The third Artist Bailout took place on December 10, 2011 at Human Resources. All told, we collectively raised over $2,500 and awarded $1,000 grants to the two participants whose presentations received the most votes: Knowledges and the Mobile Pinhole Project. Congratulations! All of the other participants received a $100 prize.
Thanks to everyone who attended and to all our sponsors and volunteers who helped make this Artist Bailout a success!
Below is a selection of photos from the evening. You can view more pictures on our facebook page and picasa.
November 30, 2011, Los Angeles: Artist Bailout is a community driven means to fund the arts during the current economic crisis. This new philanthropic model brings together artists and patrons for a dinner which is part performance, part fundraiser and culminates in the awarding of two micro-grants. The third Artist Bailout will be held at Human Resources on Saturday, December 10th from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. This upcoming Artist Bailout will differ from the previous events as proceeds raised will go toward local artist-run organizations, rather than individual artists.
At the Artist Bailout, patrons contribute donations on a sliding scale ($10 to $10M!) and receive a delicious meal and a ballot. While attendees enjoy their dinner, seven pre-selected Los Angeles-based arts organizations will present proposals for funding which will benefit their current programs and/or special projects they are hoping to realize. The participants—all selected from a pool of organizations that responded to an open call for proposals—include: Slanguage Studios, the Mobile Museum of Riverside Chinatown, Actual Size L.A., Outpost for Contemporary Art, Knowledges, Mobile Pinhole Project and Signify, Sanctify, Believe. Once the presentations conclude, dinner-goers vote for their favorite, and the two arts organizations that receive the most votes split the money donated at the door. These micro-grants will be used to fund the winning projects.
As a special bonus for the winners of this upcoming Artist Bailout, GOOD (www.good.is) will make a donation matching the total proceeds raised throughout the evening, up to $1,000. Initial funding for this event was generously provided by Woodbury University's Department of Art History. Winners will also receive a free copy of GYST Ink software.
For more information about Artist Bailout visit artistbailout.org.
A public meal designed to solicit community-driven financial support and democratically fund new work by local and emerging artists.
This event is made possible through the generous support of Woodbury University Department of Art History Aesthetics of Deficit symposium and History of Performance Art class, GOOD, Human Resources, the Echo Park Time Bank and many more.
"New Financial Architectures for Creative Communities"
Panelists: Kris Kuramitsu on USA Projects, Elana Mann on The Artist Bailout, Molly Surno on kickstarter, Autumn Rooney on Echo Park Time Bank –– Moderated by Edgar Arceneaux of the Watts House Project.
Saturday, July 23rd from 4:30-6pm at Red Cat 631 W. 2nd St. L.A., CA 90012.
Louisa Van Leer for her project Stair Street Ghosts won $500.
John Hogan & David Reich for their project Heretics Television Workshop won $500.
Creative Migration for their project The Green American Road Trip won $250.
Artists Bailout: Renegade Bounty Exchange is proud to represent Los Angeles in the Sunday Soup network, an international association of meal-based micro-granting initiatives.
Join us for an "International Day of Soup" during Creative Time's, Living As Form, exhibition in New York September 16th - October 16th, 2011. Curated by Nato Thompson.
Edith Abeyta made this wonderful little catalog from her exhibition entitled, "Me, You, Us: Interpretations of Cooperation" at the El Camino College Art Gallery. It features texts about collaboration by Sesshu Foster, Apio Ludd, Sal Randolph, Charlene Roth, Judith Thissen and Pamela Wells.
The partial title of this book, Me, You, Us is the same as the title of the participatory installation of which this book serves as a component. Donated garments were deconstructed and reconfigured into backpacks displayed on shelves. Viewers/participants are invited to deposit a book into one of the backpacks. In return, they receive a copy of this book. Particularly motivated participants can further their experience/opportunity by exchanging one of the book filled backpacks for an object s/he made.
The grant we received has been put to great use this last year. We were not able to print the Dialogue Manual that we had initially wanted but we were able to cover pressing needs for several of the arts workshops that are leading up to the Community Festival on May 6th and our dialogue celebration.
- Covered a portion of the cost of software purchased for our Electronic Music Lab which is being used by the youth to design tracks for the neighborhood and festival, based on interviews and photos of the neighborhood.
The work created last Fall and this Spring will be shared with the community on May 6th.
Thank you again for the outstanding support for this project.