IAF - Call for Volunteers

[talkstowolves]

Last year, I participated in a marvelous exercise in interstitiality: an auction of remarkable jewelry inspired by stories collected in Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writings. Through the alchemy of word and imagination and raw materials, Mia crafted evocative poem-pendants, Elizabeth Genco knotted intoxicating skeins of glittering black beads, Helen Pilinovsky invoked a terror of rats in black stick pearls, and so many others conceived of and brought into the world so many shiny things. Even I found myself moving to select beads, thread wire, and execute in necklace form the tale of a girl and her lost brothers.

This fall will see the publication of Interfictions 2 and, with it, another fundraising event for the Interstitial Arts Foundation. Once more, they are putting out the call for creators to donate liminal art so that such art -- visual, aural, whatever wondrous creations fall through the cracks of easily codified existence -- can continue to be fostered. A self-fulfilling dream.

Right now, they're looking for volunteers to help run this fundraising event smoothly. They need project managers, web assistants, photographers, and more. Check out this post by Tempest Bradford (coordinator extraordinaire and excellent contributor to the maiden voyage of Interfictions) and see if you can't lend a hand. And thank you if you do!

N.B. The painting to the left is by Alex Myers and was chosen by the IAF to be the cover for Interfictions 2. It is entitled "e" and is part of his art as commodity series.

Comments

[blueinsideout.livejournal.com]

I tend towards plushies a lot, either animal or human, but it really depends on what strikes me about a piece. I do a lot of "inspired by" pieces. I could just as easily end up with a blanket, or hat or gloves... it's pretty wide open. But if they're interested I'd love to read the stories and see if one of them tickles that creative urge.

[talkstowolves.livejournal.com]

ellen_kushner says in this post (http://ellen-kushner.livejournal.com/244650.html) that they'll be looking for "wearable and portable art" so I think you're covered! :)

[ktempest.livejournal.com]

we are open to any kind of art and craft. I think the official position is that we want wearable and/or portable art, and textiles definitely count. As soon as we are ready to start accepting artists I'll post on my blog and poke D to blog as well :) It will be soon - possibly within a week.