Just Seeds Benefit show

Posted on January 30, 2007
Filed Under Art Show, U.S, East Coast |

Justseeds Art Show & Street Art Workers release party

Thursday, February 8, 2007, 6-10pm
Ad Hoc Art (www.adhocart.org)
49 Bogart St.
Brooklyn NY 11206

Justseeds.org and Visual Resistance present a one-night benefit art
show and sale at Ad Hoc Art, Thursday February 8, 2007.

There will be an exhibition of artists supporting the transformation
of Justseeds into an artist owned and run collective. Art by Justseeds
artists and friends will also be on the sale, with prices starting at
$4. The show will also be the NYC release of the Street Art Workers
(SAW) poster project.

The show will feature over 30 artists from NYC and around the country,
including: Swoon, Chris Stain, Josh MacPhee, RB827, Christopher
Cardinale, Michael De Feo, Kristine Virsis, Elbow-Toe, GoreB, Imminent
Disaster, k.see, Nicolas Lampert, Meredith Stern, Cristy Road, Pete
Yahnke, and many more.

Along with the exhibition of the above artists will be the NYC release
of the Street Art Workers’ Land and Globalization poster project, a
collection of 25 posters representing artists from 10 different
countries and over 20 different cities.

All proceeds from the show will go toward getting the Justseeds Artist
Cooperative off the ground. Posters, books, and zines start at $4,
with most artwork priced between $10 – 30.—About Justseeds
Justseeds was founded as a radical art distribution service by Josh
MacPhee in 1997. In nearly 10 years of operations, it has became a
crucial resource for radical artists and activists throughout the US.

In December 2006, the company that was filling Justseeds’ online
orders (including hosting the website, processing payments, and
shipping products), unexpectedly went out of business, immediately
shutting down its online store. On top of shutting down distribution,
the fulfillment house owed Justseeds upwards of $10,000 (most of that
money in turn was owed directly to artists and writers who sold items
on the site).

Now, like the proverbial phoenix, Justseeds is rising: a national
network of artists are banding together to create a self-managed
cooperative that will help spread radical art around the world.

For more information:
www.visualresistance.org/wordpress

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