just imagine the phoenix that will rise from these ashes
On Wednesday night, a fire broke out in the building that houses Open Space and eliminated access to the gallery. While everyone involved here has stayed completely safe, the building is now legally off limits, and we are forced to close our doors for the time being. Most of the gallery’s valuables made it out of the space undamaged though many Open Space members and residents of the building lost music gear, tools, personal possessions, studios and housing.
We want to extend a huge thank you for every helping hand that has been offered our way and to express lots of love to the community that’s gathered during this time.
Please stay posted for upcoming benefit events and updates as we reconfigure. We will also have an online donation system up and running shortly and will be communicating our needs moving forward.
Currently, about 14 of us have been displaced and are looking for housing. Please see the following Craigslist ad for more information: http://baltimore.craigslist.org/hou/3786654254.html
Please send any potential housing leads to openspacebaltimore@gmail.com.
Again, the support of the community means the world to us. We could never have gotten this far without everyone and are confident that we will be back and better than ever! Thanks again!
-Open Space
I’m looking for a new place with a few of my lovely friends, if you know any cool spots, especially ones with some green space for my gardenin, let us know!
ACRES: FEATURED IN ISSUE 01
Here’s a taste of issue 01: Eric Hatch’s article on Harmony Korine
NAIL POLISH AND SKITTLES by Eric Allen Hatch
Harmony Korine has a new film. I’ll swim against a current of haters and say that this has always been a good thing. I started my swim late one night in September of…
check it out
Open Space is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Publications and Multiples Fair on March 9 and 10, 2013. This annual event is a celebration and survey of artist publications, prints, and objects produced in multiple. This year’s fair promises a wide variety of publications and objects by over 50 independent publishers, galleries and artists from Baltimore and abroad. The fair is free and open to the public.
SCHEDULE:
MARCH 8th, PRE-FAIR OPENING
Check Marks
Curated by Austin English
Opening March 8th from 7 to 10pm
Running March 8th through April 15th
Featuring works on paper by:
Nick Payne
James Ulmer
Leif Low-beer
Jason T Miles
Molly Colleen O’Connell
Wiley Guillot
Becca Kacanda
The 7 artists in this show believe in images. Characters, abstraction, text—all are used in the pursuit of making pictures that strike the viewer both for their gestalt and for their love of refining a personal library of visuals for the most intense potential. Each artist pushes their image-making to the point where its creativity aches in front of us. Most of these artists work with characters, the face and body are used almost as a template—a solid structure to build wild expression upon.
Each artist in this show will present a selection of works on paper. Each artist will have an original, extremely low print run zine available at the show.
MARCH 9th, MAIN EVENT:
D Center, 16 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21218
March 9 & 10, 12 PM – 6PM Saturday & Sunday
Featured Vendors:
Acres
Andy Burkholder
Anya Davidson
Arts & Sciences Projects
Baltimore Print Studios
Booklyn
Brian Blomerth
Caitlin Williams
Capricious
Chloe Maratta
Chris Day
Conor Stechschulte
Crankmania
Current Space
Dale Beran
David Vu
Domino Books
Dylan Thadani
Eamon Espey
Emily Burtner
FAMILYFAMILYTREE
Friends Records
Fukt Magazine
Gary Kachadourian
Get Lost
Ginevra Shay
Guest Spot/The Reinstitute
Half Letter Press
Hannah Mandel
Happiness
James Bouché
Jen Liu
Jessica Hans
Joe Sturm
Jordan Sondler
Lale Westvind
Litho Shop
Margo Malter
Matthew Thurber
Mia Peterson
Mike Taylor
Milano Chow
Molly O’Connell
Mothers News
Nate Grossman
Nikholis Planck
nowork
Open Space
Otto Splotch
Public Collectors
Profanity Hill
R.M. O’Brien
Rachel Younghans
Rebus Books
Red Emma’s
Revival House Press
Ryan Syrell
Sans Comics
Schematic Q
Semigloss
Slow Youth
sophiajacob
Stephen Booth
Suzie Zak
Swill Children
Temporary Services
The Kingsboro Press
Too Temporary Collective
Travis Hallenbeck
Weird Magazine
Featured Programming:
Mothers News: A Brief History Of America’s Greatest Newspaper
Jacob Berendes, editor of Mothers News (Providence, RI)
Collecting the Contemporary Publication
Tony White leads a panel discussion on collections of unique and special artist publications from a library/institutional perspective.
