8/3/2002
The Coaster project
BOMA, Berlin
Can artists unite nations when politicians can not? Can a single project bridge cultural divides? Can an exhibit that spans the globe--from Antarctica to Asia, the Middle East, Africa, North American, South America and beyoud --result in thousands of art works freely being given away? No strings attached? Haven't heard of TransCultural Exchange? You will.
Can artists unite nations when politicians can not?
Can a single project bridge cultural divides?
Can an exhibit that spans the globe--from Antarctica to Asia, the
Middle East, Africa, North American, South America and beyoud --result
in thousands of art works freely being given away?
No strings attached?
Haven't heard of TransCultural Exchange?
You will.
TransCultural Exchange announces
THE COASTER PROJECT, DESTINATION: THE WORLD
Between March 9 and May 19, 2002, 99+ artists will transcended
geographic, political and cultural boundaries to stage 99+
trans-global exhibitions. Afterwards all 10,000+ works will be handed
out around the world in the guise of "coasters" at bars, cafes and
restaurants.
For more information contact:
The Coaster Project, Destination: The World at
http://www.transculturalexchange.com/coasterproject
617.464.4086, sherman@transculturalexchange.com
TransCultural Exchange's "The Coaster Project, Destination: The
World" is made possible with generous support from Vista Higher
Learning, the LEF Foundation , Gallery NAGA, the Nielsen Gallery, the
Mercury Gallery and in-kind support from the Fuller Museum of Art,
Brockton, Massachusetts; Boston College's Center for Media and
Instructional Technology, and the Artists Foundation, Boston,
Massachusetts.
Below is a list of distribution and exhibition sites, followed by a
list of the participating artists and an overview of the project.
List of Distribution Sites, where you can get a coaster sized art work FREE!
image: Mie Olise Kjaergaard
ANTARCTICA/AUSTRALIA: Davis Station, Antarctica /Information Services
Section, Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania, dates to
be announced
BRAZIL: AM Arte Design, Belo Horizonte, dates to be announced; Astor,
Sao Paulo, dates to be announced
CANADA: Arabesque Restaurant, Barrie, May 13-19; Cameron House,
Toronto, March 17; Havana Gallery and Havana Restaurant, Vancouver,
March 29-31; The Paddock, Toronto, March 15
CHINA: Inner Mongolia Museum of Fine Arts, Huhhot City, March 10;
Inner Mongolia University, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Huhhot, March 9
COLOMBIA: Proyecta, Bogata, dates to be announced
DENMARK: Svineriet, Arhus, May 4
ENGLAND: Art Legacy Limited, Odiham, Hampshire, May 19
FINLAND
FRANCE: Le Terroir, Paris, March 26; Doctors without Borders
reception, Paris, dates to be announced
FRENCH WEST INDIES, FRANCE: Le Petit Club, Gustavia, St. Barth's,
March 22
GERMANY: BOMA (BarOfModernArt), Berlin, March 9; Cafe Addesso,
Hannover, April 7; Cafe Mezzo, Hannover, April 30; Notenkiste,
Hannover, April 7; Zoozie's, Munich, March 23
INDIA: Alliance Francais Cafe, Ahmedabad, April 15; Lakeeren Gallery,
Mumbai, April 28
IRELAND: Geoff's Cafe Bar, Waterfood, May 4
ISRAEL: Cinemateque Coffee Shop, Tel-Aviv, May 4; the Gallery of Mizpe
Hayamim, Rosh Pina, May 5; Fattoush Cafe Gallery, Haifa, April 5
ITALY: Ristorante Canottieri Milano, Milan, May 18
JAPAN: radio:on:studio, Tokyo, March 23
KOREA: Chungbuk National University, Chungju-si, March 26; Gyunggi
University, Seoul, March 9; Hansung University, Seoul, March 5;
