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Barton Springs Circus Sundays ... back on!!

2009-11-28T17:33:58Z

Starting this sunday the Circus is coming to town -every Sunday at 5:30 at the back side of Barton Springs close to the spillway- Hoops, partner balance, poi, juggling, slacklining, and much more will be taking place on a weekly basis. Feel free to bring any and all skill toyz or jsut show up and be ready to play!!

Thanks Randal!

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Filmmaker/photographer/audio maeker/ wanna be painter chick seeks a space/ commune

2009-11-10T23:10:48Z

Hey,

My name's Meg, I currently live in a van, but am looking for a place to set up all my equipment, where other artists hang out at.

I'm working on editing a doc and want to make independent movies that are funny, visually interesting, colorful, and stimulate social change.

I have a stupid website I have not updated in a long time reconstructedreality.com

I know rent is a must when you;ve got eXpensive equipment, I would be down for living in a co-op or commune or just renting some space in an art warehouse or something!

Please contact me, I go through withdrawal when not around other artists nd unable to use my equipment

kegmeg@gmail.com

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New tribe "Austin Fire Performers!"

2009-07-30T01:18:38Z

If you like fire dancing and live in Austin join the new tribe "Austin Fire Performers!"

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selling in public

2009-07-25T14:46:48Z

does anybody in here have any experience selling their wares on the street or other public areas in town? im interested in any knowledge of specific regulations regarding sidewalks, public parks, fixed vs. strolling vending, or selling out of a vehicle. barring that, how likely are the cops to hassle somebody selling on the street?

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Aloha from Portland OR

2009-06-20T15:55:13Z

Hey, I'm prob gonna move there soon. (Portland at the moment)

I need some help.

What is the price of living there? Like a nice one bedroom pad with hardwood floors and a tub?

Where is a good district where there are good pubs to crawl to ... er... from?

And most important, bike friendly, safe, and good community?

Thanks bunch... here is my deal:

I just graduated, I am getting laid off in a couple of weeks. And all new people just moved into this small apartment complex I live in [feeling of "out" time]).

I'll take my clothes, bike, some art, my prehistoric tree, and data goods.

I like to make short films, paint, and kick back with some beers and talk with open minded people.

Any help would be great.

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2 lost artist seeking flipside tickets

2009-05-21T07:33:31Z

I need a ticket and my friend needs a ticket
we forgot
oops

much love
namaste
please help

will pay

from

j.d.fielding@mac.com
4157940889

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My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult is

2009-05-06T22:53:10Z

playing with another favorite band of mine.... Hipnautica. I wish I could fly out there but I was just told about the event so I can't afford it. I miss Austin and planning a vist in October.

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Friendly hippie kid seeking a quiet backyard to camp in (no use of facilities or electric desired) ?worktrade?

2009-04-15T22:42:11Z

I'm a quiet, gentle, creative guy who just likes to be free and needs personal space. I am respectful and tidy, and I don't even want to use your bathroom.

This may sound unrealistic, kind of crazy and self defeating, but I can't help being who I am. Here it is: I don't like money. I don't like "making" it, and I don't like having to deal with it. I don't want a cell, a job, a car, bills, nor all of the luxuries that define modern life for most Americans. Fortunately I'm finally getting to the point where I'm ok with the fact that most people do want that sort of thing, so I can finally move beyond the "angry hippie" modality and into a more loving and understanding consciousness.

I have no desire to leach off of others, so I try to avoid couch-surfing as a general rule, although I did stay with various friends during the super cold nights this past winter. I'm not the sort of guy who asks people for money, squats in abandonesd houses with f*ed up druggies, messes up bathrooms, flys signs, etc., although you may see me digging around in the dumpster at times (tidily). This is not the sort of life I desire, and my aim at this point is to trade work for my daily needs. I have been working at local farms and gardens, and I am beginning a worktrade at Yoga Yoga, where I have been learning to practice Kundalini and Hatha yoga. I have a good range of knowledge concerning herbal and natural healing, frugal living, safe "freegan" practices. I have worked the past two summers on an organic farm in on the western slope in Colorado, and I may be going on a farm and community tour this summer. I am not certain. There is a possibility that I will be granted a scholarship for a kundalini teacher training course that begins later this summer, so I may be staying in Austin for another year or so.

I used to keep a very tidy camp in the barton creek greenbeltI, until the cops smashed my tent up and poured paint (mine) all over my belongings during the bi-yearly sweeps this past december. I had been camping there off and on since mid 2007 when the beautifully swolen creek prompted me to quit my job at thundercloud and move out of my apartment. Lately I've been sleeping in parks, on rooftops, in fields and under buildings on rainy nights. I'm hoping to trade some work for a used tent and a place to put it soon. (The greenbelt is out of the question for me now. It can get pretty creepy by myself down there at times, and I was once chased through the woods without a light by some creep on a very dark night last year).

I gave up drinking in January, and I do not want to be around alcohol/alcoholics. Pot is ok, but I am not a frequent smoker.

If you know anyone who may be down to trade work either for a tent or for a place to camp, please let me know
I do not want to invade anyones personal space. I take showers at barton springs and other pools, and I can live without a kitchen. Ive done it
Thanks!
Peace&Love
Lom

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Funkotron seeking eclectic horn players

2009-03-28T02:02:35Z

Check out our music on our myspace and give me a dangle if you are or know a horn player who is interested in working with and established psychedelic, southern meat funk, jam band.

www.myspace.com/funkotronmyspace

John-O Davies
Funkotron
johno@funkotron.net
713-894-4561

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Suggestions for material to paint prehistoric beasts on for BF?

2009-03-25T19:15:53Z

I've considered replicating some 15K year old extinct beasts on a woven material to be painted with most likely acrylic paints to be hung in the air.
Wondered if muslin is the best material for this type of art or if another material could suffice if it's cheaper or free?
Suggestions appreciated!
C

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Excentric Horn Players Wanted

2009-03-25T14:30:25Z

Funkotron is looking for excentric horn players of all types to join the funkotron movement. Great pay Call John-O at 713-894-4561. Here is a taste of that gravy.

www.myspace.com/funkotronmyspace

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Do you need any help with your art projects?

2009-03-12T22:35:40Z

Hello!

I'm in town for a few weeks and have plenty of time. I'd love to help work on art projects. Drop me a note if I can help you.

Hugs,

Meander

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This Saturday: Erotica 08

2009-02-10T18:46:17Z

Hipnautica: Performance by Roscine at the Gallery Lombardi this Saturday August 2nd as part of the Erotic 08 opening which is from 7-11.

Gallery Lombardi - Austin Texas
7th and Rio Grande
7-11pm
No entrance fee

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Calling all artist

2009-01-07T05:03:22Z

Interested in collaboration? Interested in Recycled Art? Want to exhibit your personal work in a Gallery with other collaborators? Well lets get this started then. About the project: mixed medium, recycled art, B&W photography, inspired by music, with the intention of change. Social issues are the theme - recycling, global warming, poverty, hunger, Peace, etc... I will be organizing a meeting at the workspace as soon as I return to Austin in the next few weeks but don't let that stop you from contributing if you are not available.

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Calling all poets in Austin, TX!

2009-01-02T23:49:25Z

I've started a tribe, Austin Poetry Guild. Check it out and see what you think. I would like to establish a group of like-minded poets in the Austin area to meet and share experimental poetry once or twice a month. I envision a forum both online and real-world, where we can challenge each other and provide constructive criticism. Before anything is established, there needs to be a level of sincere and dedicated interest. To get an idea of what kind of poetry this forum is for, think Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, Phillip Lamantia, Saul Williams, Ursula Rucker, and e.e. cummings.

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FANTASTIC WORLD ~ New Years Masquerade Ball

2008-11-24T04:42:59Z

What are you doing New Year's Eve?

JOIN US IN AUSTIN AT COPA (217 Congress Ave.)
As Hipnautica and Puzzelle Productions presents
"FANTASTIC WORLD ~ New Years Masquerade Ball"

Featuring the HIPNAUTICA collective, as well as
subSpace Freakquency and resident Djs on two floors.
We will featuring beautiful visuals, intoxicating dancers, eclectic live musicians such as didgeridoo, bass, guitars, keyboards, synth, piano, and possibly even a Sitar player (waiting on confirmation) not to mention mind blowing VJ driven visuals.

We will be decorating the place for the party of the year.
The theme "It's a Fantastic World" - New Years Eve Masquerade Ball doors open at 9pm with Dj's on two floors. Hipnautica will start an eclectic theatrical high energy live rock concert combining thematic artwork on 2 projectors, intoxicating dancers, and powerful all original music from one of Austin's most interesting and dynamic groups... join us for New Years ~ you will not be dissapointed.

TWO CLUBS IN ONE - CAPACITY 500 people
$20 Cover for individuals without costume
$15 Cover for costumes, masks

Come early and start your night right with $3 Wells & Beer till midnight. Two Fully Stocked and Fully Staffed Bars, Underground, and Techno DJ downstairs, Salsa, World Beat, Transglobal Fusion upstairs.dance music dance stars.

First 50 people will receive party favors, and masquerade masks are available however if you bring your own it will save you $5.

COPA
217 Congress Ave.
AUSTIN TEXAS 78701

21+ Only
doors 9-3:30 am
drink specials all night

Drink Responsibly. Bring Friends and designate a driver!!!
Details may change be sure to check the following website for the latest information.

http://www. CopaBarandGrill. com
http://www. HipnauticaMusic. com
http://www. MySpace. com/HipnauticaMusica

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Pirate Vendor Opportunity in New Orleans 2009

2008-11-22T05:29:34Z

Brand new festival expecting a minimum of 600 people not including Jazz Festival tourist is seeking vendors interested in selling their homemade crafts -- must be pirates & Ren Fair type crafts. I am in charge of marketing and I have put the festival information below

Copy/paste

NOLA Pyrate Week
New Orleans, Louisiana
Mar. 28 - Apr.5, 2009

Nine Days of Pyracy in the French Quarter & beyond!

Our Mission is to host a History making event. It is our goal to bring thousands of Pyrates to New Orleans for nine days and nights of celebrating the Spirit of Pyracy in the New Orleans French Quarter and surrounding areas. Our intent is to have Pyrate Week participants engage in “Acts of Pyracy” in the form of volunteering their time and talents to the many volunteer programs in New Orleans. All the while enjoying the hospitality, culture, charm, and excitement of this great City!

Many local individuals, Krewes and business establishments of New Orleans have expressed their desire, enthusiasm and eagerness to host and be a part of such a history making event wherein they can show off their beloved city and hospitality.

As "Pyrates Of The New World", our goal is to help in the clean-up and rebuilding of this amazing City! In addition, many individuals and Krewes of New Orleans have also expressed their interest in participating in an “Adopt a Pyrate” program, wherein they will “adopt” and play host to Pyrates coming in from distant ports.

http://pyrateweek.com

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GOLF CART as to be made into an art car

2008-09-16T04:40:34Z

or whatever, i'm sure you can just golf in it. It goes for 1000 let the bidding begin!

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Burlesque 101 9/20!

2008-09-15T16:37:25Z

Burlesque 101 is a 3 hour crash course in the art of the tease! Roxxxie Boom Boom and Doubledown Dixie give you all the tools you need to bump, grind, shimmy and shake! The workshop includes costuming/perfomance/tassel twirling basics, history, self confidence builders, 3 choreographed routines, our 101 handbook, a feather boa and a cd of tunes for you to bump to at home! Join us for the fun! RSVP is required!

xoxoxo
Dixie

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any artist want to share a studio space?

2008-08-30T09:02:26Z

looking to combine forces with artist to share in expenses and art colleberations
the more the merrier

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update-2008 National Fire Performance League Championship-Texas Regional

2008-07-31T14:45:54Z

Hello fellow fire fanatics!
This is an automated reply. Please join our tribe and stay tuned for updates on the upcoming NFPL Championship and tubing campout to be held Sept 26-28th on the beautiful Guadalupe River in New Braunfels ,Texas.

We are currently seeking DJs who may wish to promote themselves by providing music for the competition in exchange for the spotlight. We will need a link to review their music and their contact info. If you intend to use an independent DJ or band for your music, weather live or recorded, that may wish to be promoted and entered as an independent , there will be professional scouts attending the event who will be seeking musicians for future gigs. Pass the wordand help your musician friends get promoted!

We are also seeking judges for the duration of the event. If you or someone you know would be a good , unbiased, and fair judge,and may have expertise in performance art, martial arts, staging events, and especially the fire arts, let us know. We would like to receive a bio about them and why they would be a good judge. Entrants will be scored on technicality, form, costuming, stage presence, originality, musical accompaniment, and professionalism. Judges will not be allowed to perform in categories they will be judging.

Prices are $40 per person/per night and includes Membership to the NFPL for one year, entry into the championship, camping ,and tubing and shuttle service on the river. For Spectators, $30 per person/per night includes Membership to the NFPL for one year,camping ,and tubing and shuttle service on the river.Its gonna be a great time, so come out and enjoy what is sure to be a great time and great show.

For Championship entrants, there will be many male , female , pair, and troupe, categories to choose from, dependent on what fire tools you exhibit and number of performers in each routine. If you have a fire tool that is original or not listed , let us know and we will include it/them. If you use props such as structures or pyrotechnics, let us know the nature of these features and any space requirements.Please read our profile and be practicing your routines. You may enter as many categories as you wish.If you have your own music you wish to use in performance, please have it on CD or Ipod and ready to go. We will post entrant forms to bring with you to the show, so stay tuned!

Thank-you all for the amazing number of responses we have gotten. Space is limited to 2500 people at the event , so RSVP ASAP! We will try to answer all your questions in our updates. Tickets will be sold at the gate and it is recommended to let us know how many in your group , both performers and spectators, will be attending.

Firey Cheers!
National Fire Performance League

fireperformers@hotmail.com
http://austin.tribe.net/fireperformers - search for National Fire Performance League
http://www.myspace.com/fireperformers

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update-2008 National Fire Performance League Championship-Texas Regional

2008-07-31T14:45:21Z

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Artists? Like to draw with other artists? Got $5?

2008-07-29T04:42:25Z

PUMP PROJECT

google it, then show up Mondays and Weds @ 630pm

Bring WATER! It's in a warehouse.

Artists of all levels welcome. Friendly atmosphere.

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Kabluey – Independent FIlm Opening at Landmark Dobie - this Fri 7/25

2008-07-25T12:52:15Z

This looks like it's going to be hilarious. Plus, it has Lisa Kudrow. :)

It's opening on July 25th at Landmark Dobie in the Dobie Mall

Here’s two youtube trailers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q33VGW8Dlw0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o24NNR8o9a0

And great reviews at Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kabluey/

KABLUEY (NR) - http://landmarktheaters.com/Films/films_frameset.asp?id=68974

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DANCE: Integrated Dance Workshop for Women -- July 26th

2008-07-20T22:11:22Z

Contact Improvisation: Tapping the Source
An Integrated Dance Workshop for Women

We begin with the body.
We move from a place of stillness.
We awaken our senses and discover ways of connecting.
Connecting with ourselves, connecting with others.
We merge the internal with the external.
The dance begins.

Contact Improvisation is a movement practice that involves dancing in physical contact with one or more persons. This workshop will set a foundation for participants to tap into their own essence of stillness and movement, of staying present in the NOW and making choices from that place. Using guided meditation, personal warm up, and various movement 'scores' or exercises, participants are encouraged to explore safe and fun ways of entering and exiting a dance, following a point of contact, giving and taking weight, and finding balance in tricky situations. This workshop is about letting go, feeling safe in intimate situations, and having FUN!!!
All are welcome.

Since moving to Austin in 1997, Laurie Ellington has been developing an integrated dance practice combining Contact Improvisation with Ecstatic Dance, Contemplative Dance, and Authentic Movement. She sees Contact Improvisation as a metaphor for life. 'When we slow down, and bring attention to stillness, amazing things happen. There is always movement, and movement is life.' In her teaching, Laurie uses sensitivity, openness, and curiosity, to investigate different states of awareness through movement.

