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The Silver Galleon Press will be stationed at the SAIC Sullivan Galleries SUMMER STUDIOS from Aug 4,5,6. Come visit and watch the process of binding one of a kind artists' books and take one home today!

The Silver Galleon Press is proud to be contibute to the exhibition:

Nomadic Studios at the Depaul University Art Museum,  curated by the Stockyard Institute. 

JULY 8 - NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Opening Reception: July 8th 5 - 7pm
2350 N. Kenmore Ave., Chicago IL 60614

***NOW ONLINE***

How to Disappear in America (for $500 or less) 2009

Filmed in and around the 2009 Harold Arts residency in Chesterhill, Ohio, USA.

The ALVENDIA studios are proud to announce that Brandon has been profiled in New City Chicago by Jason Foumberg.

Mark your calendar for: 

FAIR USE: Information Piracy and Creative Commons in Contemporary Art and Design
Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 1, 2010 - April 30, 2010.  

Sze Lin Pang, Line Langballe and Christina Okai Mejborn of Totem Collective, Guy Ben-Ner, Pratchaya Phinthong, Seth Price, Bea Correa, Kay Rosen, Carson Salter and Snowden Snowden and Siebren Versteeg. 

Reception: March 11 5-8pm (lecture by Siebren Versteeg at 5) 

Read the TimeOut Chicago preview here. 

 (photo: Angel Essig)

Feel free to peruse this fine website in the meantime.

Silver Galleon Press proud to present a new publication: Art and Leisure by Group Material. Released in conjunction with "In Search for the Mundane" by Randall Szott and InCUBATE at Three Walls, Chicago. 

ALVENDIA studios are proud to announce its participation in the Subvision Festival, Hamburg, which features
a selection of alternative art initiatives and project spaces from around the world, housed in a village of shipping containers.

It will be exhibiting a single channel experimental documentary titled:

How to Disappear in America (for $500 or less)

The video was shot on location in and around the Harold Arts Residency, Ohio from July 18-26, 2009.

If you are near Hamburg this summer we hope you can visit the Subvision festival.
Brandon will be present at the festival from August 26th to 28th.

The work is presented by i-cabin, UK in the group exhibition:
Entry Points
Brandon Alvendia, Christina Mackie, Alec Dunnachie, James Hardy, Richard Healy, Tyler Coburn, Sebastian Craig, Duncan McAfee, Darren Norman, Lewis Amar.

Subvision Festival, Hafencity, Hamburg.
August 26th - September 6th
Opening reception August 26th 7pm.
Admission to the festival is free.
www.subvision-festival.com

Orbital Debris Collision and Reentry images now available here.

The Lincoln Penny Artist Stimulus Grant selection committee is proud to announce the first round recipients of the award.  
Please join us in congratulating them and their achievements.

Plenty of grants still available, apply today!  
Application form follows.  

First round recipients are:

Justin Berry, Brooklyn, NY
Tom Burtonwood, Oak Park, IL
Sebastian Craig, London, UK
Violet, Dennison, New York, NY
Alfredo Abraham Garcia Farina, Chicago, IL
Chris Hefner, Chicago, IL
Daniel C. Herschlein, Brooklyn, NY
Jacob C Hammes, Chicago, IL
Peter Hoffman, Chicago, IL
Anna Hryniewicka, Chicago, IL
Max Infeld, Chico, CA
Ryan B. Richey, Chicago, IL
Audrey Tran, New York, NY
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Lincoln Penny Artist Stimulus Grant 2009 application form.
This new grant opportunity proposes an alternative approach to the traditional grant awarding system.

Acknowledging the downturn in our current global economy, this grant is offering 100 grants to 100 artists in the amount of 1 cent per artist.
The $1 used to enable these grants was graciously donated by ASDF Makes, NY as part of their 100 $1 Grants project.

The 2009 Artist Stimulus Grant awardees and projects will be archived at www.asdfmakes.com and www.lincolnpennygrant.blogspot.com
A traveling exhibition will follow later in the year with catalogue.

Grant will be disbursed through the mail upon receiving application.
Please forward this invitation on to interested parties.
To apply, answer the following questions and send to alvendia1@gmail.com.

Proposals accepted on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted.
Plenty of grants left. Tell your friends and colleagues about this unique opportunity. Please apply now!

What is your name?
What is your mailing address?
What will you do with your penny? Please be detailed and be sure to add any relevant images or other documentation if necessary.
When you see a penny, do you pick it up?