Ichon Art Center, Ichon-si, March 17; Korea University, Seoul, March
20; Museum of ChungHakDae, Ansung-si, March 30; Sei's Studio, Seoul,
March 30
MEXICO: Museo de la Ciudad, Guadalajara, June 20; La Panaderia, Mexico
City, May 9
NEW ZEALAND: Bowens of Bowen Street, Wellington, March 15
PHILIPPINES: Freedom Bar Cafe, Quezon City, May 14; Music Museum, San
Juan, May 19; The West Gallery, Makati, May 7
POLAND: Sandomierz Cultural Association, Sandomierz, June 1
RUSSIA: Dom, Moscow, March 27
SCOTLAND: The Foyer Restaurant and Gallery, Aberdeen, April 9
SLOVENIA: Mladinski Center Velenje, Velenje, May 18
SOUTH AFRICA: Tratorria San Lorenzo, Rivonia Santon, March 17
SPAIN: Cafe Bizitza, Club Arrebato and Discoteca Distrito, Bilbao,
April 19; Casa de la Cultura de Chinchon, Chinchon, April 12; Espacio
F Art Gallery, Madrid, March 30; Hostal Parque, Ibiza, April 20;
Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, dates to be announced
SWEDEN: Osterbybruk Library, Osterbybruk, May 17
SWITZERLAND: Cafe "Chez Renata" (part of Teatro Dimitri), Canton
Ticino, April 21- May 19
THE NETHERLANDS: Gemeente Den Helder, Den Helder, June 1
TURKEY: Artemis Art Center, Istanbul, May 18
UNITED STATES: California: 410 Boyd Street, Los Angeles, April 4; the
Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, May 19
Colorado: Elliot's Martini Bar, Fort Collins, April 20 Florida: Lola
Bar/Lounge, Miami, April 6 Illinois: Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago,
May 3; Red Light Restaurant,Chicago, April 27; Wishbone, Chicago, May
18 Iowa: Pierce Coffeeworks, Sioux City, April 27 Maine: Ri Ra Irish
Restaurant and Pub, Portland, April 5th Maryland: Gertrude's (located
at The Baltimore Museum of Art), Baltimore, April 12-14 Massachusetts:
Amherst Brewing Company, Amherst, May 1; ARTcetera Auction, Boston
Center for the Arts, Boston, October 19; Asmara Restaurant,
Cambridge, April 20; Boston College Arts Festival, Chestnut Hill,
April 27; Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, May 17; La Veracruzana,
Northampton, April 4; mfafirstfridays, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
April 5; Sabina Doyle's, Medway, April 15; The Java Hut, Sunderland,
May 1 Minnesota: Caffetto, Minneapolis, May 1 Nebraska: McFoster's
Natural Kind Cafe, Omaha, April 27; Nicholas St. Gallery @ the Hot
Shops Art Center, Omaha, April 27 New Jersey: Park Pastries, Hoboken,
March 16 New York: Barrett House Art Center, Poughkeepsie, dates to
be announced; Boone Dog Cafe, Brewster, April 13; Florence Lynch
Gallery, New York, April 25; Galapagas Art & Performing Space,
Brooklyn, May 10; The Half King, New York, May 16; Iron Horse
Tavern; Brewster, April 13; KJ's Venue, Amenia, May 25; The Larkin,
Albany, April 14; Oznot's Dish, Brooklyn, April 6; Puck Fair, New York
April 13 North Dakota: The Wonder Bar, Jamestown, April 12 Oklahoma:
Philbrook Museum of Art, MUSE in la Villa Restaurant, Tulsa, April 25
Oregon: Crush, Portland, April 5-6 Rhode Island: Loui's Restaurant,
Providence, May 18 Utah: Red Rock Brewing Company, Salt Lake City,
March 21 Washington, DC: West 24, Washington, DC, April 1
GRAND FINALE: one set to be donated to the Fuller Museum of Art,
along with hundreds of Massachusetts artists' single coasters to be
given out at the Café @
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA
01773-2600
Beginning June 8
List of exhibition sites, where you can see more of these coaster
sized artworks.