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Contact Improvisation: Tapping the Source

July 26 (saturday)

12noon - 4pm

NiaSpace -- 3212 South Congress, 78704

Cost: $45 - $65 ( work trade available -- please ask)

contact: laurie_ellington@hotmail.com or call 512-797-9297

Proceeds to this workshop will go towards Laurie's vision of working with women and children who have been victims of domestic violence.

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Shutdown of the Enchanted Forest

2008-07-19T20:30:42Z

See http://www.austinenchantedforest.com/

Austin's favourite enchanted forest, home of annual Haunted Forest Halloween events, Art Outside, and much more, is in danger!

The Enchanted Forest's "Temporary Use Permit" for gatherings of more than 50 people has been revoked. Albert says that the reasons cited for the revocation are either nitpicky and easy to fix or false.

There will be a meeting of the Music Task Force this Monday, 7 PM, at 3708 Woodbury (near Congress & Ben White), where the shutdown will be discussed. If you have the time, please show up. Please come with a respectful attitude.

Albert is also asking for testimonials explaining why the EF is important to you. Send them to
savetheenchantedforest@gmail.com

In addition to attending the meeting, you can also become a Fan of Save Austin's Enchanted Forest on Facebook
(http://www.facebook.com/pages/Austin-TX/Save-Austins-Enchanted-Forest/60876890226),
or become the Enchanted Forest's friend on Myspace (myspace.com/austinenchantedforest) or Facebook
(http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5828364772&ref=mf) to show your support.

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Computer Graphic Surrealism Coupled With Ambient Electronica

2008-06-30T20:10:30Z

Movie: Atlas Dei (2007)
Music: Robert Rich. Gentle ambient electronica.
Graphic design: Daniel Colvin. Surrealism. I would categorize it as idealistic due to scenes containing "unweathered" statues in the middle of an isolated desert, and a single tree on top of a large hill/small mountain.
My summary:
Bad news: there are elements of spirituality, so proceed with caution.
Good news: the movie allowed me to just think, and I think it would do the same for you. I relaxed and entertained various thoughts. There was a segment that included a female nude and a male nude within a few minutes of each other. The statues were ancient and looked Greek. This got me to thinking about ancient Greek society. Before the battle against the Sacred Band of Thebes the male nude was promoted. Shortly after the battle the female nude was promoted*. I was pondering what effect this had on the female role in society. For some time, the females in Greece farmed. With female beauty being promoted perhaps general opinion began favoring easier roles for females to preserve their beauty. Who knows?
Look into this product!

*I watched this recently, probably on PBS. If not PBS, then the History Channel most likely.

Matt

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New Austin Flash Mob Group on Facebook

2008-06-02T04:43:18Z

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9809888558&ref=ts

Come check it out! First mob on July 3rd. Let's make things happen. We also have an Austin artists group that is going quite well...

Cheers!

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started a new Austin tibe - free & cheap things to do

2008-06-01T17:36:47Z

Austin10

http://tribes.tribe.net/austin10

Last night I went to a free concert at Austin Java and the band was kick ass fantasic! We got to talk to the actual band memebers and their manager and they were super nice. The night gave me an idea to find other free and cheap events and things to do in Austin and post em.

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Jack S Blanton Museum of Art: B scene

2008-06-01T13:38:10Z

"On the first Friday of every month the Blanton is open from 6 – 11 PM for a happening night of art, libations, and live music by Austin bands and performers."

Anyone interested in getting together and going?

$5 members, $10 non-members
http://www.blantonmuseum.org/

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Funkotron Grease Fest 04/04/08 @Lucy's on the square

2008-04-01T19:01:06Z

Funkotron is a psychedelic funk jam band that moves around the various musical landscapes like an eccentric transient with a PhD. Having a home base in San Marcos, Funkotron jumps to the jaded music capital regularly and slides to the nexus of nastiness(Houston) occasionally, floating through San Antonio here and there. The energy levels are high as the feedback loop of pleasure carries improve to tight funk riffs and zany jazz fusion runs. We have two guitar players base drums congas and a keyboard player.

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Earning Social Capital Series (Paintings, perhaps graphic art)

2008-03-28T22:45:04Z

I have an idea, but I am not much of an artist. I would greatly appreciate if an artist, or an artist coterie would make a series called "Earning Social Capital Series" and promote it. The objective is to alter the perspective of what Americans desire for the American females contributions to society. I want images of young females being janitors, bus drivers, and diner workers. It want this because it would probably be best overall for everyone if there is proper encouragement for females to contribute to what are generally viewed as undesirable jobs. Females in America enjoy the luxury of the American military having nuclear weapons. They do not have to prepare for a possible invasion. Nor do they compose much of the front-line in military. Here are some numbers you may be interested in:

"In 2002, 93.2% of prisoners were male" (Wikipedia: Prisons in the United States. 26 March)

"Within the Western world, nearly 90% of all murders are committed by males, with males also being the victims of 74.6% of murders (according the US Department of Justice)." (Wikipedia: Murder. 26 March)

Suicide per 100,000: Male: 17.9 Female: 4.2 from 2002 statistics (Wikipedia: List of countries by suicide rate)

Conclusion: Males are far more stressed than females currently in the U.S. Females probably ought to be encouraged to work less desirable jobs at a younger age. I think that many females (and males) will eat at a casual diner but not work there because they think too much of themselves. Many may think that the workers had to consume a lot drugs and do something greatly irresponsible. But the owners of the companies need people to work there.

One image: I want an image of a young female or females being janitors. Perhaps environmentally friendly cleaning agents could be in the image as well. I want that we be able to view this avant-garde work and say things like "Look at the detail in the mop. The artist used at least three shades of gray," and "I wish that we had a bus driver that was that attractive when we were in high school."

Beauty: Females will be more beautiful in character if they are contributing sufficiently to society. American women surely are not as tough as women in countries that don't have nuclear weapons or an alliance with countries that do. I think that we generally treat females here too well nowadays. Yes there are luxurious homes already, people will still earn a lot of money. But I prefer that the people earn luxury by working the more undesirable jobs.

Ancient Greece: After the Battle against the Sacred Band of Thebes in modern day Greece female beauty began to be promoted. Females did work some difficult jobs in ancient Greece, but with female beauty being promoted in work such as statues, I think it definite that the general desire became to preserve female's aesthetic beauty. Easier jobs would have ensued.

Imagery: Maybe an American flag could be in the background, again, promoting environmentally friendly cleaning agents would be nice, and multiple ethnicities should be represented with emphasis on equal contribution (if females are 75% white in America then 3/4 white females should be represented).

Economy: It would probably be great for the economy.

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Treat Yourself @ the Enchanted Forest A Special thanks to everyone who came to Art Outside!

2008-03-23T01:37:41Z

The Enchanted Forest is throwing an all out ShaBang in thanks for all who came out and contributed to Art Outside

Treat Yourself!

April 5th
rain-date April 12th, 2008

@ The Enchanted Forest
1412 w Oltorf at S. Lamar
Austin

all details to be announced soon on
austinenchantedforest.com and artoutside.org

Djs, Dancing, Performance, Arte
Mark your calendars and help us spread the word

Treat Yourself
April 5th
9pm

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Costume Seamstress

2008-03-11T19:10:53Z

So many people ask me where I get my costumes. I come up with the ideas and my seamstress Bethany executes them. She is aw some. Since I am leaving Austin she is going to be incredibly bored with the usually hems and bridesmaids dresses. She would love to do more creative projects. She lives off of Brodie and Slaughter and her prices are very reasonable. Her # is 292-8567

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Art Grants Available for Flipside.

2008-03-04T20:53:35Z

Greetings Potential Flipzens:

Art Garden is pleased to announce the availability of art grants intended for projects to enhance the 2008 Burning Flipside Festival! These grants are "seed money" and are intended to enhance artistic projects for community benefit. If you are considering bringing a project to this event, please apply! If not, stay tuned and join our lists as we plan to provide services for the general Austin artistic community as well.

Art Grant Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
• interactive/participatory
• original/creative
• feasible
• service to community/LNT values
• general awesomeness/jury excitement

We encourage freedom of expression in the presentation of your creativity!
Please visit our website for complete application information: www.texasartgarden.org/
The deadline for grant applications is 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15th.
On April 1, we will be awarding grants totaling $2000 in amounts from $100 - $500.
Check the website for more info about our awards celebration!

The Art Garden looks forward to helping you create the most artistic based event yet! Feel free to join our low-traffic announce list to
receive updates, and our Make Art discussion list to network with other artists. Both may be found on our website.

Cordially,
Lucretia
on behalf of Texas Art Garden

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TX aerialists & acrobats

2008-03-02T21:12:43Z

The producers of the Broken Clock Cabaret are looking for highly skilled central Texas acrobats and aerialists to help us woo SPIEGELWORLD, a world-class circus venue, to Austin.

You can find out more about Spiegelworld, its fabulous tent, and its jaw-dropping shows at these links:
www.spiegelworld.com
www.revver.com/video/6420...iami-beach/

As part of an effort to bring Spiegelworld to Austin for SXSW and an extended run in 2009, we'll be holding a CLOSED EXHIBITION/ AUDITION FOR THE SPIEGELWORLD OWNERS ON APRIL 26. We hope to showcase Austin's (and Dallas' and Houston's) most accomplished circus performers to show them the level of talent that central Texas has to offer.

No immediate casting will be done, but Spiegelworld has historically hired local talent from each city on its growing circuit to augment and sometimes join their core cast and programming. Spiegelworld's presence in Austin could provide central Texas' circus and performance communities some unbelievable opportunity and exposure.

If you're interested and you've got skills, email peepshow@brokenclockcabaret.com or call Ellen at 512-480-0799.

Thanks-- Rick and Ellen
RubyRico Peepshows
Broken Clock Cabaret

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New session of Tribal Fusion Bellydance classes

2008-02-27T21:34:45Z

Michelle Sefcik (512) 587-6968, info@michellebellydance.com, or Lucila’s Dance Studio at (512) 416-8800.
When: Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:15 PM - Tribal Fusion Bellydance classes began on March 5th

Where: Lucila's Dance Studio in South Austin located at 1700 South Lamar #316, Austin, TX 78704.

Class will begin with a warm-up which will include yoga-based stretches and conditioning exercises. The conditioning exercises will help one develop muscle-memory for the isolations, which are common in this style of bellydance. The dance section of the class will introduce isolations, tribal arms, traveling steps, combinations, and a choreography. Following the dance portion, there will be a short cool-down section.

Costs: Drop-in rate: $15 or $72 six week session: March 5th - April 9th . If you plan to miss a class, please let me know at the time of payment so I can pro-rate the session. Sorry, no refunds or class credit for missed classes from the previous session.
Details & What to Wear: Comfortable clothing that offers good range of motion (jeans not recommended). Loose pants or yoga/stretch pants work well. Many find tank tops or snug shirts beneficial for seeing movement. Hip scarves are also a favorite addition for accentuation of hip movements. I also recommend a yoga mat and plenty of water.

xoxo,
Michelle

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Unmata in Austin July 5 & 6

2008-02-27T20:22:33Z

UNMATA TRIBAL WORKSHOP & SHOW http://www.unmata.com/
SATURDAY, JULY 5 George Washington Carver Theater, 1165 Angelina, Austin 78702
Doors Open 9:00a WS 5 Hrs 10:00a – 12:30p and 1:30p - 4:00p $70.00 at the door ($60.00 before May 1)
Catered Lunch on Saturday – Separate Order @ Check-In
SATURDAY 10:00a WORKSHOP: "UNMATA au naturel"
This multi-level workshop will outline two tribal fusion combinations emphasizing technique and isolation. The first
combination will incorporate the building blocks of UNMATA's modern bellydance style. The second combination will focus primarily on the Hula Fusion nuance.Each movement will be outlined within a tribal cueing system so that it may be added to any troupe's choreography or tribal vocabulary. Amy will describe and drill each individual movement,then fasten them together into an accessible tribal combo that will be practiced in useful group and duet formations.
This workshop will be fun, fast, and furious. UNMATA believes in beat-your-butt technical practice, so bring water and come prepared to sweat.

SATURDAY 1:30p WORKSHOP: "UNMATA, The Fast & The Furious"
This intense workshop focuses on fast! Amy will lay down the stylistic foundation and technical breakdown for UNMATA's awe-inspiring omis, ferocious shimmies, and bad-ass body pops.Each movement will include "transition-training" so it can be used alone or linked with other movements to create a short choreography. UNMATA is known for beat-your-butt drilling and technical obsession, so bring lots of water and come prepared to sweat!
SUNDAY, JULY 6 George Washington Carver Theater, 1165 Angelina, Austin 78702
Doors Open 1:00p WS 3 hrs 1:15p – 4:15p $42.00 at the door ($36.00 before May 1)
WORKSHOP: "Overlaying Isolations, Amy Sigil Style"

Amy's Art of Overlay is at the heart of this intermediate toadvanced bellydance workshop aimed to add expressive layers and distinction to your dance style. Although controlled simultaneous movement is a complex idea, this class provides a simple approach certain to bring impressive results.Beginning with a thorough breakdown of basic isolation technique, Amy will expand such elements as core strength and relaxed tension, and then demonstrate helpful exercises that are necessary to develop an awareness needed to isolate key muscle groups. Then she will teach and drill an isolation combo that incorporates the artistic flare unique to Amy Sigil and UNMATA.

Because this class is designed for the intermediate to advanced dancer, a sufficient understanding of balance and timing is prerequisite.
BOTH DAYS $112.00 at the door ($96.00 before May 1)

UNMATA TRIBAL SHOW
George Washington Carver Theater, 1165 Angelina, Austin 78702
Saturday, July 5th 8:00p – 10:00p Doors Open 7:00p
$15.00 General $20.00 VIP (very limited seating)
You must buy show tickets separately - we will reserve a seat when you register and we even have a seat plan, so you can choose where you want to sit ! Seats are for workshop participants first, then general sales begin June 15th
All still to be reserved.
CONTACT: M’lilah mlilah@desertpassion.com or (512) 295-2036

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Join the Carnypocalypse!

2008-02-10T17:53:10Z

March 10th at Elysium.

The world as we know it is gone.
And in its place is the most f-ed up carnival you've ever seen!

Carnies come out!

We want you to show the world what a freak you are!
What can you do on stage that might freak out the norms?

Looking for any and all kinds of circus acts, burlesque, freakshows, and anything interesting or possibly disturbing.

We'll also be making post-apocalyptic carnival games for people to play. The resulting games we create will be donated to Circus Nefarious for Flipside this year. Gotta give back to the community, right?

Contact me if you're interested in performing or helping out!

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Complete Textile Shop Setup

2008-02-10T00:29:13Z

This is new equipment - never used! Start your own screenprinting busienss Monday morning!

Just add ink and start printing. Well, almost! We are offering a complete shop equipment setup. This equipment is new and has not been used. It is located in Austin, Texas and can be viewed in place. This is a professional textile printer's dream setup. The buyer is responsible for crating and shipping (if necessary).

We will assure that all equipment is in perfect working order. We will supply training on equipment and present a three day Hands-On Training Seminar to your staff as well. The training can take place at your location, however the buyer is responsible for travel and lodging.

You can set this equipment up in your garage and start printing on Monday morning. Expect sales in the $25,000 a month range to begin with profit running as high as $12,500 a month (yes, 50-percent or more is possible) in this easy to learn and market business. Everyone wears T-shirts and every business is a potential client. Get started now!

Photos, descriptions and prices are at http://schoolofscreenprinting.com on the Internet.

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Austin Flash Mob Group Started!

2008-02-05T15:05:13Z

Hey Austin

So - a flash mob is: describes a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a brief period of time, then casually walk away.
(according to wikipedia)

What it looks like:

1.You make suggestions on the tribe postings
2. Based on popularity, myself (with help) will choose which one to do
3. a date, time, location will be chosen.
4. you receive a text message with instructions on where, when and what
5. FLASH MOB!

