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February 2012 Events:
The Community Support Art
Program (CSArt)
commissions nationally and
internationally exhibited,
Nashville-based
artists to create art
for the program,
which
includes
small sculpture, mixed
media, photography and
hand-pulled prints. Just
like the veggies you
purchase through your
local community supported
agriculture program, you
don't see the art until
you pick up your crate!
Join the fun now - only 32 shares
available!
A $250 half-share
includes five artworks.
A $500 full share
includes ten artworks +
a CSArt Hatch Show
Print poster!
Purchase shares
online or
by contacting
Rachel Bubis at (615)
310-6533. NOTE:
We DO accept pament plans.
We DO ship outside
Nashville.
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CSArt makes art
collecting easy, affordable,
and FUN!
The next CSArt pick up
party, where shareholders
meet the CSArtists and pick
up their artwork, is 5-7 pm
on Feb. 10th at
SeedSPACE.
7-8 pm that evening the
public is invited to view
the CSArtwork Exhibition,
which will remain on display
at Seed SPACE through Feb.
29th.
NOTE: CSArtist Jodi Hays
will also have an opening at
Threesquared, a
gallery adjacent to Seed
SPACE.
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Seed SPACE
is located at 427 Chestnut
Street, Nashville, 37203. We
are open M + W, 10-2 PM and by
appointment. NOTE: We are
closed for installation now
through Feb. 10, for the
CSArt exhibit.
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Addressing the
unprecedented bioethical
dilemmas brought about by
the rapid advancement of
medical technology, the
exhibit TAKE
CARE: Biomedical Ethics in
the 21st Century continues
at
Austin Peay State
University Trahern Gallery
through Feb. 5.
Read Perrin
Ireland's "In a Family
Way"
review in the
Scene and
then see the show
yourself!
TAKE CARE
continues at University of
Wisconsin-Green Bay Lawton
Gallery March 1-30.
TAKE CARE specifically
considers
civilization's unease
with modern family
planning, maternal and
fetal care, childbirth
and child rearing. It
features
sculpture, photography
and video works by
artists:
Monica Bock
focuses on the
ordinary and extreme
phenomena of maternal
life.
Afterbirth (Sac Fluid,
Cord),
consists of three
cast-glycerin
dustpans. Glass
bottles embedded in
the handles hold the
amniotic sac, amniotic
fluid, and the
umbilical cord.
Annette Gates
makes porcelain
sculpture rooted in
the biological reality
of microscopic
single-cell organisms.
Gates' work speaks to
the genetic memory of
mitochondrial DNA.
Adrienne Outlaw's
Fecund Videos Series
explores ethical
issues developing with
advancing
biotechnologies.
Videos of mysterious,
fleshy forms
juxtaposed with the
latest advancements in
biophysics seem to
float inside mirrored,
breast-like
structures.
Kristina Arnold addresses
issues of biology and
the sociological
construction of health
and medicine. Her
glass and plastic
Drip
installation
investigates genetic
inheritance and the
emotional cost of
love.
Sher Fick explores
the social stigma of
chemical and hormonal
pharmaceutical
therapy. In
Coping Skills,
a mirrored wooden
altar holds 45
prescription bottles
that Fick
painstakingly wrapped
with scraps of
hand-stitched vintage
fabric.
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Jeanette May's
Fertility
in the Age of A.R.T.
(Assisted Reproductive
Technology)
examines the current
discourse in
micro-managed
procreation through
enigmatic photographs
that combine
scientific citations
with images such as
square-shaped eggs and
sonograms.
Lindsay Obermeyer's
beaded and embroidered
Shadows Series
investigates ethical
dilemmas associated
with pharmaceutical
use in the treatment
of mental disorders.
Red Hot and Blues
each feature the
silhouette of a young
woman.
Libby Rowe confronts
the fear of malformed
offspring and the
viability of life in
Womb Worries,
a collection of
hand-made sock
monkeys. Some of these
red-lipped, grey
bodied dolls have only
one leg; others have
far too many.
Sadie Ruben's
Alien Fetus Series
visualizes the social
and political
consequences of
bio-engineering
through a series of
fantastical, malformed
and twisted bodies
preserved in clear
gel.
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TAKE CARE
is a traveling
exhibition. 2012
venues include:
A 40 page, full color
catalog with four
critical
essays accompanies the
show. Made possible
with grants from the
Elizabeth Firestone
Graham Foundation and
The Tennessee Arts
Commission, the
catalog is available
in print or as a free
download.
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Cloudera Teams with O'Reilly
Media To Merge
Hadoop World and Strata
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Palo Alto, CA and
Sebastopol, CA, January 23,
2012—Two of the most
important Big Data events
will join forces in 2012:
Cloudera, the
leading provider of Apache
Hadoop-based software and
services, and
O'Reilly Media,
the leader in spreading the
knowledge of innovators
through technology books,
online services, magazines,
research, and tech
conferences, today jointly
announce plans to merge
their
Hadoop World
and
Strata
conferences. Combining two
of the industry's premier
data science events into one
exceptional program, Hadoop
World will now be a featured
program at the 2012 Strata
Conference New York, which
the two companies will
co-present.
Launched in February 2011,
the Strata Conference has
emerged as the
industry-leading event that
brings together
practitioners, researchers,
IT leaders, and
entrepreneurs to discuss big
data, Hadoop, analytics,
visualization, data markets,
and more. Hadoop World,
which got its start as an
annual event in 2009, was
established to advance
understanding and adoption
of the popular open source
platform, Apache Hadoop, the
world's fastest growing open
source technology. For the
past three years the
conference has offered
valuable insights and
education to address the
business challenges and
opportunities of Big Data
from some of the brightest
minds and most influential
voices in the data
management and business
intelligence communities.
