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.
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
