Open Space is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Publications and Multiples Fair on March 9 and 10, 2013. This annual event is a celebration and survey of artist publications, prints, and objects produced in multiple. This year’s fair promises a wide variety of publications and objects by over 50 independent publishers, galleries and artists from Baltimore and abroad. The fair is free and open to the public. 

SCHEDULE:

MARCH 8th, PRE-FAIR OPENING

Check Marks
Curated by Austin English

Opening March 8th from 7 to 10pm
Running March 8th through April 15th

Featuring works on paper by:
Nick Payne
James Ulmer
Leif Low-beer
Jason T Miles
Molly Colleen O’Connell
Wiley Guillot
Becca Kacanda

The 7 artists in this show believe in images. Characters, abstraction, text—all are used in the pursuit of making pictures that strike the viewer both for their gestalt and for their love of refining a personal library of visuals for the most intense potential. Each artist pushes their image-making to the point where its creativity aches in front of us. Most of these artists work with characters, the face and body are used almost as a template—a solid structure to build wild expression upon.
Each artist in this show will present a selection of works on paper. Each artist will have an original, extremely low print run zine available at the show.

MARCH 9th, MAIN EVENT:

D Center, 16 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21218
March 9 & 10, 12 PM – 6PM Saturday & Sunday

Featured Vendors:

Acres
Andy Burkholder
Anya Davidson
Arts & Sciences Projects
Baltimore Print Studios
Booklyn 
Brian Blomerth
Caitlin Williams
Capricious
Chloe Maratta
Chris Day
Conor Stechschulte
Crankmania 
Current Space
Dale Beran
David Vu
Domino Books
Dylan Thadani
Eamon Espey
Emily Burtner
FAMILYFAMILYTREE
Friends Records
Fukt Magazine
Gary Kachadourian
Get Lost
Ginevra Shay
Guest Spot/The Reinstitute
Half Letter Press
Hannah Mandel
Happiness
James Bouché
Jen Liu
Jessica Hans
Joe Sturm 
Jordan Sondler
Lale Westvind
Litho Shop
Margo Malter
Matthew Thurber
Mia Peterson
Mike Taylor
Milano Chow
Molly O’Connell
Mothers News
Nate Grossman
Nikholis Planck
nowork
Open Space
Otto Splotch
Public Collectors
Profanity Hill
R.M. O’Brien
Rachel Younghans
Rebus Books
Red Emma’s
Revival House Press
Ryan Syrell
Sans Comics
Schematic Q
Semigloss
Slow Youth
sophiajacob
Stephen Booth
Suzie Zak
Swill Children
Temporary Services
The Kingsboro Press
Too Temporary Collective
Travis Hallenbeck
Weird Magazine


Featured Programming:

Mothers News: A Brief History Of America’s Greatest Newspaper 
Jacob Berendes, editor of Mothers News (Providence, RI)

Collecting the Contemporary Publication
Tony White leads a panel discussion on collections of unique and special artist publications from a library/institutional perspective.
Tony White, Director, Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD)
Heather Slania, Director of the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington DC)
Jill Luedke, Art Subject Specialist, Temple University (Philadelphia PA)

Superman vs. Deconstructive Analysis: Who Would Win?
In this panel discussion, renowned Superman experts will address the problem of Superman head on, and also from the sides, in an encirclement maneuver he will not be expecting involving historical, scientific, literary, and philosophical analysis. Free to attend, but a great price will be paid by those who forget the words spoken on this day.
Ben O’Brien, Showbeast, Wham City Comedy Tour (Baltimore, MD) 
Dale Beran, creator of A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible, The Nerds of Paradise (Baltimore, MD)
Paul Nestadt, MD, Dept. of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute (Baltimore, MD) 

Additional Lectures
Jason T. Miles, comics artist, editor and publisher (Seattle, WA)
Ginevra Shay, artist, curator, and photo archivist (Baltimore, MD)

Additional Readings
Matthew Thurber, renowned cartoonist (Brooklyn, NY)
Rupert Wondolowski, owner of Normal’s Books & Records (Baltimore, MD)

The ✞ortured Page™
Curated by Mr. Freibert

9-31 March 2013
Opening 9 March 7-10PM in conjunction with the Open Space PMF
✂Current Gallery 421 N Howard Baltimore MD

Fourty-nine contemporary cartoonists mount the cross…

AFTER PARTY:

CELEBRATION / SCREENINGS / MUSIC / DANCING
Floristree, 405 West Franklin Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Saturday March 9, 10:30PM


Screening: Freak Flash curated by Molly Colleen O’Connell / 10:30 PM

Drain the fluids from your eyes, these are not hallucinations. Energy is physical. Visions are palpable. Freak Flash is a program of animated shorts, showcasing artists who stir the surreal into waking life. 

