You won’t want to miss Huddle #2.
Opening March 17th, the 2nd postcard art show at Shoebox Projects at the Brewery Art Lofts is the #equalityforall #resist postcard art show. Hosted by Shoebox Projects and Art and Cake and curated
by Kristine Schomaker, all work is donated to the show and sold for $25 each. 100% of proceeds will be donated equally to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and the Trevor Project. Payable by check, cahs, or card at the reception, you’ll get incredibly reasonably priced art, political action, and a warm and welcoming group of like-minded folks all rolled into one.
According to Schomaker, “After the first Women’s March, they had a list of ten things you could do in a hundred days to support others and get the word out. One of the things was called a huddle. You get together with your community, invite people over and have a kind of get together to discuss other ways you can get your voices heard. It is kind of like a weight being lifted off your shoulder. Just knowing you are not alone is huge.”
From there, Schomaker decided that she without much time to volunteer – she is running several businesses and creating her own art – she decided to do a huddle that involved art. “It’s in my wheel house, it’s what do. And I thought about a post card show. Why not put the word out and far and wide, and have people all over the world send in post cards that have to do with equality. ”
With her first Huddle, Schomaker received 200 post cards with sales benefitting Planned Parenthood, the Trevor Project, and ACLU.
“And it was just amazing to see these voices speaking out, it brought tears to my eyes to see we weren’t alone. So I had leftovers and I just found an opening in my schedule for the project space, and put out a call for more postcards. Now I have a couple hundred more and I am still waiting for more to come in the mail.”
Why choose mailing the postcards uncovered, and receiving postmarks on the work? “I wanted it to go through the USPO, I wanted the eyes of those government workers to see them.” However, she notes with a laugh, people still sent the cards in envelopes, ignoring her instructions.
Along with new works and more expanded origin points – including Texas, Madrid, Canada, and New York; the new show with a call for art which was promoted solely through social media, has one other change. Rather than a hard and fast payment, Schomaker decided “I’m saying a suggested donation of $25, I wanted anyone who wanted to buy one to buy one. That way we could sell more. Hopefully that will get people to buy them,” she explains.
To have a handle on truth in the face of cultural gas-lighting, and to experience true community and know you’re not alone in these highly charged, polarized political times, head to Shoebox Projects on Saturday from 3-5 and go home with an inexpensive yet supremely valuable work of art and sense of belonging.
Shoebox Projects is located at 660 South Avenue 21 #3 in the Brewery in DTLA near Lincoln Heights.
Go.
- Genie Davis; photos by Kristine Schomaker