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This is Thursday night! Gonna be so much fun ~ zines, dancing, and magic await thee!!!

ACRES is excited to announce the release of Femina, a collection of essays, theories, musings, and art surrounding the physically and socially constructed idea of the woman. In publishing these works we hope to celebrate and give voice to the experience of the female-identified, from any perspective, and contribute to the ongoing dialogue of contemporary feminist expression.

We’re celebrating the release at Floristree in Baltimore, MD this coming Thursday July 2nd with a night of performances by: 

Holy Ghost Party + Lexie Mountain Amy Reid Jessica Ashley Rachel Amanda Horowitz DJ Sets by: Ellen Paul Brian Nicholson YE$ (Show poster above, FB event Here.) ——————————————- Femina featuring works by: Alaina Stamatis Alex Ebstein Beth Hoeckel Bettina Yung Caroline Marcantoni Diana Lozano Drew Daniel Elise Boudreau Graham Erin Jane Nelson FORCE Jasmine Lee Kari Altman Kodi Fabricant Lana Wilder Lise Haller Baggesen Maire witt o’neill Martine Syms Max Guy Sanna Samuelsson Suzanna Zak Yael Malka

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Brian Nicholson’s ACRES Issue 3 Record Reviews: Odwalla 88, Bobby Donnie, and Future - now up on acrespaper.com ツ

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DOOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOOOT  MIIIIIIIISSSSS THEEEEEEEEESE!

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Dang so stoked for this weekend, everybody is gonna kill it!

OPEN SPACE PRESENTS PMF VI Building on five consecutive years of growing print celebrations, Open Space is thrilled to present PMF VI, the Sixth Annual Publications & Multiples Fair, taking place March 28th and 29th, 2015 at the Baltimore Design School. This annual exposition provides the opportunity to admire, collect, and discuss artist publications, prints, and objects produced in multiple. Join us for this cornerstone event featuring works from over 100 local and national artists, and on-site programming all weekend. The fair is free and open to the public. Date: March 28th & 29th Time: 12 PM to 6 PM Saturday & Sunday Location: Baltimore Design School 1500 Barclay St, Baltimore, MD 21202 openspacebaltimore.com/pmf RSVP on Facebook FEATURED VENDORS: 57 Cell ACRES Adam Amram Aidan Koch Alex Ebstein Amelia, Christian and Stephen Amy Stober Andrew Haas Andrew Walters Anthony Meloro Art Vandelay Baltimore Design School Baltimore Print Studios Barely There Beast Grrl Zine Bernard Stiegler Beth Hoeckel Bite Not Press ft. Nick Vyssotsky Blonde Art Books Booklyn Bundle + Batch Bushwick Print Lab Castle Printshop Celeste Fichter Chris Day Chris Morgan Christina Haines Ceramics cinderblox Conor Stechschulte Conveyor Editions Dana Bechert DYLAN THADANI E&ampD GOODS Eamon Espey Ehse Records Elena Johnston Emily Burtner Empty Stretch Endless Editions Every Day Good House FAMILYFAMILYTREE Freddy From The Loom Friends Records Fuse Works Gabriella Grill Gary Kachadourian General Matters Genpop Records Girl Group Gratuitous Type GW Duncanson Harley Hollenstein Horses Think Press Houseboat Hunter-Savoy Jaffe Ink Press Productions Isobel Modica James Bouché Jen Liu Jessica Hans Jessie Unterhalter Jihm jimmi~research Katey Truhn Kyle Tata Lala Albert Leah Wishnia // Happiness Comix Lil Gallery Lindsay Aura Miller Lola Borovyk Lupin (featuring Colin Schappi) Lyla Shlon Mary Ancel Matt Thurber Matthew Scott Gualco May Kim Melody Often MICA Design League MICA Printmaking Mike Taylor Milton Melvin Croissant III Molly Colleen O’Connell Morgan Frailey Munu Editions Nicholas Verstraeten Noah Scialom Nous Somme Loco Object Of Ocular Media Group Oranbeg Press Patience, Painter Patrick Schlotterback Pau Wau Publications Paul Shortt Pellinore Press Player Press Press-Press Primary Information Print Club Boston Printed Matter Publication Studio Hudson ROCK BOTTOM Ryan Oskin Sam Kendrick SEDIMENT Simon Reinhardt Small Editions Somethings + More Spaces Corners STUDIO SNACKS Szechuan Best Terrault Contemporary The Black Widows The Contemporary Two Friends V. Vale WEIRD Magazine Wham City Wiley Guillot y2k YTB Why The Beef Zach Hazard Vaupen Zing Magazine Zoe Keller ON-SITE FAIR PROGRAMMING:

