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

FALL 2008

DESDE ABAJO SUBIMOS opening December 12, 7-9pm
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100 Photographers from all parts of the globe are invited to take part in this synchronous process of seeing
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I am returning to my hometown (!!!) and participating in Hello Liberty, curated by Lisa Alembik
Sept. 24-Nov. 23, 2008
Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College Decatur, Georgia, USA
Here I will initiate a new version of my "Walk with Me" project, Walk with Me: Georgia (the photo to the left was taken during our silent walk by my sneaky friend Ollie)
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Practice + Practice are the luckylucky recipients of a grant from Southern Exposure!!! THANKS! wow!

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I'm on the air !!!
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I found my family on my first day in Nicaragua!!! Fue un milagro! Images forthcoming.
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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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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 one of these days...

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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 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and now resides in San Francisco, CA. A cum laude graduate of
the Atlanta College of Art (2003) and a magna cum laude graduate of The City University of New York, Hunter College
(2008), Hilton is the co-founder of the artist collectives Dos Pestañeos (NYC) and 21citiesatonceperformed (Atlanta). As
an artist Hilton curates, collaborates, designs, publishes, writes, and walks. In May 2005, "You are My Salvation", a public
space for collaboration and events, opened in her MFA studio. Here she acted as host to national art collectives and
exhibitions for two years. In 2005 she was awarded the "Good Earthling Award", presented in the form of a grant by the
artist Harrell Fletcher and CalArts. In Winter 2007 Hilton completed a 60-mile memorial walk in the Southern United
States to recognize the walk a slave named Henry made to announce the birth of her great-great grandmother. She was
a participant at the University of Regina in Canada in October 2007 as part of "Open Engagement: Art After Aesthetic
Distance" and recently completed projects include a silent walk commemorating the Black Heritage Trail in Boston, silent
walks in various locations, walking all over San Francisco using others’ directions for 30 days, and a Dos Pestañeos
retrospective at Alfred University. In Spring 2009 she is planning a road-trip investigation into male Americana of the
Midwest with the artist Katie Hargrave. Most recently she is the recipient of an Alternative Exposure grant from Southern
Exposure Gallery, San Francisco with Sara Thacher for their publication venture, Practice & Practice.