This could be... a pillow fight on Tuesday at 3 pm at x intersection for 5 minutes.
sample: youtube.com/watch?v=JgKR7fEAryE

Or one I've done in the past - all of a sudden 25 people walking down the street start singing and hand motions for "I'm a little teapot"

Just put in "flash mob" into youtube for more examples.

The point is to do something ridiculous for a short period of time - something out of the ordinary. AND you don't go and stand around organizing - you just show up - do it - and casually walk away!

TO RECEIVE TEXTS PLEASE:
text: austinflashmob to 66937

then reply to the welcome message with "y" and you should be all set!

So - join the tribe --- I promise it will be fun....!
http://tribes.tribe.net/austinflashmob

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Call for Art, Art Outside 2008

2008-01-22T06:27:03Z

Calling ALL Artists For The 4th Annual Art Outside Brouhaha! March 6th – 16th 2008.
To take part in AO|08 Go Here- http://www.artoutside.org/

Ladies and gentlemen of the art world, we are seeking any and all creative humans who use their skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others. That is, we are looking for those whose life is art, and everything they do is DIY. We are searching for those who are creating the Hand-Made Nation. We are calling !ALL! make-believers, dreamers and reality re-arrangers. We are searching hi and low for lowbrow-urban-contemporary-pop-surrealism, pop art, op art, hard-edge, lyrical abstraction, post minimalism, which might be interpreted by some to mean that we are looking only for painters, but that is most definitely not the case. For you see, of course, we need masters of typography, sketchers, illustrators, satirical stencilers, screen printing is way cool, and yes, you too, graffiti fools. Least we forget every culture jammer in the hood. Do you manipulate earth/land/sand/plants/junk into art? Then we have a home for you.

Now, we know some of you may be thinking “What about Dadas’ Dadaists, though?” To this we say, but of course we are calling all inspired by DADA- for where would art be without fluxists, productivism, neoplasticism, pittura, metafisica, arbeitsrat and bauhaus. Well, we are looking for all of “you” from then and now, if any of you still are around. And one may wonder… What about the cubists? We say, “But of course.” Conceptualists? Indeed. Installationists? Please! One might ask if we are seeking anything that might fall under postmodernist modernist who are not distracted by abstractionists and other IST’S. Of course there is always impressionism, post-minimalism, pre-contemporaryism, and expressionism. Are you working in symbolism or surrealism or any of the other -isms that we have not yet mentioned? Well come on out. But wait that’s not all, that could not possibly be all this call for ARTE is all about? Well, Dali you’re right,

This call goes out to all kinetic sculptors, fire sculptors, sound artists bending invisible waves, and video projectionists playing with light. We must invite the minds of the poets and their spoken slam voices, along with improv comedians who mimic the true history of time. Or was that the klown? How can we forget about the klowns! Mimes? Performers “performing” art, puppeteers with their puppets, musicians making sounds. Oh, and least we forget outsider artists wanting to be outside.

In short, we invite all the conceivable movements, modes, and theories of art known to wo/man kind. We say to you, the Artisans of the world who wish to unite because the world needs ART, because the world’s not right. It is time, Your window of opportunity is now. Our space is your blank canvas. Your dreams are our inspiration. You and your art are invited to take part in this epic artistic endeavor.

The world may be going to hell… So let’s make some art.

To take part in AO|08 Go Here- http://www.artoutside.org/ao08faq.htm

P.S. If we happened to have forgotten any form of ART in this call for art then we do deeply apologize. Please note that you too are invited.

To take part in AO08 Go Here www.artoutside.org
& befriend us on myspace....
http://www.myspace.com/austinenchantedforest
http://www.myspace.com/artoutside

and on tribe...
http://tribes.tribe.net/austinenchantedforest

and check out...
http://www.austinenchantedforest.com

Support our Benefit For VALENTINES, Feb 14th and 15th
@ the United States Art Authority

http://www.austinenchantedforest.com/valentines.html
http://www.austinenchantedforest.com/antivalentines.html

and to truly stay “in tha know” sign up for our lo-fi no spam mailing list
http://www.austinenchantedforest.com/email_list.html

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you know it, you love it, austinenchantedforest

2008-01-21T09:24:46Z

http://tribes.tribe.net/austinenchantedforest
join!
and SUBMIT!
... to AO/08:)

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potluck, music jam, present exchange , movie showing

2007-12-30T06:28:53Z

July 5th will be throwing a "post" holiday event
to exchange presents you may have gotten that your not really thrilled with
and maybe walk away with something better

a potluck
bring music insturments
and at dusk will be showing the movie "the power of community"
about a cuban village able to work together during its oil crises

if want an offical invite
write to
austin_unplugged@yahoo.com for an offical invite

hope to see you there

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Want to collaborate on a graphic novel?

2007-12-21T16:03:21Z

Hello. I am a writer looking to create a graphic novel from scratch. I cannot draw. So I'm looking for a comic book artist who is interested in collaborating with me to develop a graphic novel about an lesbian action hero named
"ezra | eden" and her lover. I am also would be interested in developing the back story for the characters with other writers. Please contact me if interested.

Summary:
I'd like to create a graphic novel.
I need a comic book artist.
I need writers.

Unfortanetly I am unable to offer any compensation for your work. In other ways I can't pay you so I am hoping that you'd be willing to collaborate out the kindness of your heart for the love of art.

Thanks

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Photo shoots in Austin - 2/20-22

2007-12-13T16:24:33Z

My traveling studio is coming from Los Angeles to these cities soon….

January 24th, 25th, 26th & 27th – San Francisco
February 9th - Fullerton, CA - GOTHLA - www.gothla.com
February 17th, 18th & 19th - Minneapolis
February 20th, 21st & 22nd - Austin, Texas
March 14th, 15th & 16th – Chicago
March 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st – Albuquerque, New Mexico
April 4th & 5th - Freehold, NJ
April 7th & 8th - New York City
April 10th, 11th & 12th - Washington, DC
April 26th – Newbury Park, CA ~ www.TribalCaravan.com

I specialize in musicians, fire performance and belly dance photography but I also love to shoot families, all forms of dance, fashion, weddings and all kinds of events.

Examples of belly dance shoots are at this link…
http://tribes.tribe.net/pixievision/thread/f80a19fc-0a62-4648-a448-5c46b25ef0cb

See my website for other examples of my work~ www.PixieVisionProductions.com

My rate for shooting is $200 per hour if the shoot is in Los Angeles. For travel outside of Los Angeles my rate is $250 per hour. Please email pixie@pixievisionproductions.com for more info~ :)

~Pixie

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www.pixievisionproductions.com
mobile 818.512.8474
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http://tribes.tribe.net/pixievision
http://www.myspace.com/pixieglittermeow
http://www.flickr.com/people/pixievision/
http://modelmayhem.com/member.php?id=97528
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Dancers/Performers Needed for Movement Piece for FirstNightAustin (Austin,TX)

2007-12-06T21:32:03Z

We are looking for People who have experience in Viewpoints or would like to learn about Viewpoints. For those interested, Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation that provides a vocabulary for thinking about and acting upon movement and gesture.

The movement is inspired by sound and a video. It is a short piece about immigrants at a processing station lasting about twelve minutes. The piece premieres on December 31st at 9:45 PM and 10:45 PM (So you still have a chance to bring in the New Year!) It is site-specific and is located under the First Street Bridge on the Southside of Auditorium Shores, simply request and we will send you pictures.

Guiding the ensemble is Noel Gaulin from The Humdrum Collective & Odile Nicole Del Giudice, creator of Cisne Negro. Rehearsals would be light consisting of five 4-hour meetings with the first rehearsal beginning next week. While this is a not a paid gig, you will be credited for your work.

This event is also highly publicized, last year First Night Austin numbered over 75,000 people in attendance. In other words, many people will see you.
For more information on Austin First Night visit:
www.firstnightaustin.org

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Call for Sculpture/Installation – Austin Green Art

2007-11-16T00:22:29Z

The Hyde Park Neighborhood Association has asked Austin Green Art to organize the selection and installation of art to be placed at several traffic circles around the neighborhood.

Art will be exhibited for six months beginning immediately and must be able to withstand weather and public access.
Submit JPG images for consideration by December 1.
randy(at)austingreenart(dot)org

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Austin Green Art - Call for Art

2007-11-13T03:16:48Z

Austin Green Art - Call for Art
Show sculpture as centerpiece or create a “green” centerpiece for a swanky party.
(art from re-used material or environmental theme)

Austin Green Art (AGA) is calling for submissions for unique, environmentally-themed centerpiece designs to be presented during the Hill Country Conservancy's November 3rd event at the Frost Bank Tower called Hill Country Nights. Up to 15 designs will be selected. If selected, you will receive two tickets to the event, have the option to sell your design(s) at the event, and become a member of the AGA artist network.

Submit up to five sculptures (jpg) or centerpiece designs to randy(at)austingreenart(dot)org.

Event Details:
Hill Country Nights
Saturday, November 3, 2007
7:00pm - 12:00am
Frost Bank Tower, 30th Floor
Dinner, Dancing, and Drinks
Featuring entertainment by The Gourds with the Austin Collins Band
www.hillcountryconservancy.org

Centerpiece Design Criteria: Environmental theme / Re-used materials
Size restriction: Approximately 18" x 18" (10 person table)
Deadline for submission: October 19, 2007
Notification: October 23, 2007

www.austingreenart.org

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Burning Flipside Town Hall - This Saturday!

2007-11-07T19:27:20Z

Howdy everyone!

This Saturday, November 10th, is Fall Town Hall at the Warehouse.
Tailgating, theme pimping, and setup will begin at 1:00pm. Doors will open at 2:27pm, and the meeting will begin promptly at 3:06pm. We’re hoping to be concluded by 6:47pm.

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1. The 2008 Theme: To submit your themes, visit: <http://plasmator.net/fs/theme.php> http://plasmator.net/fs/theme.php
NOTE: Online theme submissions will not be taken any later than NOON on THURSDAY (November 8). More information can be found there.

2. 2008 Leads: We’re also going to start accepting nominations for this year’s Leads, so if you think you’d like to help make Flipside go by volunteering to be a Lead, we want to hear from you! The nomination form can be found at: <http://www.plasmator.net/flipside/leadNominations/FS08_Lead_Nomination_Form.php> www.plasmator.net/flipside/leadNominations/FS08_Lead_Nomination_Form.php

3. Selection Committees: Each year during Town Hall volunteers from the community are chosen to sit on the Sticker Design, the Ticket Design, and the Leads Selection committees. We’ll ask for volunteers during the show.

4, 5, 6+: We’ll also be covering other topics like: introducing this year’s new Combustion Chamber and Area Facilitators, Ticket Information, the DaFT process, and a schload of other interesting things.

So, once again, that’s:
What: The 2008 Flipside Fall Town Hall
Where: The Warehouse, 1023 Springdale, Austin TX ( <http://www.burningflipside.com/volunteer/warehouse/2005warehouse> http://www.burningflipside.com/volunteer/warehouse/2005warehouse)
When: This Saturday, November 10th.
Who: You and anyone else who wants to go to Flipside

Thanks!
Your faithful CC and LLC

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LA Photographer/Web Designer Comin' to Austin.

2007-10-07T20:57:32Z

hey people.

i'm originally from austin and will be visiting on a work/play trip next week.
i'm a los angeles based photographer specializing in headshots and portraits.
i've recently joined forces with an Amazing web designer/programmer and we offer Great package deals.

check out our website::
http://eyenex.us

we'll be taking new austin clients october 11 - 15. there are still some slots available.
hit me up here or at katie@eyenex.us

our goal is to build enough of a client base in austin so we live half the year in austin and half in la.
tryin' to bring my business home!
thanks, y'all.
kt

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LL's Afterburn Report: Making Experience Art

2007-10-02T03:21:14Z

[If you would like the fully illustrated version, please visit here: http://lauraleanalle.livejournal.com/166621.html#cutid1 ]

I didn’t have any drastic, life-changing breakthroughs at Burning Man this year. No lightning flashes or worlds bursting forth, no opening of some entirely new realm of knowing or feeling or sight. No paths previously unknown revealing themselves, no drastic change of course. No, none of that really, save for realizing a necessary piece of the puzzle the night of the Temple burn. But I’ll get to that later. This is not to say that I didn’t have revelatory and ecstatic moments, but they were more of the sort that widened my understanding of what was already known and felt, something akin to ripening, deepening, and expansion. I see this as an auspicious sign, an indication that I’m right where I need to be. Breakthroughs are good to pierce through stagnation, to bring you back to the path, to reveal a crucial piece that is missing, to open up something that is closed inside of you. Mastery, contrarily, is achieved in the periods of plateau, those longer periods where the breakthroughs are integrated into your being by engaging in careful, consistent work and through earnest dedication to The Great Work that supports and sustains you. This year, for me, was about integrating a series of little breakthroughs; it was about experiencing the fullness and satisfaction of doing good, hard work on the path that I have been paving for myself for quite some time. And that fullness and satisfaction had everything to do with bringing my art installation, the Greenhouse Project, to the playa.

Shanta and I rolled into Black Rock City driving the behemoth Austin community truck just as the sun was threatening to peak over the mountains to the east. Friday morning. It was chilly, that crisp, anticipatory coldness of twilight. I was excited to be there just in time for the sunrise, my favorite time on the playa. After one of the gate crew gracefully climbed the walls of the truck all the way to the front without stepping on any of our things in her search for stowaways, she dropped her keys. That’s right, she dropped her keys in a 24’ truck loaded from floor to ceiling with all sorts of stuff. So she did what any of us in her situation would have done. She dove head first into the pile as the rest of us stood around and alternated between laughing our asses off, playfully heckling her efforts, and trying to modify things at hand that could be used as a hook to fetch the keys. I think it was the placement flag that was ultimately successful as the key-fetching device. Thirty minutes later… crisis averted and bellies aching from laughter. Oh, and “Welcome home!”

Being on the playa early was really unbelievable. Everyone I introduced myself to, “I’m Laura Lea from Austin, Texas,” would respond with, “Oh, do you know [so and so]?” And, as a matter of fact, I did. The sense of community was beautiful, witnessing each other work our asses off those next few days, and throughout the event, created in me a strong sense of belonging to something way more potent and powerful than I’ve ever felt. That hard work and sense of community fed me. It very much felt like a significant piece of The Great Work.

By Sunday morning, in spite of Saturday’s near white out conditions all damn day, the community truck had been unloaded, I had put in some significant work setting up the Red Nose District – the tremendous circus theme camp on the Esplanade where I was camped, I had my art placement figured out, and my crew members for the Greenhouse Project were off duty from their various other obligations. So Casey, Gallows, Shanta, and I hit the open playa early in the morning to setup up the Greenhouse. We made good time setting up the frame, but by the time we got to the panels, it was quite windy. Instead of fighting the wind, we broke for lunch. By the time we reconvened, the weather was more cooperative.

I have to say that the opportunity to work with those three guys was a blessing. I was very fortunate to have them as volunteers for my on-playa setup and support crew. All of them were totally reliable, hard working, highly skilled, enthusiastic problem solvers, and a lot of fun to have around. They put a lot of time and energy into my project in addition to their other projects on the playa with the massive solar array and Burners Without Borders. Their efforts with those other projects directly serve extended communities beyond the actual event. The solar array is being donated to the communities of Gerlach and Lovelock, towns close to Black Rock Desert, in order to power a hospital, a school, and other public buildings. These are communities that are currently debating the extension of coal-mining operations that would be detrimental to the environmentally sensitive area. The hope is that the solar array will mitigate the need to exploit non-renewable and environmentally damaging energy sources. Similarly, Burners Without Borders served many communities in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. They collected usable lumber and supplies to take back to the communities most affected by that natural disaster and established strong grassroots networks for their humanitarian aid. Their projects have now expanded beyond the areas affected by Katrina and have come to be a model for creative solutions to various environmental and humanitarian problems. In addition, Burning Man’s 2007 theme, The Green Man, provoked a lot of serious discussion and commentary amongst the participants and artists, many of whom sought out sustainable resources and materials from which to make art that was largely focused on or suggestive of environmental issues.

