Artist Bailout 2011

Artist Bailout is a Los Angeles initiative to fund new work by artists during the economic crisis. This new philanthropic model brings together artists and patrons for a lunch, which is part performance part fundraiser and culminates in the presentation of two micro-grants for emerging artists.

Artist Bailout was founded by Elana Mann and Autumn Rooney in the spring of 2010 and the project has grown to be collectively organized and produced.  In 2011, Artist Bailout invited six artists, including John Hogan and David Reich, Kristen Smiarowski, Louisa Van Leer, Kristy Baltezore, Creative Migration, and Ecstatic Energy Consultants, Inc. to present projects during a community meal.  Each patron paid $10-$10,000,000 to buy a meal ticket and ballot.  At the end of the meal, all the patrons voted on which two artists should be awarded micro-grants from the pot of $1,200 collected.  John Hogan and David Reich, as well as Louisa Van Leer each won a $500 grant and Creative Migration was awarded a $200 grant. Artist Bailout: Renegade Bounty Exchange is a proud member of a growing international movement of community-generated grants for artists called Sunday Soup.

Louisa Van Leer speaking about her project Stair Street Ghosts
Louisa Van Leer speaking about her project Stair Street Ghosts
Artist Bailout Ballot
Co-Organizers, Laura Noguera, Autumn Rooney, and Jenn Su serving food
the Artist Bailout crowd
Ecstatic Energy Consultants, Inc. presenting their project ReRender
John Hogan and David Reich presenting their project Heretics Television Workshop
John Hogan and David Reich presenting their project Heretics Television Workshop
the Artist Bailout organizers announcing the winners
John Hogan and David Reich, and Louisa Van Leer accepting the award with Artist Bailout organizers
Artist Bailout in December, 2011 at Human Resources
A. L. Steiner from W.A.G.E. making a presentation
Signify, Sanctify, Believe presenting their project
Actual Size presenting their project Print Imprint
Mobile Pinhole Project presentation
Grantees: Knowledges and Mobile Pinhole Project