Featuring works by: 
Brenna Murphy
Daniel Leyva
James Mercer
Jodie Mack
Lale Westvind
Peter Larsson
Sabrina Rette
Sally Cruikshank
Wendy Vain


DJ Sets: DJ Richard Prince Paul, DJ Juwanna Mann, The Junior Selector, and more TBA / 11:30 PM

Stay tuned for more updates!

www.openspacebaltimore.com

Creeping towards the final stroke of this drawing for check-marks, the roll at the top is completely covered on the other side, huddled next to the heater brainstorming 13 more store names, this ends tonite!
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RSVP for “Check-Marks” opening reception at Open Space Gallery March 8th, 2013 7-10 pm;; it’s the kick off event of the Publication & Multiples Fair! Curated by Austin English Featuring works on paper by Nick Payne, James Ulmer, Leif Low-beer, Jason T Miles, Molly Colleen O’Connell, Wiley Guillot, Becca Kacanda (( click the above image to go to the event page with details ))

More cerammy in progress
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openspacebaltimore:

We are incredibly excited for this event! Spread the word! See you there!!!!

whatsnatural:

PMF IV posters, a labor of love. Get fucking stoked, cause we are. 

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Open Space is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Publications and Multiples Fair on March 9 and 10, 2013. This annual event is a celebration and survey of artist publications, prints, and objects produced in multiple. This year’s fair promises a wide variety of publications and objects by over 50 independent publishers, galleries and artists from Baltimore and abroad. The fair is free and open to the public. 

MAIN EVENT:

D Center, 16 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21218
March 9 & 10, 12 PM – 6PM Saturday & Sunday

Featured Vendors:

Acres
Anya Davidson
Arts & Sciences Projects
Baltimore Print Studios
Booklyn 
Brian Blomerth
Caitlin Williams
Capricious
Chloe Maratta
Chris Day
Conor Stechschulte
Crankmania 
Current Space
Dale Beran
David Vu
Domino Books
Dylan Thadani
Eamon Espey
Emily Burtner
Family Family Tree
Friends Records
Fukt Magazine
Gary Kachadourian
Get Lost
Ginevra Shay
Guest Spot/The Reinstitute
Half Letter Press
Hannah Mandel
Happiness
ITDN
James Bouché
Jen Liu
Jessica Hans
Joe Sturm 
Jordan Sondler
Lale Westvind
Litho Shop
Matthew Thurber
Mia Peterson
Mike Taylor
Milano Chow
Molly O’Connell
Mothers News
Nate Grossman
Nikholis Planck
nowork
Open Space
Otto Splotch
Public Collectors
R.M. O’Brien
Rachel Younghans
Rebus Books
Red Emma’s
Revival House Press
Sans Comics
Schematic Q
Semigloss
Slow Youth
sophiajacob
Stephen Booth
Suzie Zak
Swill Children
Temporary Services
The Kingsboro Press
Too Temporary Collective
Travis Hallenbeck
Weird Magazine

Featured Programming:

Mothers News: A Brief History Of America’s Greatest Newspaper 
Jacob Berendes, editor of Mothers News (Providence, RI)

Collecting the Contemporary Publication
Tony White leads a panel discussion on collections of unique and special artist publications from a library/institutional perspective.
Tony White, Director, Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD)
Heather Slania, Director of the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington DC)
Jill Luedke, Art Subject Specialist, Temple University (Philadelphia PA)

