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Ian Ruffino’s work participates in this emergent tradition. Obdurately abstract in appearance, his work is, in fact, a frankly autobiographical enterprise, perhaps not representational, but certainly representative and very much of the world. Made very often from clothes Ruffino has purchased and worn, his works are as much of him as by him. One of his earliest mature works, Blue Outfit, Winter (2004), is an emphatic example. Identified as a screenprint on embossed paper, the work is substantially more complex in structure and concept than that media line would suggest. The origin point for Blue Outfit, Winter, and for many works to follow, was Ruffino’s decision—a formal decision in the artistic sense and a lifestyle choice as well—to limit his wardrobe to a palette of blues. Ranging in origin from Comme des Garçons to the local thrift store, these clothes were worn and washed over the course of two winters. The collected garments were then pulverized, compressed and embossed to produce a roughly square support, more like particleboard than paper in thickness.‡ Ruffino then used this palimpsest as the ground for a slightly raggedy, off-white square, applied to the surface using a simple acrylic silkscreen technique. The result is a deceptively elemental object, years in the making, that balances formal experimentation with what might be called material autobiography.§
‡ It is interesting to note that because Ruffino’s clothes are also art supplies, he is able to claim them as a tax exemption. § Another work in this exhibition, Uniform Restraint (2006), is made from the lint Ruffino collected from washing the clothing that became Blue Outfit, Winter.
Client: Canzani Center Gallery Exhibition catalog, Sleep. 5.5" µ 7"
Blue Outfit, Winter screenprint on embossed paper 20" ∑ 20" ∑ 1/2" 2004
Uniform Restraint screenprint and thread on lint 20" ∑ 20" 2006
In the piece Writer, Ian uses a found image of Robert Walser lying dead in the snow as the starting point for the work. As the story goes, on December 25, 1956, the Swiss writer, Walser, went for one of his customary long walks, only to be found dead later in the day by a group of school children. For Ian the photograph is absolutely romantic: the poet in his still yet wonderfully horrific place of being lost-in-thought and then falling to his death in a bed of cool, comforting snow: that moment of eternal Sleep captured in a photograph and again as a dark blue screen print in Writer. But in Writer the dark figure is obscured with white gouache, as if gently and painstaking covered in a blanket of snow, flake by flake. Roland Barthes—a central influence in Ian’s work and fittingly the author of Death of an Author—resonates similarly: in 1980 Barthes died of complications from an accident where he was knocked down by a laundry van while walking through the streets of Paris. In a dream we can see him perhaps reading while strolling the streets or lost in his brilliant, breath-taking thought. This obscuring, erasing, white-ing out, and sometimes blue-ing out strings a consistent thread throughout the work in Sleep—like a dream that is constantly re-writing itself but not to the point of obfuscation, but instead giving meaning in the shadow of the original. As with Rauschenberg’s Erased de Kooning, after the erasure we are not left with nothing, but another type of telling. The faint lines, pressures, and erasure marks, surely do lead us back to de Kooning’s perfect modernist abstract expressionism and in that shadow of modernism we
Writer gouache, colored pencil, ballpoint pen, and screenprint on paper 23" ∑ 23" 2012
can see the tension of Rauschenberg’s horror in the Old World perfection and romantic sanctity of art. In spite of Ian’s tight moves within each blue square, the paintings are always in the imperfect shadow. Ian works in squares and modern technique in the face of his horror, where like Rauschenberg, he despises the rigid fascism of modernism while under the realization that he is almost its poster child. His deliberate application is coupled with the uncontrolled and allowed imperfections of his free lines and imperfect screens. Heidegger explores this with his ‘shadow’, it is a place in the shadows where truth becomes unconcealed by the very act of not being out in the open. For Ian, Modernism is the lie of the glass house, where its transparent exposure pretends to reveal truth at every turn of inescapable honesty. This is all fiction, as Heidegger explains, the figure always casts a shadow and much is unconcealed there. Although Ian has us constantly looking at the modernist square, he simultaneously shifts our gaze in between the lines where we see the shadows of blue, the feeling blue.
