The Collaboration Room

Jills of All Trades @ TCR: “No diggity, I got to bag it up” Bag-making Workshop

Matthew — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:48:32 +0000

Come to the “No Diggity, I got to bag it Up” Bag making workshop and learn how to make a variety of creative bags from reclaimed and recycled materials. Saturday, March 13th from 6:30-8:30pm at The Collaboration Room.

Jills of All Trades:
“We are are group of feminists who are interested in learning and teaching one another. Skill sharing and workshops are the basic format for the group. We are open to not only women, but all who see themselves as feminists. Our objective is to create a supportive environment and to have fun learning and teaching new skills.”

http://jillsofalltrades.wordpress.com

TCR’s March Newsletter PDF

Matthew — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:37:22 +0000

here it is!

Pictures from TCR’s First Benefit Party

Matthew — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:37:25 +0000

Facebook Photoalbum for TCR’s First Benefit Party at the Bishop

Collaborator-in-Residence: Brad Wicklund

Matthew — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:35:42 +0000

Brad Wicklund (Love Factory Art Collective) will be our next Collaborator-in-Residence. He will be collaborating with TCR during the week of March 1st to offer a “week of generosity.” Individuals and groups are invited to propose their own offering for the week – perhaps a free workshop, bedroom or garage organization, give the shirt off of your back, or perhaps something more conceptual or abstract. Brad and TCR will also be designing our own offerings/projects and you are invited to participate, assist, or receive from!

Relatedly, There is a call for entries through the Love Factory Art Collective that is due this Friday, the 26th. In a nutshell, you propose a creative project, people attend and donate at a soup dinner (in Ann Arbor, MI) and then vote on the proposals, the money donated goes to the chosen proposal, the creative project is shown at Fuller Projects at here in Bloomignton on March 5th. Soooooooo…… propose a project, it may get chosen! If you want to work with TCR on a proposal, we are game! Email information at thecollaborationroom.org for more information.

TCR Benefit Party, Thursday, Feb. 25th @ The Bishop

Matthew — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:22:54 +0000

Event Info on Facebook

This Thursday, Feb. 25th, “The First Collaboration Room Benefit Party” is taking place at The Bishop at 9pm. Entry will be a $5 donation to go towards supporting TCR’s amazing, cheap programming and aid our establishment as a non-profit. Additionally, there will be 100 hand-made, one-of-a-kind, mixed-media prints on display and for purchase, only $5 each. There will be a “lawn-mowing performance” at the beginning of the evening, to be followed by FOUR great bands! We will have information on hand about upcoming workshops and events and attendees may participate in our ever-growing Red Circle Animation Project (as well as see its current state!). We hope you will come and show your support for TCR! Please come and tell your friends!

More information below:
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Benefit Party for The Collaboration Room @ The Bishop
Pink Houses. Universe. Dead Dog. Full Sun.
This Thursday, February 25th, 9-Late
Admission is $5.00. 18+

PINK HOUSES

UNIVERSE – fantasy hardcore with violins. Folks from Good Luck, Morrow, Soophie Nun Squad, and Selfish Whales.

DEAD DOG

FULL SUN – Folks from Pink Razors, Defiance, Oh, and Ox Eye

Morphing Red Circle

Matthew — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:40:34 +0000

other red circle animation

Party O’Clock event at TCR on 11/20/09

Matthew — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:57:57 +0000

What does a party look like at TCR? We weren’t too sure at first. This is what we came up with: listening to records, Legos, puzzles, cakes shaped like objects, volcano fountain, creating an original sound effects score to a silent cartoon. What else? Want to help? Join the party commitee. Everybody is welcome. Dress as you wish.

Friday November 20th, 8-?, bring a friend, bring noise makers, bring records -if ya got ‘em.

You could be jammin’ at TCR’s Party O’Clock.

Reading for November 19th

John — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:38:10 +0000

Hello everyone,

As promised last month, we’ll be wading into dangerous territory while attempting to discuss the value of “visual fluency” (Or, to put it another way, the art of looking at art). To that end, our reading is C.S. Lewis’s essay, How the Few and Many Use Pictures and Music.

As always, email John for a copy of the reading. Everyone is invited.

November 19th
7pm
214 N Rogers

HALLOWEEN!

Matthew — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:48:25 +0000

TCR loves Halloween, so we had a little daytime open session with Haunted Gingerbread Mansion Making, Halloween Electronics Circuit Bending, and Costume Assistance. We had alot of fun building with the candy, frosting, pretzels, marshmallows, and graham crackers and our mansion was completely consumed by the handful later that evening. We had the pleasure of assisting in making a young lady into a vampire (see picture below of her first victim as well as her hand-drawn plan) and got to break in our Interview Booth with a vocally inquisitive 4 year old! We were also furiously working on our own costumes (Matisse was a ghost factory complete with mechanical hat and Matthew was a brick wall).

SPOOKYSLOPPYORGHOSTY POSTER PROJECT

Matthew — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:29:25 +0000

We got the idea to have a collaborative poster for our SPOOKYSLOPPYORGHOSTY October and to put up for Halloween. I found an image of a “were-tiger” and used it as a starting point for the body of the monster. Our friends, Luke and Becky, from Opera House Press participated by helping us make the screen. We then set up in the space to print for the first time. This was very exciting! We had gotten some old ink donated but it had lots of chunks in it, but we salvaged most of it by pushing it through an mosquito net. We printed around 40 or 50 on big sheet of drawing paper and then invited whoever we could get a hold of to come over that night to draw in the faces of the monster. We got out all of the drawing supplies and went at it for hours. Each poster ended up being totally unique. Matisse and John walked around town asking businesses to hang them up in their windows for the week leading up to Halloween. Special thanks to ReFrame for framing our poster and hanging it up in their window!! You might still be able to see some up along 5th and 6th streets.