OAS 9.2012 Conference Call Notes [By Jez Bold]

Jez’s notes from yesterday’s conference call to prep for Jenjoy’s OAS presentation at the Black Mountain conference this weekend. Workshopping the presentation at Bat Haus tonight from 7-9pm…

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Conference description: 

RE-VIEWING BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE 4: Looking Forward at Buckminster Fuller’s Legacy: a weekend gathering of scholars, practitioners and artists coming to Asheville to discuss, present and experience topics and workshops related to the forward-thinking ideas of Buckminster Fuller with some presentations addressing other topics related to Black Mountain College. 

OAS Node #1 is going to Black Mountain!

Please join us Wednesday, September 26th at OCCUPATIONAL ART SCHOOL NODE #1 @BAT HAUS to workshop our presentation at Black Mountain College this weekend! 

OASN1 Presentation Program Summary for BMC International Conference 2012 

• ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 4 
• September 28-30, 2012
• Asheville, North Carolina 
• Thematic Focus: Looking Forward at Buckminster Fuller’s Legacy 

OASN1 PRESENTER: JENJOY ROYBAL 

Bucky in Bushwick: Actualizing Black Mountain in the age of Occupy

 Occupational Art School (OAS) is a start up art school in Bushwick, Brooklyn, born out of the arts and culture committee at the hieght of  the occupy movement. The overall approach is to combine a self-educational salon with some of the sustainable urban strategies expressed in the Buckminster Fuller Challenge. After doing a visioning process and researching similar endeavors like Black Mountain College, 3rd Ward, Eyebeam and Bruce High Quality, it became clear that there is no single place that allows one to develop a holistic approach to being an artist in the city in the way we are envisioning. You do your urban farming in one neighborhood, showcase and sell your handmade wares in another and go back to your studio to produce your artwork for a gallery showing, all disconnected. OAS is a one-stop shop for integrating art practice and a sustainable lifestyle in such a way that is regenerative – an artist centric enterprise with a strong educational component provided by its members/participants. Influencing projects from the Buckminster Fuller Challenge include Plant Chicago, Brooklyn Farm Yards and Santa Fe Innovation Park. Courses started in August 2012.

About OAS Founding Member Jenjoy Roybal: JenJoy Roybal managed the Buckminster Fuller Challenge at the Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) in Brooklyn (NY) for several years. She is a graduate of the groundbreaking Urban Design Program at CUNY headed by Michael Sorkin. Prior to BFI, JenJoy worked for the City of San Jose implementing public art for capital improvement projects (CIP), and in Santa Fe, NM for a design/build company utilizing indigenous and sustainable practices for housing development. JenJoy is also a painter and video artist with a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago.