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Update #1: Bad Timing
Thanks you backers of Sharecropper. Just after launch I had a series of family emergencies and was not able to promote this project. Sharecropper lives on though, in my Bloomington backyard and community garden!
Sincerely, Leah
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on May 27, 2010.
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A hand signed packet of rare heirloom seeds saved by the artist from the upcoming 2010 harvest.
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A digital copy of Sharecropper New York City, a self-published coffee-table style book documenting the 2009 installation.
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A hand signed print copy of Sharecropper New York City, a self-published coffee-table style book documenting the 2009 installation.
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A hand sewn by the artist sharecropper pot made from window screen material, suitable for growing peppers and greens.
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A box of loose rare heirloom herbal tea grown, dried and packaged by the artist from the upcoming 2010 harvest.
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A jar of rare heirloom pickled vegetables or fruit jam, canned by the artist from the upcoming 2010 harvest.
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A jar of jam made from the nearly extinct marshall strawberry deemed by James Beard as being the most delicious strawberry in America, cooked and canned by the artist.
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The artist will personally help you organize and start your own local sharecropping community.
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My name is Leah Gauthier. I'm an artist living and working in Bloomington, Indiana. I'm also an Assistant Professor of Art at Butler University in Indianapolis. I received an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Tufts University and a BFA from the School of the Art Institite of Chicago.
My art practice straddles sculpture, relational art and performance art. I'm inspired by handmade, home grown, chords of colors, random conversations, cooking and eating beautiful food, simplicity, friendship and a job well done together.
My work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in museums, galleries and alternative spaces. I've been an Artist-in-Residence at the MacDowell Colony, Burren College of Art (Ireland) and Eyebeam (New York City), and the recipient of grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and The Puffin Foundation.
