Untitled (Orrery for the Body)

Untitled (Orrery for the Body) Caroline Woolard, 2024, 96 x 40 x 36 inches, india ink, foam, sand, concrete, steel

Solidarity Not Charity

Solidarity Not Charity Caroline Woolard and Nati Linares, report, 121 pages, commissioned by Grantmakers in the Arts, 2021

Art.coop

Art.coop national network of art and design cooperatives, 2021-present, Art.coop online

Solidarity Not Charity

Solidarity Not Charity Caroline Woolard and Nati Linares, report, 121 pages, commissioned by Grantmakers in the Arts, 2021

Making and Being

Making and Being Caroline Woolard and Susan Jahoda, book, paperback, 7 in. x 9 in. / 700 pages, 2019

Spirits and Logistics

Spirits and Logistics Caroline Woolard and Suryanarayanan, report, 2021, 179 pages, commissioned by the Center for Cultural Innovation

Ceiling Tile Megaphone

Ceiling Tile Megaphone Caroline Woolard, paper, 23-7/8 x 23-7/8 x 3 inches, 2022

Art, Engagement Economy:

Art, Engagement Economy: The Working Practice of Caroline Woolard (onomatopee, 2020)

Art, Engagement Economy:

Art, Engagement Economy: The Working Practice of Caroline Woolard (onomatopee, 2020)

Queer Rocker (rendering)

Queer Rocker (rendering) Caroline Woolard, Rhino sketch for CNC open access Wo/Manual, dimensions variable, 2014.

Queer Rocker

Queer Rocker Caroline Woolard, oak plywood, ratchet straps, newspapers, 48” x 30” x 44”, 2013.

Exchange Cafe

Exchange Cafe Caroline Woolard, furniture, currency, educators, tea, milk, honey, dimensions variable, 2013.

Resources (Detail from Exchange Cafe)

Resources (Detail from Exchange Cafe) Caroline Woolard, tyvek, visitor signature and hand written demands, 2.6” x 6.14”, 2013.

Exchange Cafe

Exchange Cafe Caroline Woolard, Installation view and performance at the Museum of Modern Art, New York2013Furniture, local currency, educator-performers, tea, milk, honey, Dimensions variable

The Work Dress

The Work Dress Caroline Woolard, cordura, canvas, cotton-denim blend, performance, dimensions variable, 2007-2013.

Barricade to Bed

Barricade to Bed Caroline Woolard, Installation view at the Museum of Modern Art, New York2013, Police barricade, tennis balls, mattress, scrap wood, plumbing hardware 20” × 74” × 30”

Barricade to Bed

Barricade to Bed Caroline Woolard, Installation view at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2013, Police barricade, tennis balls, mattress, scrap wood, plumbing hardware 20” × 74” × 30”

A Brick Holds Water / Bridge Table

A Brick Holds Water / Bridge Table Caroline Woolard, terra cotta, water, commitment to practice, 2.5 x 3.5 x 10 inches each, edition of 9, 2020.

A Stone Holds Water

A Stone Holds Water Caroline Woolard, porcelain, water, commitment to practice, 2.5 x 3.5 x 10 inches each, edition of 9, 2020.

Bridge Table

Bridge Table Caroline Woolard, 1x2 pine, marine plywood, hardware, water filter, water, 50 x 30 x 31 inches, 2020.

A Stone Holds Water

A Stone Holds Water Caroline Woolard, porcelain, water, commitment to practice, 3.5 x 2.5 x 4 inches each, edition of 32, 2020.

Untitled (installation)

Untitled (installation) Caroline Woolard, power washed stained concrete, water, mycelium, pine, flood light, raw clay (white stoneware), dimensions variable, 2020.

A Brick Holds Water

A Brick Holds Water Caroline Woolard, terra cotta, water, commitment to practice, 2.5 x 3.5 x 10 inches each, edition of 9, 2020.

Caroline Woolard

Caroline Woolard A Brick Holds Water, terra cotta, water, commitment to practice, 2.5 x 3.5 x 10 inches each, edition of 9, 2020.

A Stone Holds Water (detail)

A Stone Holds Water (detail) Caroline Woolard, porcelain, water, commitment to practice, 3.5 x 2.5 x 4 inches each, edition of 32, 2020.

