Public-Holiday Projects programs group exhibitions that evolve out of the branching nature of ideas exchanged among artists. It succeeds as a less conventional forum for showing and disseminating artworks, requiring active participation and shared labor. Each project includes not only an exhibition of finished artworks, but also a means of accessing the participating artists’ intellectual and material working processes, and a publication that extends the life of the project beyond the exhibition dates. Artists who participate in Public-Holiday Projects' endeavors contribute extensive time and energy as their work is presented and archived in their own voice.
Public-Holiday Projects was conceived by three graduate students in the last semester of their MFA program in New York City as a tool to extend the collective energy of an art school environment. As we and our colleagues began to exhibit work, be written about, and generally participate in the art world at large, we realized that we wanted to play an active role in how our peer group’s work was discussed and exhibited. Public-Holiday Projects galvanizes a pre-existing, international network of artist-run and non-profit gallery spaces in order to provoke a discourse that does not hinge on international art fairs or the mega-biennial model.
Public-Holiday Projects is artists Rachel Foullon, Matt Keegan, and Laura Kleger. We live and work in New York City and Los Angeles. To learn more about our individual work and other activities, please click our names below:
We've received some wonderful press over the course of our projects. Among our favorites is this article by Kyle Bentley, published in Artforum in February 2007. Click here to view the article in a new window.
We welcome inquiries, comments, and feedback of any kind.
To be added to our email mailing list for announcements of upcoming shows or other news, please email: rachel@publicholidayprojects.com
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As a small, bi-coastal organization, we are unable to accept submissions as we lack the resources necessary to properly consider unsolicited work. We may in the future be able to accomodate such submissions, so please check back.