or more
Not many of these books are left! For $2000, you'll get a special edition of Scream at the Librarian. This amazing book was written by Joel J. Rane with illustrations by Raymond Pettibon & Christine Sheehan Sullivan; 9-3/4 x 7 x 3/4 inches, 94 printed pages, edition of 50, signed by author and illustrators. Again, check out the link!
Pledge $4,500 or more
You can own a piece of Lower East Side history: Your House is Mine made by Bullet Space (1989/1991) 19.5' x 24.5', 16 pounds, 40 pages, 11 double-sided, 29 posters on Mohawk vellum paper, editioned and signed by each contributing artist, silkscreen, lithograph, spray-paint, collage, two vellum end sheets, wood covers cased in lead, with a bolt binding. see http://www.booklyn.org/artists/%3Ch2%3EOther%20Associated%20Artists%3C/h2%3E.php#Click13 for more information
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Booklyn is an artist-run, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to promote artist books as an art form and an educational resource, to provide the general public and educational institutions with services and programming involving contemporary artist books, and to assist artists in exhibiting, distributing and publishing artist books.
