Free Utopian Projects : 2013

THANK YOU

to EVERYONE

who is donating to

The Free Gallery:

Sholeh Asgary

Stan Askew

Gwynessa Balvanz

Evan Barbour

Jennifer Brandon

Andie Lucia Bustillos

Kenna Cabral

Sohyung Choi

Maggie Cockrell

Claire Colette

Susanna Corcoran

Madelyn Covey

Alix Critchley

Russell Dudley

Veva Edelson

Peter Foucault

Hilary Galian

Tracy Ginsberg

Matthew Gottschalk

Michael Hall

Daniel Healey

Dana Hemenway

Sarah Herniesen

Maryellen Herringer

Amy M. Ho

Jorge Luis Iniguez

Emily Jan

Becky Johnson

Samuel Levi Jones

Mary Kenny

Kevin Keul

Michael Koehle

Matthew Kowalski

Jeff Kramm

Barbara Laukat

Theodore Lillie

Hung Liu

Dara Lorenzo

Keegan Luttrell

MAP (Mobile Arts Platform)

Lauren McDougald

Kath Irwin McGaughey

Michael Mersereau

Guerda Mezidor

Nadja Eulee Miller

Doug Millison (Little Free Art Gallery)

Seth Minor

Camilla Newhagen

Sheri Leigh O’Connor

Jennifer Pace

Tressa Pack

Meri Page

Chelsea Pegram

Michele Pred

Simon Pyle

Tara Reinertson

Kate Rhoades

Yvette Rolufs

Rtystk

Alex Rubio

Dickson Schneider (The Free Art Cart)

Kent Rodriguez Segura

Jenny Sharaf

Sofia Sharpe

Sam Sheppard

Kate Short

Lili Smith

Matthew Felix Sun

Gina Telcocci

Kelsey Thorne

Chris Treggiari

Marilyn Treon

Molly Unquera

Elka Vera

Katy Warner

Brittany Watkins

Angie Wilson

Daisy Wong

YOU GUYS ROCK

and a special thank you to Tressa Pack for photographing the installation

Press Release from Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland CA

By Free Utopian Projects | Exhibition Call Selection 2013

Exhibition Dates: February 26 - March 29, 2013

Preview: Tuesday, February 26 - Friday, March 1

Artists' Reception and Free Art Launch: First Friday, March 1, 6-8pm

The Free Gallery, by Free Utopian Projects, is a new exhibition presenting free artwork, found objects and art ephemera to the public.

The Free Gallery is both an interactive experience of an alternative art economy, as well as a study of art as a consumer product. Who makes art? Who exhibits art? Who buys art? The Free Gallery explores the collapse of these distinctions by offering a subverted gallery experience where not only admission is free, the art is too.

Participating artists donate work to the exhibition to be presented salon-style in a continually evolving cycle of giving and taking art.

A 'Preview' will be held from Tuesday, February 26 to Friday, March 1 to allow viewers an exclusive preview of items that will be available free to the public from the Artists' Reception onwards. A practice of taking one work per person will be encouraged. The project proprietor Jocelyn Meggait will be onsite most gallery hours to discuss the project with visitors, coordinate artwork, and document the selection experience.

The Free Gallery brings a distinctly Bay Area tradition of free community happenings - from The Digger's Free Shops in the 1960's to thriving First Friday's in Oakland - to an exhibition experience. By embracing the potential for visual chaos and participatory mayhem, The Free Gallery seeks to highlight alternative routes for accessing, valuing and experiencing art.

CALLING ALL ARTISTS TO PARTICIPATE!

To have your work included in The Free Gallery drop it off to Pro Arts' gallery on Saturday, February 16 between 11am and 4pm.

View Pro Arts' Standards of Exhibited Work before making your donation.

Participating Artists: Gwynessa Balvanz, Evan Barbour, Jennifer Brandon, Kenna Kristen Cabral, Sohyung Choi, Susanna Corcoran, Madelyn Covey, Alix Critchley, Veva Edelson, Peter Foucault, Hilary Galian, Matthew Gottschalk, Michael Hall, Dana Hemenway, Sarah Herniesen, Amy M. Ho, Becky Johnson, Samuel Levi Jones, Michael Koehle, Matthew Kowalski, Barbara Laukat, Hung Liu, Keegan Luttrell, Lauren McDougald, Kath Irwin McGaughey, Michael Mersereau, Nadja Eulee Miller, Doug Millison (Little Free Art Gallery), Seth Minor, Camilla Newhagen, Sheri Leigh O'Connor, Tressa Pack, Meri Page, Chelsea Pegram, Simon Pyle, Kate Rhoades, Alex Rubio, Kent Rodriguez Segura, Jenny Sharaf, Sofia Sharpe, Kate Short, Kelsey Thorne, Chris Treggiari, Marilyn Treon, Katy Warner, MAP (Mobile Arts Platform)... more artists to be announced soon!

About Free Utopian Projects: Free Utopian Projects is an ongoing alternative art project exploring Utopian economic systems by creating free, socially active installations. Curator/proprietor/artist Jocelyn Meggait has installed Free Projects at Kala Art Institute, Mills College Art Museum, and most recently at the alternative art space A Temporary Offering in the Renoir Hotel, San Francisco.

About the Annual Call for Exhibition Proposals: The Annual Call for Exhibition Proposals establishes an open submission process for artists and curators to present and produce a curated exhibition in collaboration with Pro Arts. The program provides a platform for exceptional and unexpected presentations of work from a range of artists and curators.

Free Utopian Projects