A Brick Holds Water / Bridge Table

A Brick Holds Water / Bridge Table Caroline Woolard, terra cotta, water, commitment to practice, 2.5 x 3.5 x 10 inches each, edition of 9, 2020.

A Stone Holds Water / Bridge Table

A Stone Holds Water / Bridge Table Caroline Woolard, porcelain, water, commitment to practice, 3.5 x 2.5 x 4 inches each, edition of 32, 2020.

Untitled (installation)

Untitled (installation) Caroline Woolard, power washed stained concrete, water, mycelium, pine, flood light, raw clay (white stoneware), dimensions variable, 2020.

Caroline Woolard

Caroline Woolard Caroline Woolard, A Brick Holds Water, terra cotta, water, commitment to practice, 2.5 x 3.5 x 10 inches each, edition of 9, 2020.

The Meeting

The Meeting Caroline Woolard: The Meeting (installation view), The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design (August 3 – September 21, 2019). 2019, walnut, nylon, glass, hardware, mycelium. Photo by Joseph Hu.

Countermeasures: Level

Countermeasures: Level Caroline Woolard, 2018, blown glass, mineral oil, turned cherry wood, 18 x 8 x 14 inches.

The Meeting (detail)

The Meeting (detail) Caroline Woolard: The Meeting (detail), The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design (August 3 – September 21, 2019). 2019, walnut, nylon, glass, hardware, mycelium. Photo by Joseph Hu.

The Meeting (detail)

The Meeting (detail) Caroline Woolard: The Meeting (installation view), The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design (August 3 – September 21, 2019). 2019, walnut, nylon, glass, hardware, mycelium. Photo by Joseph Hu.

The Meeting (office view)

The Meeting (office view) 2019, aluminum, nylon twine, hardware, foam, 24 x 24 x 18 inches. Courtesy of the artist. Foam bust prototype sculpted by Hannah Rawe, final bust to be made in mycelium. Photo by Levi Mandel.

Modular Daybed for Touching Art

Modular Daybed for Touching Art Caroline Woolard, 2020, Caroline Woolard, Modular Daybed for Touching Art, 2020, 80 x 15 x 38 inches, steel, aluminum, walnut, popular, acrylic, newspaper.

The Meeting Game

The Meeting Game Caroline Woolard, single-channel video loop, produced in collaboration with Alex Mallis and Meerkat Media, 2019

The Meeting (installation view)

The Meeting (installation view) 2019, walnut, nylon, glass, hardware, mycelium. Photo by David Chou.

The Meeting (installation view)

The Meeting (installation view) 2019, aluminum, nylon twine, hardware, foam, 24 x 24 x 18 inches. Courtesy of the artist. Foam bust prototype sculpted by Hannah Rawe, final bust to be made in mycelium. Photo by Levi Mandel.

The Meeting (detail)

The Meeting (detail) Caroline Woolard: The Meeting (installation view), The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design (August 3 – September 21, 2019). 2019, walnut, nylon, glass, hardware, mycelium. Photo by Joseph Hu.

Countermeasures: Water Clock

Countermeasures: Water Clock Caroline Woolard, 2017-2018, Glass and Water, 18 × 10 × 10 in, 2018.

Countermeasures: Water Clock (detail)

Countermeasures: Water Clock (detail) Caroline Woolard, 2017-2018, Glass and Water, 18 × 10 × 10 in, 2018.

LISTEN

LISTEN Caroline Woolard, poplar, 7" x 7" x 4", work in progress, commissioned by the CAC in Ohio

Countermeasures: Water Clock (detail)

Countermeasures: Water Clock (detail) Caroline Woolard, 2017-2018, Glass and Water, 18 × 10 × 10 in, 2018.

Countermeasures: Level

Countermeasures: Level Caroline Woolard, 2018, blown glass, mineral oil, turned cherry wood, 18 x 8 x 14 inches.

Countermeasures: Level (side)

Countermeasures: Level (side) Caroline Woolard, 2018, blown glass, mineral oil, turned cherry wood, 18 x 8 x 14 inches.

Ta73060918

Ta73060918 Caroline Woolard, 2018, blown glass, outlet, plug, oil painted poplar, 24 ½ x 24 ½ x 7 ½ inches.

