This document discusses plans for an event series called Emphemeros that aims to connect the local creative community in Oak Park, Austin, and Berwyn through temporary art exhibitions and social events. The first event in May will feature works on paper by local artists Linda DeViller, Shawna Gallagher, and possibly Michelle Dirks. It will include mediums like origami, book art, writing, and paper cutting. The goal of the Emphemeros project is to bring art-makers and neighbors together through collaborative exhibitions and networking to build connections within the local creative community.

1. Connecting Community
Oak Park – Austin – Berwyn

2. InternalAssessment

3. FieldResearchQuestions

4. OakPark–Austin-Berwyn

5. CommunitySiteAssessment
Roosevelt Road Chicago Avenue
Madison Street

6. From Permanent Community
Cultural Space
To Temporary Community
Event

7. ProjectModels
• Life Cube Project
• Second Bedroom
• The Medicine Cabinet
• The Hills Esthetic Center

8. EmphemerosProject

9. TheEmphemerosIdea
• A series of collaborative events that
brings local art-makers, creators, and the
curious together for one night.
• Each event is produced around an
exhibition of community artists, and
unfolds to provide a space for others to
show work and to uncover what other
creative locals are doing.
• It’s a place for collaboration and
contemplation, networking with art-
makers and socializing with neighbors,
creating an opportunity to connect with
the local creative community at large.

10. FirstEvent
• May 31 – PAPER
– Artists with works on paper
• Linda DeViller
• Shawna Gallagher
– Michelle Dirks (possible)
– Would like to add other paper-based art
• Origami/ Kirigami
• Book-based art
• Literature and writing
• Paper Cutting
• Other

11. Thingstoconsiderwhen
organizingyourpresentation:
• Frame what you have done and why.
• What is next?
• What have you learned?
• Convey the development and trajectory of your project
from the initial planning phase to its final execution.
• What is the community you are working with?
• What/Who are the stake holders in your projects?
• You should contextualize your work in a professional
manner to the community you are working in but also
address how is your project a part of the discourse of
critical engagement with the community that this class
seeks to achieve.
• This course is designed around art that intersects with
people and communities that may exist outside the “art
world” where do you locate your project on this spectrum?
• Is it art? Why or how is it art?
• Think back to the readings we have discussed in class to
help you formulate your ideas and contextualize your work.
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