[Basekamp Events] FEAST - May 4 2010

[scott at basekamp.com]

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[1] May 4, 2010 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm EST
Hi Everyone,

This Tuesday is another event in a year-long series of weekly conversations  
and exhibits in 2010 shedding light on examples of Plausible Artworlds.

This week we’ll be talking with some of the people behind F.E.A.S.T. —  
Funding Emerging Arts with Sustainable Tactics.

FEAST is a recurring public dinner designed to use community-driven financial  
support to democratically fund new and emerging art makers. At each FEAST,  
participants pay a sliding-scale entrance fee for which they receive supper  
and a ballot. In the course of the evening, diners vote on a variety of  
proposed artist projects. At the end of dinner, the artist whose proposal  
receives the most votes is awarded funds collected through the entrance fee  
to produce the project. The work is then presented during the next FEAST.

FEAST emerged in Brooklyn in February 2009, inspired by Incubate Chicago's  
Sunday soup, and now has sister programs in Minneapolis, Portland OR, St  
Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, and many other cities nationally and  
internationally, always tapping into the individual fabric of each community.  
In Philadelphia, preliminary meetings strongly suggest growing interest in  
this model. It seems Philadelphia is ripe for an occasion of arts support and  
community at the “bottom-up” level, with its wealth of artists, arts  
schools (recent graduates with few opportunities), collectives, thinkers,  
community organizations and emerging sustainability groups.

All too often “tactics” are considered situational rather than  
sustainable. But an artworld economy, if it is to be truly plausible needs to  
embody sustainable tactics. How does FEAST fulfill the mandate stated in its  
name? To address that broad question in practical terms, Tuesday’s potluck  
conversation will also double as a practical organizing session — part of  
an ongoing conversation about shaping a “FEAST in Philly”. What does  
Philadelphia need? What existing structures can be built on? What can  
Philadelphia learn from other models? What are the unique characteristics of  
Philadelphia that will form its own model? Who will be involved? How does  
Philadelphia define community? What will Philadelphia support? How will  
proposals be directed or selected? And beyond Philadelphia, can this kind of  
a conversation spark similar initiatives in similar communities?

More info:
http://feastinbklyn.org/

See you all then!

Join us every Tuesday night – in person, or on Skype, skypename:  
‘basekamp’
If you come to the potluck chat in person, be sure to bring a dish :)
Basekamp space: 723 Chestnut St, 2nd floor, Philadelphia usa

Click to join this week’s Potluck Chat on Skype:
http://bit.ly/b2dAEW

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/Plausible Artworlds is a project organized by Basekamp and Stephen Wright,  
and has been funded by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the  
Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative./


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