Ta73060918

Ta73060918 Caroline Woolard, 2018, blown glass, outlet, plug, oil painted poplar, 24 ½ x 24 ½ x 7 ½ inches.

Ta73060918 (orange)

Ta73060918 (orange) Caroline Woolard, 2018, blown glass, outlet, oil painted plug, poplar, 24 ½ x 24 ½ x 7 ½ inches.

Ta73060918 (orange)

Ta73060918 (orange) Caroline Woolard, 2018, blown glass, outlet, oil painted plug, poplar, 24 ½ x 24 ½ x 7 ½ inches.

Why Am I Talking (W.A.I.T.) Tooth

Why Am I Talking (W.A.I.T.) Tooth Caroline Woolard, 2018, solid glass, 22 x 16 x 6 inches.

Untitled (Imperial Forms)

Untitled (Imperial Forms) Caroline Woolard, cherry wood, poplar, oil paint, 72" x 15" x 15", 2017.

Shaker Residence

Shaker Residence Caroline Woolard, birch wood, sheetrock, paint, performance, 6’ x 3’ x 12’, 2009.

Untitled (Imperial Forms)

Untitled (Imperial Forms) Caroline Woolard, cherry wood, poplar, oil paint, 72" x 15" x 15", 2017.

Ladders (for the Study Center for Group Work)

Ladders (for the Study Center for Group Work) Caroline Woolard, plywood, steel, paint, dimensions variable, 2016.

Untitled (Imperial Forms)

Untitled (Imperial Forms) Caroline Woolard, cherry wood, poplar, oil paint, 72" x 15" x 15", 2017.

Capitoline Wolves

Capitoline Wolves Caroline Woolard, cherry wood, powder coated steel, dyed stoneware, 39” x 36” x 72” each, edition of 5 (forming a circle), 2016.

Capitoline Wolves

Capitoline Wolves Caroline Woolard, cherry wood, powder coated steel, dyed stoneware, 39” x 36” x 72” each, edition of 5 (forming a circle), 2016.

Capitoline Wolves

Capitoline Wolves Caroline Woolard, cherry wood, powder coated steel, dyed stoneware, 39” x 36” x 72” each, edition of 5 (forming a circle), 2016.

Capitoline Wolves

Capitoline Wolves Caroline Woolard, cherry wood, powder coated steel, dyed stoneware, 39” x 36” x 72” each, edition of 5 (forming a circle), 2016.

Capitoline Wolves (rendering)

Capitoline Wolves (rendering) Caroline Woolard, Rhino sketch for 3D printing, 2016.

Study Center for Group Work (installation view)

Study Center for Group Work (installation view) Caroline Woolard, steel, poplar, study center materials, plexiglass, dimensions variable, 2016.

DIY Ruin

DIY Ruin Caroline Woolard, turned poplar, oil paint, dimensions variable, 2016.

Study Center for Group Work (rendering)

Study Center for Group Work (rendering) Caroline Woolard, Rhino sketch for 3D printing, dimensions variable, 2016.

Ladders (for the Study Center for Group Work)

Ladders (for the Study Center for Group Work) Caroline Woolard, plywood, steel, paint, dimensions variable, 2016.

Now

Now Caroline Woolard, video still, single channel video, 2017

LISTEN

LISTEN Caroline Woolard, cast steel and bronze, electroplated with gold, 1" x 2" x 1", 2018, commissioned by the Ohio CAC

Countermeasures: Water Clock

Countermeasures: Water Clock Caroline Woolard, 2017-2018, Glass and Water, 18 × 10 × 10 in, 2018.

Countermeasures: Water Clock

Countermeasures: Water Clock Caroline Woolard, 2017-2018, Glass and Water, 18 × 10 × 10 in, 2018.

Countermeasures: Water Clock

Countermeasures: Water Clock Caroline Woolard, 2017-2018, Glass and Water, 18 × 10 × 10 in, 2018.

