Tuesday, March 20, 2012

New dose of Vitamin JWAM released!

How does your understanding of postmodernism compare? Check out the latest dose of JWAM's supplemental video series Vitamin JWAM!
Jesus Was A Moonwalker Supplemental Series: 
with David Cateforis, Professor of Art History, University of Kansas
Active Ingredients: 
Modernism, Postmodernism, Roland Barthes "Death of the Author", Robert Gober's Untitled installation



Friday, March 2, 2012

Vitamin JWAM Launched!

Check out Dose 1 of the JWAM Supplemental Video Series!
http://www.youtube.com/user/VitaminJWAM/featured

Dose 1 "Art/Good Art" with David Cateforis, Professor of Art History, University of Kansas
Active Ingredients: Carl Andre, Martin Creed, Turner Brize, Tate Modern



Saturday, February 25, 2012

More on Vitamin JWAM











a supplemental video series on Youtube

Vitamin JWAM is a bi-weekly video series being launched next week, approximately 2-5 minutes each, sharing all of the discussions and tangents that you wouldn't get to see in the short 40 minutes that is JWAM.

ALL of these conversations are important for us to consider, art world and outsiders alike. 
Episodes include:

High Art/Low Art with Steve Cromwell
Name of Artist/Experience with Steve Cromwell
Religious Art/Why we study it with Steve Cromwell
Religious Studies with Paul Mirecki
Latino Art/Religious and cultural symbols with Steve Cromwell & Eleanor Heartney
Government Funding with Steve Cromwell
Art/Good Art with David Cateforis
AIDS Crisis/Religious Art with Rev’d Todd Bruce
That’s religious/not spiritual with Rev’d Todd Bruce
Regional Religion with Rev’d Todd Bruce
Pastoral Exceptions/Religious Art with Rev’d Todd Bruce
Propping up with Rev’d Todd Bruce
Byzantine Icons/Nike check with Raechell Smith
Guy Ain’t White with Paul Mirecki & Rev’d Todd Bruce
Contemporary Art World/Patronage David Cateforis
Other examples of controversy with Eleanor Heartney & Kris Haase
In the studio with Robert Quackenbush

JWAM at tomorrow's BREAD KC!

JWAM will be in the running for this month's Bread KC Grant, at the Leedy-Voulkos this Sunday.

It's at 5:00pm, $10 to get in. You get a tasty organic meal and get to vote for the projects being presented, it's a great thing to get involved with!



Only 55 hours left to raise the $2000 goal!

There's only a couple days left to fund JWAM!

In addition, a supplemental video series: Vitamin JWAM will be launched next week on youtube. Check out the update for more info on Kickstarter!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2020169384/jesus-was-a-moonwalker-a-documentary-film/posts

Monday, January 30, 2012

The JWAM Reenactments & The Real McCoys

Outsiders and art buffs alike, most all of us enjoy references, like inside jokes. Aren't familiar with some of the works of art recreated in JWAM? Not to worry.


Here's a side-by-side look at our modest proliferations and the moving, arresting, shocking, and remarkable originals.


The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1599-1600
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
JWAM Reenactors: Christopher Schrat, Timothy Coen, Russ Pedersen, John Lampe, Coleman Crenshaw, Tyler Ernst, Adam Dreeszen

JWAM now a Staff Pick on Kickstarter!

After only 2 days, JWAM has gained 13 Backers and $550. Apparently the staff noticed the awesome support, lets keep it up!

Saturday, January 28, 2012

JWAM moves into Post-Production!

JWAM is now in post, with a Kickstarter Project scheduled to launch before the end of next week.

JWAM is a short documentary film including interviews with notable historians, critics and curators as well as Kansas City's own local artists (and beloved KCAI professors). JWAM is a film that discusses and brings up questions about the odd existence of religion in contemporary art.

By collaborating with many of Kansas City's awesome performers, dancers, and models JWAM includes re-creations of several works of art known for their sensationalized religious content.

Premiering at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art May 6th, 2012.