All Systems Go
Welcome to The Shrubbery, a series of topical, time delimited, pop-up newsletters from the desk of Steve Frost.
This pop-up series, Headed To Yokoha-ha-hama, is all about the lead up to my artist residency in Koganecho, Japan, and will run from now until February 28, the day I depart. In short, Headed To Yokoha-ha-hama is the first pop-up newsletter of The Shrubbery series, all of which is published under Trembling Aspen. No need to fret about it, it'll all make sense eventually. Probably. But not by the end of this post.
You are most likely here because you contributed to a crowdfunding campaign for my Koganecho Artist Residency, one of the perks of which was to receive this very newsletter about the very residency you supported!
We are on our way!
The campaign reached $3,100! I’m amazed and humbled at that total. Thank you all. The threshold for all systems go was $3,500, the bare minimum to cover flights and accommodation. Is $3,100 close enough? As my Mom said, “You should go ahead, trust for the rest.” Ninety-four years of wisdom right there. Yep, seems right. All systems go, I’m headed to Japan.
The following info sheet is the extent of what I know about where I will be staying. There's studio space and a place to lay my head, so...looks good.
I’ve set up a phase two for the crowdfunding campaign (I learned a lot doing phase one, so getting phase two up and running involved a lot less sweating). Phase Two is a nice clean refresh for anyone wanting to contribute from here forward. Phase one is still there for us to bask in the glow and reminisce about the halcyon days of that first campaign. You guys, remember that time...
Perks
For those of you receiving bokusho prints, my intent is create and send those from Japan. For those of you also receiving a print from The Cloud of Forgetting | 忘れ雲 Series, I'll be getting in touch in the next little while.
For those of you whose contribution included a Mycelium Council Membership, watch your inbox for details about the first Mycelium Council Membership meeting, a behind the scenes look at living one's life like a work of art in a Q&A format.
If you would like to get your mitts on some of those perks, including bokusho artwork and limited edition prints, head on over to the Koganecho Artists Residency crowdfunding campaign.
Until next time then,
and remember,
more art,
better world.
SF