Marx for Cats (marxforcats.com)

Marx for Cats (marxforcats.com) Caroline Woolard, Leigh Claire La Berge, Or Zubalsky, 2018-2019, glass, website, video, installation

Marx for Cats (marxforcats.com)

Marx for Cats (marxforcats.com) Caroline Woolard, Leigh Claire La Berge, Or Zubalsky, 2018-2019, glass, website, video, installation

PROJECTS

A Ta73060918 (Tantalus)

Project: A Ta73060918 (Tantalus)

Info: blown glass, outlet, plug, particle board, 24 ½ x 24 ½ x 7 ½ in, 2018.
Capitoline Wolves

Project: Capitoline Wolves

Info: Capitoline Wolves (2016), cherry wood, powder coated steel, dyed stoneware, local water, hand mirrored glass, copper bowls, performance 29" x 36" x 72" each, forming a circle that is 15' in diameter
System: Study Center
Carried on Both Sides

Project: Carried on Both Sides

Info: sleep app, installation, 2016-present, in collaboration with Helen Lee, Alexander Rosenberg, and Lika Volkova
Media: SVA Video
Column

Project: Column

Info: turned cherry wood, poplar, (not included: glass form and blow mould), 72 x 12 x 12 inches, dimensions variable
System: Study Center
Countermeasures: Level

Project: Countermeasures: Level

Info: Caroline Woolard, 2018, blown glass, mineral oil, turned cherry wood, 18 x 8 x 14 inches
System: Study Center
Office = Action ( Ceiling Tile Megaphone )

Project: Office = Action ( Ceiling Tile Megaphone )

Info: Caroline Woolard, paper, 23-7/8 x 23-7/8 x 3 inches, 2022, for curated and produced by the Curatorial Collective for Public Art and SUPERMARKT Berlin
System: Study Center
Orrery for the Body

Project: Orrery for the Body

Info: 2024, recycled foam, steel base and rotation hardware, custom concrete mix, india ink, 96 x 52 x 40 inches
The Meeting

Project: The Meeting

Info: 2018-present, mycelium, board room office table and chairs, walnut, nylon, poplar, acrylic, hardware, performance, dimensions variable, Photo by Joseph Hu.
System: Study Center
Z Artists Report Back

Project: Z Artists Report Back

Info: 2014, report, video, contribution to BFAMFAPhD made in collaboration with Susan Jahoda, Blair Murphy, Vicky Virgin, Caroline Woolard, Zipeng Zhu
System: BFAMFAPhD

SYSTEMS

MEDIA

Media: Bad at Sports

Info: 2018
System: BFAMFAPhD

Media: Life After Oxbow

Info: 2010

Media: Making and Being 1 min video

Info: 2019
System: BFAMFAPhD

Media: NOW

Info: 2015
Project: 000

Media: Ourgoods.org

Info: 2014

Media: SVA Video

Info: 2015

Media: The Meeting Game

Info: 2019
Project: The Meeting

TEXTS

Achieving the new graduate dream: building sustainable business success at a small scale

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(June 2014) Written by Aaron Fry, Steven Faerm, and Reina Arakji, professors in art and design at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City.

Alternative Histories

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Art21 (2014)

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(May 2014) Jacquelyn Glesisner on BFAMFAPhD in Art21. 

Art21 (2015)

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(July 2015) Caroline Woolard on NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative in Art21.

Art Engagement Economy 01 Foreword

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Art, Engagement, Economy: the Working Practice of Caroline Woolard proposes a politics of transparent production in the arts, whereby heated negotiations and mundane budgets are presented alongside documentation of finished gallery installations. Readers follow the behind-the-scenes work that is required to produce interdisciplinary art projects, from a commission at MoMA to a self-organized, international barter network with over 20,000 participants. With contextual analysis of the political economy of the arts, from the financial crisis of 2008 to the COVID pandemic of 2020, this book suggests that artists can bring studio-based sculptural techniques to an approach to art-making that emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration and dialogue.

Foreword by Patricia C. Phillips; introduction by Caroline Woolard; texts by D. Graham Burnett, Alison Burstein, Stamatina Gregory, Larissa Harris, Leigh Claire La Berge, Stephanie Owens, Cybele Maylone, Steven Matijcio, Sheetal Prajapati, Caitlin Julia Rubin, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, and Caroline Woolard; interviews by Thyrza Nichols Goodeve and Tina Rivers Ryan; illustrations by Caroline Woolard; design by Angela Lorenzo; and text editing by Helen Hofling. Commissioned by Moore College of Art and Design for the inaugural Walentas Endowed Fellowship of 2018–2020.