Saturday, March 28th Maybe Punk Rock Came True A discussion with legendary writer, musician, and publisher V. Vale, and Baltimore artist Chris Day. Hear about the life of the creator of Search & Destroy and RE/Search Publications, and his thoughts on art, publishing, black humor, and the SF punk scene in the 70s. 20 Years of zingmagazine Managing Editor Brandon Johnson will discuss the history, mission, and operations of New York-based zingmagazine through a visual montage of issue highlights and other ephemera. Arts Criticism and the Arts Outpost Post-Office Arts Journal moderates a panel discussion with Max Guy, Alex Ebstein, and Marcus Civin on criticality in non-capitals of art. Artists of the Industrial Scene (2006) dir. Marian Wallace In this film, ten industrial artists and musicians expound on the ideas behind their music and art production and displays. Starring Mark Pauline, Genesis P-Orridge, Graeme Revell, Jerry Casale, Johanna Went, Jim Thirlwell, and others.

Sunday, March 29th Female Bodies in the Art World with Hannah Mandel A multimedia meditation and discussion on the physical form women inhabit when existing in the art world. Just Do It! A Pecha Kucha series of motivational speeches featuring Lexie Mountain, Lauren Brick, Kimi Hanauer, Emiline Boehringer, + more! Industrial Experiments Experimental Films by Marian Wallace, featuring Ephemerality (1979), Getting At The Underworld (1985), Valentine’s Film (2000), GG’s Film (2000), The Kite Film (2001), and W.S. Burroughs on the Human Condition (2007). Shade Series Poetry Readings curated by Lane Harlan *** Opium Wampum presents: PMF Wampum Featuring Fluct, Ami Dang, Get Your Life! Productions, Carly Ptak, Mateo Marquez, Michael Wasteneys Stephens, and Nerftoss. Performance times on Saturday and Sunday TBA ***

OFF-SITE & SATELLITE PROGRAMMING Friday, March 27th PMF Kick-Off Show @ The Crown Strange Times People Band (Tape Release!), Arrington De Dionyso, Sunatirene, Sapphogeist 1910 North Charles Street

Bubble Over Green @ The Contemporary Closing reception for the multilayered audio-visual experience by Victoria Fu, (currently on view Wednesday - Sunday, 4-8 PM). In the former KAGRO building, 101 W North Avenue, 7-10 PM

Protest Era III: Doomsday Clock Meditations @ Annex 2E Video, Performances & Installation by BDGRMMR, Keenon Brice, Leila Khoury, Sisster Press, Miguel Mendias, Will Schorre, Julia Yerger The Annex, Apt 2E, 419 E. Oliver St, 8-10 PM

***alloverstreet:*** Coast to Coast @ Bodega Gallery A collaboration between Diane Young and Hunter-Savoy, accompanied by High Rollers and your Lady of Injury. The Copycat Building, Apt A100, 1511 Guilford Avenue Strange New Feels @ Lil’ Gallery Works by Caeli Carr Potter, Alex Day, Claire Felonis, Sara Grose, Angela Heaps and Spencer Shope. Curated by Sara Grose and Claire Felonis The Copycat Building, Apt A100, 1511 Guilford Avenue Controlled Rot @ Terrault Contemporary Work by Rosemary Liss The Copycat Building, 1515 Guilford Avenue Stage Fright @ Gallery CA Works by Sean FitzPatrick 440 E Oliver Street Time and Again @ Guest Spot @ The Reinstitute Work by Eric Doeringer 1715 N Calvert Street Run It @ Penthouse Gallery Printed matter by Caeli Carr-Potter, Tristan Scow, Mary Reisenwitz, Kate Klingbeil, Christ Williford & Vivian Loh. Curated by Sonja Solvang The Copycat Building, Apt B501, 1511 Guilford Avenue

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Saturday, March 28th

Somethings @ bb Objects from Fiona Sergeant, curated with Colin Alexander 427A North Eutaw Street