Despite being physically and mentally exhausted from the day’s work, I went back out to the Greenhouse Sunday night after dinner to work inside on the lights and the altars. Before I even had my lights on, I started getting visitors, typically one lone wanderer at a time. I didn’t get much work done beyond basic light setup because I kept getting willingly pulled into great conversation and connections with curious strangers. The first person who approached me was a handsome young man from Tucson. He said he was wandering around the playa and felt drawn to that particular spot (which is something I kept hearing over and over throughout the week). He inquired about the project and wanted to get an idea about the concept behind it.

I gave him a brief rundown about how this Greenhouse was not growing plants but, instead, was growing dreams and meaningful engagement with the world. I told him how there will be altars inside that will have signs that say things like: “Dreams are Seeds… what do you want to grow?” “Roots… How can you nurture new growth?” “Fruits…What shape will your dream take?” “Compost…What do you need to let go of to make room for your dreams?” And I told him the center altar will be dedicated to Love, from which all things emerge and unto which they will return. I explained that the installation is powered 100% by solar energy and just about all of the materials are found objects, recyclable, compostable, re-appropriated, donated, or otherwise sustainable. And I told him that what I really want people to take away from the work is a deeper understanding of themselves. I explained that when people act out of a place of center, balance, and wholeness, they have an instinctive sense of the right and the good, and all they do becomes that. And how in that space we can still account for the struggles and hatred and turmoil in the world because we see that those are just one expression of the infinite forms it can take, and how all those things arise from fragmentation. And I explained that by engaging in the beautiful, we must attune to the sadness also, because it is there, in sadness, that beauty resides. And, really, our only work is the Work we do on ourselves to be fully engaged, integrated, authentic human beings. And from that sense of Self, we come to care, by extension, for the wellbeing of our human communities, other creatures, natural resources, and the planet. And I explained that my art was just my attempt to waken people up to that, to recognize and reflect those who are already awake, and to expand our collective capacity to experience that understanding, to put it in action. He just stood there with his eyes wide open and with an even wider smile and said in the softest, most genuine way, “You are so beautiful.” He proceeded to recite a lovely, relevant poem and then gave me a beautiful necklace that he made that had a Buddha sitting on a lotus. And he was just the first. Ray, from the Temple crew, came by and we had a nice long chat about the smaller, intimate spaces on the playa and how there are actually very few, and it is those spaces he prefers. He came back shortly after our chat to pull me outside to see how the city was all lit up for the first time. I had several other visitors that night, most of whom came back on other nights to visit again. It was beautiful and affirming of all the reasons why I wanted to bring art to the playa. By the time I called it a night, I was completely exhausted and totally satisfied.

Since I still had all my tools and unpacked art in the Greenhouse, I put a piece of rebar in the door so it could not easily be opened. I thought that by making it moderately difficult to enter, that the space would be respected and left alone. The next morning, Shanta was the first on site and discovered that the door had been forced open, bending the doorframe and setting it off its track. No major damage was done other than making the door sticky to open, but I mention it because it was the first moment when I felt like the space had been somehow disrespected and violated. The juxtaposition of the overwhelmingly beautiful connections and life-affirming moments that were experienced in that space with the numerous acts of disrespect to the art, including theft and vandalism, was to be a nearly constant theme throughout the week. The conflict between those two extremes – and my emotional responses to each – was to shape my experience of the event and my concept of what it means to bring art to such a place where traditional boundaries blur or disappear altogether and where radical acts of expression – and the occasionally unthinking and disconnected forms those acts can take – reign supreme.

Monday was a fantastic day. With Shanta’s help, I set up the altars inside the Greenhouse and found myself way ahead of my timetable. I felt so incredibly satisfied by the work we did that day. It was hot as hell inside the Greenhouse, but I plugged away at what needed to be done. Even in the heat and sun, I savored those moments of hard work, of creating a space that would shape people’s experience, of visually delineating that which is sacred. The altars turned out to be even more beautiful than I ever imagined.

Monday night was the lunar eclipse, and I spent most of the night at or near the Greenhouse out in the deep playa. I wanted to do some magic to draw the right people there throughout the week and to protect it from the wrong people. I was standing outside with Shanta, conjuring up some blue Feri fire, and sending out a beacon to draw those who would benefit from experiencing the space and making a cloud to shroud it from those who could not understand. The magic was unbelievably powerful. I could feel it and see it and taste it. I had just finished sending out a big, potent ball of energy and then grounded the rest into the earth just as a beautiful, fey woman walked up and gave me something. She said, “This is for you,” as she looked me straight in the eyes with that otherworldly knowing and then walked off, disappearing into the night. Shanta was facing directly towards her, yet he did not see her. I looked at the thing she placed in my hands. It was an egg-shaped percussion shaker that she had painted with the most beautiful, intricate green and black design. I marveled at its beauty and the moment that it symbolized for me. It was the seed, the potentiality, and the fruit, the gift of the present. It was the fullness of that moment and the dream that others would be also. It was the illusive magic of magnetism, clarity, and insight. It was the anchor to the spell. I hid it inside the Greenhouse on the altar for Love, in the Buddha’s lap under her robes. Every time I went inside from that point onward, I felt the egg underneath the fabric. An anchor. A reminder.

Later that night, as the moon was beginning to eclipse, I was doing tai chi with Shanta at the Greenhouse. The moon was nearing full eclipse, and as I was just beginning to go through the long form on my own, he said, “The Man is on fire!” “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!” “Seriously, the Man is on fire!” So we hopped on our bikes and rode over to watch the Man burn and then be put out. It was great. I alternated between yelling “Save the Man!” and “Let him burn!” No one knew what to think. It was beautiful. That is not to say that I condone anyone in anyway desecrating other people’s things, but there was something at least a little poetic about that moment.

It was an act of irreverent rebellion, taking the most central idol of Burning Man and re-appropriating it in a convention-defying act against that very thing upon which so many people imagine a culture to turn. And in that burning, there was something reclaimed by everyone, namely that unmistakable sense of the spontaneous wonder and excitement of encountering that which is unexpected, out of the ordinary, displaced so long enough as to provoke earnest consideration and thought. It is in those very moments in life that we come to understand the fullness and richness of living, of opening our eyes to seeing the unexpected in the ordinary, and thereby we come to live more integrated, authentic, and meaningful lives. The art gains its significance and relevancy in this way, here, in its place on the fringe. Once it gains centralness in the culture, it will inevitably lose much of its significance until it is re-encountered, once again, as the unexpected.

That entire night was pure magic. As the moon was coming out of eclipse, I stood out in open playa soaking in the radiance. Shanta said, “It’s a beautiful sight, isn’t it?” I was standing there with my eyes closed and my face raised up toward the sky. My hands were open, facing the moonlight. I took a deep breath, and I responded, “Yes, indeed it is, and I don’t even need eyes to see it.”

I left a blank book in the Greenhouse for people to write in. I would stop by the installation pretty much anytime I was on my way anywhere else, just to check on things. I would sit and read the things people had written. The visits quickly took on their own rhythm. The process of regularly going out there and discovering new messages came to mark the passage of time for me. It all started with messages like this:

“This is a beautiful thing in a beautiful place from beautiful souls. Thank you, with love.”

“Namaste. The beauty overwhelms me!”

“Thank you. My heart is overflowing right now.”

“The last sliver of the moon was experienced in your embrace. Peace & Respect.”

“This is my first time. As I was told, I find the things I seek, intentional and in thought. I haven’t changed. I am still lonely in masses of people and while I do know I am not the only one like that it still feels that way, tonight and until Sunday I hope to let that go. Thank you for this space. It is magical. ”

“You are Beautiful!”

“Thanks! You’re part of the solution!”

“Thank you for this blessed moment.”

“Oh precious Love, so Good!!! I pray that I may be able to love myself.”

And then I started getting longer messages and responses to some of the things I had written, some of which brought me to tears.

“My womb was stirring the night I approached this desert, and I ached because it reminded me of the man-child I parted with before my journey, and that now is not the time. But here, in my infinite manifestations – laced, of course, with weariness and strange moments of loneliness, I have found that I am pregnant, not with a new life being, but my own life being – renewed. For the earth asks nothing of me but respect, and I grow into the creative self – the child I’ve forgotten. And here, I understand my loves, and here, I love my son more fully, and here I forgive my man-child soul-life-partner who infuriates me & loves me and here, I have remembered and fallen in love with myself.”

“If I could tell you everything I would tell you how I’ve never been loved properly, no one to say, ‘it’s okay to not be okay, & by the way, I’m not going anywhere. You, I love, you, I will hold until you can see your own beauty.’ ~LL” “It is ok. You are loved. ~JC”

“Please offer me the strength to release the pain lingering within in a healthy manner. Let the nightmares cease & the fear of men to turn to love. Please allow the memories of my assault flow away from my life. Thank you for the love you have given me, and the respectful treatment I now receive. I hope in time the pain will exchange with love & my dreams will become beautiful forever.”

Everyday I would smudge the space with a piece of Palo Santo wood from Ecuador that my friend Anya had given me. That smell came to be the smell of Burning Man for me. I often times would stand near the Greenhouse to watch how people responded to the space. One night, a couple of guys rode up on their bikes. One of them went inside while the other waited outside. The one was in there for quite a while, and the one waiting started to get impatient. As the guy came out of the Greenhouse, he could sense the annoyance of his friend and said, with something resembling the fierce protection a mother has for her child, “There is Love here. It is full.” And then they rode off.

Offerings started appearing on the altars. People were leaving rocks, necklaces, postcards, personal items, dried herbs, small art pieces, prayer flags, bells, and a variety of other things. Messages kept appearing abundantly in the book. I took great pleasure in the anticipation of their discovery. Each time I found new offerings on the altars and opened the book to find new messages, it was like excavating the only evidence that remained of the moments experienced in that space. All that was left. The residue.

“May you be blessed with forgetting. May you be blessed to forget your entire existence. And all that you know. May you forget even your name. And allow the soul to shine true and create a totally new you. Again and again and again.”

“And tonite i found a godseed in my garden of awareness it grew to unfold its petals to eternity in full liberated expression of itself at one with all that is beyond me beyond you in the we of community.”

“Speak to me please, I’m not strong or brave, but I can shun Narcissus, Cissus, Us. Oh! But there is no us I know, & soon the dusk hours are coming, there will be nothing but a thick blanket with a few worn holes to let in tattered shards of morning, of mourning. Oh! But I won’t mourn, I am one, but I am not alone. A perfect vessel for Echo.”

“Love taps at the door of the heart – love becomes its course to be followed. Rivers diverge, converge, emerge from a thousand clouds made raindrops made running waters – the sound of your heart moving gently along the banks of your soul…”

“It is so nice to know the Goddess has such warriors.”

“Know the beauty of your dreams. Perhaps the message shall reach your ear. If it does, well, go on, you have nothing to lose. Truly you are a God at heart, a star both in soul and in body – you will live on, past the grandest horizon your mind could ever see, this life a gorgeous memory of color, sound, flesh and bone.”

“Que vives con paciencia y amor para todos… somos reflexiones… cara a cara.”
(That you live with patience and love for all… we are reflections… face to face.)

One night, I strolled up to the Greenhouse to find a pair of boots sitting right outside the threshold. The space was overflowing with energy. I thought, “Wow, someone felt so much reverence for the space that they actually took off their shoes.” I was blown away, and as I peered in, I saw a beautiful Australian man sitting there having a very profound moment. When he stepped out and put on his shoes, he was clearly very moved. When he discovered that I was the artist, he bubbled over with joy and gratitude. He told me he had been looking for some other art piece and that he was magnetically drawn to the space of the Greenhouse. While he was inside, something resonated within him so deeply that he felt truly recognized for the first time. And so he sat there and soaked it in and had a really powerful experience, a turning point. He wanted to go back inside with me, so he took off his shoes again and insisted I do the same. He showed me what he wrote in the book: “Gratitude to you, Dear Self, for recognizing who I really Am.” And those words resonated within me, deeply. Recognition. It is such a powerful thing. Hegel says, “They recognize themselves as mutually recognizing one another.” The only way to recognize yourself is through another. And I felt that in that precise moment. Mutual recognition. I experienced it viscerally and looked up at this man’s face. Then I hugged him and felt his heart, open, next to mine, and it was so beautiful. Every bit of that moment was just beautiful way beyond words. I didn’t catch his name. Starts with an S.

I began to notice that things were disappearing from the Greenhouse. Offerings came and then vanished. Gifts people had personally given me disappeared, too. I had mentally prepared myself for such a thing to happen, but that did not make me immune to the sense of loss I felt. I sat with that feeling for a while and tried to come to terms with it.

One particular night, I was feeling far away from the fast and loud and close to the sad and lonely. Enough people had shown up at that point in the event to make it sufficiently difficult to find familiar faces except through synchronicity alone. So after wandering around a bit I went to go talk to God on the payphone. I was telling God how I was sad, beautifully sad, because I was hyper-aware of the transitoriness of it all. And I talked about how I was tapped into that deep undercurrent of sadness and loss, particularly after reading something someone wrote in the book at the Greenhouse that focused my attention on that quiet devastation. And I talked about how there were now so many people and how I wanted to connect more deeply but instead just found myself wandering, feeling alone, apart. And I told Him how beautiful it had been bringing art to the playa, but there had been some emotionally challenging moments, and that the whole event was like a sand mandala to be swept up with nothing to show for it. And I told Him how I was very much in the sadness of that and wanted to see familiar faces. And then a whole big group of Austin folks walked by, and God told me to put one of them on the phone. I guess He told Delia to give me a great big group hug, and somehow that was the alchemy I needed at that moment because it lifted some of the weight from my heart. A moment of relief. But my heart was still heavy.

Earlier that night, when I went out on my rounds, I stopped at the Greenhouse and found the following passage in the book: “I can’t tell you how strong my urge to smash this whole house is. I don’t mean to be a hater. I just can’t accept the ‘sowing & reaping’ the ‘from love all things do emerge.’ What about war? And racism? And children who are violated? All these are a part of humanity and your purple eyes stare me down and try to convince me that on the other side of all the hatred & fear that fuels our wars there is a deep love just waiting to emerge. Fuck that. There is no God. We are all alone & everything we do is meaningless and futile. I don’t want to believe that, which is why I feel so strongly the urge to break everything in here – the tiny offerings in glass vials, the flowers and lights, to smoke the cigarette, spit on the purple face. It is strong and true, but it can’t be true. It just can’t be true. If we find ourselves here, how does that ease the suffering of humanity, who is flawed and bound to be unpredictably predictable in her carrying out violence? I doubt this process is making sense to anyone reading it, as you are missing 28 years of context and you don’t realize what it means for me to want with such intensity to stomp out just one blue globe, to desecrate just one thing in this house. But I won’t. Because I know that I am a child & have much to learn, and maybe you’ve already approached this crisis and surpassed it – transcended it. And I hope that for you. And I hope that for me too.”

I don’t have the words to explain the feeling in my body after I read that. I understood precisely what that person was writing about. I’ve confronted that crisis. That complete and utter devastation. My heart ached with it. And so I sat down and wrote back. “I understand that piece, & tonight I want to destroy something too. I am sad and lonely amongst thousands. All of them amplify the loneliness. And I want to destroy something too. Kali. Shiva. Sword of Manjushri. Cut away the suffering & ignorance. It is an illusion that we are separate. It’s not all beautiful. Love gave birth to sadness too. They are twins. The push & pull. The yes & no. We can do nothing other than more fully become ourselves. There is no other work than that Great Work. Beyond Love, there is Nothing. And you’re right, one day it will all be !&@?#$*&! ~LL” My response to that crisis is always instinctively to turn inward, to do the Work of Self. There is no other way to go in response to that but inward, to expand my capacity to hold that tension, that utter devastation whose mark is all over this world.

