is art a luxury? something i think about a lot, epecially with a brother in the military, a culture of materialism, and the state of our environment : great thinking by Jeanette Winterson

SCHEDULE

I will be in Granada, Nicaragua until August 8; I am looking for family I have never met and only have clues. When I get back I will host a potluck/slide show about my adventures. xxx

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Practice + Practice are the luckylucky recipients of a grant from Southern Exposure!!! THANKS! wow!

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click HERE for photos of GOING PLACES (thanks Dina!)
Saturday, July 26, 2008
5-9 pm; one night only
Hilton Hotel : 333 O'Farrell, San Francisco, California
RSVP by email (hopehilton[at]mac[dot]com) on Saturday for Room Number, or call Anna Lise @ 917-549-7259

GOING PLACES
part of "Host"
presented by Anna Lise Jensen (NYC)
Artwork by Hope Hilton (SF)
amazing food by Leif Hedendal (SF)


This event is the brainchild of artist Anna Lise Jensen (NYC) who has decided to who is hosting a series of events in spaces she comes across--in this case her hotel room in San Francisco where she is going for work. This one happens to be a fundraiser where my work will be available for $15-$150 to help me get around the world and to curate an international exhibition here in SF @ Ampersand International; Leif Hedendal (of Secret Cafe and Slow Food) is making delicious edibles!

(: Send me an email or text on Saturday for the room number, then simply come on up to the room like you belong. If anyone asks, you're there for the surprise party.

ps- if you can't make it, but wanna purchase work, most everything will be up here and for sale next week

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I made a collage in exchange for a collage by Brion Nuda Rosch at the Infinite Exchange Gallery and he featured it on his gallery www: visit Hallway Bathroom Gallery

I'm included in Enantiomorphic Chamber, a curatorial website by Christopher Howard + Kevin Regan exploring an unrecognized phenomenon in contemporary art:reflected figures

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I'm on the air !!!
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send mail to Iraq: click on link and scroll down Thinking of You

June 5-7, 2008: I am participating in Futurefarmers' Free Soil Bus Tour as part of the 2nd Biennial 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge in San Jose, California.

03/21 - 04/25 : How fast your world is changing
curated by Lori Gordon
Opening Reception: March 21, 6-8:30pm
Ampersand International, San Francisco, CA
Walk with me: San Francisco
I will be hosting silent walks for the duration of the exhibition
www.walkwme.com
view critical essay by James Servin
read the thoughtful + generous review by Lyn Bishop here

04/05 : The Heroes Show : LUMP, Raleigh, NC
curated by Laura Sharp


late May, 2009 : Manifest Destiny (Salt Lake, 5 states + Rushmore) collaborative road trip between Hope Hilton and Katie Hargrave to explore and research sites of male Americana: Carl Sandburg, John Brown, MLK, Salt!, the Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, and Spiral Jetty.


ONGOING:

>>> Walk with me: silent walks in various cities

>>> 21 cities at once performed is an annual series of simultaneous performances around the world curated by Hope Hilton + Nat Slaughter

PAST:

02/26 + 02/27 : guest lecturer, Brandeis University (Hi Evan!)
presenting Trauma and Memorial: The Recognitions (Redemption as Practice)
EVENTS:
Walk with me: Boston
Tuesday Morning silent walk on the Black Heritage Trail: meet at 46 Joy Street off of Boston Common, 10am
Lecture:
Wednesday, 4-5pm @ Lown 301
(thank you Katie Hargrave)

Hope Hilton presents THE RECOGNITIONS:an experiment in social architecture and a 60-mile memorial as part of her thesis coursework in Hunter College's MFA program.

December 12 - January 12 | 450 W. 41st Street, New York City
Gallery Hours : Tues.- Sat., 1-6PM

12/19 - 12/23 : walk from Huntsville, Alabama to Shelbyville, Tennessee

01/06 : silent walk hosted by myself and Sarah Karp with tea party by Gary Wiseman

01/11 : storytelling on the porch, 6pm, Hunter College Times Square Gallery

01/25 - 02/20 : UNDERTOW: Counter Currents and Excavations ,
The Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University
An exhibition of sculpture and installation by four emerging artists from Brooklyn and Chicago: Ben Fain, Hope Hilton, Scott Lawrence and Andrew Ross.
Opening reception: Friday, January 25, 7-9 p.m.
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BIO:

Hope Hilton was born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and resides in Brooklyn, NYC where she received her MFA at Hunter College in New York City. Hilton is a cum laude graduate of the Atlanta College of Art (2003) and co-founder of the Atlanta artist collective Dos Pestañeos, which organized "Use Your Illusion I" in 2003 (hailed by the local weekly Creative Loafing as “one of the best locally produced exhibitions of the year”), "This is the Future" at Saltworks Gallery in 2004, and "Every Last Day" in NYC, Miami and Washington DC. She has exhibited widely and has been the recipient of numerous awards. In May 2005,You are My Salvation, an exhibition space for collaboration and events, opened in her studio in Manhattan. As an artist, Hilton curates, collaborates, designs, writes and walks. She is a recent recipient of the “Good Earthling Award”, presented in the form of a grant by the artist Harrell Fletcher and CalArts. Recently, Hilton completed a 60-mile walk in the Southern United States, recognizing the walk a slave named Henry made to announce the birth of her great-great grandmother.