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Rainbow Building

Rainbow Building

I write this from the plane en route to Hanoi to kick off the Vietnam Arts Incubator program. As with all pre-production, just when you think you have everything together, some things fall apart. I have the most amazing producer on the ground handling the details,...

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Micro-Grant Recipient Finalists

Micro-Grant Recipient Finalists

A community panel was assembled to judge the presentations by workshop participants. The panel consisted of: Yiyi Elizabeth Wong, Associate Professor Hubei University of Economics Carlos Castellanos, Assistant Professor, Digital/Experimental Media, Department of Art,...

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Augmented Reality Workshop

Augmented Reality Workshop

I am settled in now and things are moving forward! The Opening Ceremony and Artist Talk took place Sunday April 17th at the Wuhan Art Museum and the Augmented Reality Workshops got under way Monday April 18th. We seem to have generated significant buzz in the...

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Project Prototyping

Project Prototyping

As I gear up for this project in Vietnam, I presented my project proposal to my fellow ZERO1 artists, the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, ZERO1 staff, ZERO1 board members, and expert mentors from the tech field. This was the first...

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Emoji Dev

Emoji Dev

As time and energy are in short supply, having a couple days of focus is a gift. We have spent this last week in January at Impact HUB San Francisco building a plan for our workshop and exhibition. We met with the program team and many tech and art experts from the...

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Meet ZERO1’s 2015-16 American Arts Incubator Artists

Meet ZERO1’s 2015-16 American Arts Incubator Artists

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 06:30 Catharine Clark Gallery Come meet this year’s American Arts Incubator artists on Wednesday, January 27th at 6:30pm at the Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco. Enjoy cocktails and light hor d'oeuvre while getting to know Andrew...

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Just the beginning…

Just the beginning…

By the end of my trip in Ulaanbaatar, the weather changed from steady rain to an intense, dry heat. Throughout this experience, I had an amazing group of 4H volunteers along with Binderya (my superstar project assistant) surveying ger district residents for the...

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Working Away

Working Away

It’s been a whirlwind these past few days in Ulaanbaatar. The micro-grant projects are underway, and some of them have been enormously successful already. Ger district of Songino-Khairkhan Ger districts are called so because they usually have a ger (traditional...

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Feed the Future!

Feed the Future!

After a week of learning new skills, brainstorming, and working together on their presentations, pitch day arrived! There were a wide range of projects, ranging from new media (video and social media narrative to create a fictional scenario and product for one...

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Bringing rain, Receiving gifts

Bringing rain, Receiving gifts

Hello, sain bainuu! Or, Сайн байна уу if we’re being proper about our script usage. Like a lot of Soviet influenced countries, Mongolia uses Cyrillic script to phonetically spell out the language. The change in language, weather and time zone makes Mongolia feel like...

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Plastic City

Plastic City

I arrived in Laos with three rules for myself; stay open, ask questions, and listen. Once people started talking, the same issue kept coming up: the accumulation of trash around the city. Laos is a developing country that is in the throes of robust economic and urban...

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Nomadic Maps and Outward Journeys

Nomadic Maps and Outward Journeys

It’s hard to believe that a year ago I was just beginning to think about a project in Mongolia. There’s a lot of built up anticipation in these next two weeks before I leave, much of it to do with my long-standing interest in Mongolia… Coming from regional planning, I...

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Now in Laos: David Burke!

Now in Laos: David Burke!

David Burke is off to a quick start in Vientiane, Laos! He launched the program with an artist talk at i:cat gallery yesterday, where he discussed how murals as a public art form can engage community members in dialogue and spark greater awareness around a social...

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Confronting Tradition

Confronting Tradition

The intensity of the heat engulfed me as I stepped out of the plane and onto the tarmac at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane. It was both arresting and comforting, reminding me of the hot summer days during my last trip to Laos almost four years ago. After...

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A Letter From Our Partner: YWCA of Papua New Guinea

A Letter From Our Partner: YWCA of Papua New Guinea

Note: ZERO1 invited each of their partners to share their exchange experiences by contributing to our blog. This is a message to ZERO1 from Diane Kambanei, Executive Director of YWCA PNG. Her letter captures her organization's experience partnering with...

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PNG Community Projects In Progress!

PNG Community Projects In Progress!

Note from ZERO1: Kendal has been hard at work overseeing the American Arts Incubator, which has already awarded small grants to four groups creating public art projects centered on the issue of women's empowerment. Here are some of the updates from Kendal that were...

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A Week Later…

A Week Later…

“I divorced my husband because he was married to other women,” proclaimed a woman in a matter-of-fact way in what was the very last workshop of the very last day of the PNG Women’s Forum. That statement was both a declaration of her independence and confirmation that...

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Kendal Henry Touches Down in Papua New Guinea!

Kendal Henry Touches Down in Papua New Guinea!

Just landing in Papua New Guinea, artist Kendal Henry kicks off the American Arts Incubator Program! As he hits the ground running, we wanted to give a sneak peek to the upcoming events of his exchange. This month, we celebrate Women’s History Month and International...

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Preparing for American Arts Incubator 2016

Preparing for American Arts Incubator 2016

Here at ZERO1, not only are we buzzing with anticipation as the first round of artists prepare to go abroad this Spring, but we are excitedly looking ahead to 2016 and are thrilled to announce the participating countries for the next round. In Spring 2016, four new...

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Can the Arts Shape Public Policy?

The challenge of navigating an increasingly complex and unknown world demands new creative ideas. On Wednesday, November 5th, ZERO1 launched the American Arts Incubator, an international arts exchange program planned in collaboration with the U.S. Department of...

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Reconsidering What a Mural Can Be

Reconsidering What a Mural Can Be

The American Arts Incubator kicked off at the ZERO1 Garage in San Jose, California this past week. After over a year of planning, the excitement in the room was palpable as the four participating artists gathered for the first time with the ZERO1 staff and a U.S....

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Introducing the Incubator

Introducing the Incubator

Since September 2013 ZERO1, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), has been creating and shaping the American Arts Incubator. This program is a unique approach to international creative exchange that...

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Why Mongolia?

Why Mongolia?

“Why Mongolia?” Zaya asks me, as we walk through patches of evergreen trees, near the ruins of a Buddhist monastery on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar. In many ways it's obvious, why Mongolia might be the perfect place for a designer to work at the intersection of art,...

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