Self Made Artists

Mass Gallery - Austin, TX

2007-07-19T15:05:00.001-07:00

jlofts - Omaha, NE

2007-07-19T14:51:00.000-07:00

Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts - St. Louis, MO

2007-07-10T07:51:00.000-07:00

Sweet Hickory Music and Art - Bloomington, IN

2007-07-10T07:41:00.001-07:00

Lloyd Dobbler Gallery - Chicago, IL

2007-07-10T07:32:00.001-07:00

Museum of New Art - Detroit, MI

2007-07-06T08:49:00.000-07:00

R.A.G.S. Gallerie - Montreal

2007-07-02T12:00:00.001-07:00

Brice cannot play guitar

G.A.S.P. Gallery - Boston, MA

2007-07-02T11:38:00.000-07:00

Painting Pit, Yale University School of Art - New Haven, CT

2007-07-02T11:11:00.000-07:00

New York City - Day Off

2007-07-02T11:07:00.000-07:00

Mary Dixie's Apartment - Baltimore, MD

2007-06-26T22:16:00.000-07:00

day off in d.c./baltimore

2007-06-26T13:38:00.001-07:00

Civilian Arts Projects at the Hosiery - Washington D.C.

2007-06-24T17:42:00.000-07:00

Athens Institute of Contemporary Art - Athens, GA

2007-06-22T12:07:00.000-07:00

Young Blood Gallery - Atlanta, GA

2007-06-22T11:23:00.001-07:00

Big Bend Contemporary - Tallahassee, FLA

2007-06-19T22:12:00.001-07:00

De Soto Row Gallery - Savannah, GA

2007-06-19T21:45:00.001-07:00

End of the Line Cafe - Pensacola, FLA

2007-06-18T11:53:00.001-07:00

New Yokel Market - Hattiesburg, Mississippi

2007-06-18T11:36:00.000-07:00

Zeitgeist - New Orleans

2007-06-15T22:48:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Rene Broussard for hosting the the kick off show at his place and for Carlina for bringing some amazingly good eats from her restaurant Catty Car Corner. The show went really well. Over 50 people came. Still working out some kinks in streamling the installation. I asure you we will be masters after this is over. We're off to Mississippi tomorrow, but we have to get up at the ass crack of dawn to set up before 9am. Ugh!

Working Hard

2007-04-23T18:39:00.000-07:00

photo by aaron rosenstreich

Behind the scenes at our recent press shoot. I'll post the photos as soon as they're available. But I can say that we are modeling the shots after Jeff Wall's series Young Workers.

Other news: We are in the middle of booking the tour. Getting art shows in 30 cities across the United States and Canada is not something you can do in a day. But once we have an official schedule I'll be sure to post it.

<----Brice

An Outside Opinion

2007-02-21T14:52:00.000-08:00

This week we met with the film maker Jem Cohen in order to get his opinion about the tour, since he spent almost ten years documenting and touring with Fugazi. To prep for the meeting we watched Instrument, the Fugazi documentary he made. And I forgot how inspirational and persistent the vision of Ian MacKaye of Fugazi actually is. Self Made acts as a touring band but shows art, and I think our intentions and ideals should mirror bands like Fugazi in a way. They wanted nothing to do with the music industry, did mostly benefit shows, and adopted the DIY(do it yourself) mandate. We want to follow this aesthetic by presenting art differently, not in an arena concert way like Justin Timberlake but in a DIY way like Fugazi. So comparably, Biennials are the Justin Timberlake's of the art world and Self Made wants to be the Fugazi's of the art world.

So we met with Jem Cohen and our conversation with him was helpful. He thought the idea was great, but told us that booking might be a problem depending on what types of venues we wanted to show at i.e. alternative spaces, art galleries, art centers, living rooms. And he gave us some advice about dealing with each other on the road and how the last leg might get trying.

All in all it has been a good week.

Brice

Self Organization

2007-02-13T16:36:00.000-08:00

Everything is coming along as planned. The roster of artists on the tour so far are me (Brice Bischoff), Whitney Lynn, and Kevin Parks Hauser(which is having a show opening tonight!) We are thinking about adding an additional artist and/or inviting 1 or 2 local artists from each community we visit to be a part of the exhibition. Having local artists from each city participate in the exhibition will help generate support for the event and encourage other people organize their own art tour, and the communication/ dialogue between the us and the locals will prove invaluable.

And...transporation has been resolved! Its not a tour bus, but I think it will work.

And..the tour will begin in NEW ORLEANS, LA! What a great place to start it up.

all for now,

Brice

test

2007-01-21T16:34:00.000-08:00

this is a test ok?! don't freak out.