Later that night, I was still really needing connection, so I went out to the Greenhouse to see if I could call it to me there. I sat down inside, closed my eyes, and conjured up that sense of connection that I was desiring. I took a deep breath, focused that feeling into my heart, and then sent it out, drawing to me the perfect people I needed to fulfill that need. About seven or thirteen minutes later, two incredibly handsome men strolled up. Enter: Hitch and EnthusiAdam. I stepped outside to let them into the Greenhouse, and then they came back out a few minutes later and asked me how I was doing. I told them I was having a little bit of a sad and lonely night and that I had had a tragic lack of hugs that day so I had come out to my installation to see if I could find what I was looking for here. They said, “This is your art?!” and overflowed with praise for the installation. They gave me hugs and kisses and loving adoration and told me how beautiful I am and how much I deserve to be loved and admired and how really wonderful my art is. They filled me up with exactly the things I was looking for. Love and adoration and validation and beautiful smiling faces so so so full of light. Genuine heart connection. They told me they had been headed a completely different direction, but the Greenhouse grabbed their attention from way far away and called them there. So they came right over. Imagine that.

It turns out they were throwing an Adoration party on Friday and told me to stop by. The party was all about adoring women, giving foot rubs, massages, lap dances, reiki, spankings, acroyoga, story telling, whatever they want. The men and women volunteers were there to cater to the women in every way, and they claimed it was the second largest volunteer event on the playa. Second to the fire conclave. And the men who volunteered went through a screening process, had to have a woman write a letter of recommendation for them and all that. There would be security standing at the entrances to make sure no unauthorized males entered. Double entendre fully intended there. It sounded interesting, so I made a mental note of it.

One of those days early in the week we had an apocalyptic white out. It was one of several terrible dust storms that I endured in my nearly two weeks on the playa, but it was the first for the Greenhouse. I wasn’t completely sure how it would hold up in the heavy winds. Other people’s things were falling apart everywhere, and I was a little concerned. It turns out the Greenhouse is built pretty damn well. A couple of the windows popped out in the corners, which was a good thing because it reduced the wind resistance of the structure and thus, made it more stable as a whole. The poster I had made that was hanging at the entrance ripped apart and blew away. I hope someone found it and took it home. Other than that, no harm was suffered.

Day after day, messages continued to appear in the book. Discovering them became a ritual, a blessing, a gift. I felt called to respond to some of them.

“I saw it in the clouds and then my sweet, sweet dreamer called me to tell me that she saw it as well – in a dream. She sent me a band-aid.”

“Saturate this time and place.” “Make it full. ~LL” “So it is.”

“I have come here again to be reminded of that which I know I will forget again to discover and rediscover the child within.”

“Love so full spilling over. Love is green.” “Indeed it is. ~LL”

“Shelter from the storm.”

“Thank you for the safest space on the playa.”

“La maison du bonheur, Merci a la maison verte.”
(The house of happiness, Thank you for the greenhouse.)

“In the innermost part of me, in the spacious, silent part of me, breathing into love.” “And into Love you shall Be. ~LL”

“All small things are beautiful.” “It has more to do with how you see than with what you are looking at. ~LL”

Friday was a full day. I had to get up early to film an interview with Patrick Morell, a French documentary filmmaker who was working on his second documentary on Burning Man. He filmed one last year about the event as a whole, and this year, he came back to focus on the art. He had already interviewed an impressive list of the who’s who in the Burning Man art world, and I felt a little unworthy of his attention. I kept hearing all these things about how amazing of a filmmaker he is, how he is the real deal, travels all over the world doing documentaries, how the film he made at Burning Man last year was one of the best ever done. So I figured it was worthwhile for me to follow the opportunity through to its logical conclusion, and I hoped that Patrick would find it worthwhile for him, too. It seems he actually took a liking to my work and me, and I ended up seeing him quite a bit the rest of the week, forging a good friendship.

That afternoon, I went to the Adoration party, and I was adored to the brink of overflowing. I had reiki done by a very wise woman and felt light as a feather afterwards. We focused on the feelings that were coming up around things being taken from the Greenhouse. I wanted to be okay with that energy flow, out of my control. I knew it would happen, I wanted to let go of that sense of loss I was feeling in my body. Release, re-attune. It worked. While I was there, it rained, and shortly after the storm I had to head off to an appointment with another filmmaker named Sean Kaminsky. He was shooting a series of documentary vignettes that explore the intersection of art and green activism for the Sundance Channel’s Green programming block. As I was riding out to the Greenhouse, the most spectacular double rainbow appeared over the horizon. It was magnificent, arching perfectly over our crazy little city, each end touching down out in deep playa. I was giddy, full, open, and in awe at the splendor and beauty of the moment. Just as the rainbow was fading, Sean and his partner rode up on their bikes to film the interview. I believe both Patrick’s and Sean’s interviews went well that day. In retrospect, there are things I wish I had talked about, especially for Patrick’s film where I had the opportunity to go way more in depth about my Project. It is still entirely possible I’ll end up on the cutting room floor for either of those film projects. Even though I don’t even have a TV, I certainly hope that is not the case.

Saturday was by far my roughest day. It started when I went out to the Greenhouse in the morning to find the Buddha’s head knocked down, the Greenhouse tagged with spray paint, and most of the offerings gone. I couldn’t find the beautiful shaker egg that the fey woman gifted me on Monday, the symbol of an incredibly powerful moment. It had been hidden which means someone rifled through things enough to uncover it. Someone took the prayer beads and necklaces that were around the Buddha’s neck, presumably that’s how the head fell off. Someone tagged his or her initials on the outside of the Greenhouse with spray paint. Shanta had left the ashes of one of his friends who died, and those were gone too. Every single jar of my handmade incense was gone. One of Casey Burke’s beautiful pieces of art, one of her five-part series, was gone. Ironically, the rather used copy of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics someone had left the day before was still there. As was a particularly poignant Polaroid that said “My relationship with my mother challenges me.” As was a pile of empty beer bottles and cigarette butts. I picked up the trash, put the head back on the Buddha, rearranged things to some semblance of order, and then went to Burners Without Boarders where I found Shanta and had a good long talk to try to come to terms with the tremendous sense of loss and violation I felt.

All the talk about the transitoriness of the event and of life, the Buddhist idea of non-attachment and suffering, the acknowledgement that some people just don’t get it and may not ever, knowing that theft would likely happen and mentally preparing myself for it long before the event, – none of that appeased the feeling in my gut that comes when someone has totally violated a boundary.

You see, when someone makes a piece of art, if it’s any good, it is intimately tied to their innermost expression of Self, of who they are and who they want to become, and every piece of the art is invested in the discovery and evocation of that. Every facet of the art is a complex conglomeration of thoughts, experiences, memories, feelings; every object is imbued with meaning and intention toward that end. And when you bring all of that into a community to offer it to others, you put a whole hell of a lot on the line. And when other people contribute any amount of themselves to that cause, then they’ve got something at stake, too. The act of people taking those things from the Greenhouse dispersed the energy that was being consciously cultivated in that space, the deep, powerful Work of Self that was being undergone there. And so I felt like I had been hit in the gut with a bowling ball, and no amount of talk on non-attachment would help. The thing that devastated me most was knowing that anyone who would do such a thing was living in a place of disconnection, scarcity, depravity, and poverty of spirit. And no matter how hard I tried, I could not separate myself from the tragedy of that.

I went back to the Greenhouse later that afternoon, still trying to come to terms with my emotional response to the experience. It was then that I discovered a single, new offering. A playing card. Seven of Hearts. Someone had written on it, “Be one for whom nothing is lost.” Those words pierced straight through my devastation, and I burst out into tears right there. I looked up at the sky through the dusty Greenhouse windows and just cried. And then, the most remarkable thing. Gratitude overcame me in a giant wave, and in that instant, I could see the beauty again. I turned my face down, as if in prayer, and let my tears fall to the ground. An offering. A sacrifice.

And there were yet more messages in the book.

“Please forgive us for being so small that we cannot see beyond the pain of our lives. We are only human.”

“Those who don’t want to change… let them sleep.”

“To see true beauty with closed eyes is divine beyond your senses.”

“May the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of way to kneel and kiss the ground. ~Rumi”

“Mediocridad sin uso soy nada. Aqui dejo mi dolor del adios. Aqui dejo el ardor por ti en forma mental, physical, y emocional. Aqui te dejo Ruby y recojo [the writer’s name]”
(Mediocrity without use, I am nothing. Here I leave my pain of goodbye. Here I leave the fire for you in mental, physical, and emotional forms. Here, I leave you, Ruby, and I gather [Me].)

“I got to hear raindrops on the roof.”

“Along this path I walk determined to know my way… yet time & time again I realize I am not driving this bus & while I may feel the ride is out of control at times, I have gathered many seeds along the way… I nurture them, hoping to cross paths with one who holds a fertile ground in their heart to nurture these seeds. I hold a seed within, & I must remember to let my light shine… for if I hesitate to do this… I hesitate and stunt my own growth. Thank you for reminding us in this sacred space.”

“At the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started from and know it for the first time. T.S. Elliot”

“The voyage of discovery does not consist of new landscapes but in having new eyes. ~Zen Proverb”

“Blessings and tidings oh ye who walk this earth. A quiet wind shall follow – in its breath the sound of your own heart upon the hurling winds of the afterlife – your secret star shall be born and all that is good & true & holy will shine. Humble, Magnificent, Divine.”

That night the Man burned, for the second time. I wasn’t planning on photographing it, but I started having that nagging feeling I should. So I rode back to camp at the speed of light to get my camera and tripod, and then I went out to watch the burn from the Greenhouse. Something had shifted inside me earlier in the night, and I was able to let go of the feelings I had been overcome with that day – enough to enjoy my night and not feel burdened by what could happen to my art. I knew Saturday night would be crazier than Friday, so I packed up a few of the remaining things I felt connected to inside the Greenhouse. The book, the Palo Santo, and a few other gifts people had given me. After the Man burned, I left the Greenhouse alone for the rest of the night and went off into the darkness to see what kind of compelling things I could find.

It was Sunday that I found the missing piece. Forgiveness. Of course, it was there hovering in the background all along. I spent a lot of time at the Temple that day. I left several offerings, wrote a bunch of things on the intricately cut walls, cried, and watched and listened as others mourned there. The energy in that space was overwhelming. David Best saw me there, letting go of all that. He singled me out amongst hundreds of others. He came over to me, looked me in the eyes, and took my hand in his for just a moment. No words. Just that look and the touch of our hands. A moment of recognition. That was all I needed, indeed all I could handle, at that moment. A burden was lifting. And more tears.

I went back to the Temple that evening to see Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. The service was solemn, a lot of talk about forgiveness. People were still crying. I can’t really remember anything Reverend Billy said, but I do remember that his words were exactly what I needed to hear. I remember it feeling like a cleansing, like being smudged with sage and eagle feathers, like all the sadness and devastation I was feeling was understood, like I was being embraced. And I sat there and soaked it all in.

The Temple burned that night, and with it, much of the conflict I had been experiencing. The intricacy and care taken in cutting all the wood used to make the Temple – just, in the end, to be burned – somehow helped me place my experience into a much larger context. Somehow, by connecting with that greater accumulative sense of loss that people brought to the Temple all week, mine was assuaged. My art was never intended to be burned, and yet there was something about it that demanded to be released, as if in flames. Everything that came and went all week was part of a larger movement of energy taking place, something way bigger than my art or me. I can only hope that the people who took things from the Greenhouse will one day look at those objects and be struck by their meaning, their significance, and be brought to their knees in reverence. Much like I was that night.

That night was so good for me. I still held space for the sadness I had been feeling. I was able to also open myself to feel all the beauty and love I had received throughout the week. As the sun was beginning to rise, I bid farewell to my friends and walked across the playa by myself. I went to the Temple remains and found a deep peace there amongst the ashes. Something in me had been released as it burned. I uncovered a part of the structure as I was standing there in the ashes. I believe it’s some kind of anchoring device, and it had the most beautiful patina from the fire. I picked it up, examined it, and thought that it would make a perfect foundation for my next found object sculpture. And I decided I would use whatever offerings were left from the Greenhouse as part of that piece of art.

I watched as people sifted through the ashes for things that remained after the burn. Throughout the week, people had left all sorts of offerings there. Things they wanted to release. Things that were deeply personal and sacred to them. It felt right to me to only take a piece of the structure and not any individual offerings. There were many more anchors like the one I picked up, all of them beautifully marked by the fire, and it occurred to me that I could take several and make a whole series of sculptures out of them. But it somehow seemed more appropriate that I take just that one. I didn’t need any more. In fact, having more would have diluted the meaning of the whole experience and journey that it took for me to arrive at that moment, in that place, with that understanding and sense of peace. I had come a long way and experienced what seemed like the entire gamut of emotions humans are capable of feeling. I arrived there full, my capacity expanded, my eyes more clear. All I ever dreamt of when I set out on this journey was to more fully come to know myself, to inspire others to do the same, and to walk away with a greater sense and understanding of the Work that needs to be undergone, both individually and communally. The journey to that place was more extraordinary than I ever could have imagined it to be.

My thoughts drifted to the poem I wrote for the Greenhouse, and I silently recited the words in my head, realizing they had taken on a whole new layer of meaning for me:

“In your hand, hold the seed, and into it, breathe your dream.
As you plant it in the dirt, you give it life on this earth.

Nurture the root, tender new growth, impress upon it all you hope.
Give it water and sun shining bright, give it Love and give it Light.

The fruit sustains you, here and now, the harvest from the ground you plow.
For those who follow, leave an offering, your contribution to our community.

Compost the dream whose time has passed, and remember, forever, nothing lasts.
By letting go, you are transformed, after death, new life is born.

From Love, all things do emerge, and unto Love, they will return.
Follow faithfully the movement of you heart,
And may you be so blessed to know yourself in all your parts.”

The sun was up, the Temple ashes were still smoking, and the sky was fading from pink and orange to blue. I closed my eyes and faced the sun, breathing it all in. What an incredible journey it had been. My capacity to hold such an extreme range of thoughts and feelings was pushed and expanded to the very edge. Every moment was marked with that expansion. There was the sheer amount of meaningful connections made, the deep sense of community, the incredible response to my art that I had received from an overwhelming amount of people, the deeply satisfying work. And then there was the sense of loss, violation, sadness, devastation, that tragedy that continues to touch this world because of fragmentation and disconnection. And there was the necessary return to forgiveness. Every piece of the entire experience was relevant and valuable for me, part of The Great Work.

Nothing was lost. Not a thing.

As I was walking back to camp with that piece of the Temple in my hand, the anchor, my thoughts turned to the theme for next year’s Burning Man. The American Dream. And it came to me, the idea for the installation I’m going to create. And I decided that next year, it’s going to burn. It has to burn. That moment was marked by the indisputable feeling of victory. I laughed. I spun around in the dust and laughed.

My heart was open, and it was a new day. And the light shone in both places.

Dreams are seeds… What do you want to grow?