 

https://book.carolinewoolard.com/

Art Engagement Economy 02 Mierle Laderman Ukeles and Tina Rivers Ryan

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Interviews between Caroline Woolard and Mierle Laderman Ukeles and Tina Rivers Ryan

https://book.carolinewoolard.com/chapter-3-ourgoods-and-tradeschool

Art Engagement Economy 03 Welcome Manifesto

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Welcome & Manifesto

https://book.carolinewoolard.com/welcome

Art Engagement Economy Chapter 1

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The Meeting

https://book.carolinewoolard.com/chapter-1-the-meeting

Art Engagement Economy Chapter 2

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The Study Center for Group Work

https://book.carolinewoolard.com/chapter-2-study-center

Art Engagement Economy Chapter 3

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OurGoods.org and TradeSchool.coop

https://book.carolinewoolard.com/chapter-3-ourgoods-and-tradeschool

Art Engagement Economy Chapter 4

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Exchange Café

https://book.carolinewoolard.com/chapter-4-exchange-cafe

 

Art Engagement Economy Chapter 5

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BFAMFAPhD

https://book.carolinewoolard.com/chapter-5-bfamfaphd

Art Engagement Economy Chapter 6

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LISTEN

https://book.carolinewoolard.com/chapter-6-listen

Art Engagement Economy Chapter 7

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Capitoline Wolves and Queer Rocker

https://book.carolinewoolard.com/chapter-7-capitoline-wolves-and-queer-rocker

Art Engagement Economy Chapter 8

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Carried on Both Sides

https://book.carolinewoolard.com/chapter-8-carried-on-both-sides

 

Artforum (2016)

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(October 2016) Wendy Vogel on The Study Center for Group Work in Artforum.

Art in America (2014)


(February 2014) Reframing the Debt Debate with BFAMFAPhD by Nate Cohan for Art in America.

Art in America (2016)

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(October 2016) Cathy Lebowitz on The Study Center for Group Work in Art in America.

Artists Report Back

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Artists Report Back used data about artists’ demographics, occupations, educational attainment, field of degree, and earnings as recorded by The Census Bureau’s 2012 American Community Survey (ACS) to make statements about the current conditions and contradictions of working artists and arts graduates.

Art Journal Open: Making & Being

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artnet News (2017)

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(January 2017) These 11 Artists Will Transform the Art World in 2017 by Christian Viveros-Fauné in artnet News. 

 

ARTnews (2020)

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BFAMFAPhD: On the Cultural Value Debate

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(February 2015)

BOMB (2015)

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(July 2015) Caroline Woolard by John Haskell in BOMB.

Caroline Woolard Career Narrative (2017)

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Caroline Woolard Work Sample (2016)

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Carried on Both Sides Writing

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Core 77 (2013)

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(June 2013) Ray Hu on Exchange Cafe and Barricade Bed in Core 77.

Crains New York (2015)

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(May 2015) Hundreds join a new kind of co-op to buy commercial property in high-rent areas by Caroline Lewis in Crains New York Business. 

Creative Commons (2016)

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(August 2016) A politics of cooperation: Caroline Woolard on free culture, fine art, and everyday life by Jennie Rose Halperin in Creative Commons.

Creative Commonwealth: Urban Community Land Trusts

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 (May 2014)

Creative Exchange (2018)

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Critical Writing about Caroline Woolard's Work

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Cultural Research Network (2015)

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(March 2015) The Cultural Research Network on BFAMFAPhD. 

Dear Viewer

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 from BFAMFAPhD (July 2014) 

Deep Craft (2009)

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(April 2009) Interview with Caroline Woolard in Deep Craft.

Digicult

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Art, Activism and Making With Caroline Woolard by Zoe Romano in Digicult.

Fast Company (2011)

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(February 2011) Anya Kamenetz on OurGoods and Trade School in Fast Company. 

Hyperallergic (2012)

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(May 2012) Alternative Economies: A Conversation With Caroline Woolard in Hyperallergic. 

Hyperallergic (2014)

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(June 2014) Jillian Steinhauser on BFAMFAPhD in Hyperallergic. 

Hyperallergic (2019)

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(November 2019) Gabrielle Welsh on Re:Working Labor in Hyperallergic.

