The Bruce High Quality Foundation + Creative Time present:

TEACH 4 AMERIKA
A RALLY FOR ANARCHY IN ARTS EDUCATION
Saturday April 9, 4-5:30pm
...@ Regis Center for Art, In-Flux Auditorium
Free + open to the public

Hosted in Minneapolis by the Walker Art Center, University of Minnesota, Soap Factory, 1419, and the Experimental College of the Twin Cities


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Teach 4 Amerika combines the spectacle and energy of a political rally with the substantive dialog of a conversation series, featuring a multimedia presentation by the group, balloons, t-shirts, and music from local pep bands...

A 5-week, 11-city, coast-to-coast road trip that crosses state lines and institutional boundaries to inspire and enable local art students to define the future of their own educational experience.

Traveling the byways of America in a limousine painted as a school bus, BHQF brings together concerned educators, artists, arts administrators, and—most importantly—students to BRAINSTORM THE FUTURE OF ART SCHOOLS.

***What are they for?
***How should they be organized?
***If not for careers, what is the essence of art itself?

These fundamental questions have long haunted artists, and the BHQF are interested in putting the questions back in the hands of students across America through a combination of dynamic public rallies and intimate conversations.

“Teach 4 Amerika aims to empower artists to create the education they need and not beholden them to a system that professionalizes them out of their own specificity,” said the BRUCE HIGH QUALITY FOUNDATION.

“The Teach 4 Amerika tour will highlight the contradictions and crisis operating at the center of art education in the United States today,” said NATO THOMPOSON, Chief Curator, CREATIVE TIME.



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Teach 4 Amerika is presented in partnership with 1419, Carnegie Mellon School of Art, College for Creative Studies, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Detroit SOUP, Experimental Community Education for the Twin Cities (EXCO), Feldman Gallery at PNCA, Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Illiterate Magazine, Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, LAXART, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland State University Art and Social Practice MFA, Roots & Culture, San Francisco Art Institute, The Soap Factory, Southern Exposure, threewalls, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, University of Minnesota, Vox Populi, The Waffle Shop, Walker Art Center, The Andy Warhol Museum, and Win Wear.


More information & tour schedule: http://teach4amerika.org/

ALSO CHECK OUT:

http://teach4amerika.org/
http://vimeo.com/21631057
http://artlog.com/posts/37-the-bruce-high-quality-foundationhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/selby-drummond/artists-anonymous-bruce-high-quality-foundation_b_844780.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-weiner/america-at-a-crossroads-a_b_482416.html

*As long as 1419 has existed[i], it’s been several things simultaneously. 1419 was (and is) a flexible collective of artists; it was an organization that facilitated work and the exhibition of that work by emerging artists in the Twin Cities; it was a long-term experiment in how to be an artist; it was an attempt to get over having gone to school for art; it was an examination of institution.

The small group of people who lead 1419 since May 2010[ii] had a range of opinions about which of these identities took precedence at what time, and how best to make decisions to serve these identities.

Around December 2010, the five artists who made up the board of 1419 (Broc Blegen, Nicholas Marcouiller, Billy Mullaney, Brent Grihalva, and Ben Gansky [who all love each other, really]) had reached a point where their differences in opinion combined with a desire to focus on their own work made it seem silly to keep operating as a unit. Brent, Billy, and Nick stepped down from the board, and Ben and Broc felt both optimistic and confused about how to carry on without them. We [Ben and Broc] wondered if indeed we should.

In the past few weeks, we have realized that while we resolutely believe in the mission of creating opportunities and facilitating the work of emerging artists, we no longer feel that we can be the ones to be responsible for the organization that does this, right now. We would dearly love to see another organization arise to do so, but our individual focuses have to be on our own work right now.

The part of 1419 that always felt like it had the most integrity was the dialogue created and furthered by the core group of artists, and with Nic’s departure for Elsewhere Collaborative in North Carolina, a majority of us graduating from school and pursuing independent ventures, and the compromises necessitated in attempting to retain control of our building, we feel that our strongest move is to end it.

So 1419 is canceled.

However, as mentioned above, 1419 was always much more than a facilitating/hosting organization. While that may have been the most visible part of 1419, 1419 was also a name for a group of artists, many of whom exhibited, performed, and/or developed work at 1419 continuously over the last 18 months. This core group influenced each others’ work and will (we hope) continue to do so. In this aspect, 1419 lives.

1419 provided a small group of people with the opportunity to experiment with a project the size and shape of a small independent arts institution. As a group of people with a shared mistrust of institutions/art-corporations, we concentrated on remaining continually self-reflexive and responsive to our own and others’ criticism. We asked ourselves, ‘who are we to decide what art gets to happen?’ and so we did our best to accept every proposal at 1419, even and especially the proposals for art we knew we wouldn’t like. We asked ourselves ‘who are we to make decisions that affect this whole group of people?’ so we experimented with ways to make ourselves more transparent, to open up the decision-making process, and to share responsibilities. Most of these experiments failed.