Tony White, Director, Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD)
Heather Slania, Director of the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington DC)
Jill Luedke, Art Subject Specialist, Temple University (Philadelphia PA)
Superman vs. Deconstructive Analysis: Who Would Win?
In this panel discussion, renowned Superman experts will address the problem of Superman head on, and also from the sides, in an encirclement maneuver he will not be expecting involving historical, scientific, literary, and philosophical analysis. Free to attend, but a great price will be paid by those who forget the words spoken on this day.
Ben O’Brien, Showbeast, Wham City Comedy Tour (Baltimore, MD)
Dale Beran, creator of A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible, The Nerds of Paradise (Baltimore, MD)
Paul Nestadt, MD, Dept. of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute (Baltimore, MD)
Additional Lectures
Jason T. Miles, comics artist, editor and publisher (Seattle, WA)
Ginevra Shay, artist, curator, and photo archivist (Baltimore, MD)
Additional Readings
Matthew Thurber, renowned cartoonist (Brooklyn, NY)
Rupert Wondolowski, owner of Normal’s Books & Records (Baltimore, MD)The ✞ortured Page™
Curated by Mr. Freibert
9-31 March 2013
Opening 9 March 7-10PM in conjunction with the Open Space PMF
✂Current Gallery 421 N Howard Baltimore MD
Fourty-nine contemporary cartoonists mount the cross…
AFTER PARTY:
CELEBRATION / SCREENINGS / MUSIC / DANCING
Floristree, 405 West Franklin Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Saturday March 9, 10:30PM
Screening: Freak Flash curated by Molly Colleen O’Connell / 10:30 PM
Drain the fluids from your eyes, these are not hallucinations. Energy is physical. Visions are palpable. Freak Flash is a program of animated shorts, showcasing artists who stir the surreal into waking life.
Featuring works by:
Brenna Murphy
Daniel Leyva
James Mercer
Jodie Mack
Lale Westvind
Peter Larsson
Sabrina Rette
Sally Cruikshank
Wendy Vain
DJ Sets: DJ Richard Prince Paul, DJ Juwanna Mann, The Junior Selector, and more TBA / 11:30 PM
Stay tuned for more updates!
www.openspacebaltimore.com
The madness begins tonight at Open Space!!! Are you ready?
(via lifeisgoodtshirt)
ACRES issue 01 is making its debut at Open Space’s 4th annual Publications and Multiples Fair!
March 9-10th 12-6pm
North Avenue Market 16 w. North Ave, Baltimore MDFeaturing art, interviews, writing, and more by:
Alaina Stamatis
Beth Hoeckel
Bettina Yung
Brian Nicholson
Chloe Maratta
Chris Day
Conor Stechschulte
Eric Hatch
James Schaeffer
Joe Skilton
Jordan Bernier
Leah Horowitz
Liz Durette
Margo Malter
Max Guy
Mitchell Goodrich
Nick Peelor
Nikholis Planck
Noel Freibert
Suzanna Zak
!!!!!!!!!!!
GET IT
PMF IV posters, a labor of love. Get fucking stoked, cause we are.
- - - - -
Open Space is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Publications and Multiples Fair on March 9 and 10, 2013. This annual event is a celebration and survey of artist publications, prints, and objects produced in multiple. This year’s fair promises a wide variety of publications and objects by over 50 independent publishers, galleries and artists from Baltimore and abroad. The fair is free and open to the public.
MAIN EVENT:
D Center, 16 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21218
March 9 & 10, 12 PM – 6PM Saturday & Sunday
Featured Vendors:
Acres
Anya Davidson
Arts & Sciences Projects
Baltimore Print Studios
Booklyn
Brian Blomerth
Caitlin Williams
Capricious
Chloe Maratta
Chris Day
Conor Stechschulte
Crankmania
Current Space
Dale Beran
David Vu
Domino Books
Dylan Thadani
Eamon Espey
Emily Burtner
Family Family Tree
Friends Records
Fukt Magazine
Gary Kachadourian
Get Lost
Ginevra Shay
Guest Spot/The Reinstitute
Half Letter Press
Hannah Mandel
Happiness
ITDN
James Bouché
Jen Liu
Jessica Hans
Joe Sturm
Jordan Sondler
Lale Westvind
Litho Shop
Matthew Thurber
Mia Peterson
Mike Taylor
Milano Chow
Molly O’Connell
Mothers News
Nate Grossman
Nikholis Planck
nowork
Open Space
Otto Splotch
Public Collectors
R.M. O’Brien
Rachel Younghans
Rebus Books
Red Emma’s
Revival House Press
Sans Comics
Schematic Q
Semigloss
Slow Youth
sophiajacob
Stephen Booth
Suzie Zak
Swill Children
Temporary Services
The Kingsboro Press
Too Temporary Collective
Travis Hallenbeck
Weird Magazine
Featured Programming:
Mothers News: A Brief History Of America’s Greatest Newspaper
Jacob Berendes, editor of Mothers News (Providence, RI)
Collecting the Contemporary Publication
Tony White leads a panel discussion on collections of unique and special artist publications from a library/institutional perspective.
