Posted: March 1st, 2016 | Author: Mary Jeys | Filed under: neighborhood, radio, suburbs, works in progress | No Comments »
A short-length audio file for your dogwalk, your daily exercise, your short commute. Topics include local wildlife sightings, neighborhood legends I’ve heard, field recordings and more. The show is a weekly 10-30 minute audio show with neighborhood news/updates; segments on local legends/lore; field recordings; and personal musings about wildlife, history, technology, and the ways that we do and don’t communicate with the people closest to us. The podcast will be available exclusively within the neighborhood through September 2016. A compilation for broader interest will be available in the fall.
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Posted: December 8th, 2015 | Author: Mary Jeys | Filed under: californiasunshadows, family, neighborhood, suburbs | No Comments »
A set of 50 + holiday cards produced for The Robertson Family for the 2015-16 holiday season.
Each work is a unique individual work of art- a cyanotype capturing a shadow/blocking the UV rays that will expose the paper to a resulting photograph. Materials were prepared in advance of a live workshop/activity at The Robertson’s home in Terra Linda. The workshop took place on a partly cloudy weekend day and we produced images using the sun’s ultraviolet light.
The Robertsons were an ideal family to produce the workshop and materials for since they also live in an Eichler home similar to the home these works were inspired by (mine). These sunprint works are a direct reaction to the strength of the California sun and finding a way to capture the strength of its shadows. The sun as a force in my experience in California is heightened by my experience in the Eichler home which features large picture windows as walls in a conceptual experience of indoor outdoor living space.
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Posted: July 31st, 2015 | Author: Mary Jeys | Filed under: californiasunshadows, to do, works in progress | No Comments »
You are invited to produce a California Sunshadow print. Each envelope contains an invitation to observe and document the quality of California light and its shadows. I am providing materials and instructions to create a cyanotype and ask that participants share results using #californiasunshadow. If you are in San Francisco this weekend: swing by our studio, meet the Pacific Felt Factory family, and pick up your invitation.
Posted: July 24th, 2015 | Author: Mary Jeys | Filed under: californiasunshadows, summer, Updates, works in progress | No Comments »
I have recently joined an artist’s studio building in San Francisco’s Mission District, Pacific Felt Factory. I’m very honored to be among the artists making work and connecting with each other here. I am using the common area called the FlexSpace and look forward to co-working, holding meetings, and participating in workshops here.
On August 1st, the Mission Arts & Performance Project invites the public to a salon dedicated to artist services and open studios. Although I will be out of town, I will be leaving some invitations for visitors to make art with me by correspondence. If you are in San Francisco next Saturday evening, swing by and get your invitation (materials provided).
Posted: June 2nd, 2015 | Author: Mary Jeys | Filed under: drawings, family, neighborhood, radio, suburbs, works in progress | No Comments »
Two projects in the works.
Family Oral History, vintage radio technology/metaphysical project.
Suburbanity and Garages, community investigation project.
Posted: February 28th, 2015 | Author: Mary Jeys | Filed under: money, neighborhood, Updates | No Comments »
We revived the Brooklyn Torch Trade Store at Proteus Gowanus on February 21st. As part of their current exhibition on Labor in their series on Commerce, the Brooklyn Torch Project has been invited to tender a medium of exchange for the Diego de la Vega Coffee Co-op, selling Autonomous Zapatista Coffee in the gallery.
The Diego de la Vega Coffee Co-op is a project developed by Fran Ilich that offers organic coffee sourced locally in Chiapas, Mexico from Zapatista autonomous farms. Its goal is to connect social movements and geographical regions – Chiapas and New York City – and to create a horizontal financial flow between social movements.
Posted: November 3rd, 2014 | Author: Mary Jeys | Filed under: neighborhood, suburbs, Updates | No Comments »
Just moved to California. It has been a whirlwind and I’m excited to start a new journey on the left coast. Below are some things that have come through my inbox, all great:
Arts, Culture, Community, Love- give early and often to an emerging artist network
The Laundromat Project’s People Powered $10K Challenge
My friend Jesse’s Brother has an awesome idea:
Sam & Mattie’s Teen Zombie Movie + Making-Of Documentary Kickstarter
Dance, Action, Camera! Catherine Gund’s latest film is in Houston!
Born To Fly screening in Houston
Amanda Mae’s most recent short film
Now We Are Not
Whale Staplers!
a stapler that is a whale
Reverend Yolanda’sOld Time Gospel Hour, The Movie
Posted: June 2nd, 2014 | Author: Mary Jeys | Filed under: aspirations, money | No Comments »
On May 31st, we convened a panel at Left Forum to discuss why use DIY models and how. With Glen Ganaway and Lisa Markuson.
Posted: February 27th, 2014 | Author: Mary Jeys | Filed under: money, neighborhood | No Comments »
I was honored to participate for the second time as an artist resource for three districts as part of PBNYC‘s participatory budgeting initiative to bring community funding and decision making back to the neighborhood.
