7101 W Liberty Rd in Ann Arbor

Friday, Sep 10
7-9 P.M.: FREE public reading and book signing with Christine Hume and Julie Carr

Saturday, Sep 11
9:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.: Master class with Christine and Julie

Moving into Writing. Writing into Sound.

In this three-hour workshop, Julie Carr will lead the group through a series of movement-based explorations and improvisations from which we will generate original written material. Christine Hume will then direct us in developing this material into sound driven texts that perform the ways that sound allows language to connect to the body. We welcome dancers, writers, and performers of all kinds into this workshop, though no prior experience is necessary. Please come in comfortable clothes, ready to move, to listen, and to write.

ARTIST TALK: Jeffrey Brown
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 7PM
Admission: Free
Map here

Comic artist and Michigan native, Jeffrey Brown has gained much renowned for his trio of books dedicated to past relationships, the self-published Clumsy (2003), Unlikely (2003) and AEIOU: An Easy Intimacy (2005), as well as more recent comic works The Incredible Change-bots (a Transformers parody) and his most recent work Funny Misshapen Body: A Memoir. His work is simultaneously wry and sincere, crude yet beautiful and emotional. His simple, sweet, illustrated novels, composed of snippets and snapshots of everyday life, have drawn attention to Brown from established comic icons like Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan, Acme Novelty Datebook) and Daniel Clowes (Eightball, Ghost World), and more mainstream praise from Ira Glass and his This American Life program on National Public Radio on which Brown has appeared to discuss his work. Jeffrey Brown will present a lecture about his own work and about the fumbles and foibles of being an independent comic artists/illustrator today.

The Portable Library Project is a project involving the creation of small works exploring ideas surrounding archiving, journaling, libraries, ephemera, and incorporating an art practice into everyday life.

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