In this Month's
18th Street News:

• ARTNIGHT
• LA Marathon Recap
• Artistic Director Receives Fellowship
• Main Gallery: Prep Materials
• Project Room: Fine Art (626) 394-3963
• LOCAL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE:
  Santa Monica Youth Workshop
• VISITING INT'L ARTIST-IN-RESIDENT from POLAND:
  Maciek Stepinski
• NEWS & OPPORTUNITIES
• LINKS

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Welcome to News From 18th Street, the Email Newsletter of
18th Street Arts Center.

This Saturday, May 1, 2010, 18th Street Arts Center will kick-off its well-renowned ArtNight festival. This event features two exhibition-opening receptions, a dynamic outdoor video and sound installation, and Highways Performance Space’s highly acclaimed 6th Annual Poetry Contest.

The main attraction at this year’s ArtNight will be Highways’ first ever Rising Youth Slam which will take place from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the 18th Street parking lot. This outdoor event will be a fantastic poetry contest for those 21 and under. The winner of the contest will go on to compete in the All Star Slam Contest presented in the Highways Performance Space from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

The All Star Slam Contest will be a spectacle in itself. Art Night guests will witness what happens when poets and performers go ‘mano-a-mano,’ matching wits, smarts, timing and passion as they throw-down on today’s issues.

For more information on Highway ’s Annual Poetry Contest visit www.highwaysperformance.org

ArtNight also features art installations, open artists studios, gallery openings and an opportunity for visitors to be exposed to other art and social organizations referred to as the “18th Street Connect.” Food will be available for purchase and complimentary drinks will be provided by Izze Sparkling Juice, Pama Pomegranate Liqueur, Hpnotiq, and Lunazul 100% Agave Tequila.

18th Street’s Art Night takes place from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at 18th Street Arts Center, located at 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica, (north of Olympic Boulevard). 

Putting the "FUN" in Fundraising!

18th Street’s LA Marathon Fundraiser and The Library Alehouse Post-Race Celebration raised nearly 12,000 dollars worth of donations for the 18th Street organization.

The four main runners representing 18th Street in the L.A Marathon Fundraiser were Nicole Gordillo (18th Street Development Associate), Dawn Petschauer (friend of 18th Street), Jason Schimpf (friend of 18th Street ) and Amitis Motevalli (former 18th Street artist). In a relay style sprint, the four of them ran a different section of the course and completed the 25k course in an impressive 4 hours and 42 minutes.

With the help of these runners, the 18th Street staff and board, volunteers and 18th Street’s supporters, raised over 10,000 dollars in donations and sponsorships. The amount of money raised from this year’s L.A Marathon Fundraiser was double the amount raised for last year’s marathon fundraiser, which means 18th Street broke its own record!

The Library Alehouse Post Race Celebration was nothing less than another successful fundraiser for 18th Street. What started out as a small gathering for the participants that helped in the L.A Marathon, quickly turned into a full blown party. That day the Library Alehouse donated 15% of their proceeds to 18th Street. By the end of the night, 18th Street had made nearly 1,500 dollars in donations without even breaking a sweat.

Artistic Director Receives MacDowell Colony Fellowship

Artistic Director Clayton Campbell was awarded the MacDowell Fellowship this year, and was in residence at the artist colony between April 5, 2010 through April 24, 2010. 

During his stay, he was housed in the photography studio, where he finished a media project, Digital Wagner which will debut May 1 at 18th Street's Art Night in the Pasillos.

Digital Wagner was commissioned to coincide with the LA Opera's production of Richard Wagner's The Ring Cycle, which will be performed this May and June in Los Angeles. (For a preview of the work by Campbell, visit http://claytoncampbell.com/gallery/digital-wagner)

"I have supported hundreds of artists in their residencies, so I thought it was my turn to take one myself! My stay at MacDowell Colony was a wonderful break from the day-to-day pressures of Los Angeles and the incredibly busy and productive 18th Street Arts Center. My time away was not a vacation where I got away from it all, but a retreat where I was able to focus on a number of things besides completing the work for Digital Wagner. It gave me the badly needed time to think about 18th Street's mission and programs, and its redevelopment ideas, without the daily distraction of the innumerable duties and tasks associated with the Artistic Director position. I am self-publishing an Internet book on demand of my art this summer, and I have been writing the text for the book. I could not have done this in the spare time at home. In doing this I have revisited my early works, and have analyzed the themes and visual strategies I developed over the past 30 years that has lead to the work I am doing today. Receiving a fellowship from MacDowell was a prestigious award in the artist residency field, and the roster of artists and writers who have stayed there is a “Who's Who” of American Art. I am honored that I was chosen, and gratified at the work I accomplished. I wish to thank all of the people at MacDowell for their incredible hospitality and generosity. It has been amazing for me."
Clayton Campbell, Artistic Director

Photo of a Reading heads and Magnetic-core memory module of early 1960; a Dekatron-tube counter module from Model I era, 1956; Samples of printed circuit cards, ca. 1960-1970 (four bags) Special Collections and University Archives, The University of Iowa, Iowa City From Papers of John V. McMillin II, Box 6, Box 7, Box 8, Box 9 Inkjet archival prints, 30 x 40 inches, 2008 (courtesy of artist)

Artist Carla Herrera-Prats’ project Prep Materials is debuting in the main gallery at 18th Street. This installation explores how the creative process is affected when standardized testing and democratic doctrines are maintained. Herrera-Prats looks closely at the history, design, and fabrication of the first standardized test-scoring machines and investigates their accuracy as resources for evaluating student competency.
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Matthias Merkel Hess, Fine Art Bandir Sign (1 of 100)

In the project room artist Matthias Merkel Hess is conducting a public access project that investigates what the public wants from artists. Hess has already installed  “bandit” telephone pole signs around Los Angeles that say Fine Art (626) 394-3963.
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Student Designs of Santa Monica photo by Nicole Gordillo

Rojas Challenges Santa Monica Teens
At 18th Street’s May 1st Art Night, the teens from Pico Youth and Family Center will reveal the final model design from artist James Rojas’ Design Urban Planning Workshop.
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Maciek Stepinski, V8 car culture project, California..., work in progress during residency courtesy of artist

18th Street’s newest international artist Maciek Stepinski is a native of Poland, but spent 8 years in France teaching photography before recently returning to his hometown, Warsaw, Poland. His charming and cheerful disposition has made him a great addition to the artist community and he has already begun to build friendships with many of the residents at 18th Street.
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Visiting Int’l Artists in May
Chris Fox, Australia
Hernain Bravo, Mexico (coming mid May)

Artist in Residence Opportunity
Visions from the New California are providing a grant opportunity for all California Artists. The residency is for one month and includes a $4,000 award. To apply or for more information visit http://www.artistcommunities.org/CAvisions/index.html

18th Street is Looking for a NEW INTERN
18th Street is looking for an amazing, energetic, proactive college student to work as a Catalogue Design/Gallery Assistant for their Getty internship program.
The intern would be employed by 18th Street for 10 weeks during the summer and would receive a weekly stipend of $350.00. To qualify for this internship, one must be an undergrad student not scheduled to graduate before December 2010, have excellent communication skills, experience working with various graphic design software and be from one or more of the following ethnicity groups: African-American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander decent.
For application instructions email ajones@18thstreet.org

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