In A Rip is a Misfortune, A Stain is a Vice, Ian attempts to take us out of the square. I will admit, it’s my least favorite piece in Sleep. I hate the shape and the marks of the ballpoint pen with the overlapping pools of ink, but it does prove interesting. Instead of beating, cutting, sewing, and stretching his blue clothes into squares these pieces of blue pinstriped button-ups are left with the tailor/factory edge. We see the shape of the tail or arm seam, all sewn together and mounted like an animal skin painting. Instead of a sun or animal motif, Ian pens in his modernist square by drawing long horizontal lines filling in the white pin stripes. For Ian the square is the modernist stain he refers to in the title. He despises Modernism, but to see this work and to know him we know it is a vice he cannot shake. Jean Luc Nancy writes about the monster, it is the self outside of self that we see in reflections, in dreams, in objects, in others; a resemblance or similarity that is so strangely and horrifically de-monstrating the truth about us. In this we see the resemblance before we see ourselves, very much like Heidegger’s shadows. Ian’s work shows the stain of modernism as a vice in the square, but here in the hyper/post/ultramodern we have learned to love our vices and our shadows, to embrace horror and the monsters in us, where death is not heroic or rude, but instead a blanket of snow, beautiful, not wanted, but not unwelcome. Eva Ball Artist
A Rip is a Misfortune, a Stain is a Vice ballpoint pen on fabric 55" ∑ 32" 2010
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CD It’s finally official—we are getting married! We are so happy to share this celebration with each of you and are grateful for all of your love and support over the years. We’re planning a great party this June in Columbus—it’s sure to be a night of fun! Our website, JoanAndDean.com, provides details about the wedding celebration and getting around Columbus. Watch your mailbox, invitations are soon to follow! Boatloads of love and gratitude, and looking forward to seeing you this summer! Joan & �ean
Client: Dean Paetzold and Joan VanWassenhove Wedding identity and visual system, including: logo, save the date, invitation, RSVP, thank you card, and responsive website.
Michelle Grabner
My research in the studio has consistently explored the performative concepts of mark making and its ability to make time elastic. I am exploring repetition and its relationship to the concept of boredom, especially in its relationship to work, labor, and maturity. Found and rudimentary abstract compositions combined with the ever-change medium of metal point materials (sulfurization) compress various illustrations of time.
Michelle Grabner Untitled, 2010 Graphite and gesso on paper 20×26˝
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Skye Gilkerson
The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. —Ludwig Wittgenstein Through my works on paper, I examine places and objects from everyday life that are often unassuming and easily overlooked. From this baseline of common experience, I use subtle interventions to ordinary, often ubiquitous materials to unfold our awareness of our surroundings and destabilize familiar structures. Space, time, light, and language, as well as pages from magazines and newspapers all become the materials for this exploration. These pieces, from a distance, look like quiet abstractions. As the viewer moves closer to the work, they reveal themselves to be the remnants of magazine pages. The text is removed by hand leaving only the punctuation behind. Separated from their original context, the marks become author-less, yet pages overlap, suggesting the meeting point between two perspectives or two voices in a conversation. The sentences attached to each of these punctuation marks are implied but never revealed, and the basic elements of written communication are transformed into an exploration of structure, referencing architecture and landscape. Because of their subtlety, these pieces ask to be viewed with heightened perception, fusing our intellectual understanding of the work with a sensory experience. Everyday materials are lifted from their context, defamiliarizing the familiar.
Skye Gilkerson 693 Spaces, 2009 Magazine pages 15×14˝
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• Of youth who report dating violence victimization, 1 in 6 experience only sexual violence.
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Partners and Peers: Sexual and Dating Violence Among NYC Youth Sexual and dating violence is not only a crime that disproportionately affects adolescents and young adults, it is a significant public health problem in New York City. Research has demonstrated that both male and female victims of sexual and dating violence are at greater risk for developing an array of health risk behaviors and negative life outcomes, affecting psychological, social, and physical well-being.
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violence perpetration and victimization. Recommendations on how to appropriately respond and prevent sexual and dating violence are featured on our last page.
Youth experience sexual violence from people they know • In this study, 20.3% or more than 1 in 5 students surveyed reported experiencing sexual violence at some point in their lives. • Of these youth, 10.1% reported experiencing non-partner sexual violence (sexual abuse or forced sex), and 14.1% reported experiencing sexual violence from a dating partner. • 89% of youth who had experienced sexual violence said it was committed against them by someone they knew.
The relationship between non-partner sexual violence and physical dating violence: One risk factor for experiencing physical dating violence for both boys and girls is having a history of non-partner sexual violence. Girls with a history of non-partner sexual violence were 2.75 times more likely to be victims of physical dating violence than girls without a history of non-partner sexual violence. Similarly, males with a history of non-partner sexual abuse were 3.55 times more likely to be victims in a physically abusive dating relationship than males who not have a history of non-partner sexual violence.
