The remaining postcards from our first two Huddle exhibitions are here online (below) for a discounted rate of $10 (marked down from $25) with 100% of proceeds going to ACLU, Planned Parenthood and the Trevor Project. Huddle #1 raised $1500. You can also view them in person on April 20th from 3-6 during the reception.
Send an email to shoeboxprojectsla@gmail.com letting us know which postcards you would like to purchase (artist names/numbers in captions) and you can pay either via check or paypal (kristineschomaker@gmail.com). We will mail your postcard to you once payment is received.
The #equalityforall #resist postcard art show
Hosted by Shoebox Projects and Art and Cake
Curated by Kristine Schomaker
Sponsored by Shoebox PR
From womensmarch.com…
“First, we marched. Now we Huddle. We will gather together in our neighborhoods all over the world to define our next steps, and envision how to transform the energy we saw at Women’s Marches into local and national action.
Huddle (n.) – a small group of people holding an informal conversation”
I was part of a recent huddle in Los Angeles. It was an amazing experience to feel like we aren’t alone in our thinking about the current political climate. We talked about what is going on in our country and what we could do to make a difference.
Sales: All work is donated to the show and sold for a suggested donation of $25 each. 100% of proceeds will be donated equally to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and the Trevor Project. Payable by Check, Cash or Credit Card (additional fees may apply) at the reception.
The remaining postcards from our first 2 Huddle exhibitions are here online (below) for a discounted rate of $10 (marked down from $25) with 100% of proceeds going to ACLU, Planned Parenthood and the Trevor Project. Huddle #1 raised $1500.
Send an email to shoeboxprojectsla@gmail.com letting us know which postcards you would like to purchase (artist names/numbers in captions) and you can pay either via check or paypal (kristineschomaker@gmail.com). We will mail your postcard to you once payment is received.
The #equalityforall #resist postcard art show
Hosted by Shoebox Projects and Art and Cake
Curated by Kristine Schomaker
Sponsored by Shoebox PR
From womensmarch.com…
“First, we marched. Now we Huddle. We will gather together in our neighborhoods all over the world to define our next steps, and envision how to transform the energy we saw at Women’s Marches into local and national action.
Huddle (n.) – a small group of people holding an informal conversation”
I was part of a recent huddle in Los Angeles. It was an amazing experience to feel like we aren’t alone in our thinking about the current political climate. We talked about what is going on in our country and what we could do to make a difference.
Sales: All work is donated to the show and sold for a suggested donation of $25 each. 100% of proceeds will be donated equally to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and the Trevor Project. Payable by Check, Cash or Credit Card (additional fees may apply) at the reception.
December 4, 2017 – January 14, 2018
Reception: Saturday, January 13, 2018, 3-6 pm
Shoebox Projects is pleased to announce “Embodied: St. Anthony and the Desert of Tears” a residency and exhibition featuring the work of Leonard Greco. Greco’s residency runs from December 4, 2017 – January 14, 2018 with a reception on January 14, 2018 from 3-6pm.
During his residency at Shoebox Projects Greco will create a new body of work in which he explores the relationship between the solitude of the artist in his/her studio and disruptions from the realities of life. The installation draws from the narrative of “St Anthony of the Desert” and the fact that St Anthony resisted supernatural temptations during his desert sojourn. In this exhibition, Greco will explore his own struggles, making mixed media works that reflect on the temptations of lust, boredom and the perils of isolation.
Leonard Greco is a painter, printmaker and puppet and doll maker. Largely self-taught, Greco has had a successful career as a decorative painter and muralist for over 25 years. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions including, Tomorrow Today at the Pasadena Museum of California Art (2011); Clive Hicks Jenkins, Wales, UK (2012); Kaleidoscope, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles (2014) and Out There, Gallery, 825, West Hollywood (2016). He had a solo show at Ave. 50 Gallery in 2017 and was also included in numerous exhibitions: Pop-Surreal Playhouse at Artshare LA; Stitch Fetish 5, The Hive, Los Angeles; Pickles Galore, curated by Linda Vallejo, Lamperouge Gallery, Los Angeles; The Faces Within, South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro and With Liberty and Justice for Some, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles.
For more information on Leonard Greco please visit: leonardgreco.me
About Shoebox Projects
Shoebox Projects is a new experimental art space in DTLA, where emerging and mid-career artists are given an opportunity to freely experiment with new ideas and directions for their practice. Founded by Kristine Schomaker, multimedia artist and director of Shoebox PR, Shoebox Projects intends to give artists a chance to recharge and renew their relationship with their work.
Shoebox Projects, located at the Brewery Art Community in Los Angeles, California, is a project space that features work-only artist-in-residence space as well as gallery space. Founded in 2016 by Kristine Schomaker of Shoebox PR and Art and Cake, the residency is designed to allow emerging contemporary artists time and space to create new work exploring their practice.
Artists may submit a proposal of a project which will utilize the space as a studio to create new work. The residency will culminate in a solo closing reception that is promoted across Shoebox’s extensive network of art world influencers and press.
Proposals must have a contemporary art focus showing experimentation and career reach for the artist. We are especially interested in projects that involve social practice and push the artists’ work into new arenas of practice or theory. We urge artists to propose involving the public in their creative process.
Program Goals:
To offer support and space to artists who are ready to move their work forward in the contemporary art landscape;
To encourage artists to experiment and explore their concepts amongst a community of artists.
Eligibility:
The residency is open to Southern California artists only, with a preference to Los Angeles area artists;
We are interested in emerging artists who show a strong drive to move their career forward;
Mid-career artists will be considered if they can show the residency will provide the catalyst for a significant change in direction.
Details of Residency:
The period of residency is either 3 or 6 weeks;
Residencies begins June 2018 and are being filled through 2019;
Cost to the artist is $300 for 3 weeks or $600 for 6 weeks; A $75 non-refundable deposit is required upon acceptance of residency in order to hold your space;
The obligation from the artist will include being present within the space a minimum of 20 hours a week;
225 Square Foot Studio/Gallery space at the Brewery Art Colony;
A 30% commission will be put on all sold work;
The project space is flexible daytime work only (i.e., no live-in accommodation);.
To Apply:
Letter of interest explaining your specific interest in working with Shoebox Projects along with a proposed idea for utilizing the space;
Artist bio;
Artist statement;
Link to artist website and relevant social media;
Selection of 10-15 jpeg images of recent work;
Give preferred availability for 2018-2019. and let us know if you would like the space for 3 or 6 weeks.
Title folder “{your name} – Shoebox Projects Residency”;
Email shoeboxprojectsla@gmail.com to alert us that the file is there.
We will send confirmation of receipt within 48 hours. Proposals may take 6-8 weeks after deadline to be considered.
Dwora Fried and Bibi DavidsonChenhung Chen“Off the Wall” – small works showDiane WilliamsKarrie RossKatie Shanks, Cece Caro, Stephanie SherwoodMike McLainSusan AmordeSusan Feldman and Jennifer Gunlock
Bibi Davidson and Dwora Fried “Two Women, One Reality”
Bibi Davidson and Dwora Fried
Two Women, One Reality
Shoebox Residency September 25 – November 5, 2017 660 South Avenue 21 #3 Los Angeles, CA 90031
On view during the upcoming Brewery Artwalk October 21st and 22nd 11-6pm
For their residency and exhibition at Shoebox Projects, Bibi Davidson and Dwora Fried will collaborate on an installation entitled Two Women, One Reality. Though both artists grew up in the fifties in different parts of the world — one in Israel, the other in Austria — they both vividly remember being left alone as toddlers, watching their parents get ready for a night on the town feeling imprisoned in their cribs, crying; terrified by noises, shadows and ghosts and are using these memories as the point of departure for their collaboration. Through ongoing discussions of these personal experiences Davidson and Fried will translate their memories into an installation. They envision the exhibition as a “fifties room” with a crib, ugly wallpaper and a video filmed by Dwora’s daughter Anjoum Agrama, that evokes a visit to the darker places in their collective psyche—a kind of self portrait of the early days of the artist’s lives and surroundings, that evokes the idea that evil—real or imagined— is lurking around the corner.
Shoebox Projects is a self-directed residency program founded in 2016 by Kristine Schomaker where artists are given space and time to conceptualize and create new works. During a residency, artists have the time and freedom to try out new ideas, open their space to viewers for feedback or embark on collaborations as Davidson and Fried are doing with Two Women, One Reality. Though these artist’s individual practices are quite different— Bibi Davidson is a painter whereas Dwora Fried makes mixed media sculptures and installations, there are overlaps in their subject matter and approaches which makes this and ideal opportunity for collaboration.
Bibi Davidson is an Israeli born, Los Angeles based artist whose illustrative-style works are allegorical representations of the chaotic and unsettling realities of her childhood. Her boldly colored narrative paintings are autobiographical and social commentary while simultaneously layered with elements of humor. They are captivating and purposefully quirky works that investigate personal and universal conflicts, as well as the chaos that defines our times. Through the process of painting, Davidson charms and calms her inner self.