Tony White, Director, Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD)
Heather Slania, Director of the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington DC)
Jill Luedke, Art Subject Specialist, Temple University (Philadelphia PA)
Superman vs. Deconstructive Analysis: Who Would Win?
In this panel discussion, renowned Superman experts will address the problem of Superman head on, and also from the sides, in an encirclement maneuver he will not be expecting involving historical, scientific, literary, and philosophical analysis. Free to attend, but a great price will be paid by those who forget the words spoken on this day.
Ben O’Brien, Showbeast, Wham City Comedy Tour (Baltimore, MD)
Dale Beran, creator of A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible, The Nerds of Paradise (Baltimore, MD)
Paul Nestadt, MD, Dept. of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute (Baltimore, MD)
Additional Lectures
Jason T. Miles, comics artist, editor and publisher (Seattle, WA)
Ginevra Shay, artist, curator, and photo archivist (Baltimore, MD)
Additional Readings
Matthew Thurber, renowned cartoonist (Brooklyn, NY)
Rupert Wondolowski, owner of Normal’s Books & Records (Baltimore, MD)
AFTER PARTY:
CELEBRATION / SCREENINGS / MUSIC / DANCING
Floristree, 405 West Franklin Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Saturday March 9, 10:30PM
Screening: Freak Flash curated by Molly Colleen O’Connell / 10:30 PM
Drain the fluids from your eyes, these are not hallucinations. Energy is physical. Visions are palpable. Freak Flash is a program of animated shorts, showcasing artists who stir the surreal into waking life.
Featuring works by:
Brenna Murphy
Daniel Leyva
James Mercer
Jodie Mack
Lale Westvind
Peter Larsson
Sabrina Rette
Sally Cruikshank
Wendy Vain
DJ Sets: DJ Richard Prince Paul, DJ Juwanna Man, and more TBA / 11:30 PM
Stay tuned for more updates!
official…
February 1-3, 2013
Opening: Thursday, January 31, 6-9 pm
At The Geffen Contemporary at MOCALA Art Book Fair! So ready!!
YESSSSSSS!!!! (air horns)
See you there!
See you all tomorrow!
Call For Vendors: Open Space’s 4th Annual Publications and Multiples Fair.
Open Space is seeking independent art publishers and artists working in multiple including books, prints, video and sculpture to participate in it’s 4th Annual Publications and Multiples Fair. Vendors will have the opportunity to display and sell their work to the public as well as other artists, gallery owners, and collectors over the course of the weekend. This annual event is a celebration and survey of artist publications, prints, objects produced in multiple and much more. This year’s fair promises a wide variety of artist publications and multiples from Baltimore and abroad. Last year’s fair featured over 25 independent publishers from all over the US and the world, as well as lectures, readings and screenings. Open Space hopes to make the fair even bigger and better in 2013! This year’s fair will be held at D Center, 16 West North Avenue, Baltimore Maryland on March 9th and 10th.
Please send work samples and/or questions to openspacebaltimore@gmail.com by February 15th 2013.
Vendors will be expected to staff their tables for the duration of the fair.
Due to limited space, not all requests for tables will be accepted.
Get stoked
From PTV 2
New Years at Open Space
It’s custom jacked up, chopped and channeled quad-barreled nastiness with a blower.
Wax on this year’s shiny, healthy glow with:
“The head scream” Cex
“Herman Miller’s hadron collider” DJ Hammacher
“Smooth Mac-A-Damia” DJ Mac Mini
“Lazarus Descending a staircase” The Jr. Selector
“Outlaw in transit” Josh Van Horne
December 31st, 10:00 PM
Open Space
$3Flyer By Chris Day
DJ Hammacher back in Murdaland for the dawn of 2K13
shiny stoked