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This study was carried out in 2006-2007 by the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault (the Alliance) and the Columbia University Center for Youth Violence Prevention (CCYVP) at the Mailman School of Public Health with funding from the New York City Council and the Centers for Disease Control. The study included surveying 1,312 youth in four public high schools in New York City on the topics of sexual and dating violence. For a detailed description of the methodology, please visit: http://www.nycagainstrape.org/research_measuring_1.html.
Youth tell their friends first, if they tell anyone at all about the violence • Over half (58.7%) of the youth surveyed told someone about their experiences with sexual or dating violence. • Youth are most likely to tell their friends about any sexual or dating violence they have experienced. 71.8% of youth told their friends first. Only 12.8% of youth first told their parent about the violence. 11.5% first told another adult.
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• Victims of physical dating violence also report fair to poor health (28%) and low self-esteem (25%).
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• Victims of sexual dating violence report recent and frequent pain and illness that results in high physical discomfort (31%) and high emotional discomfort (28%).
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Adverse Health Outcomes Associated with Dating Violence Victimization
• Both victimization and perpetration of physical and sexual dating violence is linked with negative health outcomes for youth.
Survivors, friends, family and others came together to celebrate healing and recovery from sexual violence. The festival featured music, performances, dancers, spoken word, inspirational speakers, and more. The annual event, now in its 5th year, is sponsored by the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault in association with Midnight Kitchen Media. SAYSO! Took over Union Square on May 18, 2008 to raise awareness about where specialized rape crisis services can be found in New York City.
Every hour, survivors told their stories; in between, artists lent their voices to the chorus.
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How did you come to the final artwork that is being used for the SAYSO! campaign? I was looking for an image that represents call for action, openness, support. So I made the megaphone out of the many hands that protect the person who dares to speak out. Your work and biography speak of social justice. What does that mean to you? It means truth, morality, rightness. The cynics will say that all these categories are relative notions, but in our hearts we know there is right and wrong, truth or lie. To me social justice is about applying these principles to our life as a group of beings.
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Throughout the day, empowering, educational and inspirational speakers and artists promoted healing, recovery and action. Union Square was transformed into a healing space via experiential activities that included self-defense and yoga classes, Reiki sessions and participatory art.
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What’s next? I started my own publishing company, Clay & Gold: www.clayandgold.com. Stay tuned for our new thought-provoking projects. Luba’s SAYSO! poster, printed on the back page of this newsletter, can be purchased as an original silkscreened poster or t-shirt. See the Alliance’s website: www.nycagainstrape.org.
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• SAYSO! performers: Rachel Friedman; Winslow Turner, Porter III,
Carbon Pictures; Glenn Marla, Gina Gibney Dance; INSPIRIT: a dance company; Toni Blackman; Desiree Gordon; Yolanda Zama; Natasha Spady; Ganessa James; Anna Peach; Piper Anderson; Jami Jackson; Urban Word NYC: Roxy Azari, Tahani Salah, Ra Zayad; Una Aya Osato; Aliza Hava, FireMusicFaerie Productions; Jennifer Seary; Catherine Whyte; Vanessa Paula; Chana Rothman; Shoshana Jedwab; Pearson Lee, Brooklyn Girl Publishing; Nandini Muralidhar; Akiva The Believer; Elischia Fludd, SAFER (Students Active For Ending Rape); Kristin Simpson; Charlie Hoag; Julie Chim;,Lisa Bachman;Youth Action Council; Scout Durwood, Mighty Little Productions; Deborah Kampmeier, DJK Films; Yetta Kurland; The Spectacles; Black Betty & The Polka-Dot Crusaders; Lucky Chops Brass Band; The Ingenues; Voices of Women Organizing Project; Jamie Lyn; Melody Berger; Larissa Shmailo, TWiN Poetry; Glenys Javier; Haydee Lorenzo; Jerome Rankine; Ashby Dodge, The Joyful Heart Foundation; Stephanie Rooker; Emma Jackson; Amy Edelstein; Victor Cruz; Lisa Kessler; Liana Harper; Larken, YES; Tristan Fisher, P.V.A. Recording/Rehearsal; Helen Little, New York’s 106.7 Lite FM; Soohyun Park; Arong Kim; Jeeyeon Lee; tuac of LEN XIANG; Maria Rose Pirone.
like to thank Midnight Kitchen for donating their time and expertise. The event could not have happened without the support and assistance of the SAYSO! Planning Committee, SAYSO! event volunteers, rape crisis advocates and the following individuals and businesses:
LATE BREAKING NEWS: Luba Lukova has been named First Prize Winner for her poster, Health Coverage in the “Art of Politics 2008” contest.