Davidson’s most recent solo exhibition was The Girl in the Red Dress at Gallery 825, Los Angeles (2016). Her work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions throughout Southern California including: Laluzapalooza, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, With Liberty and Justice for Some, Walter Maciel Gallery, Love and Hate, Avenue 50 Studio (2017); A Feminist Perspective, MuzeuMM, Mas Attack, Torrance Art Museum (2016); Day Dreamers, BG Gallery, Sacred Memories, Pico House Gallery, Bunnymania, Chungking Studios and Wilding Cran Gallery (2015). For more information visit: http://www.bibidavidson.com
Dwora Fried is a mixed media assemblage artist who creates both small tableaux in glass fronted wooden boxes and life-sized enterable installations. She grew up in post-war Vienna, where as a Jewish lesbian and child of Holocaust survivors she felt like an outsider and has parlayed these experiences into artworks that explore themes of danger, loss and secrecy. Recent works also comment on the current political climate and the immigrant experience in Los Angeles.
Fried’s most recent solo exhibit was BIG BOX/little box at Gallery 825, Los Angeles (2016). In addition, she had solo exhibits at the Jewish Museum in Venice, Italy (2014), Benedict Gallery in Vienna, Austria (2013), Woolfson &Tay in London, GB (2011). She has been exhibiting in group shows at Elmhurst Art Museum in Chicago (2017), OCCA (2017), Walter Maciel Gallery (2017), Art Share LA (2016), SPARC (2015). Fried also has work in the permanent collection at Vienna’s MUSA museum. For more information visit: http://dworafried.com
Artist residency and exhibition at Shoebox Projects
660 South Avenue 21 #3
Los Angeles, CA 90031
Residency from June 5 – July 9, 2017
Closing reception: Saturday, July 8th, 3pm – 6pm
dianewilliamsartist.com
shoeboxprojects.com/
Diane Williams is a multidisciplinary artist whose work stems from the political and social landscape that surrounds her—specifically the ethnically diverse neighborhoods of Los Angeles. She uses art as a call to arms, creating works that explore issues about immigrants and gender to encouraging cultural and social understanding.
In her series Monsters & Aliens, Williams created masks woven from shredded paintings and discarded materials and wore these masks in performances where the masks clearly signed for “other.” She wanted viewers to question what they feared from strangers and to begin to examine their own prejudices with respect to race and gender. In a mixed media work entitled Fractured but not Broken, she also displayed the masked and fragmented female body– depicting the disparate body parts in photographs and drawings, overlaid with Plexiglas and blue and yellow duralar. This human scaled work confronted viewers declaring, “see me for who I am — not as a cultural stereotype.”
During her residency at Shoebox Projects, Williams will create a site-specific installation that further explores ideas of marginalization by physically dividing the space. In addition, she will embark on a new series of works that track the surges in hate crimes since the inauguration of President Trump. In her work, Williams seeks to find a common ground between the works she makes and the community at large. For example in the participatory piece, This in my America, she asks viewers to write the first name of an immigrant they know and their relationship to that person on a piece of paper and then post it on a wall. Collectively illustrating the idea of an extended community.
About the artist:
Diane Williams is a multi disciplinary artist and an emerging curator living and working in Los Angeles, CA. She earned her BFA degree from California State University, Long Beach in 2013. Her work has been featured in select publications and exhibited in solo shows and several group exhibitions including Personal Narrative at the Annenberg Beach House Gallery, Santa Monica, With Liberty and Justice for Some at Walter Maciel, Culver City (2017), Countenance Divine, at Gallery 825, Los Angeles, and Defend & Advance, National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles (2016).
About Shoebox Projects:
Shoebox Projects is a new experimental art space in DTLA, where emerging and mid-career artists are given an opportunity to freely experiment with new ideas and directions for their practice. Founded by Kristine Schomaker, multimedia artist and director of Shoebox PR and Art and Cake, Shoebox Projects intends to give artists a chance to recharge and renew their relationship with their work.
(Los Angeles, May 2017) – Shoebox Projects is pleased to announce its sixth artist-in-residents: the collaborative team of Cecelia Caro, Katie Shanks, and Stephanie Sherwood. They are working in the experimental art space in the Brewery Arts Complex as of May 1st with a reception of work completed during the residency to be held on Saturday, June 3rd, from 3-7pm.
Have you ever found yourself wondering about the gender of the artist upon seeing an artwork? Have you ever found an artwork that you very strongly identified with only to be surprised by the gender of the artist who created it?
Material Identity: Making Art on the Gender Continuum seeks to gain insight into how art is experienced in a society which still clings to gender biases and how it impacts what it means to be a female artist navigating and creating in the contemporary art scene.