Trance Dancers of the Open Flower @ Open Space Arrington De Dionyso drawing performance and exhibition. Featuring new works on paper and vellum from his “Trance Dancers of the Open Flower” series, as well as a new body of drawings and paintings made in 2015. 512 West Franklin Street

Girth Proof Vol II @ Springsteen (new location)  New work by Wickerham & Lomax, (opening March 21st, on view through April 18). A recalibration of a recent exhibition which cast its participants from Craigslist and rendered their likenesses in CGI as bulked-up, busy-body event planners. Here they are reincarnated with an empty schedule and an empty stomach. 502 West Franklin Street

Freddy Presents Dick @ Freddy A selection of photographs taken by Ross Bleckner from the 1980s’ to the present, as an ongoing investigation into the seduction and repulsion of desire. 510 West Franklin Street, 12-5 PM.

Freak Flash Finale @ Floristree Curated by Molly Colleen O’Connell. Drain the fluids from your eyes, these are not hallucinations. Energy is physical. Visions are palpable. Freak Flash screenings showcase artists who stir the surreal into waking life.

Our event is also being held in coordination with the BMA’s Contemporary Print Fair the very same weekend, and happy to be collaborating in Print City, which is promoting print related events all across Baltimore! Stay tuned for more details!

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Come to PMF this weekend and check out ACRES Issue 3! 40 beautiful pages featuring some of my favorite people <3

👣👣👣ACRES issue 3 👣👣👣 Releasing this weekend at Open Space’s 6th Annual Publications and Multiples Fair!

Issue 3 Featuring:

Aisha Franz Beki Basch Brian Nicholson Brook Sinkinson Withrow Colin Alexander Daniel Bachman Grand Opening Jessica Hans Leah Horowitz Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez Max Guy Nick Houde Paula Gillen (with Michael Gentile, tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE, Laurie Stepp, and Peter Walsh) Salvatore Farina Steven Riddle Waggy Tee

PMF VI March 28th & 29th 12 PM to 6 PM Baltimore Design School 1500 Barclay St, Baltimore, MD 21202

~ See you there ~

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*cover photo by Paula Gillen

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Holy shiiiit PMF is two weeks away!!! Start the party with us early at Open Space’s PMF fundraiser show on Saturday! Especially excited to also be servin up some refreshing beverages to ya lovely folks, so bring extra cash <3

March 14th Penthouse Cex Ro Vlonde DJ Flex 1000 DJ My World Issey Thorn Persian Kitty

A Fundraiser for The Publications and Multiples Fair Presented by Open Space. Help O.S. pay the enormous bills the city is charging us to move venues and help pay our visiting artists for traveling so far to participate In this wonderful event!

See you there!

Poster By Chris Day 2015

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PMF! Vendors we wanna see your work! Watch out, killer plans ahead!!!!

FOUR DAYS LEFT TO GET IN YOUR VENDOR APPLICATION FOR PMF VI!

"OUT OF ALL THE BOOK FAIRS IT’S MY FAVORITE" -THE PEOPLE

APPLY HERE. APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED THROUGH FEBRUARY 9TH.

LOVE, OPEN SPACE

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CONFLICT UNKNOWN: DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, AND PRINTS BY LALE WESTVIND

OPENING JANUARY 31st @ 7PM

512 W. Franklin St.

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This fair has continued to grow, thanks to the participation of many talented artists. Can't wait to see everyone come together in March!

Save the date for PMFVI! The Sixth Annual Publications & Multiples Fair will be held March 28-29, 2015. Vendor applications will open soon, spread the word!

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Woo! Join us at Fields Fest for an excellent weekend in August. So much music+art+comedy+theater+nature+POOL and more. fieldsfestival.com

I’m playing Fields Festival, an awesome camping festival outside of Baltimore Aug 22-24! Tickets are on sale now.

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'zaleas for life

ANd here Showpaper 183, cover by Jasmine Sarp

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Read Alex Ebstein’s insightful Q&A with Whitney Biennial curator Michelle Grabner, in full on the ACRES website. 

IMAGE~ On view at the 2014 Whitney Biennial: Rebecca Morris, Untitled (#01-13), 2013. Oil on canvas, © Rebecca Morris

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PMFV poster I made got flyer of the week! This weekend gonna ruuuule!

