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Update #5: wardenclyffe lives!

Posted on April 16

Hello everyone and thank you so much for your continuing support of Wardenclyffe Gallery.

Our first month has been incredibly inspiring. We've met wonderful people from all over - from nearby neighbors to touring European musicians. We had an excellent grand opening group show featuring the work of 38 local artists and we generally had a fantastic time until we were too tired to keep our eyes open any longer. 

Very exciting things are ahead: two installation projects, two touring poets, Church of Tesla, a music show produced by local promoters Generic Mammal, the beginning of our Workshop Wednesdays, Private Lives Puppet Theatre has a meeting scheduled to determine our next season and so on and so forth. For those of you in the Austin area, please consider joining us for our closing reception: http://www.facebook.com/events/409459759066188/

Or check our website for details on upcoming events, and for a few nice pictures from the opening! http://www.wardenclyffegallery.com 

Thanks again for your support! Hope to see you soon!

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Update #4: wardenclyffe is rising!

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Update #3: we made it!

Posted on February 20

last night's surrealist soiree was a resounding success. there was some beautiful music heard, wonderful costumes admired, good times had by all. 

the party was a preview of things to come at wardenclyffe, and featured music from some of the bands booked during our south by southwest music showcases, including wave hands like clouds, cups + roses, ariel starling, the vril, francis morris, and the debut of an amazing new austin band, mountain mouth. 

to get all kinds of details about the space, please like us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wardenclyffegallery 

meanwhile, we can still use your support! we have just hours left on the kickstarter. all donations will go toward creating this vital, electric, living, breathing art phenomenon. we get keys on friday, and it is all because of you. we still need as much support as we can garner for our p.a. system, paint, lights, publicity, gardening, fence materials, electric bills and community art supplies. so please, share the kickstarter with anyone you think might be interested, and thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much.

an excellent video from austin musician and photographer lindsay greene, featuring music by bradford kinney of cups + roses, is here for your perusal.

Update #2: matching donations!

Posted on February 18

hello everyone!

thank you all so much for supporting wardenclyffe gallery and making our dreams of accessible, dynamic, vital multi-disciplinary art space in austin come true.

we have three days to raise $1500, and i think we can do it. a generous donor has offered to match donations up to $400, so please, please donate what you can and spread the word. 

we can't wait to see you there.

much love,

pepper & pipkin

Update #1: Over halfway there, 9 days to go

Posted on February 12

Thank you everyone for all of your support! It means a great deal to us. We've been busy securing the space (move-in is next week!) and booking our first events and showcases at the gallery-to-be. 

We've also added a few new rewards in the $100 range;

  • ($100+) A half-length (1-hour) Tarot reading by Miss Olivia Pepper of Lunaria Tarot. This also comes with the zine, the CD, a thank you on the website and in handwritten form, plus an original 4"x6" pen and ink doodle by Katie Rose Pipkin. 
  • ($125+) 1 original 9.5"x11" pen and ink drawing by Katie Rose Pipkin, that ships with the zine, CD, and sticker. There are 11 to choose from (#2, #6, and #8 have been claimed).

If you've already pledged, but would like to up your pledge to either of these rewards, message us. We can make that happen.

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To all of those who call Austin their home, please consider yourself invited to this event, a surrealist soiree, fundraiser for Wardenclyffe, and the last party at the Island. Music, costumes, not a one to be missed. See you there!

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a thank you on our website & a downloadable PDF of a zine featuring art & prose from Vincent Boarini, Kyle Carter, Brent Chesnutt, Beth Cortez-Neavel, Frederick Follmer, Avishai Micaiah, Analy Nakat, Micah Nelson, Tyler Norton, Jes Painter, Olivia Pepper, Cecelia Phillips, Katie Rose Pipkin, Connor Shea, Matt Zito, and others.

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a thank you on our website, a downloadable PDF of the zine, and a downloadable music compilation featuring tracks from Cryin' Cole Wilson & Those Miserable Cowboys, Cups & Roses, Gashcat, Les RAV, Particle Kid, Christopher Petkus, Salesman, Pam Shaffer, Tiger Waves, Transmography, Woolly Mammoth and many other bands and artists that will be playing our showcases during South by Southwest 2012

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everything above plus a hand-written thank-you from Olivia Pepper and Katie Rose Pipkin

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Everything above plus a hand-printed Wardenclyffe Gallery t-shirt designed by Kyle Carter, Brent Chesnutt, Micah Nelson or Katie Rose Pipkin (your choice of designs)

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The zine, the CD, the thank you on the website and in handwritten form, a 4"x6" pen and ink drawing by Katie Rose Pipkin, and a half-length (1-hour) tarot reading by Olivia Pepper for Lunaria Tarot

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1 original 9.5"x11" pen and ink drawing by Katie Rose Pipkin. Ships with Zine, CD, and sticker!

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The zine, the CD, the thank you on the website and in handwritten form, the t-shirt, a 4"x6" pen and ink drawing by Katie Rose Pipkin, and a full-length (2-hour) tarot reading by Olivia Pepper for Lunaria Tarot

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The zine, the CD, the thank you on the website and in handwritten form, the t-shirt, a 4"x6" pen and ink drawing by Katie Rose Pipkin, and a VIP pass to all Wardenclyffe Gallery events, good for free admission and greenroom access, including free drinks, for one year

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The zine, the CD, the thank you on the website and in handwritten form, the t-shirt, a 4"x6" pen and ink drawing by Katie Rose Pipkin, the tarot reading, plus a photography session with Carla Vargas-Frank OR a body painting session with Jes Painter of the Painter Project OR an architectural furniture design consultation with Brent Chesnutt (limited to Central Texas area)

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The zine, the CD, the thank you on the website and in handwritten form, the t-shirt, and Katie Rose Pipkin will make a (large!) painting or drawing depicting whatever you want and you can keep it forever.

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A Private Lives Puppet Theatre show done in the space of your choice, on the theme of your choice (limited to the central Texas area)

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The zine, the CD, the thank you on the website and in handwritten form, the t-shirt, and a portrait of you or someone you love done by Micah Nelson, Katie Rose Pipkin, Connor Shea or Christy Smith (your choice of artist)

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An event, thrown in your honor, at the space. A crown constructed by various artists. A showering of gifts and praises. Your name over one of the studios or workrooms. A painting by Katie Rose Pipkin on the theme of your choice. VIP pass for life. A t-shirt, a zine, a cd, plenty of stickers. You may or may not be carried on a litter.

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Half wood-sprite, half city girl. A writer, an impoverished bohemian, a social alchemist, an urban shaman, an avid conversationalist, a fortune-telling witch. I'm peculiar and happy about it. I like blackberries in my champagne, spontaneous public art, the tradition of circus arts, and old paperbacks.