Twenty-Three Days at Sea: A Travelling Artist Residency

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A highly unconventional residency that offers artists passage aboard cargo ships sailing across the Pacific from Vancouver to Shanghai.
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Backers: 133
Average Pledge Per Backer: $95 CAD

Funded: $12,682 CAD of $11,000 CAD
Dates: Aug 4th -> Sep 3rd (30 days)
Project By: Access Gallery
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Latest News

We just had the artist proofs of your prints made, and they are gorgeous!!

August 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Christopher Boyne, "container ship," 2015. Archival inkjet print, 16 x 19"  We are super proud to be working with the Vancouver-based printer Scott August to produce these limited-edition prints. His colour matching is masterful! We hope to have... (Read More)

Thanks to all of you, we're 100% funded, with one week to go!!

August 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Whew, running a Kickstarter campaign is no small amount of work and worry! It is really gratifying to reach our stated goal of $11,000, but this campaign has achieved something far more important than that. It has allowed us to feel a real community... (Read More)

WE ARE 97% FUNDED!!

August 27th - via: kickstarter.com
As of 11:00pm PST, we are only $259 shy of reaching our fundraising goal!! An enormous thank you to all our supporters! Surpassing our campaign goal is now within our sights, which will enable us to further strengthen Twenty-Three Days at Sea! XO  (Read More)

WOO HOO!! We've just hit 100 backers!!

August 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all so much for your support!! That's a lot of friends.  XO Access Gallery   (Read More)

More Press: Vancity Buzz speaks to our artists-in-residence!

August 25th - via: kickstarter.com
This is a really lovely article, which gives particular voice to our residency artists. Thank you Daniel Chai!  http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/08/creative-cargo-access-gallery-artistic-voyage/  (Read More)

Our campaign has been named one of the "Kings of Kickstarter" by Nubi Magazine!

August 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Check it out! Thanks for the shout out, Nubi!http://www.nubimagazine.com/kings-kickstarter-xi/  (Read More)

Update from Nour Bishouty on the MV Hanjin Brussels!

August 21st - via: kickstarter.com
We've just received word that our second resident, Nour Bishouty, currently aboard the MV Hanjin Brussels, is well and calling in at the port in Pusan, Korea. She had the brief capability of sending (very small) image files via email, and wanted to... (Read More)

Woohoo!! We are over 50% funded!

August 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Halfway there! Thank you SO much to our generous supporters for backing Twenty-Three Days at Sea in the first weeks of our campaign! Let's keep it going...we can get there!  (Read More)

Resident Update!

August 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Our second residency artist, Nour Bishouty, currently on board the MV Hanjin Brussels was last tracked just off the coast of Vancouver Island, heading out towards the open Pacific!  Nour Bishouty on the MV Hanjin Brussels Based in Beirut, Lebanon,... (Read More)

Scout Magazine profiles Christopher Boyne's beguiling line drawing (with postage stamps)!

August 12th - via: kickstarter.com
"Container ship" was created especially for Twenty-Three Days at Sea's fundraising campaign.The original ink-on-paper drawing is available for one lucky supporter, as are a limited edition series of archival inkjet prints. Here's a detail of... (Read More)

Yet more press on the project, this time from the CBC...

August 12th - via: kickstarter.com
... emphasizing the fact that Vancouver's prohibitive real estate market has in this case helped us to develop a more innovative and unconventional residency program:... (Read More)

More press! The Asian art journal Art Radar covers Twenty-Three Days at Sea

August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
http://artradarjournal.com/2015/08/07/twenty-three-days-at-sea-travelling-residency-from-vancouver-to-shanghai-attracts-global-interest/ (Read More)

Wow! We are 28% funded!

August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
An enormous THANK YOU to all of our supporters thus far! We are 28% of the way there. Whew...let's keep it going. Hugs from all of us at Access... xo  (Read More)

More local press! Thanks to Amanda Siebert at The Georgia Straight for the feature!

August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
http://www.straight.com/arts/504111/artists-will-spend-23-days-sea-during-access-gallery-cargo-ship-residency  (Read More)

Some local press for Twenty-Three Days at Sea

August 6th - via: kickstarter.com
The Vancouver Courier's Cheryl Rossi interviews Elisa Ferrari, our inaugural artist-in-residence (who just returned from her voyage to Shanghai in mid-July) and project curator Kimberly Phillips:... (Read More)

Important Shipping Information For Locals!

August 5th - via: kickstarter.com
If you live in the Vancouver area and would prefer to pick up your prize from Access Gallery instead of pay for shipping, please select "Faroe Islands" at checkout! And hey, if you do live in the Faroe Islands, we'll ship it to you on the house! ;) ... (Read More)

Bon voyage Nour Bishouty!

August 4th - via: kickstarter.com
As it turns out, we are launching this Kickstarter campaign on a rather auspicious day, as our second artist-in-residence, Nour Bishouty (based in Beirut, Lebanon) has just boarded the MV Hanjin Brussels at Port Metro Vancouver and will depart... (Read More)

Woohoo! Our first project backers!

August 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Many thanks to Kate Henderson, GH Dunbar, and Annie Briard, our very first campaign backers! Hugs to you three. xo  (Read More)

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