FLYER OF THE WEEK

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Danielle and I have been working extra hard to have ACRES 02 ready in time for PMF! So stoked! This baby is hot.

ACRES Issue 02

Excited to announce that ACRES 2nd issue will be released this coming weekend at Open Space’s 5th Annual Publications and Multiples Fair!

D Center, 16 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21218 March 8th and 9th, 12pm - 6pm Saturday and Sunday

Issue 02 Features art, interviews, writing, and more by:

Molly Colleen O’Connell

Ginevra Shay 

Alex Ebstein 

Samantha Margherita

Max Guy 

Brian Nicholson 

Zoe Axelrod + Geoff Kixmiller 

Eric Allen Hatch 

Zack Ingram

Dina kelberman

Rjyan Kidwell

Rusty Burke IV

Lexie Mountain + Pete Cullen

D’emetrius Rice

Leah Horowitz

Brendan Sullivan

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hell yeah

Kick off that PMF weekend right.

Oh Hang Tether Vlonde Gun Tit

The Crown March 7th

I WILL HAVE 5 NEW TAPES AT THIS SHOW!

poster by Chris Day 2014

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BALTIMORE, MD, March 2014 -

Open Space is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Publications and Multiples Fair on March 8 and 9, 2014. This annual event is a celebration and survey of artist publications, prints, and objects produced in multiple. This year’s fair promises a wide variety of publications and objects by over 80 independent publishers, galleries and artists from Baltimore and beyond. The fair is free and open to the public. 

MAIN EVENT: PMF V

Open Space’s Fifth Annual Publications and Multiples Fair

D Center, 16 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21218 March 8th and 9th, 12pm - 6pm Saturday and Sunday

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/411116449033216/

Featured Vendors:

& 2D Cloud 57 Cell ACRES Andrew Walters Andy Gabrysiak Arts & Sciences Projects Beauty Today Bernard Stiegler Bite Not Press Black Aggie Press Blackberrys Blaise Larmee Booklyn Artists Alliance Brian Blomerth Capricious Color Wheel Digital Printing Conveyor Editions Current Space Dale Beran Dylan Thadani EggFreaker Ehse Records Emily Burtner Empty Stretch Eric Helgas FAMILYFAMILYTREE Gary Kachadourian Get Lost Ginevra Shay Hic & Hoc Publications Holy Page Records Hood College Art Galleries James Bouché Jessica Hans Ceramics Julia Scott Julia Yerger Justin Sloane

Kingsboro Kodi Fabricant Kyle Tata Lale Westvind Lauren Pakradooni Leah Wishnia Lease Agreement Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez Litho Shop Lupin Matt Thurber Max Eilbacher Mega Press MICA: Retooling the Cottage Mickey Zacchilli Mike Taylor

Mixed Media Morgan Frailey Nicholas Verstraeten

NNA Tapes

Open Space 

Peradam

Player Press

Poety Unlimited Print/Collect

Process Collective Publishing Genius Rachel Younghans Rock & Rose Rock Bottom Rosemary Liss Ryan Syrell Sacred Prism sophiajacob Spaces Corners Spider’s Pee-Paw Swill Children Tapdup Terence Hannum Too Temporary WEIRD Magazine Wham City Wiley Guillot Worms Press Zach Hazard Vaupen Zine Of The Month

FEATURED PROGRAMMING:

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Thumbs Up - Sight specific, wireless broadcast of works made for viewing on cell phones and other glass devices. Featuring works by Ben Marcus (Chicago), Ryan Riss (Denver), and more.

- - Friday March 7th - -

The Crown, 1910 N Charles St Music from Gun Tit, Vlonde, Oh Hang, and more

 - - Saturday March 8th - -

MICA Studio Center 131 W North Ave

Super Intense Fan Fiction Reading Series: Jordan Card convinces noted Baltimore personalities to unlock their diaries and read the most personal excerpts from their voluminous store of passionate fan fiction. Featuring Rjyan Kidwell (Silver Surfer), Dale Beran (Twilight), Molly Colleen O’Connell (Golden Girls), and Justin Lucas (Steve: Irwin The Crocodile Hunter). Blushing encouraged.

Spiral Cinema Presents: Selections from UNDERVOLT. Screening and Q+A with Jimmy Joe Roche and Nicholas O’ Brien

Animation Screening and Q+A from Dash Shaw

Preparing Images for Digital Printing: A lecture by Liz Donadio, owner & operator of Color Wheel. Learn how to best prepare your files for existence outside the digital realm. With 10 years of experience making digital prints, Donadio will share her expertise on how to achieve optimal quality and consistent results.

