porcelain roasted beanie babies are free

 cans collected from around the world are free

ANCIENT ROCKING HORSE (capitola)

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Date: 2011-07-26, 5:57PM PDT

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hi

giving away an old rocking horse, perfect for the children you have, never had, or the ghost children who haunt you.

beat-up, faded, but also rad.

see pics.

would fit in the backseat of your car, i imagine.

this fifteen inch porcelain roasted teddy bear is free

a view through the 1920s is free

antiques are free

children's chairs are free

Children'

bum halos are free

modules from last year's art installation are free

Remaining firm in one's convictions is free!!

I was told (by my art committee) that I am an artist not an activist and the words Utopian and economy and any reference to the environment is not approved.  I acquiesced. Briefly. My apologies.

After much thought and deliberation I've decided to go against the wishes of the committee and keep Utopia.
Why?  because Utopia suggests a higher authority, everyone else, the collective conscience, and each of us has a responsibility to each other.

(This forced awareness, acknowledgement of other travelers, might be the only thing keeping people responsible in the free pile installation on opening night. I'm a little worried about people pulling in and filling up their trucks and driving to the closest flea market without considering the Utopian aspect of free.  Not something most artists have to worry about...)

The Utopian aspect of free? there's enough for everyone, don't be greedy.  A Utopian ideal would be looking at an object for its personal use to you, as a benefactor, not it's imagined re-sale value - we can leave greed to the capitalists.

I was told I was an artist not an activist...

Remaining firm in one's conviction is free!
Stubborn determination is free!

The price might be a very unhappy committee and I'm not sure of the consequences of that.

ink prints of my mother's doll's dress are free

photograms of my mother's doll's dress are free

a photogram of a full size crazy catsuit is free

creativity is free

health care should be free

player piano scrolls are free

Small moments in the free installation set-up in the studio before it moves to the museum for

 The Last Show On Earth

Mills College MFA Thesis Exhibition 

April 28 - May 27, 2012.

So far the installation includes, but is not limited to: board games, children's furniture, art deco bar stools, very healthy plants, art made me, art made by others, vintage cameras, vintage movie cameras, scrabble-as-art, teddy bears, un-teddy bears, porcelain roasted teddy bears, 3 rocking horses of varying health, Polaroids, vintage clock radios, projection screens, large ceramic urns, art supplies, drawing supplies, 3 desks, crystal, candle holders, saris, vintage to new Playboys, a DJs huge record collection of mostly hip-hop, etc...

non-traditional art materials are free

experimenting is free 

breakfast should be free