Acknowledgements: It Takes Community
The Greenhouse Project could not have happened without the unbelievable amount of support and encouragement I received from many wonderful people I am so very blessed to know. Every moment of the experience was full way beyond my wildest imagination. Unending gratitude is due the Austin Burn community, the entire Enchanted Forest family, Albert Deloach, Tyler Hanson, the Do Lab, Austin Green Art, Organik Media, Golden Rabbit Films, Shanta Stevens, Casey Schmidt, David Gallows, Sean Kaminsky, Patrick Morell, Casey Burke, LadyBee, Paul & Mykal, Bill Koons, Dr. Craig Hanks, Guy Forsyth, Le Easter, Debbie & Justin & Jake Vaughn, Liu Ching Yang, Kristen L, Marc Lionetti, Suzanne McAnna, Elizabeth Rogers, Jodi Smith, Helen Lea, Jim Flash, Clovis, Moldover, Anya, Marlo Ashley, Katherine S, Cedar Stevens, Jonathan Tel, Thorn Coyle, Dr. Audrey McKinney, Dr. Ted George, David Best, Reverend Billy, Shrine, Orpheo McCord, Trine, Grady Cousins, the Austin community truck crew, Red Nose District, Damn Fuckin Texans, Kingdom of Slack, Ecstatic Hugs/HBGB, RedCamp, all the folks at Active Life Chiropractic, Apple, Goorin Brothers, Fire Dog Designs, Texas A&M Philosophy Dept., and, most of all, the plant and animal spirits I care for at home who continue to teach me how to live authentically, Amallah, Skipper, Sushi & Snowpea, and all the birds and squirrels and green in Austin, Texas. Thank you all for showing me the Love & Light.

Laura Lea Nalle
www.earth2LL.com

© Laura Lea Nalle 2007 All rights reserved.
All photos and writing by Laura Lea Nalle unless otherwise indicated.

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Seeking art studiO/painting space in austin soon.

2007-10-01T15:07:10Z

Please let me know if you know of any reasonable priced studios. I need a large space, natural lighting, and a central location.

my website is bigmodernart.com

thanks, maranda

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IF+D Austin, presents: Gerardo Arellano/new works.oct 07'

2007-09-14T04:20:55Z

IF+Daustin.com

Presents anual Solo Art Show by Gerardo Arellano.

October 2007, (reception day showing soon)

Music enviroment by DJ Chicken George.

All Austin artist comunity invited!

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Thanks to Everyone

2007-09-08T01:53:19Z

who came out and made last night's 1st Thursday Fire & Ice Social at Amy's Super South in Austin such a success! The simple feelings of happiness & cooperation that blanketed the whole show were sweeter than I could have imagined or expected.

I want to extend a personal thanks to the drummers. The drumming last night was absolutely sublime. I heard so many comments from audience & performers alike about the extremely high quality of drumming & the wonderful and very visible synergy between performers & drummers. Folks in the audience mentioned that to me several times & I found myself wanting to hang with the drummers, dancing in the background rather than on stage. The drumming was deeply satisfying beyond words.

Stay tuned for pics...

Big Hugs from Belly Dancing Barbara ;)

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Art Blitz Weekend

2007-09-03T16:05:40Z

I will be coordinating the creation of 22 works of sacred geometry in Austin the weekend of July 14th. I invite any and all anarchists, art lovers, labyrinth or crop circle enthusiasts, and all those who serve Spirit to join in the efforts. We need every level of talent, from none at all to loads and loads. You can help for an hour, you can help for three days. Whatever you like.

There will be glowing labyrinths, large textile works that hang from buildings, painted crop circle re-creations in parks, sacred knotworks in church parking lots, and much more. Do you have some time and willingness to spare? Call me at 626-7700, or email me at laughingcrow@gmail.com

Much Love,
Crow
www.lcrowmitchell.com

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Wanted: jewelry maker for simple job.

2007-08-23T16:33:12Z

I am making cuff links. I need a jewelry maker to make the chain that connects the two sides together. The chain will be either small jump rings or wire. You need to be good at soldering or fusing the links together. If you can do chain maille, you can do this. Or, if you're good at wire work, then you can probably do this.

You will be paid per piece. You should be able to do these quickly so you should be able to earn at least $20 an hour.

Message me for more details.

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the Greenhouse Project needs your help!

2007-08-12T01:16:27Z

Greetings Friends, Family, and Co-conspirators,

The Greenhouse Project is about to make its way halfway across the country to Burning Man. It's an exciting time, the Project is drawing attention from people nation wide and will be included in a little documentary vignette that will air on Sundance. We've got great placement, and if you're going to be in Black Rock City, be sure and stop by. We'll be 1900' from the Man, near the Temple. We're leaving Aug 21, and until then, I'm working feverishly on making this installation something we can all be proud of. And I need your help!

*******************************************************************

These are the things I need most urgently to make it happen:

*ART! of all mediums (exploring concepts of growth/decay, natural cycles & phenomena, birth/life/death, etc., recycled & found objects highly encouraged)

*Offerings and sacrifices (What would you offer your future/present/past self in order to heal/create/bless your own life? What would you give the earth to symbolize your commitment to creating a greener world? What gift would you give to show gratitude for all that you have and all that you will become?)

*Natural found objects -- shells, rocks, plants, bones, dirt, water, etc. (any loose materials should be put in jars or other sealed containers so as not to create a MOOP hazard (matter out of place) I have a few jars/containers on hand we can use for this purpose).

*Fabrics (exotic, sheer, animal skin/fur/leather (faux or recycled real))

*Lights! (of all colors and kinds -- rope light, xmas lights, LEDs, clamp lights, etc etc etc). Muy importante!

*Paint (acrylic preferred, but I'll take what I can get) brushes, and permanent markers

And these are the things I also need and am prepared to buy unless someone gifts or loans them to me:

*2 or 3 Deep cycle marine batteries 12V
*Solar panel(s) to charge batteries
*Sturdy plastic bins to pack stuff in

*********************************************************************

If you have donations to make, you can check out the Project in progress -- in person!-- and drop them off at my home in South Austin. I welcome individuals and groups of visitors who wish to see the Project before it heads to BM. Please call or email for directions and to coordinate times. If you have trouble getting to South Austin, we can try to meet somewhere more central if that works better for you.

And if you feel compelled to contribute but don't have any of the stuff on the wishlist, we'd gladly take money donations to help offset building and transportation costs. I'd love to see you in person too, but in case you can't make it to my house, you can make a donation through Paypal. My Paypal acct is under lauraleanalle@gmail.com Every dollar helps!

You can also track the progress of the Greenhouse Project from the comfort of your own home. Here: http://lauraleanalle.livejournal.com/ and here: http://people.tribe.net/earth2LL

*********************************************************************

And let me conclude by saying how thankful I am for the overwhelming amount of support and encouragement and love I have received from many of you individually and the community as a whole. This has been one of the most unbelievable experiences of my life thanks to all of you who have lent support in both big and little ways. I am filled with so much love and gratitude for everything everyone has done and said. It's really just beautiful way beyond belief or anything I could have ever imagined. So, I thank you, thank you, thank you!

With Love and Light (and paint all over me),
Laura Lea

512-585-1825
www.earth2LL.com

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Warning: Jason Coy is a con artist

2007-07-12T22:37:12Z

I recently discovered that someone had been posing as one of my closest friends for two and a half years but the reality was it was all a con. After hearing of the con that he had been running in Austin for several years we researched and got the facts which contradict the lies told.
For all of you who know Jason Coy you need to be aware of the following so that you are not taken by him like I was...

1. He does not have (and has never had) a brain tumor
2. He holds no degrees (Master's or PHDs)
3. He has never worked in a hospital (or worked since I have known him)
4. He has not paid rent in the entire time I have known him
5. He has run this scam for years and lived off of one woman for 5 years playing off sympathies of his non existent brain tumor

This experience has cost me financially, emotionally, he has turned friends against each other...and I'm still discovering more damage that he has caused. I apologize to anyone that I have introduced him to and any disruption in your lives he has caused.

If you have any questions please contact me at franksuchomel{at}yahoo.com

Here is Mare's email on the matter:

===========================================================================================================
Hello Everyone,
This email is to clear up things, and to inform everyone of my experience and knowledge of Jason Coy.

Jason came into my life in January of 2005. We were introduced by a long time friend, and were told that Jason had been diagnosed with a brain tumour approx. 6 months beforehand.

Jason quickly became apart of our family.

On March 18th of 2005, Jason was having brain surgery to remove the majority of the brain tumor. My daughter, Indi, who just turned 7 at the time, prayed that he would survive the "surgery."

We purchased his ticket and all his camping supplies for Burning Flipside 2005, and introduced him and he immediately integrated himself into the community.

In August of 2005 he claimed he got a job as one of the heads of the pathology department at St David's Hospital off of 32nd and I-35. This was fantastic, because he would now have a job that would utilize his education. To me he claimed he had a PHD in microbiology and a Master's in psychology.

In September of 2005 we learned from Jason that the tumor had returned. his seizures were starting all over again. He was having horrific migraines.

In early November 2005, he said he lost his job at St. David's.

Over the next several months, he claimed to undergo a treatment called gamma knifing, which he received at St. David's. This is a non-evasive treatment that had minimal side-effect compared to other treatments out there.

Finally, in the Spring of 2006 he told us the tumor was gone again after three Gamma radiation treatments.

In the Winter of 2006 the tumor returned. Jason moved in with Doug, our friend in Jan of 2007 under the pretense that he would pay rent when he found a job. Since jason was back on medication for his seizures, he said that he would "easily" be able to get a job and pay rent.

However, before long he reported his tumor was again growing, and he would have to endure multiple gamma knife treatments.

This past Tuesday he informed me that on his walk from Epoch coffee house to the McDonalds off Lamar and Houston Street, he had a seizure in front of the UHaul place, and passed out. He told me that someone called an ambulance and he finally awoke in the ER of Brackenridge hospital around 3 am. I, of course, went immediately to go pick him up from Doug's place and take him for food because he expressed his need for food because he hadn't eaten.

Now....
I want you all to know, that Jason has been my best friend for 2 and a half years. I've spent almost everyday with him. I've held him while he's gone through seizures, I've cried when the tumours would come back. I've laid awake at night wondering what more i can do to help him because he's too skinny, or because he's unhappy, trying to find out how to better his life since i can't cure his tumor.
We've paid his bills, we've bought him a cellphone and minutes on it, we've bought him beer and cigarettes, we've taken him to flipside 2005 and 2007, we gave him money to pay "hospital bills," and rent, and for his "medication," I took him for coffee and food almost everyday for the past 7 months; we've taken him out to eat, we've cooked him food, he even spent Christmas with my parents, sister, kids, and us.

My sister loves him, my parents love him, my daughter loves him, many of you love him.

It was brought to our attention Friday, that jason was lying about many things, even that he has claimed to have a "brain tumor" many times over the past 7 years, has used people many times for a free place to live and for money, and that now, he was conning us. We researched these things, to either disprove the lies being told about him, or to find out the truth.

Believe me when I say that i really didn't want his deceptions to be true.

Through research of independent, non-biased sources I have concluded the following:

Jason Coy has never paid rent since we've known him. (the only rent previous roommates received was by us)
Jason Coy does not have any degrees, Master's or PHDs... (he claimed to others in the past that he had a MD)
Jason Coy never worked at any St. David's Hospital.
Jason Coy never had seizures.
Jason Coy never went to Brackenridge Hospital in an ambulance in the past 30 days.
Jason Coy does not have an amazingly large medical debt (he's claimed between $250K to $1million).
Jason Coy does not have a brain tumor, nor has he ever had a brain tumor.

The research has been done. Frank and I would not have confronted our bestfriend, someone we considered family, unless we had concrete proof of his con.

Tonight, Frank, one of his friends, and Mikety Mike of Wonderlounge sat down with him. Frank confronted Jason.

Frank then told Jason that we know he has been lying and using us, our families, and the Burning Community for the past 2 and a half years.

Jason denied the allegations at first. When Frank told jason what information we had uncovered, Jason went silent.

This is when Jason shut down and was emotionless. He sat and listened as frank explained that Jason was to give back the cellphone that we bought him, the silver ring that i gave him (one of my late grandmother's rings), and another personal item.
He explained to jason that there is to be no retaliation, and that jason is to not hurt or take advantage of our family, friends, or anyone in the burning community again. We let him go, with the knowledge that if he does try to do this again to anyone else, or tried to harm anyone or their property, that we would take criminal and civil action against him.

We felt it best to give him a way out that was peaceful and quiet. Neither frank, nor our friends that he has used, want to get involved in a nasty legal battle with anyone, but Jason was informed that if it comes to that, we will.

We are informing the community of Jason's deception. We are going to set up a website explaining all of this in more detail. It should be up within the next two weeks. In the meanwhile, here is a picture of him.

I am heart broken, and very depressed and numb at the same time. I'm tired.
the man that i thought was my best friend, was not.

I would like to take this moment to apologise to all of you for not seeing Jason for what he was, and for allowing him to take advantage of this beautiful community that we have.

If you have anymore questions, please email me.

Sincerely,
Maredith Suchomel

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free truck for art car

2007-06-21T16:20:09Z

1994 f150xlt

1. i'm keeping the title for tax reasons
2. no tags
3. one headlight out
4. transmission flush every 6 months or gears will slip/run high rpms
5. you must come get it
6. message me if you want it

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seeking license / commission work - suggestions ?

2007-05-31T21:55:04Z

Hey, I've been trying to get some more variety in my portfolio to show folks that I'm not limited to just comic strips. I just put this one up last night http://people.tribe.net/water_muse/photos/5aaa1121-7dd1-4f4e-9436-514b6713fa68 and some of my portfolio can also be seen at http://smolderingremains.deviantart.com

I've not had much luck (yet) with finding work as an illustrator on craigslist. I wonder if anyone here has any suggestions of other (or possibly better) places to advertise myself as being available for either licensed or commissioned illustration work?

Thanks :)

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Art Sale!

2007-05-28T01:02:49Z

Hello, all!

I'm having a clearance sale! Five very fine artworks need new homes.
Now is a great chance to score some energy art for your living space,
save money, and help me make room in my studio. Win-win!

You can see photos of the works on my Zaadz profile-

http://laughingcrow.zaadz.com/photos/album/2709

Under each photo's title, there is a blue link for 'view and comments'.
Click there to get the dimensions of the work and the price. Right now,
they're all marked at 50% of my original price. Feel free to pass this
email along if you know someone who would like one of these.

Bright Blessings!
Crow

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Despearate..Got any leads?

2007-05-15T18:57:19Z

Okay guys, If any of you have heard of or seen my tree at The FLIPSIDE Wherehouse, you know how awesome it is. Kaleb and I have been putting in time and lots of money on this thing for Flipside and BM since October! It's a 12 foot tall welded tree with body casts!!
It's almost done and ready for awesome glowy spetator-y funn-ness, but now WE HAVE NO TRAILER!!!
The trailer that we thought we were going to be able to use fell through on us,
And with Kaleb no longer able TO HELP me FINACIALLY, I am deperate for an affordable 6x12 trailer!
Uhual says for 7 days (Kaleb is taking it out with the effigy on Wednesday) that it will be 200 dollars. NO CAN DO!

DOES anyone HAVE ANY LEADS ON A TRAILER or is WILLING TO HElp With THEIRS or knows of a CHEAPER way to do this PLEASE HELP ME.

I am kinda desparate at this point.

Delirium.Paije

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Posters

2007-05-11T17:06:48Z

Who here has had posters made of your art for mass consumption, and did you use an AUstin area printer for the service, and what was the experience like?

Cheers!

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Have a Nice Day, Citizen!

2007-05-09T05:39:07Z

Just whoring some new stuff. :)

http://people.tribe.net/water_muse/photos/2587fa01-34d0-4949-9d8b-78d9eb961a28

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Language exchange? Portuguese - English/french/spanish

2007-05-06T06:25:29Z

Hello!~
I am going to Brazil in July and need to learn some portuguese!

If you'd like help with:
french/spanish (beg/intermediate)
or english (any level)

we can do an exchange - if not, perhaps I can offer some $ or other form of payment.