In March, the artists began seeking feedback via an online questionnaire: https://goo.gl/forms/RsuoP7ucIo21Bpyv2 which asked contributors to indicate their initial gender specific associations in regards to a variety of art making choices. This was in order to expose and examine internalized biases—and the stereotypes that are perpetuated through their maintenance. Examples were provided in each of the following categories: color, texture, scale, speed, technique, and genre, and contributors were provided the following five options to express their perceived gender bias:
Mostly Feminine Associations
Some Feminine Associations
Neutral Associations
Some Masculine Associations
Mostly Masculine Associations
Since then, they have received over 100 responses. Using this data, and the materials they have begun to collect and create, the artists will be creating an installation at Shoebox Projects during the month of May. While the survey is by no means comprehensive or scientific, it was fantastic way to begin thinking about preconceived notions we hold about art, who is making it, and how it is created. There are many aspects of the data which the artists plan to address in the piece—one of the most interesting of which is the demographic of the respondents. Those individuals who self-selected to respond to the survey, were predominantly themselves highly educated individuals involved in the arts who identified as either women or nonbinary—giving them a shared background with the artists themselves. Highlighting that perhaps that is the crux of the interest and contemplation of these matters, is a thwarted desire to be able to see oneself in the art that is seen and shown in the art world at large.
The artists conducted a workshop on Saturday, May 20th, where they discussed the survey and asked attendees to take and examine their own internalized biases. From there they discussed their inquiries, findings, and opened up to a wider discussion of gender in the art world before shifting to how to interpret this in the construction of an actual piece of art. The in progress installation was examined, and participants were provided with materials to create their own pieces centered around the conversation.
How will three female artists create a collaborative installation which addresses the nature of gender bias using the language of the artmaking process? Where will they adhere to societal expectations, and how will they subvert them? Visit Shoebox Projects in May and find out!
Cecelia Caro, Katie Shanks, and Stephanie Sherwood met while working on their BFAs in Drawing and Painting at California State University, Long Beach. While working their way through the Drawing and Painting BFA program, they fostered each other’s development as young artists. Since completing their degrees they have remained a strong support system for one another while moving to new cities, developing new bodies of work, and keeping their studio practices as regular as adult life could allow. Katie and Stephanie began collaborating on installation work with their first piece “Unrequited” in March of 2015 and since then have collaborated on several large scale installations as well as a collection of wearable art objects entitled “Meat Market”. Although the artists have very different methods of creating artwork – color, form and drawing have always remained significant their practices.
Shoebox Projects is a new experimental art space in DTLA, where emerging and mid-career artists are given an opportunity to freely experiment with new ideas and directions for their practice. Founded by Kristine Schomaker, multimedia artist and director of Shoebox PR and Art and Cake, Shoebox Projects intends to give artists a chance to recharge and renew their relationship with their work.
Shoebox Projects, Chip Inn Cabin, Altadena, California
Deadline for submission, Sunday August 20th 5pm pst
Shoebox Projects is a self-directed artist residency founded in 2016 by Kristine Schomaker. In association with Shoebox PR and Art and Cake, the residency is designed to allow emerging contemporary artists time and space to create new work exploring their practice.
In 2017 Shoebox Projects formed a partnership with Los Angeles artist Ching Ching Cheng to open up Shoebox Projects, Chip Inn Cabin in the Angeles National Forest above Altadena, California.
Chip Inn Cabin is a perfect cabin hideaway nestled in the secluded and rustic Millard Canyon Tract of the Angeles National Forest, and only minutes from downtown Pasadena. Situated under a canopy of California Oak and tucked by a rambling stream & hiking trails, the cabin features an open and airy floor plan with sliding doors to an over sized deck. Additional amenities include a full bath with Jacuzzi tub, a half bath, 1 bedroom, a sleeping loft, and a private water system directly from the spring.
This live-in artist-in-residence is meant to be a retreat for the artist to create work within the surrounding environment.
Artists may submit a proposal of how they may use the space to support their art practice. Artist is able to utilize outdoor space for installation work as well as indoor/outdoor space for studio work.
Proposals must have a contemporary art focus showing experimentation and career reach for the artist. We are especially interested in projects that involve social practice and push the artists’ work into new arenas of practice or theory.
To offer support and space to artists who are ready to move their work forward in the contemporary art landscape;
To encourage artists to experiment and explore their concepts in a peaceful, natural environment.
ELIGIBILITY
The residency is open to regional, national and international artists.
We are interested in artists who show a strong drive to move their career forward;
Artists will be considered if they can show the residency will provide the catalyst for a significant change in direction.
DETAILS OF RESIDENCY
The period of residency is minimum one week to one month.