ANTARCTICA/AUSTRALIA: Davis Station, Antarctica /Information Services
Section, Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania, dates to
be announced
BRAZIL: AM Arte Design, Belo Horizonte, dates to be announced; Astor,
Sao Paulo, dates to be announced
CANADA: The Arabesque Restaurant, Barrie, May 6-13; A.W.O.L. Gallery,
Toronto, March 7-17; Havana Gallery and Havana Restaurant, Vancouver,
March 22-28; SPIN Gallery, Toronto, March 9-14
CHINA: Inner Mongolia Museum of Fine Arts, Huhhot City, March 10;
Inner Mongolia University, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Huhhot, March 9
COLOMBIA: Proyecta, Bogota, dates to be announced
DENMARK: Galerie Wolfson, Aalborg, April 26-28
ENGLAND: Art Legacy Limited, Odiham, Hampshire, March 9-May 19
FINLAND: Art Gallery Ripustus, Hameenlinna, March 9-31
FRANCE: Parsons School of Design, Paris, March 25; UNESCO, Paris,
dates to be announced
FRENCH WEST INDIES, FRANCE: Le Resto, Gustavia, St. Barth's, March 22
GERMANY: Andreas Baumgartl Galerie, Munich, March 20-22; Atelier Block
16, Hannover, March 31; BOMA (BarOfModernArt), Berlin, March 9; Cafe
Mezzo, Hannover, April 1-30; CEDON Museum Shops GmbH in the
Hypo-Kunsthalle, Munich, March 22-23; Gasthaus Pasemann,
Hankensbuttel, May 12-26
INDIA: Alliance Francais of Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, April 15; Lakeeren
Gallery, Mumbai, April 27; The National Institute of Design, Paldi
Ahmedabad, March 15
IRELAND: Waterford Cineplex,Waterford, March 14-31
ISRAEL: Tel-Aviv Cinemateque 2, Tel-Aviv; April 28-May 4; The Gallery
of Mizpe Hayamim, Rosh Pina, April 28-May 4; Fattoush Cafe Gallery,
Haifa, March 10-April 5
ITALY: Associazione Viafarini, Milan, March 12
JAPAN: radio:on:studio, Tokyo, March 10-23
KOREA: Chungbuk National University, Chungju-si, March 3-26; Gyunggi
University, Seoul, March 7-9; Hansung University, Seoul, March 4-5;
Ichon Art Center, Ichon-si, March 15-17; Korea University, Seoul,
March 3-20; Museum of ChungHakDae, Ansung-si, March 29-30; ; Sei's
Studio, Seoul, March 1-30
MEXICO: Museo de la Ciudad, Guadalajara, May 16 - June 20; La
Panaderia, Mexico City, May 2-9
NEW ZEALAND: Bowens of Bowen Street, Wellington, March 11-15
PHILIPPINES: Freedom Bar Cafe, Quezon City, May 14; Music Museum, San
Juan, May 7-19; West Gallery, Makati, April 25-May 7
POLAND: Otwarta Pracownia Gallery, Krakow, April 26-May 29
RUSSIA: Dom, Moscow, March 9-27
SCOTLAND: Foyer Gallery, Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, April 1-8
SLOVENIA: Mladinski Center Velenje, Velenje, May 17-18
SOUTH AFRICA: The Open Window Gallery, Pretoria, March 15-17
SPAIN: Bilbao Arte, Bilbao, April 8-15; Casa de la Cultura de
Chinchon, Chinchon, April 4-7; Espacio F Gallery, Madrid, March 20-30;
Hostal Parque, Ibiza, March 25-April 20; Universidad de Salamanca,
Salamanca, dates to be announced
SWEDEN: Osterbybruk Library, Osterbybruk, May 2-17
SWITZERLAND: Teatro Dimitri, Canton Ticino, March 16-April 20
THE NETHERLANDS: Gemeente Den Helder, Den Helder, April 1-June 1
TURKEY: Artemis Art Center, Istanbul, May 7-18
UNITED STATES: California: California Institute of Art, Valencia,
April 1-3; The Studio of Meira Yedidsion, Los Angeles, March 9-May 9;
Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, May 12-19
Colorado: Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins,
March 9-April 19 Florida: Lola Bar/Lounge, Miami, March 29-April 6
Illinois: Wood Street Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Chicago, March
16-April 13; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, April 20-May 13; Judy
Saslow Gallery, Chicago, March 22-April 27; Wishbone, Chicago, May 14-
18; Woman Made Gallery, March 15-April 26 Iowa: Pierce Street Coffee
Works, Sioux City, April 26-27 Maine: The Maine College of Art,
Portland, March 23-30 Maryland: The Charles Theatre, Baltimore, April
1-7 Massachusetts: ARTcetera Auction, Boston Center for the Arts,
October 15-18; Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, March 16; Boston
College, Chestnut Hill, March 3-April 27; Framingham State College,
Framingham, March 25-April 12; Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, March
