What, where and why about NEPO House
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____________________________________________________________What is NEPO House?
(a quiz)(we like quizzes)
a) NEPO House is an experimental project space/gallery in my house on Seatttle's Beacon Hill.
b) NEPO House is formerly known as home_page.project.
c) NEPO House is an artist collective that produces gallery and performance arts events in unique venues.
d) NEPO House is an experiment in integration of art into a domestic environment.
e) NEPO House serves as a homing device for an experimental, multimedia projects.
f) NEPO House seeks to extend an invitation to those who may or may not consider themselves arts patrons or artists to witness art in progress.
g) NEPO House is a vehicle for collaboration and active participation.
h) NEPO House is home to me and my family.
i) NEPO House fosters new connections between artists and the local community by creating unconventional opportunities for experimental artwork.
The answer is that NEPO is and does all of the above.evoba eht fo lla seod dna si OPEN taht si rewsna ehT.
(we also like things backwards)
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Read more about NEPO:
ArtSlant: Close Quarters and Simple Chance
ArtSlant: The Recognitions: The Open Klara Glosova
DRIFT - A Magazine of West Coast Cultural Production: Orange Juice from Concentrate
The Stranger: Currently hanging: NEPO House
City Arts Magazine: Here We Stand
Ava Living: From West Coast Home to Artist Collective, An Interview with Klara Glosova
translinguistic other: Leaving the Earth Behind: EP + DG = Drone Chamber at Nepo 3
Best of: NEPO 3: Air, Water, Fire (we will leave the earth behind)
My Heroes Died of Syphilis:NEPO 3: AIR, WATER, FIRE (WE WILL LEAVE THE EARTH BEHIND)
The Stranger: In Art News The House That Is Colonized by Art
The Stranger:The Stranger Suggests for Saturday September 25th, 2010
City Arts Magazine:Nepo House: Where Art Lives (And Don't Pay Rent)
Best of: Free art for the weekend by Joey Veltkamp
City Arts Magazine:7 Illuminating Things from the Weekend
My Heroes Died of Syphilis:NEPO 4 (US) by Amanda Manitach
The Stranger: So Much Local Art It Hurts: Fourteen-14!-Shows
Where?
1723 S Lander Street, Seattle, WA 98144
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Why in my house?
because:
a) I see my house as a valuable resource available to me right now
(we are paying our mortgage anyway)
b) we have a lots of clean white walls
c) I am interested in blending and erasing boundaries between private and public realms
d) I like the word inclusive - not exclusive
e) I have fun creating and collaborating with other people
NEPO House is an Associated Program of Shunpike. Shunpike is a 501(c)(3) non-profit art service organization whose mission is to strengthen the Seattle arts community by partnering with small and mid-size arts groups to develop the business tools they need to succeed. Working in close partnership with these groups, Shunpike helps solve problems quickly and impart vital skills in finance, organizational management and arts administration.
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