Part 1 – Acknowledgments and Reflections… (2003)

Published in the catalogue Antfarm Decade to commemorate our first 10 years

These are the opening pages of the catalogue, the exhibition, in celebration of antfarm’s first ten years, was held at the NCSU Gallery of Art & Design August 13-September 28, 2003.

The antfarm, an artists’ cooperative, models a way in which young artists can unite to support each other through the arduous process of becoming established in their respective fields.

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Growing Up (2003)

GROWING UP BY DAVE WOFFORD, 2003
PUBLISHED IN THE BOOKLET ANTFARM DECADE TO COMMEMORATE OUR FIRST 10 YEARS

I joined antfarm in the summer of 96–which meant that I benefited a great deal from the energy put into the building by many friends in the three years prior (including Ray and Chris moving the first of the letterpresses into antfarm while I was still at Penland). By the time I became a member, antfarm was almost three years old and had actually become a fairly stable concept with a sound infrastructure (though the roof still leaked like a sieve).