But we did lots of experiments. It’s probably fair to construe everything that 1419 did in the last year and a half as an experiment. Or rather, that 1419 was a lab in which we conducted experiments, while also experimenting with the way the lab was run.[iii]

These experiments were awesome! The people involved learned a ton! We all had different opinions about what to do and what had happened, and we argued and drank beer and smoked weed and stayed up late creating diagrams on whiteboards[iv]. The experience was deeply influential for each person involved at that level.

These past 18 months doing this thing we’ve called 1419 have been amazing. We’ve had the opportunity to produce the work of more than 150 emerging artists over 60+ events. We’ve hosted workshops, lectures, discussions, potlucks, performances, concerts, exhibitions, soccer tournaments, readings, installations, and rehearsals, with a focus on interdisciplinary, experimental, collaboratively-developed and interactive work.

We also want to make it known that 1419’s end has been in the works for a while. Since roughly January we’ve known that we wanted to end 1419. Since then, we’ve done our best to do right by the artists whose work was slotted for presentation/development in the space. Over the last few months, the artists of 1419 have lost more and more control of the use of the building as our landlord asserted himself by renting the building out for parties and events. Just so everyone is clear, 1419 is not responsible for these events. We will no longer be producing work in the storefront space on Washington Ave.

We want to thank the original group of students who began 1419. We want to thank the hundreds of artists who have shown and/or created work in our space and the thousands of people who came to events. We want to thank our gracious mentors for getting it. We want to thank Surinder Singh, our landlord, for trusting a group of 20 year old students to make their dreams a reality in his building.  He is probably the only landlord in the city that would have allowed us to do what we did.  This building will forever be in our hearts.  And we want to thank each other, for not waiting for permission.

Play! Learn! Explore!

[This message was written by Ben. Broc helped. We each have very different perspectives on what 1419 was and might continue to be. In no way does the above purport to be authoritative or all-inclusive, though I have tried to be pretty fair-and-balanced.]

Love,

Broc and Ben


[i] Since September 2009

[ii] Sometime in the spring of  2010, the executive board was founded and composed of Nicholas Marcouiller, Broc Blegen, Brent Grihalva, and Billy Mullaney. Ben Gansky joined the board in July 2010. Later on, Eddie Burns joined as an ever-tolerant business advisor (Alex Heide too), and Jeff Shockley joined for a hot second. Prior to an official executive board 1419 was brought into existence and managed by a collective of wonderful people including those listed above and also Kalen Keir, Arij Mikati, Ben Yela, Ryan Murphy, Evy Muench, Adam Loomis, Nicola Carpenter, Ross Orenstein, David Steinman, and others.

[iii] Ben argues for this metaphor, but it’s up for debate (like all of this).

[iv] The whiteboards were actually mostly Billy and sometimes Ben.

Article.

This is not a day of sadness.

Rejoice.

More soon.

Love,
1419

erased bobrauschenbergamerica is the third piece in 1419's Theatre Performance Season.

It's gonna be special.

Check out the e-bra page here.

Feb 11-20, Fri-Sun @ 8pm.

To reserve tickets, email erasedbobrauschenbergamerica@gmail.com.

2nd ANNUAL 1419 Xmas show "Daddy likes a Joe Moore Christmas"

HOLY SHIT!
YES THIS IS HAPPENING!
THE SECOND ANNUAL XMAS SHOW AT 1419!
THERE WILL BE DRINKS!
THERE WILL BE XMAS!
THERE WILL BE ART!
THERE WILL BE JOE MOORE!
ALL DAY (OR AT LEAST THE MORE IMPORTANT HOURS!)

DOORS @ 6
MUSIC/PERFORMANCES @ 7
FREE BEFORE 9 (BUT DONATIONS TO THE BANDS AND 1419 ARE ALWAYS NICE)
AFTER 9 3-5$ (STRONGLY SUGGESTED DONATIONS)

BANDS:
∆ CORAL LEGS
† WILD GHOSTS
∆ PARLOUR BIKES
† GLASS BUDS
∆ FARMS
† TENDER MEAT
∆ FOOD PYRAMID
† FAMUEL

(subject to some change and schedule forthcoming in the next couple days)

PERFORMANCES:
† JOE MOORE
∆ COLE HW
† "UNTOUCHED GOODS" by NATHAN KENSLEY & SHANNON THORSON

COOL THINGS BY:
bruce tapola
austin swearengin
srijon chowdhury
sam molstad
david donovan
benjamin brockman
abbey kleinert
robyn carley
ashley wilson
evershed mattingly
tim krause
sarah ann baker
lee lichtsinn
mike burrill
celestine pueringer
AND MORE

no assholes.
support your friends. ♥

Dear friends,

After a small glitch last month, we are officially debuting the Room Zero series at 1419 this Friday at 8pm. Not only is it our first show in 1419, it is also the long-anticipated CD release show for PATCH, the brainchild of Peter Kenyon and the best unknown rock band in the Twin Cities. If you don't know already, the album "Schematics" was produced, mixed and mastered by yours truly and Petey K for over a year. We ...spent hours upon hours trying to get things just right. I'm very proud of my work, needless to say, and the entire album is completely mind-blowing. That much I can promise. This is a bit of an "all in the family" show, with Shield Your Eyes opening.


