POPPING THE SEAMS

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An Open Discussion on Making it Happen
What the Heck Fest 2009
Sunday, July 19th 10:00 am
at the Croatian Club- 7th and N

Roll out early and join a discussion or two on creating events, running venues, and kick-starting special moments.

What works where you are?
What is happening elsewhere?

What kinds of face-to-face moments are important in a hyper-connected world?

How do we keep going when everybody?s broke?
Participants to include:

Mariella Luz (Olympia All Ages Project, Olympia, WA)
Marc Moscato (Dill Pickle Club, Portland, OR)
Aimee Buyea (Sugar City, Buffalo, NY)
George Wietor (Division Avenue Arts Cooperative, Grand Rapids, MI)
Hollow Earth Radio (the internet)
Kevin Erickson (All Ages Movement Project)
Joe Ahearn (SleepWhenDead and Showpaper, NYC)
and… YOU!(?)

Marc Moscato is an artist, curator and activist living in Portland, OR, where he directs the creative cultural center The Dill Pickle Club. His short films and videos have screened at film festivals, theaters and non-traditional spaces across the country, including the New York Underground Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Video Mundi Festival and many more. He has more than 10 years experience in marketing and communications, and has worked for Museum of Contemporary Craft, City Club of Portland, Microcosm Publishing, Peripheral Produce and Squeaky Wheel, in addition to directing DIY arts center My House in Eugene, OR, 2001-2003.

Joe Ahearn is deep in the all ages soup. He lives at a space called The Silent Barn in Queens, NY where bands play in his kitchen, books shows there and elsewhere throughout Brooklyn as SleepWhenDead, and runs a non-profit newsprint publication called Showpaper, which lists every all ages show in the tri-state area (New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut) every two weeks on one side and a poster-size piece of artwork on the other. He works real hard on all these things, but it never feels like it, because there are a lot of other kids working just as hard all around him, and that’s too inspiring to be able to do anything else.

Hollow Earth Radio “We are an online (streaming only) diy radio operating literally out of a basement. We feature found sound, field recordings, story-telling (sometimes paranormal), dream-collecting, radio plays, live house shows and local in-home performances. We also support local and northwest music and other underground/indie music from around the world. We broadcast 24 HOURS A DAY everyday.” (Hollow Earth Radio)

Mariella Luz – The Olympia All Ages Project is a non-profit interdisciplinary arts organization promoting art and music for all ages in the city of Olympia.

Aimee Buyea is a graduate of the University at Buffalo Media Study Department. She is just coming to terms with the fact that she can now call herself an artist without people giggling. Her energy has recently been spent running a grassroots alternative artspace located in Buffalo,NY called Sugar City. Aimee likes vampires, is afraid of the dark, has a favorite blanket and tries her best to live holistically.

Kevin Erickson is Program Director of All-Ages Movement Project (AMP), a national network of all-ages venues and youth music organizations working to raise visibility, share knowledge & expand resources. Kevin’s background includes a special focus on carving out spaces for cultural resistance in unlikely spaces, as an organizer of shows in rural areas and small towns, including 3 years at Department of Safety. He is a contributor to AMP’s forthcoming book “All-Ages Movement Project: A Manualfesto for Youth & Music Space Everywhere”, out November 10.

Organized by Al Larsen and Kevin Erickson as part of What the Heck Fest 2009.