Thanks
Emma

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RADICAL NAUTICAL - CALL FOR ENTRIES

2007-05-05T20:16:12Z

RADICAL NAUTICAL
Deadline to Enter: June 27th, 2007
open call for Art

Important Dates:

Deadline to Enter: June 27th
Artists Notified: July 7th
Deliver Art Work: Sun. july 29th noon-2pm
or Mon. july 31st noon-2pm
Artists Reception: Thursday, Aug.2nd 7 – 10pm
Exhibition Dates: Aug 2 – Sat. Sept. 1st
Pick Up Artwork: Sun. Sept. 2nd noon-2pm

PRINT THE MAIL IN ENTRY FORM
http://gallerylombardi.com/exhibits/radnautmailinform.doc
-contact info - 3 labeled images of artworks -$15 entry fee

Feel Free to email or call with questions:
Rachel (at) gallerylombardi.com
512-481-1088

Eligibility: All humans are eligible
Media: This is an all media exhibit
Entry Fee: $15 for 1-3 images, $5 each additional image
Size: 36” inch doors, artists may be required to be present
for installation of heavy or complicated pieces
Drop Off: Artists are required to drop off and pick up artwork.
Best in Show Prize: $300

Radical Nautical Jurors:

Ian Schultz, artist, former Blue Genie designer
Michael Schliefke artist, independent curator
Kevin Peake, artist, animator
Kev Tijerina, artist, animator
Rachel Koper, director of Gallery Lombardi

Show Theme:
In the words of Kevin Tijerina:
"The idea of Radical Nautical to me reflects a sense of the
exotic and exploration of the unknown. When the Age of Discovery
began, the ocean was the equivalent of space and the sailors,
astronauts. The lands and people they encountered were completely
alien to them and the fantastic animals and creatures they
encountered (Mermaids, the Kraken, and assorted sea monsters)
usually were revealed to be the domestic sea animals we see today.
Except for the Kraken, which I guess is real, since they caught
one off the coast of Japan, so who knows? ; )"

In the words of Kevin Peake:
"Sea monsters, mermaids, serpents, sea monkeys, Flying Dutchman,
the mysteries and legends of the sea are as deep and wide as anything
in the heavens. I can't wait to see what imaginations come up with."

In the words of Michael Schliefke:
Radical Nautical is all about the mystery of the sea. Growing up around New
England, I was never far from fishing boats, tales of Revolutionary War sea
battles, and the loads of ubiquitous grumpy old men with beards that seemed
to thrive in the salty air. I always tried to reconcile the reality of the
sea from the myths - giant sharks, sea monsters, and the legendary escapades
of pirates - but to no avail. I think that's the mystery that will make
this show great.

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Call for Art ~ the Greenhouse Project

2007-04-28T02:27:30Z

The intention of this work is to recognize and embrace the natural cycles of life, to arrange
our lives in collaboration with natural cycles, and in doing so, we can grow a greener, more
sustainable, integrated, and meaningful experience of our world. The Greenhouse Project
is intended to be an encounter that serves to reconnect and reawaken the participants to
take an active part in the universal, cyclical cycles of life. Through interaction, reflection,
and co-creation, the participants come to encounter themselves as part of the movement of
the Universe. When we awaken to the fact that we are collaborators with nature, we are
more effective in initiating and sustaining beneficial change in our world.

How can you get involved?

Contribute a 4-5 part series or a single piece of art in any medium, and spread the word!
I'm looking for any work that illustrates a natural process, however specifically or broadly
construed. The art could honor the elements, the seasons, any natural cycle involving
plants, water/rain, fire, etc., cycles of life, birth, and death, the passing of time, growth and
decay. Series in all mediums encouraged – paintings, sculptures, photographs, masks,
poems, found objects, natural things (rocks, flowers, plants, feathers) etc. Feel free to run
with it, cuddle with it, expand it, contract it, turn it upside down, inside out, tie it up, set it
free, whatever pleases you the most.

Art contributions made from recycled, reused, and natural materials are highly encouraged.

Other stuff needed:
exotic/tribal fabrics, sheer fabrics/scarves, prayer flags, extension cords, wind chimes, plant
pots, decorative containers, rocks, dried herbs, candles, candleholders, offering bowls,
bells, mirrors, christmas lights, el-wire, and any other miscellaneous items that fit with the
concept and spirit of the project.

Contribute NOW, in time for Flipside (www.burningflipside.com), or after
that, for Bonnaroo and Rainbow Gathering, or even after that,
for Burning Man (www.burningman.com). Play along at home and become a part of
the (r)evolution of this installation in its various incarnations. Stay tuned for a slideshow of
the ongoing process and links to contributing artists @

www.earth2LL.com

For more information or to make a contribution, contact:
Laura Lea, LL@earth2LL.com

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Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble concert, Sat., March 31

2007-03-27T23:45:31Z

The Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble, a semi-professional chamber chorus under the umbrella of Chorus Austin, will perform works by American composers from the 18th to 21st century. Concert is Saturday, March 31 at 8:00 p.m. at Northwest Hills United Methodist Church, 7030 Village Center Drive, in Austin. Featured is Morten Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna." AVAE and the Austin Civic Chorus are directed by Dr. Kenneth Shepherd, Southwestern University.
Tickets range from $12-20.

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free michelle Shocked living room concert tickets

2007-03-14T22:25:26Z

If you are willing to promote the show to your cirlce of friends
and put up fliers in your neck of the woods for a show this Sunday
you will get to see Michele Shocked living room concert for free

http://austin-unplugged.com/
is the site for the show
respond here if your interested
(give email to make communication easier and quicker
(time is of the essence))

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Venues for 2D Art Displays - Suggestions?

2007-03-12T18:08:49Z

Hi all, I've recently come back to the things I really enjoy in life, illustration being a big part of that and started looking at ways to get my work out in front of people. Initially I've put some of my illustrations up on a new cafe press store at http://www.cafepress.com/anupwardspiral although I haven't seen any sales yet. I was on stage at the open-mic at Capital City Comedy last weekend and I heard one of the comics talking about "crappy art on the wals at restaurants" in Austin, which made me realize that I'd at least overlooked the possibility of having prints displayed in restaurants. I wonder if there are any especially good places to try, whether restaurants or other places as venues for displaying prints on consignment?

Thanks,

ike

p.s. There's lots of my work in my tribe photos. If you like it, links to tribe and/or cafe press are greatly appreciated. :)

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What Made Milwaukee Famous

2007-03-01T04:24:14Z

Anyone going to the What Made Milwaukee Famous show at Emo’s on 3/3? I heard they are going to be debuting new songs at the show. I can’t wait.

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Camping, Organic Food, Art and Natural Building

2007-02-22T20:36:16Z

Greeting Friends,

I am in Baja California Sur right now taking a month-long cob workshop hosted by the good folks at www.cobworks.com . I will be returning back to Wimberley in Central Texas, to an organic farm that's on 50 acres of land. We will be building some cob structures this spring and possibly into the summer. There will be weekend workshops advertised at co-ops and natural food stores, there will be friends' work weekends and also, we're looking for people keen on natural building, people who might have the freedom to move around on a whim. In exchange for working 15-20 hours a week, we will offer you a place to camp, and we will provide you with farm fresh meals; vegetarians and vegans can be accomodated. We will be building a series of small domiciles that can be completed in a relatively short period of time. Also, there are plans to build an outdoor kitchen. This is just a call to my nomadic friends or anyone who wishes to experience cob and community. If you have questions, please email me at ilovecob@gmail.com or message me here on tribe. Peace

lovebryan

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Analog Pussy - Austin, TX - 2/17/07 - 10pm to 7am - psytrance/techno/breaks/downtempo

2007-02-06T03:21:07Z

eXtreme Underground & Element Systems present:

Analog Pussy: Trance 'N Roll Tour
Saturday, February 17th
10pm - 7am

• • • •

Main Room:

Analog Pussy - EsNtion Records - Germany - LIVE PA!

www.analog-pussy.com

Fresh from storming dancefloors worldwide in support of their new album "Trance 'N Roll", Analog Pussy is primed and ready to drop their unique mix of psytrance and rock 'n roll. Blending electronic beats with live bass and guitars, their unparalleled sonic wizardry will move your body and expand your mind. Originally from Israel and currently residing in Germany, Analog Pussy's music has spread through the dancefloors of the world like a virus, infecting hearts and minds with a message of unity and love. They are super pumped for their first Texas appearance, so don't miss out on this once in a lifetime experience.

DJ Underfoot - Audiognomes - Madison WI

DJ Exceed - Area 512 Entertainment / Exclusive Fridays - Austin TX

Josh Meredith - Init String - Subtle Distortion Records - Austin TX

Sunkyst - Element Systems/renevatio.org - Austin TX

• • • •

Chill Room:

Artificial Life Preserver - Init String - Austin, TX - LIVE PA!

Dr. No - OmSound/Texaliens - Austin, TX

John Gomi - Gomi/Gomidiskokillerz - Austin, TX

Phyx - renevatio.org - Austin, TX

STDJ - Austin, TX

• • • •

• Featuring UV Go-Go dancers Supafly Juli and the Jezzabelles •
• Mantra Sounds will be on hand with the hottest new t-shirts and CD's for sale •
• Huge Sound / Intelligent Lighting / Amazing Lasers by Element Systems
• Fully Immersive UV art installation by Rixst*r•

• As always, your craziest costumes are encouraged but not required

• Location: Karma Lounge • 8th and Colorado
• Cover: $15 for 21+ • $20 for 18-20

• Want to avoid the line? Presales tickets are available through www.frontgatetickets.com or at the following locations:

Austin:

Waterloo Records - 600A N. Lamar (across from Whole Foods)
Stubb's BBQ - 801 Red River
Encore Video & CD - 1745 W. Anderson Lane (Between Burnet & Lamar)

Dallas:

Bills Records - 8118 Spring Valley Rd
CD World Dallas - 5706 E Mockingbird
Good Records - 1808 Greenville Ave.

• For more info check out:

www.myspace.com/extremeunderground
www.eventjourney.com
www.audiognomes.com
www.initstring.org
www.myspace.com/thedjexceed
www.myspace.com/artificiallifepreserver

or text "JOIN XU" to 69415 for event info, updates, and special offers

See y'all on the dancefloor!

• • • •

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Discotronix: 1st Sundays @ Plush

2007-01-31T15:53:32Z

Check this out! I'll be going on @ 11 this month...tell your friends!!! I know the post sez 10 am, but it's a typo, of course we'll be spinning at NIGHT...Love Whatamelon

http://austin.tribe.net/tribe/servlet/template/pub%2CEvent.vm?eventid=a8cbe833-1546-4fe9-867e-ad7173cd6b49&published=true&nextpage=http%3A%2F%2Faustin.tribe.net%2Flocal

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2 LIVE BANDS @ FashionVault Tonight Friday Free! Free! Free wine all night long, 20% off sale!

2007-01-19T23:14:03Z

OK for those of you who are still alive and haven't had to resort to eating roommates or neighbors for survival during the dolorous lockdown these past few days full of power outages, heaters freezing over, ice storms, and laundry basket sledding (I have pictures), you are hereby invited to a concert party this Friday at the FashionVault.

2 LIVE BANDS: Doors open at sundown, 6 pm for mingling and mixing, then...

http://www.myspace.com/dignan Dignan at 8
http://www.myspace.com/themshakes Them Shakes at 9:30

Enjoy FREE WINE & 20% off everything in the store (except maybe a couple of things, but we're not speaking of those items at the moment, but really honest to god pretty much mostly everything, like at least 99% of items)

And, as usual, a chance to catch a glimpse of Steve-O, our secret celebrity guest who will unfortunately be unable to make it this time, but as always may show up.

Bands will be inside where it is warm, and where the alcohol is...Ah, come early, and bring cash...no credit cards!

~ FashionVault.com
2712 Guadalupe St

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Looking to join a life drawing class

2006-12-30T05:14:37Z

Anyone know of any?

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Live Haveron Painting Exhibition in Austin* this friday

2006-12-13T16:56:01Z

At Canvas Gallery on 5th and Congress, downtown. With DJ Manny(DJ Dojo the store) and guest artist , Joey Santori. There will also be a few new small Haveron paintings and metal sculptures available. Get them while you can, they are gonna go quik. The live exhibition begins at 9pm. See you there!

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Sat April 9th-Drone Night at the Church of the Friendly Ghost

2006-12-07T21:08:42Z

An Evening of experimental atmospheric music

Inalonelyplace - melodic and ethereal guitar work with atmospheric
electronics and a contortionist didjeridoo player (Austin, TX)

The Weeds - a constantly evolving group of sounds and words
volleying between spare rock drama and trickling melodies
(Philadelphia, PA)

Spagirus - prepared appalachian dulcimer and effects (Austin, TX)

Doug Ferguson - psychedelic music with ambient mood-defining
textures. Lately, he has been incorporating his homemade electronic
creations into his layers of guitar melodies and feedback (Austin,
TX)

Bully Pulpit - feedback basses and guitars for some of the deepest
drone you will ever experience (Houston, TX)

Saturday, April 9th

8pm

$5.00 at door

Church of The Friendly Ghost- 209 Pedernales, Austin, TX

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S.O.T.E.G. & The Seedlin Escape in Austin,TX

2006-12-01T08:54:02Z

DECEMBER 8, 2006

BASS CHAKRA 6

Austin, Texas
@ The Karma Lounge
8th and Colorado
10pm - 3am
$13
$6 after 2 am
18+

Sonic Assults by:

Bil Bless aka Son Of The Electric Ghost (12-1 am)
www.myspace.com/bilbless

The Seedling Escape (a.k.a. Ooah and Kitty-D) (1-3am)
www.myspace.com/theseedlingescape

opening the evening's debauchery we have an old Bass Chakra fav...
KFX (11-12)
www.kelseyfx.com

and to top it all off, performances and go go dancing by Sage and Arashi
(Sangre Del Sol) and the futuretrybal go go girlies... and once again, "THE
GO GO CAGE OF DOOM AND BLISS"

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east austin studio tour this weekend

2006-11-15T19:12:20Z

http://www.eastaustinstudiotour.com

this sat/sun
nov 18-19
10 am -5pm

if you can, check out stop #35 at the shade tree studio
(east 7th and shady lane, one block east of springdale)

-iz

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Android Lust - Hipnautica - subNatural - Austin TX Elysium Monday 10.30.06 - the devils night

2006-10-29T19:03:49Z

Here is tthe official flyer - if you are in Austin be here Monday Night - The Devils Night.
Costumes encouraged. Doors open at 9. Cover is only $7. 21+ welcome.

subNatural at 10
Hipnautica at 11
Android lust at 12

http://myspace-861.vo.llnwd.net/01319/16/89/1319069861_l.jpg

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Want to have an impact on the election?

2006-10-29T09:42:48Z

If you are hoping for a Democratic victory on November 7, here's how you can get involved and make a difference. Best wishes if you are not so inclined.

MoveOn.org has opened an office next to the Highland Mall, and they're trying to bring in more and more volunteers every day between now and November 7. They have 2 1/2 hour shifts every day at noon, 5, and 6:30 (10 and 12 on Saturdays).

As part of the "Call for Change" campaign, they're targeting the 43 most competitive races across the country, and making 5 million calls to registered Democrats in these districts who tend not to vote in a midterm election. These races will be won by the party that can get its supporters to actually show up and vote.

Many people are making calls from home, but you can be considerably more effective if you come into the office. We'll give you a thorough orientation and a script, and get you calling right away. You'll be calling people registered with MoveOn, and asking them to make calls from home. This may sound weird, but the research indicates that each person you sign up is worth about 100 votes. The margin of victory in many of these races is expected to be 10,000 votes or less, so it's an extremely effective use of your time. Also, this is a great way for non-citizens to participate in the political process.

The address is 314 East Highland Mall Blvd, Suite 310. I can send you more info, or you can call Kelly at 803-3604. Feel free to drop in at any of the scheduled times. If you're too busy, you can sign up to make calls from home by going to the website. Either way, the calls are easy (even for introverts, or so I'm told), and it's a good way to get involved and make a difference even though you live in a district where there isn't a tight race.

And whether you decide to pitch in this way or not, please get out and vote!

Jenn
(the Canadian who can't vote here, but tries to make a difference in other ways)

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Festival of Plagiarism nov 3-5

2006-10-18T09:12:03Z

Plagiarism!
From Plagiarize: to steal (the language, ideas or thoughts)
from (another) representing them as one's own original work.