For a bit of a preview of the album, check out the PATCH page and samples on The Sonic Alchemists website here:
http://thesonicalchemists.com/projects/patch-–-schematics/

The show is FREE, doors open at 8pm. See flier attached.

See you there,

Schuyler and Mike of Shield Your Eyes
http://shieldyoureyesprayfordeath.com/

The 1419 Theatre Season kicks off Nov 19th and 20th at 10PM with WATERBOX! --- Pre-show music by Adam Loomis

Swing by for an immersive and inspiring evening of UNDERWATER PUPPETRY, MUSIC, AND REVELRY!


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WATERBOX is a new exploration in toy theatre. This intimate underwater puppet show focuses on light and gesture using abstract shapes and imagery.


Please join us for our first showing of this visually striking and innovative work, already chosen to be part of Open Eye Figure Theater's nationally renowned Toy Theatre After Dark festival.


Directed by Justin Spooner
Puppetry by Ben Desbois, Robin Schwartzman and Justin Spooner
Sound Design by Adam Loomis

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We are asking a $5-10 sliding scale donation. However, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

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HOTPANTS SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER WATERBOX!!!!!

Now that winter is on it's way it makes for a sweaty dancefloor. We will have the same cast of goons Brian Engel, Ben Mena,Dale Burback, RAMBO, and many very special guests.

We will be using 2 floors for this event!!!

Main floor- raw Funk, Northern Soul, uptempo dancefloor fillers

Basement- Sweet Soul ,Blues, Reggae, Jazz, blue lights, domino and dice tables

Come support Rare Funk and Soul this side of the river!! RECORDS ONLY!! NO DIGITAL NEVER EVER!!!! CAN-SEAL N CARRY in affect (shhh).

$5 !! We go Late!!!

EXTRA EXTRA we will be on KFAI Rockhouse on Thursday the 18th w/Miss Sara. Listen in at www.kfai.org 4 to 6pm

Saturday, November 13, 8pm

Greetings,

It's been a while since the last show, and I suppose it's about time I filled everyone in on what's been going on. Room Zero as we knew it is no more. To put it simply, Mike and I had some differences of opinion with management there, and we had to start looking elsewhere for a place if we wanted to continue the concert series we started. Fortunately, our friends at 1419 were exceedingly positive when I pitched the ide...a of a Room Zero merge. We are all looking forward to this move, and I personally think that 1419 is, in some ways, the perfect venue for "Room Zero" shows, especially considering the fact that our audience-base has been quickly outgrowing the old space. Let me assure you that the only thing changing is our location. Our name will remain the same (even though there technically isn't a room "0" in 1419--use your imagination) and we will keep bringing you amazing shows featuring artists and bands from the Twin Cities and beyond that are doing great things under the radar.

This Saturday is our debut Room Zero in 1419 show. We're showcasing a couple of new solo acts and diverging into some new sonic territory from our previous shows, which is very exciting for me. The lineup is as follows:


I. Maymok - Tim Krauss' solo ambient/noise-pop project
http://www.myspace.com/maymok

II. Pigswill - An electronic sound artist who aims to resurrect the old-school industrial attitude.
http://www.pigswill.org/

III. Shield Your Eyes
http://shieldyoureyesprayfordeath.com/


The show is this Saturday, November 13, 8pm in 1419 ( http://1419art.weebly.com/index.html ) and is FREE. See flier attached.

See you there,

Schuyler and Mike of Shield Your Eyes
http://shieldyoureyesprayfordeath.com/

Saturday November 6

A night where friends embrace.dream. and dance.

Here is the lineup and tentative set-times:

∆ // 9:30-10:15
Jummmmbbllleeess
MAYMOK
Orchard Thief

† // 10:30-11:15
Merlin Monroe
Ppl
Vacation Dad

∆ // 11:30-12:10
Parlour Bikes
Dada Trash Collage

† // 12:30- whenever
Famuel
Jesse Pollock

DOORS @ 9:00
SHOW @ 9:30
$$$ 3-5 cover

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159021920803850
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=157357810966602

(awesome flier by sam molstad!)
(organized by Tim Krause!)