Superman vs. Deconstructive Analysis: Who Would Win?
In this panel discussion, renowned Superman experts will address the problem of Superman head on, and also from the sides, in an encirclement maneuver he will not be expecting involving historical, scientific, literary, and philosophical analysis. Free to attend, but a great price will be paid by those who forget the words spoken on this day.
Ben O’Brien, Showbeast, Wham City Comedy Tour (Baltimore, MD) 
Dale Beran, creator of A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible, The Nerds of Paradise (Baltimore, MD)
Paul Nestadt, MD, Dept. of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute (Baltimore, MD) 

Additional Lectures
Jason T. Miles, comics artist, editor and publisher (Seattle, WA)
Ginevra Shay, artist, curator, and photo archivist (Baltimore, MD)

Additional Readings
Matthew Thurber, renowned cartoonist (Brooklyn, NY)
Rupert Wondolowski, owner of Normal’s Books & Records (Baltimore, MD)

AFTER PARTY:

CELEBRATION / SCREENINGS / MUSIC / DANCING

Floristree, 405 West Franklin Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Saturday March 9, 10:30PM

Screening: Freak Flash curated by Molly Colleen O’Connell / 10:30 PM

Drain the fluids from your eyes, these are not hallucinations. Energy is physical. Visions are palpable. Freak Flash is a program of animated shorts, showcasing artists who stir the surreal into waking life. 

Featuring works by: 
Brenna Murphy
Daniel Leyva
James Mercer
Jodie Mack
Lale Westvind
Peter Larsson
Sabrina Rette
Sally Cruikshank
Wendy Vain

DJ Sets: DJ Richard Prince Paul, DJ Juwanna Mann, and more TBA / 11:30 PM

Stay tuned for more updates!

openspacebaltimore.com

tumblr is as excited about this as we are!!! see you all there!!!!

i’m sorry for the perpetual pmf spam, but i hadta reblog this jam i’m freakin to finish everything for, and correct the spelling error (dj juwanna mann)

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wweeiirrdd:

The ✞ortured Page™
Curated by Mr. Freibert

9-31 March 2013
Opening 9 March 7-10PM in conjunction with the Open Space PMF
✂Current Gallery 421 N Howard Baltimore MD

Fourty-nine contemporary cartoonists mount the cross…

Will you drive in a nail, or silently observe?

DIS TOO! 

PMF haul call: 9 ft tall drawing? finished! new mini/multiple? completed! restock oldies? le duh! new t shirts? if you please! new freak flash screen printed posters? yes, dummy precious! how can we melt the cold and ensure a good time? apply warm xeroxes and hot jams. 

Ceramic c.d.’s for limited zine/multiple for check-marks for open space’s pmf!
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in progress cellie shots of drawing for check-marks; time is starting to squeeze! have to draw with gloves on or my fingers go numb

dominobooks:

Excited to announce this group show opening March 8th that OPEN SPACE Gallery was kind enough to ask me to curate.

Check-Marks

at OPEN SPACE Gallery , Baltimore

Running March 8th through April 15th

Opening March 8th from 7 to 10pm

Curated by Austin English

Featuring works on paper by

Nick Payne

James Ulmer

Leif Low-beer

Jason T Miles

Molly Colleen O’connell

Wiley Guillot

Becca Kacanda

The 7 artists in this show believe in images. Characters, abstraction, text—all are used in the pursuit of making pictures that strike the viewer both for their gestalt and for their love of refining a personal library of visuals for the most intense potential. Each artist pushes their image-making to the point where its creativity aches in front of us. Most of these artists work with characters, the face and body are used almost as a template—a solid structure to build wild expression upon.

Each artist in this show will present a selection of works on paper. This opening also serves as a kick-off party for Open Space’s Publications and Multiples Fair held March 9th and 10th at the D Center (16 W. North Ave.). To celebrate this, each artist will have an original, extremely low print run zine available at the show.

For more information, contact openspacebaltimore@gmail.com

Open Space

2720 Sisson St.

Baltimore, MD 21211

openspacebaltimore.com

Above images by Nick Payne and Becca Kacanda

PMF is going to be crazy! the bangers ball begins with CHECK-MARKS opening at open space, followed by two days of the fair at d center, dappled with THE TORTURED PAGE show at current gallery, followed by FREAK FLASH screening & after party at floristree! i may collapse from excitement/exhaustion?