In this Month's
18th Street News:

• ARTNIGHT
• LA Marathon Recap
• Artistic Director Receives Fellowship
• Main Gallery: Prep Materials
• Project Room: Fine Art (626) 394-3963
• LOCAL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE:
  Santa Monica Youth Workshop
• VISITING INT'L ARTIST-IN-RESIDENT from POLAND:
  Maciek Stepinski
• NEWS & OPPORTUNITIES
• LINKS

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18th Street Arts Center.

This Saturday, May 1, 2010, 18th Street Arts Center will kick-off its well-renowned ArtNight festival. This event features two exhibition-opening receptions, a dynamic outdoor video and sound installation, and Highways Performance Space’s highly acclaimed 6th Annual Poetry Contest.
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Putting the "FUN" in Fundraising!

18th Street’s LA Marathon Fundraiser and The Library Alehouse Post-Race Celebration raised nearly 12,000 dollars worth of donations for the 18th Street organization.
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Artistic Director Receives MacDowell Colony Fellowship

Artistic Director Clayton Campbell was awarded the MacDowell Fellowship this year, and was in residence at the artist colony between April 5, 2010 through April 24, 2010. 
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Photo of a Reading heads and Magnetic-core memory module of early 1960; a Dekatron-tube counter module from Model I era, 1956; Samples of printed circuit cards, ca. 1960-1970 (four bags) Special Collections and University Archives, The University of Iowa, Iowa City From Papers of John V. McMillin II, Box 6, Box 7, Box 8, Box 9 Inkjet archival prints, 30 x 40 inches, 2008 (courtesy of artist)

Artist Carla Herrera-Prats’ project Prep Materials is debuting in the main gallery at 18th Street. This installation explores how the creative process is affected when standardized testing and democratic doctrines are maintained. Herrera-Prats looks closely at the history, design, and fabrication of the first standardized test-scoring machines and investigates their accuracy as resources for evaluating student competency.
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Matthias Merkel Hess, Fine Art Bandir Sign (1 of 100)

In the project room artist Matthias Merkel Hess is conducting a public access project that investigates what the public wants from artists. Hess has already installed  “bandit” telephone pole signs around Los Angeles that say Fine Art (626) 394-3963.
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Student Designs of Santa Monica photo by Nicole Gordillo

Rojas Challenges Santa Monica Teens
At 18th Street’s May 1st Art Night, the teens from Pico Youth and Family Center will reveal the final model design from artist James Rojas’ Design Urban Planning Workshop.
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Maciek Stepinski, V8 car culture project, California..., work in progress during residency courtesy of artist

18th Street’s newest international artist Maciek Stepinski is a native of Poland, but spent 8 years in France teaching photography before recently returning to his hometown, Warsaw, Poland. His charming and cheerful disposition has made him a great addition to the artist community and he has already begun to build friendships with many of the residents at 18th Street.
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Visiting Int’l Artists in May
Chris Fox, Australia
Hernain Bravo, Mexico (coming mid May)

Artist in Residence Opportunity
Visions from the New California are providing a grant opportunity for all California Artists. The residency is for one month and includes a $4,000 award. To apply or for more information visit http://www.artistcommunities.org/CAvisions/index.html

18th Street is Looking for a NEW INTERN
18th Street is looking for an amazing, energetic, proactive college student to work as a Catalogue Design/Gallery Assistant for their Getty internship program.
The intern would be employed by 18th Street for 10 weeks during the summer and would receive a weekly stipend of $350.00. To qualify for this internship, one must be an undergrad student not scheduled to graduate before December 2010, have excellent communication skills, experience working with various graphic design software and be from one or more of the following ethnicity groups: African-American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander decent.
For application instructions email ajones@18thstreet.org

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