Love Letters to 1612

Written By Jessica Bingham & Alexander Martin

Link to Love Letters to 1612.

About the Love Letters to 1612, as listed on the MdW website: We often hear about the how or why of running a space, but rarely how that changes and relates to our lives. These letters, written by co-founders Jessica Bingham and Alexander Martin, are addressed to Project 1612 as it approaches its tenth anniversary.

This Love Letter for Project 1612 was initiated by co-founder Alexander Martin as part of her work with MdW (pronounced “Midway”). MdW is “an evolving regional coalition of artist-run projects, platforms, and spaces spanning across the Midwest.” Learn more about MdW on their website here.

2024 yART Sale

PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN YART SALE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th FROM 12:00 PM TO 3:00 PM

813 East Jefferson Street
Morton, IL 61550

We believe seeing and living with art supports well-being and should be accessible to everyone. No amount is too small.

All proceeds will go to Soulside Healing Arts. Learn more about their mission at https://www.soulsidehealingarts.com/.

WE RAISED $6,350 for Soulside Healing Arts! THANK YOU!!

2021 yART Sale

PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN YART SALE
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21 FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM

813 East Jefferson Street
Morton, IL 61550

We believe seeing and living with art supports well-being and should be accessible to everyone. No amount is too small.

All proceeds will go to LULA Peoria NFP. Learn more about their mission at https://www.lulapeoria.com/.

Safety Guidelines:
1. Masks will be required
2. Donations can be made digitally through PayPal or Venmo OR cash in a jar

2020 yART Sale

PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN YART SALE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 FROM NOON TO 3:00 PM

We believe living with art supports well-being and must be accessible to all.

All proceeds will go to two Peoria-based organizations:

  1. GLOW - Girls Light Our Way

  2. PGOBA - Peoria Guild of Black Artists

Safety Guidelines:
1. Only 5 people perusing the art sale at a time
2. Masks will be required
3. Physical distancing will be required
4. Only touch the artwork your intend to purchase
5. Donations can be made digitally through PayPal OR cash in a jar (no exchange of cash will be made between person to person)

INAUGURAL PARTICIPATING ARTSITS:
Jeremy Berkley
Barbie Perry
Emily Hoerdemann
Lily Guillen
Jaci Musec
Morgan Mullen
Peggy West
Ana V. Fleming
Veronica Bruce Woodward
Heather Brammeier
A. Garcia
Natalia Villanueva Linares
Dan Ossandón
Abigail Jewell
Lisa Lofgren
Jamie Lankford
Jessica Bingham
Alexander Martin
Allison Lacher
Noah Otten
Blair E Clark
Eileen and Doug Leunig
Edward Breitweiser
Dao Nguyen
Rachel Jones
Reenie Charrière
Josie DePauw
Quinton Thomas
Jessica Simorte
Max Manning
Dylan Pashke
Melissa Oresky
Peggy West
Chelsie Tamms
Jerry Bedor Phillips

Time/Share

TIME/SHARE is a multi-space film screening in collaboration with Chintia Kirana of Expose Art House, Adam Farcus of Lease Agreement (Huntsville, TX), and Jessica Bingham and Alexander Martin of Project 1612 (Peoria, IL). This event is funded through Sixty Inches From Center with support from Illinois Humanities.

Project 1612 invited Josh Roach, a multidisciplinary artist/maker currently based out of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Lease Agreement invited Liz Rodda, an Austin-based artist and Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Texas State University. Expose Art Magazine invited C. DeWayne Cunningham, an artist, director, cinematographer and screenwriter from Beatrice, Alabama.

Programming:
Project 1612 at Lit on Fire, Peoria, IL
Lease Agreement at 12th Street Bar, Huntsville, TX
Expose at Expose Art House, Montgomery, AL)

Monday, March 25, 2019
6:00 PM local time, Q+A to follow

Film Festival

This festival was be held at the Renaissance Park Community Garden and Heuser Art Center at Bradley University. The short film festival was a collaboration with Backspace Collective and Bradley University and featured films from artists around the world including the UK, Canada, Russia, and France. 

Point 1612

Mini portable replica of the Project 1612 garage.