FRAMEWORK

Images from stud(wall) (November 2003) by brian balderston

Framework Panel #13:
BUILT TO LAST? – truths & myths of sustainable cultural production
June 3, 2010, 6:30 - 8pm

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW
In the Choate Room on the 1st Floor

Watch video of Framework Panel 13 at Vimeo.com

Presented in tandem with Sustainability Lab & Cornfield, this panel will look back and look ahead at the ever-evolving Do-It-Yourself ethic and inherent aesthetics as it relates to cultural production. Timed with the 30th anniversary of Washington DC's Dischord Records - an internationally recognized independent record label supporting punk rock music that has been artist run since its inception - this panel will examine the DIY organizing model that grew out of punk rock subculture and is tied to punk ideology and anti-consumerism. How is DIY being redefined as aspects of that culture shift from being an underground mantra to a cable TV station slogan and Urban Outfitters commodity? What can cultural producers learn from sustainable food producers? How can a volunteer-run operation be sustainable?

Panelists: Nancy Bannon, artist, DC & NYC; Bryce Dwyer, InCUBATE, Chicago; Ian MacKaye, co-founder of Dischord Records, DC; Eve Mosher, Seeding the City, NYC; Abigail Satinsky, InCUBATE, Chicago

Moderator: Jeff Hnilicka, cultural worker, Member of Hit Factorie and organizer of FEAST, Brooklyn

Launched in December 2002, Transformer's FRAMEWORK Panel Series engages artists, arts professionals, cultural leaders, and audiences in conversation to create an oral ‘field guide’ to encourage and support individual emerging artists in our community, and educate audiences through the sharing of best practices within the contemporary visual arts. Transformer is honored present the 2010 FRAMEWORK Panel Series through our first National Endowment for the Arts’ Access to Artistic Excellence grant, awarded “to encourage and support artistic excellence, preserve our cultural heritage, and provide access to the arts for all Americans.” Through this support, Transformer is thrilled to have the opportunity to expand the scope of our FRAMEWORK Panel Series, including more national perspectives on best practices within the contemporary visual arts, and advance our mission to build audiences for emerging artists and emergent expression in the visual arts.

For further information on FRAMEWORK and/or other Transformer programs and events, please contact us at info@transformergallery.org or call 202.483.1102

The FRAMEWORK Panel Series is designed to engage community leaders and artists in creating together a field guide to engage, stabilize and support the individual emerging artist in our community.

If you are interested in supporting this program, please email: info@transformergallery.org