Friday, August 05, 2016

Mail Art Call: What Is Participatory Democracy?

Mail Art Call: What Is Participatory Democracy?
Organized by Jim Leftwich and Warren Fry
in conjunction with Community High School

What Is Participatory Democracy? In Roanoke, it has taken the forms of shadow school activities, collab fests, anti business-lounge meetings, Philosophy Inc projects and walking tours, micro-histories, salons, mail art exhibits, PROject proJECT events, Art Rat gatherings, festivals, house shows, micropress publishing, network correspondence, poems and texts, facebook posts and comment-streams, emails, conversations...

EACH ONE, TEACH ONE

FORMAT: Free
TECHNIQUE: Free
SIZE: Free
PARTICIPATION: Open to all
TERMS: No jury, no returns
EXHIBITION, organized by Warren Fry: 
@ The Liminal Gallery, Community High School, 
from November 11, 2016 until December 16, 2016
DOCUMENTATION: online
DEADLINE: November 7, 2016

Send To:
Jim Leftwich
525 10th St. S.W.
Roanoke, VA 24016 USA

Monday, August 01, 2016

veil of speech / foil of spinach by john m. bennett & jim leftwich

veil of speech

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Lathered in Jim Leftwich's
Six Months Aint No Sentence, Book 181, 2016
John M. Bennett 7.29.16





foil of spinach


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Lathered in Jim Leftwich's
Six Months Aint No Sentence, Book 181, 2016
John M. Bennett 7.29.16
slithered from John M. Bennett's lathers