Club K, 2101 Maryland Ave

Early Pop Music Show, 6pm

- - Sunday March 9th - -

Wind Up Space, 12 W North Ave:

Poetry Readings: Lesser Gonzalez Alverez, Molly Colleen O’Connell, Brendan Sullivan, Alex Ventura, Tim Paggi, Alaina Stamatis, Chloe Maratta 

MICA Studio Center, 131 W North Ave:

Pecha Kucha: Selector Series. This quick-fire presentation lineup features notable creatives sharing their ideas on curation, selection, and editing. Liz Durette, Keith Varadi, Megan Plunkett, R.M. O’Brien, Deana Haggag, Sydney Shen, Andrew Liang, Aaron Estes, Kelley McNutt, Nik Planck

SATELLITE PROGRAMMING:

- - Friday March 7th - -

Wanting/Waiting, Linda Yung LEASE AGREEMENT, 3718 Ellerslie Ave. 4-8pm 

Black and White, works by Jackie Riccio, Rachael Davis, Zack Schmitt, Max Anderson, Lisk Feng, Nicole Rodrigues, Kimi Hanauer, Luis Rivas, Shane Smith, Lee Heinemann, Lili Roberts-Gevalt, Chris Williford, and Izzy Garcia curated by Soja Solvang and Marines Montalvo in conjunction with ALLOVERSTREET at Penthouse Gallery, 1501 Guilford Avenue APT B501 and Annex 2E, 419 E Oliver St. APT 2E, 7-10pm 

SPF works by Val Karuskevich and Steve Riddle, opening in conjunction with ALLOVERSTREET at Springsteen, 1511 Guilford Ave Unit B303, 7-10 pm. 

- - Saturday March 8th - - 

Crisis Image, Opening of the Alternative Press Center at the Alternative Press Center Library at 2239 Kirk Avenue 12-6 PM 

Find No Two Suns, Sophia Belkin and Suzanna Zak curated by Ginevra Shay with curatorial assistant, Emily Mason at Current Space 421 N. Howard Street 7-10 PM

Cookbook Dreams and Inflatable Futures, Antoine Lefebvre, Robin Cameron, Cybele Lyle, Luca Antonucci, John Bohl, NOWORK, Lauren van Haaften-Schick, curated by Arts & Sciences Projects at Guestspot at the Reinstitute, 1715 N Calvert Street, 7-10 PM 

Megan Plunkett, sophiajacob, 510 Franklin Street, 7-10 PM 

Diane Young, A Reading Rock512Devil, 512 Franklin Street, 8 PM 

2 Freak 2 Flash, Floristree, 9:30 PM Stretch your ribs and burn your mouth. These performers present erratic humor in sensible flats. Energy is physical. Visions are palpable. Freak Flash is a series of curated screenings featuring artists who stir the surreal into waking life.

This program will feature work by: Dynasty Handbag, Jason Martin, Kelley McNutt, Keegan Monaghan, Matthew Thurber, Alan Resnick, Saki Sato, Brina Thurston

ABOUT OPEN SPACE:

Open Space Baltimore began as a collectively run space in Remington in 2009, and has since included a core group of members with a rotating cast of friends, volunteers and interns rounding out the Open Space team. Open Space aims to provide an outlet for artists ranging from local to international and to provide a space where the Baltimore community can behold these artists’ work. We believe that a successful arts space develops and curates a wide variety in programming; allowing for an expansive range of ideas while simultaneously generating and maintaining a greater scope of community interests. Since its inception, the gallery has maintained an interest in exhibiting all types of media, genres, and ideas from a broad geographical scope; thus the title ‘Open Space’. Open Space has been host to painters, sculptors, printmakers, book-makers, video artists and performers from allover the United States, Germany, Belgium, China, and Chile. We are currently working to reopen the gallery at a new location.

openspacebaltimore@gmail.com

openspacebaltimore.com

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vendor applications due wednesday <3

the countdown to march 7 begins

Five days left to apply to PMF V! LA, Brooklyn, Philly, Detroit, Chicago, BMORE and more reppin in apps so far. Don’t miss out. Apply here.