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#freezetag #mfa #mfathesisexhibition #mfaexhibition #bradleyuniversity #peoriail #project1612 #alternativeartspace #jessicabingham #art #installation

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Last step in the Memorial to Innocence piece that began in Washington D.C. at the ARTexchange at CAA. Thanks to Alexander Martin for photographing this final stage. 

#memorialtoinnocence #jessicabingham #caa2016 #caaartexchange #CAA

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Finally made it tangible. #printed #environmentalart #interventions #digitalphotography #jessicabingham

#environmentalart #jessicabingham #printed #digitalphotography #interventions

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Remnants of one of my outdoor tents. #enviromentalart #intervention #winterplay

#enviromentalart #winterplay #intervention

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Getting the most use of these pink balloons as I can. Today they will be covered in snow. #childhoodmemories #winterplay #enviromentalart #intervention

#enviromentalart #intervention #childhoodmemories #winterplay

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Baby Got Bat #snowy

#snowy

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New Painting 🎉🎈

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Tonight is the opening reception for the 39th Rock Island Art Guild Fine Arts Exhibition at the Figge Art Museum. The reception starts at 5:30 with awards beginning at 7. I have two pieces in the show which are displayed with many other great pieces. The show will be on display until May 15th. #figgeartmuseum #iowa #rockislandartguild #painting #jessicabingham

#painting #rockislandartguild #figgeartmuseum #iowa #jessicabingham

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I always knew you were the light and color in my youth, but now you are the light and color in my art. Thank you for sharing innocence with me.

#memorialtoinnocence

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New painting in progress. #painting #roots #jessicabingham

#jessicabingham #painting #roots

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His name among the all the names from the "Memorial to Innocence" piece that was created at #CAA2016 in Washington DC last week. Thanks again to all who participated, I think it was a very successful piece thanks to you! #childhoodmemories #collegeartassociation #jessicabingham #memorialtoinnocence

#caa2016 #jessicabingham #childhoodmemories #memorialtoinnocence #collegeartassociation

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All the names from the "Memorial to Innocence" piece that was created at #CAA2016 in Washington DC last week. Thanks again to all who participated, I think it was a very successful piece thanks to you! #childhoodmemories #collegeartassociation #jessicabingham #memorialtoinnocence

#caa2016 #jessicabingham #childhoodmemories #memorialtoinnocence #collegeartassociation

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Building a play-doh village with some friends kids...alien taking over and Buzz saving the day #superbowl50 #kidsplay

#kidsplay #superbowl50

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This is just a few collected names from the #ARTexchange at #CAA2016. The names had to be someone significant from your childhood, and two in this pile included art teachers. #collegeartassociation #washingtondc #childhoodmemories

#caa2016 #artexchange #childhoodmemories #washingtondc #collegeartassociation

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Just a few photos from ARTexchange at CAA in Washington D.C. This interactive piece invited viewers to write down the name of someone from their childhood who had an impact on their life. This could be a friend, teacher, relative, etc. The names were written on colored construction paper and placed in a white box. After CAA I will pin all the names on a wall, photograph them, and burn them. The ashes will be placed back into a single white box. This process memorializes childhoods.

Thank you to all the viewers who participated tonight, please follow this process here, on Instagram @JessicaBingham, and on my website at JessicaBinghamArt.com

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Midwest Art History Society Annual Conference

I am very excited to finally announce that Alexander Martin and I will be discussing Project 1612 at the Midwest Art History Society Annual Conference this April in Chicago on the panel "Alternative Exhibition Spaces". Abstract: This paper presents four contemporary alternative spaces – Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio, New Capital, and Roman Susan and Peoria’s Project 1612. While each have different beginnings, missions, and audiences, each promotes artistic expression and advances a broader artistic community with a relatively small infrastructure. Ranging from the oldest, Experimental Sound Studio, celebrating its 30th anniversary, to Project 1612, begun in April 2015 with a Kickstarter funding campaign, this presentation offers a cross-section of alternative spaces to discuss how these spaces function and how they have affected artists and the larger art community. From storefronts to garage or factory, these artist-run gallery spaces attract a diverse crowd and serve emerging and established visual, sound, and/or performance artists and creatives that resist categorization. While each maintain a distinct physical location and artistic focus and have different strategies of support, they all have critical impact. The panel discusses what initially necessitated these spaces and aims to address how collectively we can better support alternative spaces and understand their shared effects.

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Working on two small 18"x18" paintings, same color palettes, similar movement. #painting