We are taking part in The 8th Annual Expo for the Artist and Musician on September 15th, 2007. The Expo is the Bay Area’s only grassroots connection fair for independent arts, music and culture — an all-day “Free Culture Fair” featuring more than 120 Bay Area arts organizations, free workshops, children’s activities, our new Community Arts Showcase featuring local music and performance, and hundreds of local artists and musicians. There will be loads of great stuff! Details: The Expo takes place at SomArts, 934 Brannan St., San Francisco on September 15th, 2007 from 11 am – 6 pm.

Ethan and Ben are having an Anthroptic spin-off show at PS122 Gallery in New York Oct. 13th – Nov 4th. Ethan has made big, high-quality prints of the images to hang in the gallery, and with each, he says, “will be some text along the lines of ‘to hear the accompanying story by Benjamin Rosenbaum, call (212)555-5555 ext. 5.’ When that number is dialed, the caller will hear the short story as read by an actor.” Here’s the info: PS122 Gallery 150 First Avenue New York, NY 10009 October 13 – November 4, 2007 Opening party: October 13, tentatively 5-7pm

Anthroptic in print! In These Times Magazine included a short writeup about Anthroptic in their “Artspace” section of their May 2007 issue. It’s an honor to be included along side such progressive ideas. Download the May 2007 issue here. Page 41.

We wanted to give a little recap of our participation in the discussion at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts put on by The Collective Foundation. We were one of 10 projects and organizations that “exemplified a more democratic, people-powered art world and employ strategies of collective contribution, crowd-sourcing, and alternative or informal economies.” It was exciting to find such strong kinship with people from across the country who were all thinking up new ways to support the arts, trying out new methods of funding, and rethinking the artist/commodity world in general. Many of the groups were very new, like us, but a few were more established. It was a really inspiring night. Here are links to the other groups involved: Copy-Art.net Fine Art Adoption Network Cadre Art Grants Service Works InCUBATE Orchard MutualArt Tiny Showcase The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI)