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Join our Spring Fundraiser!
We are trying to raise $8000 by Saturday May 26 to collect forgotten stories along the Hudson River, and stage a major exhibition in New York City. Your support is critical.
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Kickstarter: Just a Few Days Left and Almost There
We are trying to raise $5580 before May 31st to bring the shantyboat to the Tennessee River and work our way downriver collecting stories for the archive. There are only a few days left of this year’s Kickstarter and we are almost there!
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Fundraising for the Tennessee River
I’m excited to tell you that the Secret History project is headed for the American South on the Tennessee River! After two years on the Upper Misssissippi, we’re headed to Knoxville, Tennessee where we have several exhibitions planned. We’ll be on the river for two months ending in Paducah, Kentucky after traveling through Tennessee, Alabama,…
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24 Hours and Gory Details
Just 24 hours and just over $1000 to go on the kickstarter! We’re almost there. So close, we can taste it.
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Readying Shantyboat and Other Trip Details
So while the Kickstarter has been doing its thing and we’ve been trying to promote it and talk you into sharing it with your friends, family, strangers, etc. (It’s not too late!) we’ve been hard at work making sure the expedition will be successful. Every weekend for the last several months Jeremiah, James and I…
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A Request to Tell a Friend or Three
Thanks for your support of A Secret History of American River People. We received a huge vote of confidence from Kickstarter when we became Friday’s Staff Pick. The campaign started off great guns, staff pick, great video from Regina Ortinez, lots of attention, but slowing now a bit. We really want to make sure we are able…
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Secret History Summer 2015 Kickstarter
We are excited to announce the Secret History Upper Mississippi Expedition Kickstarter! Thanks to your support, last summer we traveled across country with the Shantyboat to the Mississippi River and spent a month gathering stories of river people. We interviewed dozens of folks, adventures, scientists, storytellers, river rats, boathouse people. Then we came back and…
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What happened to the last 5 months?
Grad school. That’s what. MFA Exhibition prep. Reading books. Production of the Secret History web doc. Working with the production team. That’s where. Whew. Okay, so I can take a deep breath. I just finished with the four day UCSC Digital Art and New Media MFA exhibition in which I and 11 other artists exhibited…