Come join us for the Vancouver book launch of newly published books by Jacks Ashley McNamara and Sascha Altman DuBrul, co-founders of the Icarus Project! on Friday April 05, 2013 7-10pm @ Gallery Gachet
Jacks McNamara’s new book of prose and poetry Inbetweenland released March 1st, 2013 by Deviant Type Press is a “a luminous archive of survival and resilience in a self-destructing world.”
http://www.ashley-mcnamara.net/content/inbetweenland
Sascha Altman DuBrul’s Maps to the Other Side: The Adventures of a Bipolar Cartographer is “a self-reflective shattered mirror, a twist on the classic punk rock travel narrative that searches for authenticity and connection in the lives of strangers and the solidarity and limitations of underground community.” The book has been released on February 21st, 2013 by Microcosm Press.
http://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/3648
The launch will include readings and musical performances by:
Karen Ward
Kagan Goh
Joy Bartlett
Rachel Baumann
Jacks Ashley McNamara
Sascha Altman DuBrul
There will be books available for sale, and more!
This event has been supported in part with a generous grant from SFPIRG.
Sascha Altman DuBrul has been documenting and fomenting underground culture and radical people’s movements since he was a young teenager., From the anarchist squatter community in new York city to the Lacandon jungle of Chiapas, Mexico, to the Earth 1st! Road blockades of the Pacific Northwest to the rise of the global Justice movement, he’ s been a pioneer in urban farming and creative mental health advocacy. Diagnosed bipolar, Sascha is the co-founder of the Bay Area Seed Interchange Library and the Icarus Project, a radical community support network and media project that’ s actively redefining the language and culture of mental health and illness with over 14,000 members and dozens of peer based supports groups all over the world. For almost 2 decades he has been keeping a detailed journal of his life experiences with collage art and writing. He is a strong believer in the power of collective dreams.
Jacks Ashley McNamara is a painter, illustrator, poet, educator, and mental health activist based in Oakland, California. A trauma survivor who is also diagnosed bipolar, Jacks has looked for meaning in their madness for over a dozen years, and co-founded The Icarus Project in 2002. Jacks is the co-author of the book Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness, and has shown art, facilitated workshops, and performed poetry across North America and Europe. Most recently they were the featured artist at the Manhattan exhibition Navigating Disability, as part of the Reelabilities Film Festival. Their art and activism is the subject of the poetic documentary Crooked Beauty. Their first solo book Lung Seed, a collection of poetry and prose, is due out from Deviant Type Press in March 2013.
Accessibility info
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front door: 5 feet width
front door step: 6 inch height (but we have a ramp)
ramp: 31 inch width
washroom door: 33 inch width
toilet: 10 inch clearance on left side
14″ inch clearance in front to sink
Please refrain from the use of scented products at this event.
Inbetweenland and Maps to the Other Side – Book Launch
Come join us for the Vancouver book launch of newly published books by Jacks Ashley McNamara and Sascha Altman DuBrul, co-founders of the Icarus Project! on Friday April 05, 2013 7-10pm @ Gallery Gachet
Jacks McNamara’s new book of prose and poetry Inbetweenland released March 1st, 2013 by Deviant Type Press is a “a luminous archive of survival and resilience in a self-destructing world.”www.ashley-mcnamara.net/content/inbetweenland
http://
Sascha Altman DuBrul’s Maps to the Other Side: The Adventures of a Bipolar Cartographer is “a self-reflective shattered mirror, a twist on the classic punk rock travel narrative that searches for authenticity and connection in the lives of strangers and the solidarity and limitations of underground community.” The book has been released on February 21st, 2013 by Microcosm Press.microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/3648
http://
The launch will include readings and musical performances by:
Karen Ward
Kagan Goh
Joy Bartlett
Rachel Baumann
Jacks Ashley McNamara
Sascha Altman DuBrul
There will be books available for sale, and more!
This event has been supported in part with a generous grant from SFPIRG.
Sascha Altman DuBrul has been documenting and fomenting underground culture and radical people’s movements since he was a young teenager., From the anarchist squatter community in new York city to the Lacandon jungle of Chiapas, Mexico, to the Earth 1st! Road blockades of the Pacific Northwest to the rise of the global Justice movement, he’ s been a pioneer in urban farming and creative mental health advocacy. Diagnosed bipolar, Sascha is the co-founder of the Bay Area Seed Interchange Library and the Icarus Project, a radical community support network and media project that’ s actively redefining the language and culture of mental health and illness with over 14,000 members and dozens of peer based supports groups all over the world. For almost 2 decades he has been keeping a detailed journal of his life experiences with collage art and writing. He is a strong believer in the power of collective dreams.
Jacks Ashley McNamara is a painter, illustrator, poet, educator, and mental health activist based in Oakland, California. A trauma survivor who is also diagnosed bipolar, Jacks has looked for meaning in their madness for over a dozen years, and co-founded The Icarus Project in 2002. Jacks is the co-author of the book Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness, and has shown art, facilitated workshops, and performed poetry across North America and Europe. Most recently they were the featured artist at the Manhattan exhibition Navigating Disability, as part of the Reelabilities Film Festival. Their art and activism is the subject of the poetic documentary Crooked Beauty. Their first solo book Lung Seed, a collection of poetry and prose, is due out from Deviant Type Press in March 2013.
Accessibility info
===========
front door: 5 feet width
front door step: 6 inch height (but we have a ramp)
ramp: 31 inch width
washroom door: 33 inch width
toilet: 10 inch clearance on left side
14″ inch clearance in front to sink
Please refrain from the use of scented products at this event.