• In-Kind Donations: Major League Soccer; Deviwo Projects; Jessica
Perpetrating other forms of violence is a risk factor for dating violence perpetration • 28% of youth who report perpetrating sexual violence against their dating partner also reported carrying a weapon in the past month. • 60% of youth who are physically violent with their dating partners also report engaging in physical fights in the last year. • Nearly 1 in 5 (22%) of youth who report perpetrating sexual violence against a dating partner also report being a member of a gang.
Monty; Whole Foods Bowery; Educational Video Center; Babeland; Gotham Girls Roller Derby, NFP; Trinity Pub; bikram yoga lower east side; Video Equipment Rentals of Glendale, CA & New York City; Stacie Joy, Photographer; Darren Mayhem; Namaste Yoga & Tranquility Center; Vanessa Zannis, Angel Therapy Practitioner; Center for Anti-Violence Education.
“I think art should reflect what is going on in the real world,” said Luba Lukova, the designer of the Alliance’s SAYSO! poster. Lukova’s posters have gained international acclaim for their interpretation of social issues such as those addressed by the Alliance. “I am not an isolated, distant artist,” she said. “I keep my eyes, ears and, most importantly my heart open to what is happening around us and then I express what I feel…”
• Reiki Practitioners : David Gorczynski, SPARK; Natalie Wilson;
Jessica Williams; Jae Schapp; Telesh Lopez; Meryl Susanne Brinin; Miriam Eisenberger; Lilia V. Marquez, Mind Body Spirit Healing Journey; Alicia DiGiovanni, Artful of Passion; Claudia Helmke, Holistic Energy Healing
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Partners and Peers: Sexual and Dating Violence Among NYC Youth New York Teens Victimized at Rate Nearly Twice National Average
The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault and Columbia University Center for Youth Violence Prevention just released results from a threeyear survey on sexual and dating violence among New York City high school students. Information for the study was based on anonymous surveys of students who were asked about their personal experience with sexual and dating violence. Results from the ground breaking survey were shocking:
• One in six (16.2%) report having experienced sexual violence in their lifetime • 89% of those who experienced sexual violence knew the perpetrator
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The Alliance received a grant from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services to improve detection, collection and utilization of DNA in cases of sexual assault. The grant will be used, in part, to create fellowships for medical providers. See back cover for the full story.
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More About the Youth Action Council (YAC): Members of YAC are on the move. Trained to provide their peers with information about services, they have developed assemblies in their schools, participated in SAYSO! and presented at the Brooklyn Association of Teen Educators 15th Annual Youth Conference and Theatre Festival. We are very proud of their accomplishments. A study guide to accompany the video “It’s Not About Sex” was developed by YAC members and other students working with the Educational Video Center. Learn more about the project and EVC at www.EVC.org.
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Sexual dating violence perpetration and gang membership: Boys who report being a member of a gang within the last year are 2 times more likely to report perpetrating sexual dating violence than boys who are not a member of a gang. Overall, 22% of youth who perpetrate sexual dating violence also report being a member of a gang. For boys this number is higher with 1 in every 3 (34%) sexually violent boys being a member of a gang in the last year compared to only 14% of students in a non-violent relationship.
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NEW STAFF AT THE ALLIANCE: Meghan O’Connor, MPH, LMSW Director of Programs Five years of working on the issue of violence against women, both internationally and within the US has prepared Meghan for her position with the Alliance. As a mental health professional, she has advocated for and counseled survivors of sexual and domestic violence. At the Alliance she finds “…an opportunity to translate research into practice in a field so desperately in need of that.” In her spare time, Meghan enjoys running and competing in triathalons. Sultan Torshkhoev, M.D., MPA Sultan holds the newly created position of Health and Forensic Services Project Director. In this position, he works in collaboration with NYC health care providers developing new programs and initiatives, manages existing health and forensic projects, and supports health care partners. Sultan, a native of Chechnya earned his MD in Russia and spent 4 years working in hospitals in the Chechen war region. Before joining the Alliance, Sultan earned an MPA degree from NYU’s Wagner School of Public Services.
