Creative Actions and Subversive Arts

CASA is a working group for artists and non-artists alike who want to engage in creative projects within Occupy Boston.

Next meeting: Saturday, Jan. 28 - 3:00 pm, Biddy's, a bar near Dewey Sq..

Next event: Community Gathering on Jan. 30. See below for details.

Mailing list: Click here for sign-up information.

ART = ACTION CASA Community Gathering, Jan 30.

On Monday, Jan. 30 at 6:00 pm the Creative Arts and Subversive Actions Working Group will host a Community Gathering that will propel OB into the stratosphere! There will be something for everyone and it will all scare the 1% to bejezus/envelope them in a green Valentine cloud of love.

Yes! One of the six action packed projects will be “Valentines for the Beloved Opposition”! Yes! That’s OB loves BO! Yes! We will be mailing them! We will also be work shopping guerrilla theater skits by Aria and Stuart, recruiting for Street Art forays, making Tiny Tents and exploring the possibilities of Mutation is Creation’s overhead projector. Everything will be set up at workstations so that folks can move freely between projects while munching on creative goodies. Mid-way through the evening there will be a short performance. At the end of the evening, a whole fleet of Tiny Tents will be escorted out into the larger world to spread their tent-y goodness to shoppers everywhere. The Valentines will make a two-week appearance at an undisclosed location before being mailed to their beloved recipients. The point, said the un-named Street Art point person, is “To act.” Aria and Stuart said, “No experience necessary.”

CASA hopes that this gathering will serve as prototype launching pads for similar gatherings and welcomes creative interventions to any and all agendas. Bring your funny hat and Jedi light sabers. Check the OB calendar for location.

OPERATION WOOF!

Doggie Rally in Support of Occupy the Courts Jan. 20, 2012 12:30 - 1:30 pm Boston Federal Courthouse Fan Pier

Bring Your Human!

For More Info: dogsagainstcorporatepersonhood@gmail.com

Tiny Tent Task Force

The Tiny Tent Task Force makes and distributes tiny tents.

• Check out the Tiny Tents Tumblr for pictures - and submit your own tiny tent sightings!
• Download a PDF to make tiny paper or cardstock tents
• Here is a tutorial for making a tiny tent out of fabric.

Other Projects

This would be a good place to write about the graphic design project (projects?) for solidarity with Egypt.

Other Occupy Boston Arts & Design Resources

• Graphic Design projects, including button, sticker, and poster designs.
• If you would like a graphic designer to work on your OB project, send an email to our listserv with the details!
• Arts and Culture
• Occupy Boston Screen Printers Guild http://www.facebook.com/OBScreenPrint
• Occupy Boston Art Blog http://occupybostonart.wordpress.com/
• "Look In the Sky! It's Occupy Boston!" To contact the folks who project things on buildings email: mutationiscreation@gmail.com

General Resources

Here would be a good place to store useful information like which print shops have printers that will not scale your print jobs properly, links to articles and documents with interesting facts to share with the world, and so on.

Local Art Groups & Spaces

This could be a list of local art groups and resources that would be worth establishing relationships with.

The Institute for Infinitely Small Things - A group that has been making art about political and social "tiny things" for more than a decade. Is involved with the tiny tents task force, and has done other projects about & with occupy.

Platform2 - "Platform2 is an experimental event series that sits somewhere between a classroom, community organizing, and 1960s happenings."

sprout & co. - "is a community education and research organization devoted to creating and supporting the community-driven learning, teaching, and investigation of science. We're united by a passion to reclaim science as a richly personal and creative craft. Through our PROGRAMS & STUDIOS, we're working to make our vision real in Somerville."

http://groundswellcollective.com/; journal of art and activism.