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Aloha! My name is Rose Adare, I’m an evocative
artist disabled by a muni train in 2005. To get through the hard
times, I began painting truly inspiring, brilliant, out of the box people, and
now I have solid offers for shows guaranteed in Oakland, San Francisco,
Seattle, AND Brooklyn, NY! But I need your help to get there!
I’m not asking for plane tickets or hotels. I’ll
sleep on couches and eat ramen. But I need help with shipping and production
costs.
I’ve had three amazing shows already, at the Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art, The J+ Gallery in Holualoa, and the
prestigious Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Schaefer Portrait Gallery, but now
it’s time to reach the mainland.
Hawai'i is 75 miles across and
is 2,467 miles from California. That's a long distance to move 31
paintings, 5 plexiglass shadowboxes, and 35 plexiglass descriptions—especially
when some of the paintings are 10 x 7 feet! The powerful success behind
Restraint & Revolution “took a village,” and now it’ll “take a continent”
to move across the ocean.
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I paint people—dynamic, fascinating, multicultural
role models changing the world through art, music, and social activism. As an
educational art tour, Restraint & Revolution shares their biographies with their portraits to begin a conversation with the audience—a
conversation about social taboo’s in the 21st century. Sex. Gender. Age. Body Image. Disability. Free Expression. Spiritual
Identity. What does it mean to challenge social norms, today? Each mind-blowing model in Restraint &
Revolution wears a form of corsetry as a symbol of social restraint and
personal revolution.
Some of my 40 inspirational models include:
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Queer
sexologist, Carol Queen.
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Native
American advocate & Academy Award winning folk legend, Buffy Sainte-Marie
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One
of America’s leading GLBTQ public speakers, Kimberly Dark.
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Olympic
Medalist & Motivational Speaker, Annetta Lucero
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Body-Mod
artist & Guinness World Record holder, Kala Kaiwi
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Epic
Burning Man sculptor & founder of American Steel, Karen Cusolito
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Whirling
Dervish and founder of Velocity Circus, Gregangelo.
- Astounding visual makeup couture, Devin Mohr
- Choreographer & Stanford's Artistic Director of Black Performing Arts, Robert Moses.
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Actress
and Olympic Medalist, Dreya Weber
- Culinary Chef & Food body Artist, Tiberio Simone
- Sister of Perpetual Indulgence, Sister Eve Volution
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Genderqueer
adult performer, Jiz Lee
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And Iconic Singer-Song Writer, Jason Webley
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close-up of (left) "Primal Buddha" Kala Kaiwi and (right) "Talk Story" Joshua Lanakila Mangauil
Likewise, just as corsetry evolved from chaste
undergarments to scandalous lingerie, Restraint & Revolution reclaims
classical portraiture as a new form of evocative art. As an art series, Restraint
& Revolution pushes the boundaries of classical and contemporary art by
uniting traditional mediums with wild diversity. Portraits you would never see
in a museum before, are finally making their entrance.
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STRETCH GOAL is $7,550! Only $2000 more!
Help me get these amazing paintings to New York!
I’ve been offered a 2500sq gallery for a month in Brooklyn, with an opening, mid-point event and closing show! This will give me time to court other museums and galleries in New York. AND I will be painting through-out, so people can come and watch me. So New Yorkers, get me to the Big Apple!!!! I'll even paint one of your own and unveil them at the closing show!!!
- $1500 for round trip shipping from California, to New York, back to California.
- $250 for promotional materials for all 3 events in NY.
- $300 food for 3 events in NY.
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My first goal was achieved! Restraint & Revolution from Hawaii, to Oakland, to San Francisco; will fund and
promote three events at American Steel Studios, The Academy of Art University,
and the San Francisco Center for Sex & Culture; and initial storage.
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$750 for packing supplies & to build 2 more shipping crates (5x4x4ft) I
have 5 crates already built & paid for! FYI materials in Hawai'i
are pricy.
- $1500 to ship door to door from Hawai’i to Oakland, CA.
- $1000 for show costs, including fuel (fire
performers/flaming sculptures) + permits + security, for all 3 events.
- $750 for promotional materials for all 3 events.
- $500 to transport paintings to each event, including U-haul
rental for 3 days + plus gas + help lifting crates.
- $1000 Food & Beverages for all 3 events.
Total $5500, for three amazing art shows in
California, spreading the message of 40 inspiring people working hard to
improve our world.
American Steel Studios. Oakland CA.
Aug 15th 2015
Restraint &
Revolution: Burn for the Arts.
A one night
extravaganza! This will be the only time Restraint & Revolution will ever
be shown in its entirety. American Steel Studios is a 6 acre warehouse of
amazing sculptures and fire toys; the Burning Man factory, if you will. There,
we will begin with a huge, one night event, so wear your wildest corsets and
costumes!
Center for Sex & Culture San Francisco Aug 19th to Aug 30th
Opening, Saturday, Aug
22nd 5:30 – 9:30
Art Talk and Book
reading, Sunday Aug. 23rd 2:00 to 5:30
Panel Discussion, Thursday Aug. 27th 6:00 to 9:00 All Things Yummy, Sun. Aug. 30th, 6 to 9
A special series of
events featuring Restraint & Revolution at San Francisco’s amazing Center
for Sex & Culture. Combining sensuality, curiosity, and sheer genius, the
CSC is a beautiful host in the heart of San Francisco.
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Academy of Art University at the Cannery
Sept. 3rd to Sept. 27nd
Opening is Thursday
Sept 4th 5:30 – 7:30
A one month exhibition
featuring nine originals from Restraint & Revolution at my old alma mater.
A classy, high-brow affair, so wear your best!
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Risk Evaluation
your perks no matter what!
If I am running behind I'll let everyone know immediately, I did add wiggle room into the dates and I am good at deadlines too. :)
Other Important Information
- Shipping is included if you are in the U.S. For those outside of the U.S, please contact me and I will ship in the least expensive way and take off what shipping would be for the states. Let Restraint & Revolution travel the world!
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IndieGogo doesn't let you combine multiple rewards, you will have to complete the process for each reward you want, I am sorry about this, but I greatly thank you for your support!
- As soon as the campaign is over, I'll start getting the perks out and singing your praises, actually I'll probably sing them immediately with an impromptu dance!
- Please contact me at roseadare@gmail.com if you have any questions, or comments, I look forward to hearing from old friends and making some new ones!
Other Ways To Help
- Getting the word out is the big battle, Please pass this to those who like art, those that might like the perks, oh just everyone!
At the top of this page you can find Indiegogo's share tools and use them to share this campaign on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linkedin. Here is the link to this campaign if you just want to copy and paste it from here: https://www.indiegogo.com/campaigns/restraint-revolution-burn-for-the-arts-tour/edit/
- I could use help with moving the painting around from town to town
- I would LOVE to show in other areas. Museums and Galleries are hard to cold call, it really helps to have an introduction!
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You can always just donate or be a patron, the arts needs more patrons.
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- To all the Amazing Artists, Performers and Creators in this series, it's because of you that these paintings exist!
- Corset Designers: Dark Garden and Iris Viacrusis for adding continuity to this series and a splash of "wow"
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Alex Stitt for your support and help in creating these videos, text and overall well being of my art and health!
- Liz Ambrose for amazing tech support with Indiegogo!
- HMOCA: Hawai'i Museum of Contemporary Art and Lourdan Kimbrell for your continued support on the art endeavor!
- To all my friends, family and family to be, thank you for your love and support!
The BEST part of my life is my friends and family and that includes you!