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      Kalee Featherwise on May 17, 2011

      Hello and blessings acre friends! I stumbled on you while browsing kickstarter for crunchy projects needing some funding help... I pledged a good bit more than the "reward" I chose, hopefully it'll help you all reach your goal before the deadline! If you feel so inclined, I'd love it if you'd toss in one of your cookbooks too, id enjoy experimenting with your recipies... If not, its all good any who and best of luck to you folks! Many blessings and mucho lovings!
      Kalee

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This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 25, 2011.

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This gets you a huge THANK YOU and lots of LOVE sent your way.

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We'll email you a PDF of KADABRA: RECIPES AND MISCELLANY FROM ACRE 2010, a collection of recipes, photos and stories put together by residency chefs Melissa Damasauskus and Rachel Ettling. (see image to left)

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You'll get a BUTTON made by the ACRE staff/artists, a STICKER designed by Josh Minkus, and a copy of Matt Austin's NEWSPRINT created in conjunction with his ACRE solo exhibition. (see image to left)

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This gets you a trendy TOTE BAG featuring a design by Josh Minkus plus a BUTTON, STICKER and NEWSPRINT from above. (see image to left)

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You can choose from 2 different ACRE T-SHIRT designs plus a BUTTON, STICKER and NEWSPRINT from above. (see image to left)

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For $40 you'll get a limited edition hand-bound copy of KADABRA along with a silk-screened KITCHEN TEA TOWEL made by Alex Chitty and Jessica Taylor Caponigro. Plus a BUTTON, STICKER and NEWSPRINT from above. (see image to left)

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Another option for a $40 donation is an ACRE T-SHIRT and an ACRE TOTE BAG. Plus a BUTTON, STICKER, and NEWSPRINT from above.

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You'll get our SOUND/VIDEO PACKAGE: a MIXTAPE by Bryan Lear, TAPE by COPPICE, Self-Help ALBUM by The Mountain Was a Gift, Nightmare City's DVD, and a COMPILATION DVD put together by ACRE featuring 2010 resident video work. (see info to left)

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Another option for $50 is a copy of Vinculum, a 6 CD set by Coppice, with special packaging by Alex Miller. (see info to left)

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Choose 1 print from 4 different REPRODUCTION PRINTS of art works by Alex Chitty, Jenny Kendler, Kyla Rafert or Scott Whipkey. (10 of each available, see images to left)

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$80 gets you the awesome KITCHEN BONANZA PACKAGE! You get a special hand-bound hard cover version of KADABRA and 2 KITCHEN TEA TOWELS. (see image to left)

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$100 buys you a night where Matt Austin, Jeff Austin, and EJ Hill (known as The Mountain was a Gift) will come to your house to cook you dinner, perform an acoustic set in your home, and the rest of the night goes undecided from there. (limited to Chicagoland area)

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Choose from 4 different PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS by 2010 residents Ben Driggs, Jennifer Ray, Daniel Shea or Victor Yanez-Lazcano. (10 of each available, see images to left)

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Choose 2 of the above REPRODUCTION PRINTS.

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Choose 2 of the above PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS

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Choose from 3 different PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS by Scott Fortino, Irena Knezevic or Anna Shteynshleyger. (see images to left)

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2 Backers • Limited Reward (1 of 3 remaining)

For $650 you get a 2 night stay at the Steuben Lodge during the 2011 Summer Residency (July 20-Aug 28). This includes semi-private accommodations, all meals, a tour of our facilities and opportunity to participate in programming.

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For a $750 donation you and 3 guests will be invited to a special patron dinner with a group of ACRE residents and visiting artists. Dinner will be prepared from the ACRE 2010 cookbook and served at ACRE's gallery in Pilsen, Chicago.

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For $850 you will be given month long occupancy of ACRE's gallery in Pilsen, Chicago. (Aug 1-30). You'll get the keys and be able to do whatever you like with the space (within reason) while we are away at the residency.

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Emily is co-Founder and co-Director of ACRE (Artists' Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions). She is also an artist with a background and unending interest in fibers and textiles. She has longed to be a part of an artistic community like ACRE since she first began making art. She has a day job but hopes that one day ACRE will be her full time devotion. She has a sassy black cat named Maybelle who shares her love of ice cream, though is toying with the idea of becoming vegan.

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