I do not have a boss!

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 (Solidarity Economy Poster, 2010)

Introduction to Open Collective

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J20 Solidarity Economy POSTER (English)

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Print this at 11 x 17 / tabloid paper, or order a print to benefit NAACP or SPLC at: http://unterbahn.com/solidarity/

J20 Solidarity Economy POSTER (Mandarin)

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J20 Solidarity Economy POSTER (Spanish)

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LISTEN: A Case Study in Socially Engaged Art

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This is a reflection document for LISTEN, a socially engaged art project comissioned by Wave Pool and the Contemporary Art Center from 2017-2018.

LOL Cats: In Marx For Cats the Internet Confronts Its Favorite Meme

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Making and Being full book (2019)

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Making and Being offers a framework for teaching art that emphasizes contemplation, collaboration, and political economy. Authors Susan Jahoda and Caroline Woolard, two visual arts educators, share ideas and teaching strategies that they have adapted to spaces of learning which range widely, from self-organized workshops for professional artists to Foundations BFA and MFA thesis classes. This hands-on guide includes activities, worksheets, and assignments and is a critical resource for artists and art educators today. Making and Being is a book, a series of videos, a deck of cards, and an interactive website with freely downloadable content.

MoMA Studio: Exchange Cafe reference book

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Online Platforms Are Not Enough. Artists Need Affordable Space. (2016)

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(June 2016) Online Platforms Are Not Enough. Artists Need Affordable Space. by Caroline Woolard in the National Endowment for the Arts.

Pedagogical Possibilities: Arts-Based Practices of Collaborative Time for Teaching the Future

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Peers Inc (2015)

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(June 2015) Peers Inc written by Robin Chase.

Proposal for Free/Open/Libre Art

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 (2012)

Rhizome (2010)

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(January 2010) Interview with Caroline Woolard of OurGoods in Rhizome.

Script for a NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative

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 (March 2015)

Shareable (2012)

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(May 2012) Tal Berry on Trade School in Shareable. 

Shareable (2015)

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(July 2015) Cat Johnson on NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative in Shareable.

Solidarity Art Worlds

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 (February 2013)

Solidarity Not Charity: A Rapid Report (2021)


This report is about the ways that arts and culture grantmakers can engage in systems-change work that addresses root causes rather than symptoms of cultural inequity. The cultural sector is actively seeking alternatives to business-as-usual to create economic and racial justice in the sector and beyond. Grantmakers can play a role in the transformation of the sector by following the lead of BIPOC creatives who are innovating models for self-determination and community wealth. This work is part of an emergent movement in the United States that is known globally as the Solidarity Economy.

South Atlantic Quarterly (2015)

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(July 2015) Leigh Claire La Berge on Trade School in the South Atlantic Quarterly.

So you want to start a platform cooperative...

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Special Interest Fund

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Art.coop is launching a special interest fund with Movement Strategy Center.

Statement of Solidarity with #UMaineFuture

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(April 2014) by Caroline Woolard

Storefront for Art and Architecture (2015)

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(August 2015) Manifesto Seires: Measuring Architecture at the Storefront for Art and Architecture.

The Brooklyn Quarterly (2013)

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(November 2013) Jillian Steinhauer on OurGoods, Trade School, and Exchange Cafe for the Brooklyn Quarterly.

The Brooklyn Rail (2017)

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(November 2017) Heather Schatz on The Study Center for Group Work in The Brooklyn Rail.

The Brooklyn Rail (2018)

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(February 2018) The Art of Institutional Possibility: CAROLINE WOOLARD with Thyrza Nichols Goodeve in The Brooklyn Rail.

The Edupunks' Guide to a DIY Credential (2011)

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(2011) The Edupunks' Guide to a DIY Credential written by Anya Kamenetz and put forth by Smashwords Edition. 

The Mesh (2012)

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(February 2012) The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing written by Lisa Gansky put forth by Penguin Press.

The Nation (2012)

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(March 2012) Laura Flanders on OurGoods in The Nation. 

The New Yorker (2011)

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(March 2011) Nana Asfour on Trade School in The New Yorker. 

The New Yorker (2014)

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(October 2014) Peter Schjeldahl on BFAMFAPhD in The New Yorker. 

