Meredith Stern
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Meredith Stern is an artist, musician and DJ living in Providence, Rhode Island
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for high school. She later graduated from Tulane University
in 1998 with a B.F.A. in ceramics. While living in New Orleans, she collaborated with fellow artists Brice White and Icky Apparatus to create Nowe Miasto
, a do-it-yourself warehouse space that has since hosted hundreds of bands and workshops. While living in New Orleans, she wrote several zine
s, including Mine: An Anthology of Women's Choices and Mine: An Anthology of Reproductive Choices, and published several issues of a personal zine called Crude Noise.
In 2003 Stern moved to Providence, Rhode Island. She spent several years working as the Program Director for AS220
. She is a linoleum
block printer and a member of the Justseeds
Artist Cooperative. In 2006 she co-curated (with Pippi Zornoza
) the "Pocket Change" printmaking show at AS220 featuring 15 contemporary printmakers. Artists included: Jo Dery, Mike Taylor, Neil Burke, Xander Marro
, Kenn Speiser, Pippi Zornoza, Jenny Nichols, Cybele Collins, Meredith Stern, Alec Thibodeau, Kasey Henneman, Shawn Gilheeney, Brian Chippendale
and Katie Truskoski. Also in 2006, Meredith and Erik Ruin collaborated on "Rude Awakenings" a two person art show at Art of This Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stern also orchestrated the chapter “Subversive Multiples: A Conversation between contemporary printmakers” on radical
printmakers in the Josh MacPhee
– Erik Ruin book Realizing the Impossible:Art Against Authority (AK Press
, 2007).
In 2008 Stern curated Sustainability, a printmaking show of local RI printmakers and Justseeds members.
Her first band was called the Foreheads and featured Alec (Icky) Dunn on Tuba, and Stella Schumaker on guitar. In 2001 they released a split 7" on Raw Sugar Records with Nazis From Mars. In 2002 she played music with Deanna Hitchcock in a band called The Accident. In 2003 she played in a short lived band with Adee (New Bloods) and Lacey and Billy in a band called Blood Truck. From 2007 to 2008 she played drums in the band Teenage Waistband with Jo Dery (artist) who sang, Mikey Stoltz (bass) formerly from the band Reactionary 3, and Kate Gronner (formerly of the band The Coughs). They released 2 cassette tapes. From 2008-2009 she played drums in Chastity Wig, with Mike Stoltz, and Robert Pickle (of the band Sexy Prison). As of 2009 she plays music in a new project with Reba Mitchell (of Made In Mexico) and Hilary Jones (of Sweetthieves and Arcing).
She had a solo show of prints and collages at the Morning Glory Coffeehouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in February 2009.
In March 2009 she collaborated with other members of the Justseeds
Artist Cooperative on an art installation at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
She has done radio shows sporadically for over ten years. While living in New Orleans she spun on the World Of Punk radio show. Currently she has a show called Listening Party http://www.bsrlive.com/archives/show.php?s=287 on BSR radio.
Her work is in the permanent collection of Book Arts at the MOMA.
Meredith has been a vegetarian since 1991 and a vegan since 1994.
She currently lives in the only house in Lincoln Woods State Park in Rhode Island with her partner, film and theater director Peter Glantz
.
Her work has been published in several poster collection books, most recently including "Green Patriot Posters: Images for a New Activism" edited by Dmitri Siegel and Edward Morris [2010], Metropolis Books, and "Celebrate People's History!: The Poster Book of Resistance and Revolution" edited by Josh MacPhee, the Feminist Press [2010]. She was interviewed in 2011 by "The Art Of Dismantling."
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
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Biography
Stern went to George SchoolGeorge School
George School is a private Quaker boarding and day high school located on a rural campus near Newtown, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded at its present site in 1893, and has grown from a single building to over 20 academic, athletic, and residential buildings...
for high school. She later graduated from Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...
in 1998 with a B.F.A. in ceramics. While living in New Orleans, she collaborated with fellow artists Brice White and Icky Apparatus to create Nowe Miasto
Nowe Miasto
Nowe Miasto is a common place-name in Poland.There are two Polish towns called Nowe Miasto:* Nowe Miasto Lubawskie in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , seat of Nowe Miasto County...
, a do-it-yourself warehouse space that has since hosted hundreds of bands and workshops. While living in New Orleans, she wrote several zine
Zine
A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....
s, including Mine: An Anthology of Women's Choices and Mine: An Anthology of Reproductive Choices, and published several issues of a personal zine called Crude Noise.
In 2003 Stern moved to Providence, Rhode Island. She spent several years working as the Program Director for AS220
AS220
AS220 is a non-profit community arts center located at 115 Empire Street in Downtown, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. AS220 maintains 19 artist live/work studios, 4 galleries, a performance space, a community darkroom, and The Broad Street Studio. The mission is to provide a forum and home for the...
. She is a linoleum
Linoleum
Linoleum is a floor covering made from renewable materials such as solidified linseed oil , pine rosin, ground cork dust, wood flour, and mineral fillers such as calcium carbonate, most commonly on a burlap or canvas backing; pigments are often added to the materials.The finest linoleum floors,...
block printer and a member of the Justseeds
Justseeds
Justseeds Artists' Cooperative is a decentralized artist cooperative that sells art online. Justseeds collaborates with and supports social movements....