9-May 17; The Museum of the National Center of African American
Artists, Roxbury, April 12 -19; Gallery 28, New England School of Art
& Design, Boston, May 21-June 1; Northeastern University, Boston,
March 9-April 14; The Open Studios Press, Boston, March 26; Smith
College's Museum of Art, Northampton, April 1; Bernard Toale Gallery,
Boston, March 28-30; Central Gallery at the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, April 27-30; Hampden Gallery, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, April 27-30; University of Massachusetts,
Boston, March 13 Minnesota: Walker Library, South Minneapolis, April
13-27 Nebraska: McFoster's Natural Kind Cafe, Omaha, April 26-27;
Nicholas St. Gallery @ the Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, April 26-27
New Jersey: Park Pastries Hoboken, March 9-16 New York: Barrett House
Art Center, Poughkeepsie, dates to be announced; Changing Spaces
Albany, March 9-April 13; Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, March
15-16; Gallery Tonje, Brewster March 9-April 9; Iron Horse Tavern,
April 10-13; Oznot's Dish, Brooklyn, April 6; Parson's Fine Arts
Gallery, New York, April 28-May 5; PS 122 Gallery, New York, March
30-April 21; Rockland Art Center, West Nyack, April 6; Southeast
Museum, Brewster, April 5-May 19; the Unitarian Fellowship,
Poughkeepsie, March 7-10 North Dakota: The Arts Center, Jamestown,
March 16-April 12 Oklahoma: Tulsa City-County Library, Tulsa, April
1-22 Oregon Charlie White Gallery @ The Space, Portland, March 7-30;
Rhode Island: 221 Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University,
Providence, May 11-17 Utah: Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Salt
Lake City, March 9-21 Washington, DC: World Space Corporation, March
1-30
LIST OF ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN THE COASTER PROJECT, DESTINATION: THE WORLD
ANTARCTICA/AUSTRALIA: Theodore Cantrell
BRAZIL: Augusto Citrangulo, Fátima Neves, Malvina Sammarone
CANADA: Patrick DeCoste, Amy Harrison and Grant Wilson (collaborative
team), Lee Richmond, Tracy Susheski
CHINA: Wurigendalai Bo, Moni Oolyonghai
COLOMBIA: June Blanco
DENMARK: Mie Olise Kjaergaard
ENGLAND: Vivienne Edward Birt
FINLAND: Pirjo Heino
FRANCE: Ralph G. Brancaccio, Doris Kloster
FRENCH WEST INDIES, FRANCE: Anne Lilly
GERMANY: Michael Gould, Wolfgang Jeske, Jannis Markopoulos, Sasha
Schwartz, Angelika Wolf
INDIA: Bharti Kapadi, Nina Sabnani
IRELAND: Bernie Laherty
ISRAEL: Karmela Berg, Neta Dor (Lemelshtrich)
ITALY: Daniele De Battè, Letizia Cariello
JAPAN: Carol Van Zandt
KOREA: Sunghae Chu, Hae Sun Hwang, Juri Kim, Yeontae Kim, Michan Na,
Nashim Yang, Sunghoon Yang
MEXICO: Carlos Pez, Carlos Rodal
NEW ZEALAND: Roland Idaczyk
PALESTINE: Aissa Deebi
PHILIPPINES: Lala Gallardo, Claro Ramirez, Eric L. Zamuco
POLAND: Zbigniew Warpechowski
RUSSIA: Andrei Vovk
SCOTLAND: Barry McGlashan
SLOVENIA: Iztok Smajs Muni
SOUTH AFRICA: Wilma Cruise
SPAIN: Alberto Chinchon, Alberto de las Heras, Yolanda Moreno, Oscar
Villegas Paez, Marie-Anne Verougstraete
SWEDEN: Urban Ramstedt
SWITZERLAND: J&W Management Consulting (collaborative team: Maria
Walther and Patricia Jacomella)
THE NETHERLANDS: Martine Jacobs
TURKEY: Gülay Alpay
UNITED STATES: California: Leo F. Hobaica Jr., Meira Yedidsion
Colorado: Linda Foster Leonhard Florida: Andy Fotopoulos, Illinois:
Caroline Anderson, Ruby Louise Barnes and Ginny Sykes (collaborative
team), Pauline Kochanski and Frank Crowley (collaborative team) Iowa:
Paul Chelstad Maine: Gabriel Kleinwald Maryland: Ruth Pettus
Massachusetts: Karl Baden, Roger Boyce, Charles Guiliano, Narinjan
Khalsa, Khalid Kodi, Anne Faith LaPrade, Annette Lemieux, Elizabeth
Marran, Klaus Postler, Mary Sherman Minnesota: Janna Schneider
Nebraska: Paul Hotchkiss, Nan Wilson New Jersey: Heejung (Hazel) Kim
New York: Joshua Deaner, Janet Echleman, Vince Garguilo, Kim Sillen
Gledhill, Victoria Hanks, Stacey Lauren, Sharon Nakazato, Karen Roff,
Karl J. Volk North Dakota: Deane Colin Fay Oklahoma: Shan Goshorn
Oregon: TJ Norris Rhode Island: Roger Mayer Utah: Shawn Dallas
Stradley Washington D.C.: Bill Rock