NICOLE SALIMBENE
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 Intimate Commissions,
​an online project and artist gift exchange
​created by John Borstel and Catherine Mueller
Read more about Intimate Commissions on their blog: 
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interdisciplinaryness

Each artist invited to participate in this project received the following description:

THE PROJECT: Intimate Commissions
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“… for it is when art acts as an agent of transformation
that we may correctly speak of it as a gift.”
Lewis Hyde
 
What if going to an art event were more like a holy mass, a potlatch, a potluck family reunion, a Secret Santa exchange, or an 8-year-old’s birthday party in 1965?
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Everybody likes getting presents, right? And they say giving is even better.
 
IMAGINE THIS: You are asked to give a reckoning of yourself by answering three questions: How did you get your name? What are ten things you consider beautiful? What’s the story behind one item you carry in your pocket? The answers you share form a story of you, a lyrical dossier that travels out into the world to be picked up by another artist* who responds to this intimate commission by making you an ART PRESENT. At the same time you’ve received a commission and made a gift for a stranger based on their three-question profile. (From the curators’ national networks, 16 to 30 artists of varied disciplines will be engaged to participate.)

* Artist: A person who makes things out of love and/or passion.

Here are images of the gift I created: Holy Water

CURRENT News:

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Community action project by:
SWATCHROOM
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at 'In 7 Words' space in Union Market

1268 4th Street NE
Washington, DC 20002


FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
Thursdays-Saturdays 12-6pm
Sundays 1-5pm

DONATE gently worn winter clothing to local charities:
SHOP curated vintage men's & women's clothing & rare sneakers
​SUPPORT local artists by purchasing original artwork
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local artwork by: Violetta Makelou, Michael West, Nicole Salimbene
retail curated by: Los Gitanos Vintage, This Is Tribute, Gary Williams Jr., Victor Nguyen-Long
donate gently worn winter clothing to local charities: 
N Street Village, Central Union Mission, Women Giving Back

© 2020 Nicole Salimbene

  • Work
    • ARTFORUM TAPESTRY SERIES
    • RECEIPT TAPESTRY SERIES
    • AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CONSUMPTION: FIVE SCROLLS
    • DIVINE FEMININE SERIES
    • MOVED BY WATER SERIES
    • MAKEUP SERIES: TREMBLING
    • KNOWING YOUR WATER
    • MENDING
    • STUDIES IN INVASIVENESS
    • SCAPULAR SERIES
    • UNFOLDING
  • PRESS
  • ABOUT
    • STATEMENT
    • BIO
    • CV
    • CONTACT
  • NEWS
  • Community
  • WORKSHOPS
  • ARCHIVE
    • STONE TO STONE
    • PROTEST RECEIPTS
    • FIGURES IN CEMENT
    • BOX SERIES
    • FACTORY SHRINE