"Hadoop World has always
been a robust and diverse
community-based event, not
just another vendor user
conference. In just three
short years, we were able to
grow it into a world-class
forum with global
visibility, explosive
growth, and the support of a
rich ecosystem of
participants from both the
open source and vendor
communities—including
partners, customers,
competitors, and more. We
are tremendously proud of
that accomplishment," said
Mike Olson, CEO of Cloudera.
"As the ecosystem has
continued to grow and
mature, it became apparent
to us that, as good stewards
of the community, it was
time to collaborate with a
leading independent
organization to help shape
the event's direction and
evolution.
O'Reilly Media has a
remarkable track record of
spotting, and then
explaining, the important
social and technical changes
that shape the industry. The
synergies between Strata and
Hadoop World are profound,
and combining the
conferences into one,
comprehensive event
celebrates and supports the
growing number of
data-driven enterprises."
"From its launch in February
2011, Strata has been the
center of the data science
and Big Data communities,
and we're delighted to add
the top quality content of
Hadoop World to Strata. Our
new combined conference will
continue to be the nexus for
everyone in big data and
data science," said Edd
Dumbill, Strata general
manager. "Today, advantage
and innovation depend on
filtering large amounts of
information to create
insight from data so
plentiful and diverse it
often looks like noise.
Offering the ability to
cheaply analyze such big
data, Apache Hadoop
technology has already
played a pivotal role in
bringing big data analysis
to the industry. Cloudera
has established Hadoop World
as the leading Hadoop
conference and we're excited
to join forces with them to
continue growing the big
data ecosystem."
The Strata Conference New
York will take place in New
York City, October 24-25,
2012. A call for speaking
proposals will open on
February 28, 2012. For more
information, visit:
strataconf.com
About Cloudera
Cloudera, the
leader in Apache Hadoop-based
software and services, enables
data driven enterprises to
easily derive business value
from all their structured and
unstructured data. Cloudera's
Distribution Including Apache
Hadoop (CDH), available to
download for free at
www.cloudera.com/downloads,
is the most comprehensive,
tested, stable and widely
deployed distribution of
Hadoop in commercial and
non-commercial environments.
For the fastest path to
reliably using this completely
open source technology in
production for Big Data
analytics and answering
previously un-addressable big
questions, organizations can
subscribe to Cloudera
Enterprise, comprised of
Cloudera Support and Cloudera
Manager software. Cloudera
also offers consulting
services, training and
certification on Apache
technologies.
About O'Reilly
O'Reilly Media
spreads the knowledge of
innovators through its books,
online services, magazines,
and conferences. Since 1978,
O'Reilly Media has been a
chronicler and catalyst of
cutting-edge development,
homing in on the technology
trends that really matter and
spurring their adoption by
amplifying "faint signals"
from the alpha geeks who are
creating the future. An active
participant in the technology
community, the company has a
long history of advocacy,
meme-making, and evangelism.
# # #
O'Reilly is a registered
trademark of O'Reilly Media,
Inc. All other trademarks are
the property of their
respective owners.
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Literature Party being held at
Lincoln Hall
to benefit Young Chicago Authors
A major literary event is scheduled
for Friday, March 2, to benefit Young
Chicago Authors, a Chicago literacy
organization transforming the lives of
young people through writing,
publication, and performance
education. The event, called
Literature Party, will
feature readings, immersive
performances, and a DJ. It is
scheduled to coincide with the AWP
Conference (Associated Writers and
Writing Programs), a national literary
event that will bring an estimated
10,000 writers to Chicago from
February 29 through March 3.
LITERATURE PARTY
Friday March 2, 2012
8pm, 18+, $10
Lincoln Hall
2424 N Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
Literature Party will
be hosted by eleven of the literary
world’s most exciting endeavors,
including publishers, magazines,
distributors, and other innovators. A
complete list of sponsors, with a
brief description of each, is listed
below.
The benefit party will feature
readings by Tim Kinsella,
a member of the legendary band Cap’n
Jazz and author of The Karaoke
Singer’s Guide to Self-Defense (featherproof
books, 2011); Mary Miller,
whose book Big World was
praised widely after its 2009 release;
and Dorothea Lasky,
author of three celebrated books of
poetry including Thunderbird,
which will be released later this
year. Jesse Ball
(author of the acclaimed novel The
Way Through Doors, and Writing
Professor at The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago) will also read
with the accompaniment of Chicago
puppeteers Jill Summers and Susie
Kirkwood.
Additionally, Chicago-based DJ
Matt Roan, is scheduled to
play music and Glitter Guts
will install their unique live photo
booth. All hosted by Zach
Dodson and Lindsay
Hunter of Chicago’s own
featherproof books.
Complete list of sponsors for the
event:
• School of the Art Institute of
Chicago Writing Program
• Bookforum: book reviews and
culture magazine
• Drag City Books: Chicago-based
publishing arm of Drag City Records
• Featherproof: Chicago-based book
publisher
• Hobart: literary magazine and
book publisher
• HTMLGIANT: culture website
• The Lit Pub: books blog and
online bookstore
• Publishing Genius: book publisher
• Red Lemonade: publishing and
social network
• Submishmash: submissions platform
• Wave Books: book publisher
More information can be found at the
event website,
www.literatureparty.com.
Direct media inquiries to Zach Dodson
at
zach@featherproof.com or
773.203.4223
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