About this project
There are between 6 and 10 participants in EAST/WEST's artist residency / exhibition program every month. Over the half a year, we will bring talented individuals to Berlin, introduce them to each other, house them, exhibit their work and share secrets. Now we are taking steps to raise funds to feed them.
Our goal is to raise a minimum of $2500 USD.
If we hit this goal, it comes to only $13 USD a night to feed a lot of mouths.
We are creative folks. We've cooked up delicious dinners on this budget for the past month.
Raising $2500, we'll get by.
We raise more, and well, that would actually be icing on the cake.
(On kickstarter - this site - its better to aim low and reach high. If you miss your goal you get none of the funds pledged but far exceeding it is a great feeling for all.)
And to show our gratitude to those who donate...
We're offering SCRUMPTIOUS INEDIBLE REWARDS:
- a series of 5 photographs (one per month/exhibit)
- taken by the EAST/WEST artists of "The Last Supper"
- they eat together in Berlin before returning home.
Its a new perspective on an old theme that we find extraordinarily appropriate to show our appreciation. "The Last Supper" photographic series references the iconic idea of sacrifice / giving depicted throughout art history. More than just photographs of emerging artists in the midst of becoming rising stars - EAST/WEST's "The Last Supper" series documents a moment in time these artists spent together, in a far-away place, shaping what was next to come.
Essentially, your donation towards feeding artists is simultaneously fueling the creation of "The Last Supper Series."
What's that? You asked for more?
There's also placemats full of doodles by EAST/WEST artists and marketing opportunity for those with big appetites .
DIG IN!
EAST/WEST will get wursts and the brots and donners and you'll get the art.
Now that's "good taste".
Yours truly,
Leah Stuhltrager, Paul Middendorf, Jackie Friscia,
the teams from Dam Stuhltrager and galleryHOMELAND,
and all the artists of The EAST/WEST Project
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More about The EAST/WEST Project: http://www.damstuhltrager.com//east_west.html
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on October 31, 2009.
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* Email Postcard of our Thanksgiving in a land without Thanksgiving. * Oct's & Nov's & Dec's & Jan's & Feb's "The Last Supper" images emailed.
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* A printed Postcard of our Thanksgiving in a land without Thanksgiving. * Special box set of all 5 "The Last Supper" photographs w/COA. (4"x6")
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* A printed Postcard of our Thanksgiving in a land without Thanksgiving. * Special box set of all 5 "The Last Supper" photographs w/COA. (8.5" x 11")
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* A printed Postcard of our Thanksgiving in a land without Thanksgiving. * Special box set of all 5 "The Last Supper" photographs w/COA. (8.5" x 11") * Placemat doodled on/signed by artists.
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* A printed Postcard of our Thanksgiving in a land without Thanksgiving. * Special box set of all 5 "The Last Supper" photographs. (8.5" x 11") * Placemat doodled on/signed by artists. * Name or Business Logo on sponsor page of EAST/WEST website.
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EAST/WEST: CO-FOUNDERS BIO
EAST Coast Co-Founder Leah Stuhltrager of Dam, Stuhltrager
Founded in 1998, Dam, Stuhltrager is a contemporary art gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The gallery is known as an incubator of emerging talent and for groundbreaking exhibitions that incorporate technology.
Dam, Stuhltrager's nine artists have provided public installations to Lincoln Center (New York), Coachella (Indio), E-Halle (Basel), Convention Center (Istanbul), Circulo de Bellas Artes (Madrid) and The Hermitage Museum (St Petersburg). This September, their artists go on an expedition with the Farm Foundation (Arctic Circle), install public work at the Oriental Pearl Tower (Shanghai) and head to museums across the US.
WEST Coast Co-Founder Paul Middendorf of galleryHOMELAND
Founded in 2005, galleryHOMELAND is 501(c)3 non-profit fostering cutting edge and challenging concepts in art. Our goal is to work closely with the community to provide some of the finest exhibitions and projects for Portland's creative economy. galleryHOMELAND contributes to the contemporary arts in Portland through the cross-pollination of regional, national, and international art and artists.
galleryHOMELAND's nine emerging and mid-career artists are nationally represented and internationally exhibited showing work in museums, gallery exhibitions and art fairs around the world. Istanbul Biennale (Istanbul), Shibuya O-Nest (Tokyo), Aqua (Miami), Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma, WA), Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR).
