Sara Bouchard: April 4th, 8pm

Songs of Lewis & Clark

Singer/songwriter Sara Bouchard’s “Songs of Lewis & Clark” is a song cycle setting the journals of Lewis and Clark to music. The songs reveal moments of awe, reflection, humor and joy during the course of the American expedition of 1804-1806. The album, released in November 2008, features Sara’s lyrical vocals and subtle, unique style of fingerpicking on guitar and mandolin.

The concept of “Songs of Lewis & Clark,” with its lyrics taken directly from the journals, arose from an investigation into American myth, history and roots music. Sara was inspired by the literary strength of the journals:

“As I began reading the journals, particular passages began to jump off the page – the language was so much like poetry to me. I began to sing them into songs, songs influenced by all kinds of American music, especially folk, blues, spirituals, and rock and roll. I’ve let the words inform the melody and song structure, and I’ve kept the instrumentation spare. As a result, the songs don’t really adhere to a genre; they are, simply, songs.”

Born in Stockton, California, Sara left the west coast to attend college at Yale University where she studied art and music composition and received her bachelor’s degree in studio art in 2003.
http://www.myspace.com/sarabouchardmusic

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January 14th – Feb 8th, 2012 Opening Reception: January 14th, 7-9pm Leigh Davis, detail from Foreclosed Storage Unit, 2009 “Now the truth of the matter – and one has no eye for that in times of great peril, and only by a great effort even in times when danger is threatening – is that in [...]

upcoming

Evan Robarts and James Moore
Sara Bouchard: The News: Monday-Friday, Parts 1 & 2
Karl Spörk, Another Meeting
BETWEEN MOUNTAIN
Felipe Mujica: One Day This Will All Be Yours
Patrick Cadenhead

past

Open Source 2011
Open Source Soup Kitchen
Borderland Collective
Jason Reppert: Parlor Tricks
Felipe Mujica: One Day This Will All Be Yours
James Leonard – 927 Days at Sea
Soap Box Derby
Naoe Suzuki and Dramahound Productions: Mi Tigre, My Lover
Associated
Raphaela Riepl: adorable steamed sea urchin
Allison Read Smith: Thugs
Open Source Gallery 2008-2010
Soup Kitchen 2010
Pirmin Hagen: First
Nobuko: wa
ORFI nyc: live gig 2010
Peter Feigenbaum “Trainset Ghetto: Streetsmart”
Images NYC
make Soap Box Racers for the Soap Box Derby
ONE BIG WINDMILL
Open Source Residency w/Austrian Artists
Patricia Watwood: Portraits 20/10
Cornucopias: Paintings by Rachel Youens
Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau: Wang Bin Torture in Commercial Quality, High Quality and Museum Quality
Akiyuki Ina: Emitting Evanescent Beauty
John Coburn: Fairlane Marauder
Soup Kitchen 12.1 – 12.24
Sara Ching-Yu Sun: Nov 7th- Nov 30
Victoria Stanton and Christian Richer: Sat Oct 10th
Patrick May: October 3 – november 2
Christian Brown: September 5 – October 1
Urban Plant Research: August 15 – August 30
Make Soap Box Racers! July 13th-August 8th
Hubert Dobler: June 6th – July 1st
Gary Baldwin: May 2nd – June 4th
Second Saturday Event: June 13, 7-10pm
Scott Groeniger: March 27 – April 26
Sara Bouchard: April 4th, 8pm
MonsterBASH | July 4th – August 15th | Party July 4th 4-7pm
Jeremy Slater and Tamara Yadao