SoapSkeptics: May 2014

Monday, May 26, 2014

Our Latest Interview with Artist, SEEMORIAH

ARTIST PERSPECTIVE: SEEMORIAH

SEEMORIAH is a multidisciplinary artists with Puerto Rican roots, living in New York City. SoapSkeptics visited her studio and we discussed the differences in the cultures she experiences in her day to day, between the art world of NYC, the Puerto Rican culture, and the New York City culture. She explains the ways in which society and technology have influenced her feminist art practice and she lets us into her world she creates where women are fearless and powerful.

To see more of SEEMORIAH's work:

FOLLOW SEEMORIAH on tumblr: seemoriah.tumblr.com
FOLLOW SEEMORIAH on twitter: @Seemoriah
FOLLOW SEEMORIAH on instagram: @Seemoriah
"LIKE" SEEMORIAH on Facebook: facebook.com/Seemoriah

SoapSkeptics is an art group made up of Rosie McNeill and Andrea Garcia. We are traveling across the country in August 2014 to meet with more local artists [of all mediums] and discuss how culture and society shape the ways in which they make/view art.

Keep up with what SoapSkeptics is doing:

Blog: soapskeptics.blogspot.com
Instagram: @soapskeptics
Facebook: facebook.com/soapskeptics.1
Youtube: youtube.com/soapskeptics
Vimeo: vime.com/soapskeptics
Email: soapskeptics@gmail.com

Help us make this project possible- visit our Kickstarter Campaign to help us reach our goal of $5,000:

kickstarter.com/projects/1793708100/soapskeptics-traveling-across-usa-to-film-art-and

Peace

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Taking A Break From Work Is Good For You

We have been busy busy the past few weeks, getting our Kickstarter Campaign launched, continuing to interview local artists, edit the films, and creating creations to sell at our local art festival, June Bug!

We decided to take this glorious day and spend it at Round Valley Park in New Jersey.

GO THERE BECAUSE IT IS AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL! The water is crystal clear, the trees are radiating good vibrations, and the air is just too good to not breathe. It's always good to get out of the office/studio/home and just explore somewhere new with good friends, and some sandwiches.

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Now, we must continue on our work!

We have a couple "Artist Perspective"

videos coming to ya'll this week:

One is with SEEMORIAH, a very passionate multidisciplinary feminist artist from New York City. She gives us interesting opinions about living in New York City as an artist and as a Puerto Rican woman.

Second, we have Boat Shoes, a one man experimental band who uses cacophony at it's finest. He talks with us about being from a small town in New Jersey with little cultural influences, how hip hop shaped his interest in music, and how/why his interest has evolved over time.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

!!! Kickstarter Update !!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1793708100/soapskeptics-traveling-across-usa-to-film-art-and

This whole experience has been mind blowing for us, we appreciate all of the support we have been getting so far! We are forever grateful to these lovely folks who have been pledging to make this project possible:

Also, a SPECIAL THANKS to Jeff Edwards from the Visual and Critical Studies Department at the School of Visual Arts for publishing about our Kickstarter Campaign on the Visual and Critical Studies Blog!!

To read more about the Visual and Critical Studies Department at the School of Visual Arts, which is also where Andrea of SoapSkeptics just graduated from, go to:

http://www.visualandcriticalstudies.com/

Monday, May 19, 2014

Help Us Film A Documentary About Art and Culture in 2014 Across America

Visit this link to watch out promotional video!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1793708100/soapskeptics-traveling-across-usa-to-film-art-and

Watch, Share, Donate :)

SoapSkeptics

Interview with The Black Cadillacs

Sunday, May 18, 2014

So far, our kickstarter campaign is going very very well! We are so excited to see others believing in us and our project idea, we couldn't be happier! THANK YOU ALL!
Chins are up and hopes are high to reaching our goal of $5,000 and making this dream a reality.
Peace ~ Rosie&Andrea

Friday, May 16, 2014

Our KICKSTARTER is ready to go!

KICKSTARTER IS UP AND RUNNING!

Hello again friends! We are happy to share that our kickstarter page has been accepted and successfully LAUNCHED! Here is the link, please share this with everyone you can. We really appreciate the help, Thank You!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1793708100/soapskeptics-traveling-across-usa-to-film-art-and

Thursday, May 8, 2014

!!! KICKSTART CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED MAY 14 !!!

Local Metuchen, New Jersey Artists (Andrea Garcia and Rosie McNeill) are embarking on a trip across North America to discover the relationship between our quickly-evolving culture and art practice in 2014.

SoapSkeptics is traveling to and supporting other local artists across America in order to create a documentary on the subject, collaborate with the artists, and create a new form of community which can only be obtained through human interaction.

We are ALSO publishing a book which will consist of handmade weavings we create out of raw materials in every city/town we stop in along with our drawings and writings from our personal sketch books. The book will be the way in which WE visually represent our journey and experiences across America.

For more details, stay tuned for our kickstarter which will be launched on May 14- help us reach our goal of $5,000 to make this project happen !!!!

Help us get the word out about our mission and if you are interest, please feel free to contact us, follow us, like us.

@SoapSkeptics
www.soapskeptics.blogspot.com
www.vimeo.com/soapskeptics
soapskeptics@gmail.com

Support local artists!!
Peace.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

An Interview with Amanda Spinosa

Amanda Spinosa helped SoapSkeptics MAJOR by silk screen printing our business cards. In exchange, we offered to interview her about her views on today's society along with her art practice and work. She was more than happy to participate and gave us some interesting topics to talk about on feminism, nationality, and technology shifting the way in which art is being produced.

To view more of Amanda's work visit:

Instagram: frickinheck

Email: amandaspinosa@yahoo.com

Website: amandaspinosa.com

Here is the final product of our interview:

Friday, May 2, 2014

Andrea Garcia of SoapSkeptics celebrated the end of her studies at the School of Visual Arts

May 1, 2014
Andrea Garcia of SoapSkeptics exhibited her works in the Visual and Critical Studies Program Open Studios at the School of Visual Arts. This evening of art appreciation was the final step until she graduates with her fellow amazingly talented peers.
Here are some pictures of the exhibition along with SoapSkeptics enjoying the installations.

To see more of Andrea Garcia's fine art work visit: www.andreagarciavasquez.com