Call for submissions in all media!!!
The first annual Austin Festival of Plagiarism

weekend of Nov 3-5 2006
at the Enchanted Forest 1412 oltorf near lamar

Work in all media is desired. The only pre-requisite is that all work must be at
least loosely, or definitively based on some other artists' earlier work.

There will be no judges or other criteria.
No fees and no sales
This a strictly non commercial event.

Static work will artist installed along wooded paths on a first come first served basis. there will be a managed stage with basic sound and lighting for any performance oriented work (POW!) or readings. Cover bands and spoken word artists are encouraged to participate. we'll be accepting work throughout the event but we'd like to know ASAP if you got something for us especially if you want stage time or have specific tech needs.

Admission by the general public will be a suggested $5 donation with no one turned away for lack of funds. All donations will go towards defraying the costs of the event. This is a not for profit event to stimulate non commoditized creative crossbreeding of all types.

Interested? Curious? Incredulous? Non inconsequential?
Contact:
tym@festivalofplagiarism.com
and/or Go to
festivalofplagiarism.com

download and disseminate our groovy appropriated propaganda
We need savvy people familiar with all areas of the Austin arts , music, theater and spoken word scenes to participate and help spread the word.

Free yourself from the tyranny of originality!

Yes, well of course we stole the idea!

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SPlendora and the Gender Fluids in Austin!!!!

2006-10-15T22:41:46Z

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J4qiBLFt-7A, watch here and see us live at the Peacock, 515 Pedernales wednes Oct 25th 10 pm

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pricing

2006-10-12T02:48:32Z

hey there.

i'm about to give a price list of some images. what's reasonable for an image sold for an album cover? also, the owner loves my handwriting. what's the going rate for handwriting that's used for liner notes? PLEASE help. i said i'd tell him in a week and i have three days left. thanks!

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Art Show in Dripping Springs

2006-10-10T15:22:16Z

Hey, all!

I'm in a show this weekend, along with dozens of other local artists. The address is 333 W Hwy 290, Dripping Springs, TX 78620. There will be art to see and shop from 10 in the morning until 7 in the evening.

I hope I see you there!

Peace,
Crow

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Massage Therapy Special for all Artists of Austin, TX!! $50 for one & a half hours

2006-10-08T05:17:52Z

Artists,
Receive a wonderful massage at your home, studio, apartment, garage, back yard, etc. (I only do housecalls at this time. I have two years experience with deep tissue, neuromuscular therapy, myofacial release, and energy balancing.
Take care of your Vessel.

With Love and Appreciation,
Rebecca Ohlhausen LMT
beccabeebec@yahoo.com
(512) 297-2262

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GOTH / ALT / Dark TRANCE / DARK WAVE FASHION / PHOTO CALL

2006-10-02T17:06:00Z

Hello fellow tribe members...

We have an open call to anyone that would like to contribute thier fashion style and photography within this genre to showcase your work during the Digital Fashion Show the night of the Hipnautica CD Release Party on Friday 13th at Elysium based out of Austin texas.

If you are interested in contributing contact me to make arrangments and get the details.
sky at Hipnautica.org

for details visit
http://www.HipnauticaMusic.com
http://www.MySpace.com/HipnauticaMusic
http://www.ElysiumOnline.net

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HIPNAUTICA : CD RELEASE - FASHION AND SURREAL ART SHOW

2006-10-02T17:02:56Z

Hello fellow tribe members.
Sky here inviting you to come join us at Elysium to help celebrate the new
Hipnautica CD - Mortal Shock.

This show will consist of a three band line up, a digital fashion & surreal art show.
Here are the details. I hope you will come out and join me and help support all our hard work over the past 5 months.

HIPNAUTICA - MORTAL SHOCK CD RELEASE PARTY
in conjunction with a FASHION AND SURREAL ART SHOW

October Friday the 13th
doors: 9:30 cover: $5
where: Elysium (7th and Red River - Austin TX) - ages: 21+

The night will start with a GOTH / ALT / EBM / DARK TRANCE FASHION SHOW
backed by solid dark wave / gothic / industrial tracks by a popular local DJ.
The fashion show will include photos from various models and
photographers all across the country.

The SURREAL ART SHOW will include the work of Frank Suchomel who's beautiful work is featured on the official flyer for this event (thx Frank). Hopefully a friend of mine named BHagan (TBA) who did the comic book art for Blade as well as several works for Majick the Gathering and Doungeons and Dragons.

The first band of the evening will start around 10:00

HOLOCAUST HUMANITY (http://www.myspace.com/theholocausthumanity ). This hard hitting electronic based duo was personally invited by Hipnautica to perform tonight. Typically they are headliners in their own right. Originally out of Dallas sounds like 242 / Front Line Assembly but original and locally based out of Austin now and hell of a performance worth seeing. If you are big into Industrial - this is a band to take note of. They will be featuring thier own visualizations in tight sync with thier entire set.

The second band and technically the headliner will start around 11:00

HIPNAUTICA (http://www.MySpace.com/HipnauticaMusic) - hipnautica ranges in style from Electronica/EBM/Synth Pop to Dark Wave/Industrial and with Gothic undertones. Hipnautica will be performing thier new CD Mortal Shock live with new singers, dancers, and VJ style visualizations - this will not be a show to miss. Hipnautica as many of you know is typically a solo electronics act based in Austin Texas and lead by Sky however for this special CD Release Party we will have rare performance featuring two new singers Predictus de Mortume and Pixie, live instrumentation by Inca of Spagirus... and special surprise guest from a popular industrial band live on Bass Guiitar. Also we will be showcasing new visualizations on a larger screen then ever and a special guest performance by dancer TinkerHell. This new album has been 5 months in the making so I invite you to come out to show your support. It's not easy being independent so come out and help support the local live electronic music scene.

The third band subNATURAL will go on at around 12:00

subNatural are great friends of mine, massive supporters of the downtown music scene and powerful hard hitting musicians that will rock the house. subNatural (http://www.myspace.com/subnatural) will wrap up the evening. This four piece band does a great cover of Peter Murphy's called Undone. Mostly though they are all original and quite the showmen.

MORTAL SHOCK CDs Available at the show for only $8.00 normally $10.

If you are a model, photographer (novice or professional) and would like to showcase your Gothic / Alternative / Industrial / EBM / Dark Trance style we have an open call for all that want to contribute to our Digital Fashion show. This will be an easy way to showcase your work or style to other like minded fashionistas. Simply contact Sky at Hipnautica.org <- make this a standard email address.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

http://www.MySpace.com/HipnauticaMusic or http://www.HipnauticaMusic.com

http://www.ElysiumOnline.net http://www.Secret-Oktober.com

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body painting

2006-09-14T19:50:12Z

So I've got a performance at Elysium on Thursday Sep. 28th as Spagirus (dark ambient drone stuff via Appalachian dulcimer), and I'm working with a performance art dancer. She has some ideas for body painting, and I was wondering if there were any burners in Austin who would be up for doing the painting (for cheap, trade, or gifting, we could work that out, and I'm at least sure I could get you into the show for free). If you are interested, or you know anyone that I could contact you can reply to this post or contact me on tribe personally. Otherwise, just come out that night, it should be pretty interesting.

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Houston Consignment Shop looking for new artist!!!

2006-09-12T09:31:52Z

I am the consignment manager at The Funky Monkey. We are an eclectic boutique for today’s modern funk rock family.
We carry: ~ Eclectic Clothing & Shoes ~ Rockin’ Baby & Pet Gear ~ Funky Local Art
Located at 1338-B Westheimer at Yupon in the heart of Montrose (Houston, TX)

We are always on the lookout for new artist and offer a great consignment rate. Set up an appointment by calling us at (713)-343-0320. Our hours are Monday through Friday 12p.m. to 8p.m. and Saturdays 12p.m. to 6p.m.

Here are just a few of our current artists:
http://www.smarmyclothes.com/
http://www.evolvedmetal.com/index.php
http://mariorivera.net/
http://poisoncandyfashion.com/

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IF+D...Presents this Saturday 9 SEPT> CONTEMPORARY ART by Gerardo Arellano.

2006-09-05T15:25:48Z

New Artist From Mexico, reside in Austin and he'll gona have a Welcome in IF+D>
To Introduce myself in the Openning this Saturday 9,(6pm to 8pm)...

Come this saturday on 2nd Street District Launch a new artist.

Thanks...for more information: nahuatl80@hotmail.com

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Paintings by Gerardo Arellano, on display in IF+D"

2006-09-05T15:21:27Z

Openning on 2nd Street District....

Gerardo Arellano art Exhibition. Reception: 6pm-8pm, Saturday 9 SEPT...
All Austin community artist are invited!....Winne and Chesse and a good time!.

Thanks for support foreign and local art!!

www.arellanosite.com
www.ifdaustin.com

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will work for any burning man tickets at risk of being wasted

2006-08-21T17:10:42Z

Hey all, It's vixen and for those who don't know me. I was originally taken in by momma mare of !fsu!
I had to sell my ticket to make rent and still find myself broke but having had taken this burn week off from work anyhow.
I'd still like to go if anyone has any tickets that won't be used, I am looking for a "gifter" However, I would love to help out in a camp or do lap dances for charity. I met someone at my first, this recent flipside and it would be nice to suprise him and be reunited. Anyone have a soft spot for a corny love story? I'll be your bitch for a burning man ticket.

mwahh

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Trash to Treasure Campus-Wide Garage Sale - Sunday, August 27th! - Great Stuff for Art Projects!

2006-08-16T17:15:57Z

Trash to Treasure Campus-Wide Garage Sale - Sunday, August 27th!

With the beginning of school just around the corner, the UT Campus Environmental Center is welcoming everyone back with the second annual Trash to Treasure Campus-Wide Garage Sale, presented by the University Co-op and Stor Self Storage. We have a basketball court full of stuff to sell for cheap, including school supplies, clothing, electronics, sporting goods, bedding, kitchenware, decor, and over 100 pieces of furniture!

The sale will take place on Sunday, August 27th from 8AM-4PM at the UT RecSports Center. You can get in early (from 8-10 AM) for only $4/adults and $2/students - it's worth it to get the best deals!

After 10 AM admission is FREE. Parking is free all day in the "C" lots near 20th and San Jacinto. All funds raised support campus environmental programs, like aluminum and plastic recycling.

For more information, go to www.UTsale.com

Volunteers Needed!
Also, we are in need of volunteers! Volunteers will get an exclusive sale preview on Saturday, August 26 and will get an early bird pass to the sale on Sunday. We have 3-4 hour shifts available from Friday August 25 through Monday August 28. Jobs will include moving, sorting, organizing, pricing, helping customers, and drawing the sale to a close on Sunday. For more information or to sign up, please contact Nancy Shackelford at nshack@gmail.com or sign up at www.UTsale.com !

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Fine Erotic Art at The Jade Gate--Looking for Submissions!

2006-08-03T19:09:07Z

Austin Erotic Art is looking for local artists who have fine erotica for a show at
The Jade Gate Studio on August 26th.
If you have quality erotic art and want to submit your work for possible inclusion in this show,
contact, Mark Yu at...Info (at) TheJadeGate (dot) org

Also looking for models for a kinbaku art project for the show

http://thejadegate.org/

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C.O.L.D. camp fundraiser for burning man 06 aug 5th

2006-08-02T03:22:15Z

http://www.paintribe.net/dropdeadinbed/misc/cold-camp.gif

help COLD represent texas

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The Jade Gate Studio and Gallery

2006-07-26T17:41:39Z

If you are an artist or photographer and need a gallery to show your work, then check us out. We are a small studio/gallery that can give you the exposure you need. We specialize in the unusual, the erotic and the provocative. We are available to rent for small receptions, showings and performance. Please contact us for availability and rates.

Mark Yu, Director,
The Jade Gate Studio

http://thejadegate.org/

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Who will scan my devil canvas?

2006-07-23T19:40:03Z

Does anyone know where I can get an 18 x 24 acrylic canvas scanned to disk? The closer to Lago Vista (Northwest of Austin) the better, but I make it into town about once a month so if it's downtown Austin, I will make it work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Ladi

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Austin Art Community's topics - tribe.net

Barton Springs Circus Sundays ... back on!!

Filmmaker/photographer/audio maeker/ wanna be painter chick seeks a space/ commune

New tribe "Austin Fire Performers!"

selling in public

Aloha from Portland OR

2 lost artist seeking flipside tickets

My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult is

Friendly hippie kid seeking a quiet backyard to camp in (no use of facilities or electric desired) ?worktrade?

Funkotron seeking eclectic horn players

Suggestions for material to paint prehistoric beasts on for BF?

Excentric Horn Players Wanted

Do you need any help with your art projects?

This Saturday: Erotica 08

Calling all artist

Calling all poets in Austin, TX!

FANTASTIC WORLD ~ New Years Masquerade Ball

Pirate Vendor Opportunity in New Orleans 2009

GOLF CART as to be made into an art car

Burlesque 101 9/20!

any artist want to share a studio space?

update-2008 National Fire Performance League Championship-Texas Regional

update-2008 National Fire Performance League Championship-Texas Regional

Artists? Like to draw with other artists? Got $5?

Kabluey – Independent FIlm Opening at Landmark Dobie - this Fri 7/25

DANCE: Integrated Dance Workshop for Women -- July 26th

Shutdown of the Enchanted Forest

Computer Graphic Surrealism Coupled With Ambient Electronica

New Austin Flash Mob Group on Facebook

started a new Austin tibe - free & cheap things to do

Jack S Blanton Museum of Art: B scene

Funkotron Grease Fest 04/04/08 @Lucy's on the square

Earning Social Capital Series (Paintings, perhaps graphic art)

Treat Yourself @ the Enchanted Forest A Special thanks to everyone who came to Art Outside!

Costume Seamstress

Art Grants Available for Flipside.

TX aerialists & acrobats

New session of Tribal Fusion Bellydance classes

Unmata in Austin July 5 & 6

Join the Carnypocalypse!

Complete Textile Shop Setup

Austin Flash Mob Group Started!

Call for Art, Art Outside 2008

you know it, you love it, austinenchantedforest

potluck, music jam, present exchange , movie showing

Want to collaborate on a graphic novel?

Photo shoots in Austin - 2/20-22

Dancers/Performers Needed for Movement Piece for FirstNightAustin (Austin,TX)

Call for Sculpture/Installation – Austin Green Art

Austin Green Art - Call for Art

Burning Flipside Town Hall - This Saturday!

LA Photographer/Web Designer Comin' to Austin.

LL's Afterburn Report: Making Experience Art

Seeking art studiO/painting space in austin soon.

IF+D Austin, presents: Gerardo Arellano/new works.oct 07'

Thanks to Everyone

Art Blitz Weekend

Wanted: jewelry maker for simple job.

the Greenhouse Project needs your help!

***Warning: Jason Coy is a con artist***

free truck for art car

seeking license / commission work - suggestions ?

Art Sale!

Despearate..Got any leads?

Posters

Have a Nice Day, Citizen!

Language exchange? Portuguese - English/french/spanish

RADICAL NAUTICAL - CALL FOR ENTRIES

Call for Art ~ the Greenhouse Project

Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble concert, Sat., March 31

free michelle Shocked living room concert tickets

Venues for 2D Art Displays - Suggestions?

What Made Milwaukee Famous

Camping, Organic Food, Art and Natural Building

Analog Pussy - Austin, TX - 2/17/07 - 10pm to 7am - psytrance/techno/breaks/downtempo

Discotronix: 1st Sundays @ Plush

2 LIVE BANDS @ FashionVault Tonight Friday Free! Free! Free wine all night long, 20% off sale!

Looking to join a life drawing class

Live Haveron Painting Exhibition in Austin* this friday

Sat April 9th-Drone Night at the Church of the Friendly Ghost

Warning: Jason Coy is a con artist