Residencies begins October 2017 and are being filled through 2018;
Cost to the Artist is $350 per week. A $50 non-refundable deposit is required upon acceptance of residency in order to hold your space; Couples and family are welcome for an additional fee.
A $150 security deposit is due upon acceptance of your application proposal to be returned at the end of your stay, barring damages.
The full fee is due at least one week before the start of your residency.
Residency fees help to cover costs of lodging, studio space, utilities, and maintenance. All residencies are from Saturday to Friday. Residents are responsible for the cost and preparation of their own meals, as well as all transportation costs.
Any cancellations must be made 30 days prior to the residency. No full refunds will be made after the start of the residency.
IMPORTANT NOTES
The national park is gated. You are not able to leave or return after 8pm. The park hours are 6am-8pm
Quiet hours are 10 PM-8 AM.
There is no trash pick-up. Haul in and haul out.
From the parking spot, there are stairs to get down to the cabin. (see photos)
There is limited wifi
Residents are responsible for the general upkeep of the cabin and surrounding area during the duration of their stay.
Bathroom and kitchen cleanup is required after every use, please leave the kitchens and bathrooms clean for the next person.
The cost of repairing any damages incurred within space will be charged to the resident.
We ask that you moderate volume or use headphones for listening to any music or DVDs.
Residents must abide by all local, state and federal laws.
Respectful use of alcohol is permitted.
No firearms and other weapons are permitted anywhere on the property.
Residents are responsible for the return of any borrowed equipment or books.
No smoking is permitted
No candles, incense, or open flames.
Sorry, no pets
Unfortunately, we are not wheelchair accessible at this point.
If you leave before the end of your residency, there will be no refund of your fees.
We supply:
(2) 6 foot tables
Hardware
Extension cords
Ladder
Towels and sheets
You should bring:
Food and drinks
DVDs for the TV
Art Supplies
Lighting for outside
TO APPLY
Letter of interest explaining your specific interest in working with Shoebox Projects at Chip Inn Cabin along with a proposed idea for utilizing the space;
Artist bio;
Artist statement;
Link to artist website and relevant social media;
Selection of 10-15 jpeg images of recent work;
Give preferred availability from October 2017 to May 2018 as well as how long you would like the space (one to 4 weeks)
Please send your proposal via dropbox to shoeboxprojectsla@gmail.com;
Title folder “{your name} – Shoebox Projects Residency”;
Email shoeboxprojectsla@gmail.com to alert us that the file is there.
Deadline for submission, Sunday August 20th 5pm pst
We will send confirmation of receipt within 48 hours. Proposals may take 6-8 weeks from deadline to be considered.
Email us at shoeboxprojectsla@gmail.com with any questions
Shoebox Projects
660 South Avenue 21 #3
LA Ca 90031
Residency from 3-21 to 4-30
On view to the public during the Brewery Artwalk 4-29 to 4-30
(Los Angeles, March 2017) – For his residency and solo exhibition Artist Seen at Shoebox Projects at the Brewery, LA artist Tony Pinto will create a series of portraits of artists, gallerists, curators, critics and writers— people he considers his tribe — as they share his values and interests in art. He sees the creation of this body of work as a chance to document these important relationships and it reinforces his sense of connection and belonging to the art community.
Pinto begins with photographs. Sometimes he asks his subjects to pose, other times he snaps a candid image. Each photograph is then transformed into a large scale oil painting. Pinto isolates and carefully cuts the shape of the head from the wooden panel transforming the works into quasi sculptures. Each portrait has a unique shape that is derived from the specificities of the subject’s head. Pinto is an accomplished painter who finesses his expressive brush strokes to create realistic representations. For example the portrait of Jane Magdalena Bauman includes a bit of neck whereas the image of Andi Campognone is closely cropped so the shape is defined by her blond hair and slightly protruding chin. Each painting captures the essence of the sitter and together the disembodied images become a compelling portrait of the local art community.
Tony Pinto is an established artist, designer and educator currently living in Anaheim Hills, California. He received a BA from the University of Massachusetts, Boston and an MFA from California State University, Los Angeles. He currently teaches courses in painting and art appreciation at Coastline Community College in Newport Beach, courses in digital foundations at California State University, Fullerton as well as design classes at Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA. In addition to working as an Art Director/Creative Director at Grace/Pinto Communication Design Pinto also exhibits his paintings on a regular basis. Recent group exhibitions include Illicit Liason at the Museum of Design, Atlanta, GA (2017); Like Mark, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach, CA (2016) and MAS Attack 13, Torrance Art Museum, CA (2015).
Bradford J. Salamon at the Final Mas Attack, Torrance Art MuseumDavid Michael Lee at Mas Attack, San Diego Art Institute
