The Audacity of Desperation is an art exhibition, political action, and on-going dialogue. This show confronts, expresses and unravels states of desperation. Artworks by activists, artists, enthusiasts, and very concerned people, are made in editions of 100 with the intention of free distribution to audiences. In this way, these artworks will be activated outside of the exhibition space and in domestic spaces, on bodies, clothes, bags, and in public spaces.

First stop: The Urbana- Champaign Independent Media Center
May 7th – June 15
202 S. Broadway Suite 100
Urbana, IL 61801

Urbana Opening Party: May 7, at 7pm with a screening of video shorts

Urbana Closing Party: June 4, at 7pm, with the kick off of Continental Drift an itinerant discussion on Neoliberal policies and cracks in global power. Continental Drift will be traveling though the Radical Midwest Cultural Corridor, starting at the IMC with conversations about the Audacity of Desperation and presentations by Kevin Hamilton and Brain Holmes. For more information see:

http://radicalmidwest.blogspot.com/

Next stop: Sea and Space, Los Angeles, CA,
October 23- November 16
(more details this summer – watch election results with us there)

Participating Artists: AK-Ami, William Brown, David Sanchez Burr, CaFF, Chris Christion, Ryan Claypool/Austin Smythe, Heidi Cunningham, Anna Campbell, solidad decosta, Alexis Disselkoen, Von Edwards, Nicky Enright, Feel Tank Chicago, Dara Greenwald/Josh MacPhee/Steve Lambert with the Anti-Advertising Agency, Russell Howze, Jill Jeannides, Anné M. Klint, Caroline Kelley, Sarah Kanouse/Tianna Kennedy/Lee Azzerello, Norene Leddy/Ed Bringas, Let’s Re-Make, Steven Lam, the League of Imaginary Scientists, DJ Lightbolt, Diran Lyons, Glendalys Medina, Tomas A. Moreno, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Doug Minkler, Robert T. Pannell, Sheila Pinkel, Nancy Popp, Lizabeth Eva Rossof, Anthony Rayson, Nino Rodriguez, Lián Amaris Sifuentes, Rick Salafia, simon strikeback, Dorothy Schultz, Heath Schultz/Brad Thomson, Lisa Tucker, Tammy Jo Wilson, Gordon Winiemko, Xtine, Carrie Yury

JERSEY CITY, NJ.-As part of the museum’s Sunday Sampler series, Jersey City Museum and _gaia are pleased to present “threads” Wearable Art Fashion Show on Sunday, February 24th, 2008. The event, which is free and open to the public, will highlight the work of 20 artists and designers who are combining non-traditional materials and/or technology to create wearable designs.

An artist talk at 1pm will feature Despina Papadopoulos, an interactive designer and director of Studio 5050. She will be joined by Nora Abousteit and Benedikta von Karaisl, the founders of burdastyle.com.

In a runway show at 2pm, “threads” will showcase the work of a diverse group of artists and designers incorporating various media including painting, physical computing technologies, crochet, sculpture, textile, video, and performance into their wearable designs. Artists and designers featured: LoVid, Christina Mancuso, Johana Moscoso, Jenny Chowdhury, Julie Blanciak, Kate Hartman, Juliana Cope, Gwen Charles, Pollie Barden, Geraldine Juarez, Norene Leddy, Gailene McGhee St.Amand, Zawadi, Giana Gonzalez, Sonali Sridhar, Danielle Fotopoulos, Stephanie Tichenor, James Tichenor and Amanda Mayoff.

The Jersey City Museum is located at 350 Montgomery Street at Monmouth in the Historic Downtown District of Jersey City, within walking distance of the Grove Street PATH and Jersey Avenue Light Rail stations. For more information, visit www.jerseycitymuseum.org or call 201-413-0303. Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for seniors and students, and free for children under 12 and museum members. Admission is free for all on Thursday evenings from 5 to 8pm.

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In Her Shoes Redux at Gallery Aferro
73 Market St.
Newark, NJ
Installation, performance and live demos
part of Desiderium, curated by Evonne M. Davis
www.aferro.org

To download a brochure on our programs during the exhibition, click here.

The movies we will screen focus on entertainment for sex workers on the street including The Aphrodite Project by Norene Leddy which presents magical hooker platforms, designed for the street hookers of the 21st Centruy, and Lin Jingjie and Yann Shan Tsai’s Street Survivor, a precious portrait of a Taiwanese street hooker, her time and the cop who arrested her from Left Motion Filmmakers Collective.

Time: 9-11PM Screenings

Where: 1st screening at corner of 16th and Folsom (route to be posted at website);
Date: Friday, July 20th
Public Festival Information Line: (415) 861-1157
Prices: Free for screening; party is $5 and up (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Website: http://www.sexworkerfest.com/RoamingHookerFest