DEPART-ment sale THIS Weekend

Don't miss DEPART-ment this weekend-- your one-stop shop for all things handcrafted and wonderful. I will be selling my CAN-dles: Real vintage beer cans recycled into handsome candles! New and Improved! I finally found the perfect can-cutter (thanks to my smart and amazing boyfriend) and now the edges are much cleaner and smoother-- dare I say professional quality...?! Something for everyone and sure to be a conversation piece, CAN-dles are the perfect unique gift for the boss, the beer lover, or that hard-to-buy-for someone who seems to have everything. Not that you need more convincing, but I've decided to temporarily lower my prices since we are all a little strapped for cash these days. $10 each. Now only $8 each! Here is where you need to go to get them (click on the image for a map):





See you there!
--Sarah

A New Look...

Hello! Welcome to the new site. I'm finally giving this site a complete overhaul-- bear with me as I detect and correct any broken links.

I'm also finally going to put in some proper galleries for all my other work. I've realized that I have so much work that has never been displayed on this site, so many fun things to share with you. The image above is a taste of some of my work that will be added over the next few months. Yes, months-- it's a slow process for me to go through all of my images. Plus I have so much work that I still need to document and digitize. I am excited to finally do this though so I'm going to do my best not to be too slow about it. In the meantime, I've added some newer photographs. I need to invest in a better scanner soon so I can continue to post new work. Maybe Santa will bring me one ;)

I've never been much of a blogger... but I'd like to keep this webpage fresh, so I might try to blog a little more often than usual. We'll see!

Thanks for visiting, and please join me at Electric on Nov. 15th!

Upcoming shows:

OCTOBER 17-19, 2008
PLUMBERS HALL
1340 W WASHINGTON
WEST LOOP, CHICAGO
As part of Chicago Artists Month, selected members of Deadline Projects will exhibit work in one of Chicago's oldest and well-known annual art shows, the Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival.

Participating Deadline Projects artists:
Damien James
nikki hollander
Sarah Perez
Shawn Stucky
Stephen Shapiro

In addition to exhibiting art, Damien James, nikki hollander, Sarah Perez, and Shawn Stucky have been asked to speak about the benefits of working in a collective and how we develop our shows. This 40-minute presentation will take place as part of the ATC tour on Sunday, October 19th (please refer to the festival catalogue for exact time).

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL: After 19 years in Wicker Park , Around the Coyote (ATC) is moving its fall emerging art festival to the West Loop. For this exciting, break-out exhibition, ATC has found a beautiful new venue for its 2008 Fall Arts Festival in one of Chicago 's most vibrant art neighborhoods. Some of the country's best undiscovered painters, sculptors, photographers, installation artists, printmakers, filmmakers, actors, performance artists, musicians and poets will exhibit, sell and perform their work - all under one roof.

---

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15th, 2008
6PM-11PM
HAPPY DOG GALLERY
1542 N. MILWAUKEE
CHICAGO, IL 60622
One night only.

Exploring the dialogue between art and energy, Deadline Projects presents Electric, a one-night-only multimedia art exhibition at Happy Dog Gallery in the heart of Wicker Park.

The word 'electric' in itself is powerful, exuding a dynamic vitality as well as literally referring to a source of energy. Each artist's interpretation of what is 'electric' serves as the inspiration for each work of art in the show. Participating local artists display new works using painting, photography, sculpture, stencil, collage, and video in an event designed to stimulate their audience.

Participating Artists:
Shawn Ballarin
nikki hollander
Rob Jeffries
Blake Parish Lewis
Lauryn Lewis
Sarah Perez
Holly Sabin
Stephen Shapiro
David Soukup
Carl Sweets
Michael Una

Music provided by Moment Sound

New blog, updates, and current projects...

03-26-08


Hello!

Welcome to the new blog. The old blog is still accessible but for some reason I can't post anything new on there anymore. I had the same problem with the guestbook so I decided to pitch them both and start anew. The whole site will be getting another facelift over the next month and I will be adding more of my newer work. Stay tuned! So many projects are in the works-- this year is going to be jam-packed with new art and plenty of shows. If you haven't already, be sure to bookmark www.deadlineprojects.com for the latest info on upcoming art shows. We have kicked our event planning up a few notches to put together a solid year of events. In the nearest future you can look forward to our next show on April 5th titled "Bigger Than Your Life"-- which is also our one-year anniversary show! In keeping tradition with our hard work and dedication, this show will prove to be our best show to date. Don't miss it-- check out the details below and mark your calendar:





Bigger Than Your Life
SATURDAY, APRIL 5th, 2008
7PM-MIDNIGHT
HAPPY DOG GALLERY
1542 N. MILWAUKEE
CHICAGO, IL 60622

One night only.


Bigger Than Your Life

A one-night art event not to be missed: Deadline Projects's one-year anniversary show!


Deadline Projects is proud to present Bigger than Your Life, a multi-media one-night art exhibition. This time around, Deadline Projects attempts to grapple with ideas that are bigger than our brains can handle and make sense of them using installation, print, painting, photography and sculpture.


We're all surrounded by things and concepts that are huge and unknowable in their entirety. The Iraq war is one example- it's so much bigger than any one person at this point, and as a single human we can have difficulty approaching the subject in a workable way. Or, technological progression- it moves so fast and touches so many parts of our lives, but the average person has very little input to direct and control it. We get caught up in these events and ideas without comprehending fully their true meaning, and the most common course of action is to ignore large parts of the problem and simply deal with what's in front of us.


Participating Artists:

Arielle Bielak
Gretel Garcia
nikki hollander
Damien James
Blake Parish Lewis
Sarah Perez
Holly Sabin
Marc Salha
Stephen Shapiro
Shawn Stucky
Kyra Termini
Michael Una


Musical performances by www.momentsound.com


Deadline Projects is proud to announce that its anniversary show is sponsored by Chicago's own Goose Island Beer Company! We thank them for their support of the local arts community.

--
http://www.sarahperez.net