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The Perennial Plate comes to SPACE

Our faithful correspondent Alex Steed sent us this post: The Perennial Plate is coming to Portland and my excitement is boundless. As it is described on its website: “The Perennial Plate is an online weekly documentary series dedicated to socially … Continue reading

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Food+Farm roundup

For the fifth year, SPACE presents a series of films, talks and activities around food sustainability. Our goal is to think a little bit more about where our food comes from and how it gets to us — and perhaps … Continue reading

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Nathan Salsburg, Lomax archivist

Nathan Salsburg, archivist and producer for the Alan Lomax Archive, has been keeping office hours at SPACE the last couple of weeks for our first arts administrator residency. We’ve enjoyed having him here while he works on his projects and … Continue reading

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New York, just like I pictured it: artists’ studios and everything

I drove down to New York city a few weeks ago to deliver some artwork we’d shown at SPACE, check out the art fair scene, peek at a few museum shows, and meet up with artists and art space workers. I … Continue reading

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MOFGA poster contest

Our friends at The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) are looking for art submissions for their 2010 fair. Each year, MOFGA hosts an artwork contest to find an illustration that captures the essence of the Common Ground Country … Continue reading

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New American Dream

The New York Times ran an op-ed this spring about artists buying $100 houses in a depressed Detroit neighborhood. Turns out one of the artists is SPACE alum Jon Brumit, who entertained us with his impromptu residency “Vendetta Retreat” back … Continue reading

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Twitter chat with the director of Food, Inc.

Our friend Wendy posted on takepart.com about a chance to chat live with Robert Kenner, the director of Food, Inc. She says: “It is simple to participate. At 10am PST on Friday 6/19 login to twitter and put #foodinc in … Continue reading

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Swimming Cities updates

We’re really excited that Swoon will be making a stop here in the fall, and so in the meantime we’re vicariously floating along with the Swimming Cities of Serenissima fleet via Tod Seelie’s blog and whatever other postings we find, … Continue reading

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Poster show!

Our friend artist/designer Timothy Ellis Cole of Partner Projects is hanging a show of his work at the White Heart for a July First Friday opening. You’ve seen his work around town, including many poster designs for SPACE over the … Continue reading

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SPACE as THEATER; Auditions this week

Here’s some good news: later this spring we’ll transform SPACE for our first full theatrical production, directed by Sean Mewshaw. Historically, we’ve had a tricky time fitting theater around all the other activity we do here, so this will be … Continue reading

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