• Almost 10% of student who reported having a dating partner in the last year said that their partner touched them sexually when they didn’t want to be touched and 6.7% said they were forced to have sex against their will • Only 24.4% of youth experiencing sexual or physical dating violence sought help from a health professional, teacher or guidance counselor
Benedict J. Monachino, Chairman of the Board of Directors the NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault
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Alliance Board Members: Ben Monachino joined the Board of the Alliance in 2005 and became chairman in 2007. Ben brings with him a professional commitment to the Alliance’s mission based on several years as an attorney in the criminal justice system working as a Principle Law Clerk to a Supreme Court Justice and a Commissioner with the NYS Crime Victims Board. His work assisting innocent victims of crime with their medical compensation benefits first introduced him to the Alliance. Also a Professor of Business Law at St. Joseph’s College, Ben runs a private practice in general commercial and business law. In March/April, the New York State Bar Law Journal published Ben’s article on the excellent work of the Crime Victims Board in enhancing rights of crime victims. “My interest in the plight of crime victims…strengthened my resolve to bolster the work of community-based advocacy programs working to help victims overcome their trauma,” Ben told us. “It was this awareness that attracted me to the important work of the Alliance.” “Since joining the Alliance Board, I have been part of the atmosphere of trust and respect for each other’s skills. The spirit of cooperation has made my job as Chairman easier.” Ben added. “I’m proud of what we have accomplished and honored to be a member and Chairman of the Alliance’s Board.” The Alliance is a recipient of the SAPPI Ideas that Matter grant through our graphic designer, Scott Santoro of Worksight. The IDM grant provides substantial resources to innovative nonprofits throughout the world, enabling them to implement creative ideas designed to support social and environmental causes. The Alliance utilized the grant to support our mission and goals by formally launching our brand with the development of our new brochure as well as this year’s captivating SAYSO! design by renowned artist Luba Lukova.
Deborah Fry, Alliance Research Director and Harriet Lessel, Executive Director respond to reporters questions.
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The Alliance formed a Youth Action Council (YAC) to discuss the results, make recommendations and take action against sexual assault among their peers. The YAC, comprised of eleven students from schools throughout the city, are involved in ensuring that young people know about services available to them by giving out the NYC Teen Health Map. The map is a foldable pocket subway map on one side and comprehensive adolescent-friendly services resource guide on the back. The New York City Department of Education has already ordered 10,000 of these maps.
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For more information on the survey and map, please visit: www.nycagainstrape.org Program Discontinued: The Long Island College Hospital (LICH) is discontinuing its counseling and education services to rape, sexual abuse and domestic violence survivors as of 6/30/08. The LICH Rape Crisis Intervention/Victims of Violence Program opened in 1984 as the only rape crisis program and the first Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner program in Brooklyn.
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The Alliance will continue to work with LICH and other service providers in Brooklyn to ensure that the best care is available to survivors.
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First in Staten Island: Richmond University Medical Center in Staten Island recently received its designation as a Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Center of Excellence from the New York State Department of Health. We applaud their efforts to improve services to rape victims in the borough.
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ARISE: A new coalition in NYC, ARISE (Action Research for Immigrant Social Empowerment) addresses the issues surrounding gender-based violence among immigrant communities. Joining The Alliance in the coalition are, the Arab American Family Support Center, Garden of Hope, Planned Parenthood, NYC, Sakhi for South Asian Women and Sauti Yetu Center for African Women.
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Grand St Settlement
founded 1916
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Grand Street Settlement_logo exploration _Worksight
founded 1916
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Client: Grand Street Settlement, NYC Directed by Scot Santoro, Worksight Identity development including: logo, business card, and environmental graphics.
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Margarita Rosa, Esq. Executive Director
Grand St Settlement 80 Pitt Street New York, NY 10002 212.674.1740 Tel ext 212 212.358.0025 Fax mrosa@grandstreet.org www.grandstreet.org
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Margarita Rosa, Esq. Executive Director
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• New York, NY 10002 • 212.358.0025 Fax
212.674.1740 Tel ext 212
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Forty Four Inc.
Forty Four Inc.
Client: Forty Four Incorporated Identity development including: logo, business card, and apparel.
Forty Four Inc.
Self Initiated Project Impulse drawings Archival digital prints, 25" Âľ 35" Studio based experiments composed using a scanner, various objects, and light. The drawings are used as research to inform my design practice.
Self Initiated Project Baby Frankie Typeface with five styles, specimen poster, and Feed Your Eyes film series posters.
Sharp Sharp Outline Soft Soft Outline Husky
FEED YOUR EYES FILM
SERIES
COME W AT C H
DAY IS DO NE by Mike Kelley Wednesday January 15 7:30 pm • AJ 460
FILM
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TH E ORDE R: from Cremaster 3 by Matthew Barney
H OLY M OUNTAI N from director Alejandro Jodorowsky
Wednesday February 12 7pm • AJ 460
Kevin Duffy 614.519.5294 kevin@kpduffy.com kpduffy.com