Artist Cooperative. In 2006 she co-curated (with Pippi Zornoza
Pippi Zornoza
Pippi Zornoza is a visual artist and star of the cult movie classic 'Die You Zombie Bastards!', directed by Caleb Emerson, and sister of novelist Andrew Zornoza. She received a BFA in Printmaking from RISD in 2001. Zornoza is a co-founder of the Dirt Palace, an artist collective, located in the...
) the "Pocket Change" printmaking show at AS220 featuring 15 contemporary printmakers. Artists included: Jo Dery, Mike Taylor, Neil Burke, Xander Marro
Xander Marro
Xander Marro is described by the Providence Phoenix as a "puppet-maker and projectionist steeped in the underground." She is a member of the , a feminist art collective, where she makes movies, puppet shows, prints, and phone calls...
, Kenn Speiser, Pippi Zornoza, Jenny Nichols, Cybele Collins, Meredith Stern, Alec Thibodeau, Kasey Henneman, Shawn Gilheeney, Brian Chippendale
Brian Chippendale
Brian Chippendale is a musician and artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. Chippendale is best known as the drummer/vocalist for the bands Lightning Bolt and Mindflayer . He also plays saxophone and drums in a solo project called Black Pus...
and Katie Truskoski. Also in 2006, Meredith and Erik Ruin collaborated on "Rude Awakenings" a two person art show at Art of This Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stern also orchestrated the chapter “Subversive Multiples: A Conversation between contemporary printmakers” on radical
Political radicalism
The term political radicalism denotes political principles focused on altering social structures through revolutionary means and changing value systems in fundamental ways...
printmakers in the Josh MacPhee
Josh MacPhee
Josh MacPhee is an artist, curator and activist living in Brooklyn, New York. MacPhee graduated from Oberlin College in 1996 and spent eight years as an artist and activist in Chicago, Illinois where he established a distribution system called justseeds in order get more radical art projects out to...
– Erik Ruin book Realizing the Impossible:Art Against Authority (AK Press
AK Press
AK Press is a worker-managed independent publisher and book distributor that specialises in radical left and anarchist literature. It is collectively owned and operated.-History:...
, 2007).
In 2008 Stern curated Sustainability, a printmaking show of local RI printmakers and Justseeds members.
Her first band was called the Foreheads and featured Alec (Icky) Dunn on Tuba, and Stella Schumaker on guitar. In 2001 they released a split 7" on Raw Sugar Records with Nazis From Mars. In 2002 she played music with Deanna Hitchcock in a band called The Accident. In 2003 she played in a short lived band with Adee (New Bloods) and Lacey and Billy in a band called Blood Truck. From 2007 to 2008 she played drums in the band Teenage Waistband with Jo Dery (artist) who sang, Mikey Stoltz (bass) formerly from the band Reactionary 3, and Kate Gronner (formerly of the band The Coughs). They released 2 cassette tapes. From 2008-2009 she played drums in Chastity Wig, with Mike Stoltz, and Robert Pickle (of the band Sexy Prison). As of 2009 she plays music in a new project with Reba Mitchell (of Made In Mexico) and Hilary Jones (of Sweetthieves and Arcing).
She had a solo show of prints and collages at the Morning Glory Coffeehouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in February 2009.
In March 2009 she collaborated with other members of the Justseeds
Justseeds
Justseeds Artists' Cooperative is a decentralized artist cooperative that sells art online. Justseeds collaborates with and supports social movements....
Artist Cooperative on an art installation at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
She has done radio shows sporadically for over ten years. While living in New Orleans she spun on the World Of Punk radio show. Currently she has a show called Listening Party http://www.bsrlive.com/archives/show.php?s=287 on BSR radio.
Her work is in the permanent collection of Book Arts at the MOMA.
Meredith has been a vegetarian since 1991 and a vegan since 1994.
She currently lives in the only house in Lincoln Woods State Park in Rhode Island with her partner, film and theater director Peter Glantz
Peter Glantz
Peter Glantz is an American director of theater and film, notably the films Lightning Bolt - Power Of Salad and the music video DVD Pick A Winner, both released through the record label Load Records...
.
Her work has been published in several poster collection books, most recently including "Green Patriot Posters: Images for a New Activism" edited by Dmitri Siegel and Edward Morris [2010], Metropolis Books, and "Celebrate People's History!: The Poster Book of Resistance and Revolution" edited by Josh MacPhee, the Feminist Press [2010]. She was interviewed in 2011 by "The Art Of Dismantling."
External links
- Meredith Stern at JustSeeds
- Meredith Stern's zine Crude Noise at ZineWikiZineWikiZineWiki is an open-source online wiki devoted to zines, fanzines, small press publications, chapbooks, and independent media. It covers the history, production, distribution and culture of the small press.-History:...
- Meredith Stern's zine Mine at ZineWikiZineWikiZineWiki is an open-source online wiki devoted to zines, fanzines, small press publications, chapbooks, and independent media. It covers the history, production, distribution and culture of the small press.-History:...
- http://www.myspace.com/merrydef
- http://www.myspace.com/teenagewaistband
- http://www.myspace.com/bailebaroque
- http://www.bsrlive.com/archives/show.php?s=287