THE TENDERLOIN PROJECT

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to Butter Gallery over the weekend for the opening of The Tenderloin Project in Miami.  This was the fourth Living Exhibition, and once again it was incredible to see such a positive response to the project.  This was a unique exhibition as it was the first time that I was able to display works of art that were done by residents of The Tenderloin community, as previously showcased on the blog at the end of last month.  This is the future for the project – creating access to the arts for community residents and to allow their voices and their work to be seen and heard throughout the world.  A very special thanks to everyone who came out for the opening and an extra special thanks to Paco of Butter Gallery for making the show happen.  The exhibition will continue to live through the end of August before traveling to New York…

I’m a little late with sharing the entire Miami experience for The Tenderloin Project.  But below are some photos of us setting up Living Exhibition #4 for the project at Butter Gallery this past week.

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the opening last Friday for The Tenderloin Project at ABV Gallery in Atlanta.  The response to the show and the project was incredible!  Amazing to hear such positive feedback from everyone who attended and to realize that a project like this can travel from San Francisco to Atlanta and still hold relevance.  The feedback was a success in and of itself, and it was great to see so much art from the project selling as well.  Everything will now remain on display at the gallery until July 25th.  A special thanks to gallery owner Greg Mike for hosting the show, and to everyone at the ABV team, Tommy, Ash and Priscilla, for their hard work and for helping me to realize my vision for the installation.  A very special thanks to Homa as well for her help in producing the exhibition and for documenting the adventure.  Enjoy the photos below…

From Hypebeast:

This video showcases the collaboration between The Tenderloin Project and San Francisco-based Black Scale, as they release two new tees and a hat from The Tenderloin Project, both welcoming the new Black Scale flagship store. The campaign will help raise money for the Tenderloin Community of San Francisco. Video and photography was done by Sean Desmond.

We were honored to be included in a fundraising event put on by Community Housing Partnership last night. We donated 12 photographs from our project that were showcased in a video presentation that told the compelling story of CHP-SF, “a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that develops and operates permanent housing for formerly homeless people with on-site support services, job training, leadership development and employment opportunities.” (from chp-sf.org)    This is a truly amazing organization and we look forward to working with them in the future as our project evolves. 

 Music by Donny Hathaway.  Story-line directed and produced by: blocshop.

Special thanks to Ben Wilkinson who was instrumental in getting us involved with the night.