About this project
My name is Jacob Reptile Martin and I have started to turn a gutted home into a working artist studio and gallery. There will be two gallery spaces with monthly openings and 8 to 10 working studios. I want an inexpensive, influential, and fun place for local artists to work along side of each other. Artists wanting to live off their art will have space for holding workshops and selling all the little things they create.
The gallery will have an official opening at the end of October as a satellite venue for Prospect 2. We are also putting together a show that will be submitted to New Orleans Fringe Fest in November.The work is well under way with family and friends pitching in hours, resources and materials. My family and I are general contractors of all trade which has given me the experience to restore this historical building into an exciting lively art community.
I have been very lucky already scavenging materials like lumber, cabinets, ceiling fans, doors, and electrical outlets, but with Kickstarter I will be able to purchase plywood, sheetrock, paint, lighting, nails, and caulking. We already have our first artist Elizabeth Chen using a studio as of August, but we need your help to keep it growing!!!
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on September 8, 2011.
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We just got a light bulb! Now we can see our art and your name which has been put on our wall honoring all those who donated. Thank you so much, each dollar helps a lot and helps awareness of the space as well!!!
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Thank you! You just bought us a box of sheetrock mud!!! Now our gallery walls will be seamless! On top of getting your name listed on the wall you get a sticker (most likely 5" x 6") designed by Jacob Reptile.
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Your Andrew Jackson just bought 2 sheets of sheetrock and one fish!!! On top of the name on the wall and the sticker this will be your fish and there will be a picture index on every aquarium saying who is what fish.
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Your AMAZING! You got us 5 gallons of paint thank you! On top of getting your name on the wall, the sticker, and the fish we will also mail you a postcard sized original artwork donated by a New Orleans artists.
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WOW thats four walls you just got us!!!!! So now you not only get the name listed, the sticker, the fish, the postcard but also you get a one of a kind appliqued t-shirt made by yours truely, Jacob! please specify size or color preference if any, i do have kid shirts if you want one for the little ones!
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You are magnificent! You got me WIRED, electrically I mean. You're so amazing that you get the name on the wall, the sticker, fish, postcard, t-shirt, and I will make you an appliqued tote bag out of recycled fabric!!
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YOU are ASTRONOMICAL! You just sheet rocked the entire space! Everything that I have mentioned is yours and we will plant a fruit tree with a plaque dedicating it to you! It will grow and make sure that the Aquarium's artists aren't starving!!!
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Jacob Reptile Martin grew up in New Orleans creating artwork and doing construction work with the family. It may seem like an odd pair but they are both problem solving with your hands. Jacob takes great pride in being a jack of all trades. At the Kansas City Art Institute he decided to go into fiber art because he had never done it. Surprisingly it was there he learned his love of wearable art and has hence returned to New Orleans, the city that uses every excuse to wear the most extravagant costumes. He continues creating fiber art out of recycled materials and is looking forward to sculpting a building known as the Aquarium.
