No Small Plans shares the docket with some really great books on cities on this list: 101 books about where and how we live Recommended reading from urban experts and Curbed contributors By Alissa Walker, Patrick Sisson, and Sara Polsky Nov 22, 2017, 9:00am EST Illustrations by Paige Vickers https://www.curbed.com/2017/11/22/16679866/best-books-cities-black-friday-cyber-monday
Chicago Tribune, by Blair Kamin:
The New Yorker, by Alexandra Lange:
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-graphic-novel-to-transform-teens-into-city-planners
It’s here! The first print of NO SMALL PLANS. Initial Launch The team participated in a teen launch (CAF gave away a batch of books to teens directly) at the Weinberg Gallery as part of the exhibition Bold Disobedience on July 20th, and then had our official release party / book-signing for Kickstarter backers and…
I participated in an art game – a large-scale collaboration that connected artists across the world and transversed through many creative forms. The end result, is an interactive, online exhibition: Telephone. Check it out! It’s amazing to stumble through and discover connections in form and concept. A truly inclusive and inspiring project. My piece was…
I was interviewed by photographer/writer Brooke Herbert Hayes for Sixty Inches From Center about Good Stuff House and our Traveling Truck Show project! Here is a little excerpt: Brooke Herbert Hayes (BHH): Can you tell me about the inspiration for The Great Fire: A Traveling Truck Show? Kayce Bayer (KB): We were inspired by early…
Wow! I’ve been sooooo busy with the Traveling Truck Show project, I completely ignored my own website for 6 months. If you wanna know what I was up to in that time, check this out: http://travelingtruckshow.org/ It was a ginormous undertaking, but I learned a lot about organizing a large group of people, connecting with…
Good Stuff House just returned from New York City, where we installed a souvenir version of the Soft Shop at the Verge Art Fair in Greenwich Village. We got a couple teeny web mentions on ArtInfo.com: …Still, a conversation between two visitors couldn’t help but catch my attention: “Do you ever notice that the only…
A nice article about the “This House is not a Home” show @ SHoP (with a teensy-tiny mention about the Soft Shop) and the “Living by Example” exhibit @ NEIU (that included a few of our friends): http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-02-29/entertainment/ct-ent-0301-living-by-design-review-20120229_1_art-collection-home-and-art-art-chicago
“…Inside the hollowed-out space, six different design companies share workshop and production space, with a short platform in the middle showcasing the recent design works of the resident companies. Besides a brief flirtation with zakrose’s attractive sideboard made, according to the materials, of “reclaimed cedar siding, powder coated steel and mdf,” we manage to keep…
Complete review here: http://chicagoweekly.net/2011/01/19/arts-and-kraft/ An excerpt: Arts and Kraft Eel Space remakes the apartment gallery model By Chloe Wilcox January 19, 2011 … Claire Arctander’s work contrasts sharply with the playful nature of artists Chris Lin and Kayce Bayer’s collaborative interactive sculpture piece, “Mine, Mine!” They have worked together in performance pieces, but this project…