The Guerilla Girls Benefit the weekend before last was a lot of fun! I finally had time to spend at cult status for a change... and it was really cool to see so many artists contributing to such a worthwhile cause. 

It seems I have had a lot of benefits to participate in recently... I love the concept of people helping people... community seems a little thin at times for this small town girl... that grew up knowing her neighbors... which was everyone in town... I still remember a time when I could identify everyone in town by their car... or their farm... or their relatives... 

I have been thinking a lot lately about my friends... past, present and future. I have an old friend in town right now from Sweden. The first time I heard this s&g song was when he played it for me. When I moved to Las Vegas many many years ago... he gave me a card... and inside was a slip of paper with the lyrics to that song as well. I have been very lucky in my lifetime. I have many good friends. Some I rarely see these days... others I see all the time. I love the way an old friend is like an old record. No matter how much time passes... you can simply sit down with it... and all the old reasons you fell in love to begin with come right back to you. 

Another old time friend had dinner with me last week. He taught me to love rick nelson, harry nilsson and old cars. it's been a long time since we had the chance to swap music... but we picked right back up where we had left off... as if no time had passed at all.

other notables in my life in recent years probably already know who they are... but here are their songs...

there are at the least... a thousand other songs... that bleed together... and remind me of aha moments... i am thankful for all of them... your compilation fuels me

i promise to talk about art again soon

my summer mixed cd is done. this sugary summer snack is sure to make you smile. usually i say... hey, just send me an email with your address and i will send you a copy... well, last time i did that i sent out like 40 cds... and a bunch of them snapped because of poor packaging etc... so... this time i have decided to accept trades. if you'd like to trade me either A) your own mixed cd or B) a piece of original artwork C) your bands cd or D) something else that you do that's cool... send me an email: jenniferdsandquist@gmail.com ... or if you're hopelessly void of creativity or are just tragically lazy... you can buy one for $5 which will cover the cost of shipping... packaging and make you think twice about getting a hobby click here to purchse  

i have had an extremely busy couple of weeks... the last month has been pretty jam packed as a matter of fact... tonight i am dropping of this piece for the Guerilla Girls Benefit at Cult Status Gallery happening this Saturday night!
Here are all the necessary deets....


Saturday, August 11th, 2012
7-11pm
Art auction/benefit to raise funds for a Guerrilla Girls billboard
campaign in Minneapolis in support of defeating the marriage and voter
ID amendments during the month of October.
Cult Status Gallery
2913 Harriet Ave S, MPLS

Internationally acclaimed feminist public and protest art activists, The
Guerrilla Girls, and
Whittier Artists in Storefronts and Cult Status Gallery will partner to
bring the famed activists to the MN electoral process with a benefit to
raise funds for a political public art campaign.

Local DIY arts organizer, Joan Vorderbruggen whose successful Artists in
Storefronts project in the Whittier neighborhood now in it's second run,
will partner with Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis's go-to gallery for
subversive, cutting edge urban art. They are organizing this one night
event to support all of our friends and citizens who are affected by the
amendments. Both Joan and Erin have been inspired by the Guerrilla
Girls' feminist art movement throughout their careers, and are extremely
honored and excited to be working with the activist group.

Silent auction, sponsored by another amazing women run art organization,WARM as well as other concerned local artists! 

DJ Ladyheat and Venus DeMars!!!!!

Participate by wearing your own gorilla mask, supporting our artists,
GLBT brethren and our immigrant community by purchasing art!

http://www.guerrillagirls.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Girls