Sunday, April 19, 2009

fully armed and ready to go



to california that is... for the second national community arts convening. (it was at mica last year, and this year is being hosted by california state university monterey bay.) this could be exactly what i need right now. or it could drive me even more crazy. there is a 50/50 chance. but i'm going into it optimistic.

i made some little studio baltimore booklets with a summary and link to the blog. there are four versions, each with a different quote on the back. they're words that resonate with me, and my definition of community arts. (or social practice, or public art, or participatory practice, or whatever you want to call it.) i get to go on this crazy excursion because over the winter i submitted an abstract for a text about this ever shifting investigation through the lens of studio baltimore. i just wrote it because i figured i had something to say. and if my writing was selected, it was selected. i assumed the paper would go on to california and i would stay in baltimore. i had no ideal it would actually entail a stipend that would allow me to actually attend the convening. (if you ever want to read it, in it's almost second-to-final stage, the link is in this line up.)

so here i am. on to cali. and i'm finding it suprisingly easy to just pause everything and pack up and go.

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