The New York Times (2010)

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(February 2010) Emily S. Rueb on Trade School in the New York Times. 

The New York Times (2013)

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(March 2013) Randy Kennedy on Trade School in the New York Times. 

The New York Times (2016)

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(October 2016) Martha Schwendender on The Study Center for Group Work in The New York Times. 

The Sharing Economy (2016)

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(May 2016) The Sharing Economy written by Arun Sundararajan and put forth by The MIT Press. 

The Village Voice (2015)

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(October 2015) Madison Margolin on NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative in The Village Voice. 

The Wall Street Journal (2011)

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(February 2011) V.L. Hendrickson on Trade School in the Wall Street Journal. 

Trigger Magazine (2023)

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(November 2023) Dreaming Up Collecive Energies from the Editors

Upworthy (2015)

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(August 2015) Onnesha Roychoudhuri on NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative in Upworthy. 

Wired (2013)

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(December 2013) Natalie Jeremijenko selects Caroline Woolard for The Wired Smart List.

TEACHING

2 Hour Workshop Template

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For teachers to think through a 2-hour workshop.

A Critique Feedback Form - Observe, Analyze, Identify Blind Spots and Generative Contradictions

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This feedback form is a meant to guide students as they develop the skills to review their peers' artwork. This worksheet is about how to speak about a project, not about the FORMAT of the critique itself (see Critique Menu for that).

A Critique Menu for Students (2016)

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A "menu" of options for students and teachers who wish to discuss and select individually appropriate structures for critique. Developed in 2016 for an MFA Fine Arts critique course at SVA by Caroline Woolard.

A Discussion Wall

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This activity allows people in a group to slow down and make an analog version of the digital experience of sharing images, quotations, and readings. Returning to these materials again and again at each gathering can be a good way to move the group, as a collective body, into itself.

A First Day Welcome! Take Home Form for New Students

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What is your preferred pronoun? What experience do you have with the topics and techniques you image we will cover in this course? Can I tag you in social media? What are your access needs? Do you have experience with self-directed work? These are the sorts of questions I ask to get to know the students I am working with. I tailor activities based upon their feedback. I hand this form out on the first day and have students fill it out a bit in class, and then finish it for homework.

A Framework: Projects, Platforms, and Practices

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As artists, we need to learn to think organizationally in order to imagine how our artwork and ideas might circulate in the world, and to take action. This workshop aims to help students and artists think through the platforms and practices that are aligned with their projects.

A Project Review Guide

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This is a guide to think through: (1) how a project communicates your intentions (2) how you can best learn and grow as an artist / designer.

Checklist for Good Presentations

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As students prepare to speak about their work and create visual presentations, I ask that they use this checklist.

Conversations: What is a successful project?

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This activity helps students define success on their own terms, and take actions toward this vision of success.

Excerpts from Making and Being (2020)

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Making and Being: a Guide to Embodiment, Collaboration, and Circulation in the Visual Arts is a multi-platform pedagogical project which offers practices of collaboration, contemplation, and circulation in the visual arts. Making and Being is for arts educators who want to connect art to economy; for students who want to make artworks that reflect the conditions of their own production. Making and Being is a book, a series of videos, a deck of cards, and an interactive website with freely downloadable content.

Making and Being: a Guide to Embodiment, Collaboration, and Circulation in the Visual Arts is published by Pioneer Works, distributed by DAP, and is a contribution to BFAMFAPhD from Susan Jahoda and Caroline Woolard with support from Fellow Emilio Martinez Poppe. 

The website with downloadable content is here: MakingandBeing.com

Finding Collaborators and Creative Conversations in NYC

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A list of places where some of the most kind and generous neighbors, artists, designers, and activists I know gather -- these people make NYC great. 

Free Libre Open Source Systems and Art (FLOSSA)

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How to Start a Trade School (2012)

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I wrote this manual for other organizers of Trade School, a self-organized learning platform that runs on barter, after answering the same questions 100s of times. Louise Ma designed it, and Or Zubalsky wrote the open-source software. 

Post Bac Residency

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APPLY to work with Hiro Fukawa and me!

Socially Engaged Art Worksheet: APPROACH

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Socially Engaged Art Worksheet: POSITIONALITY

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Socially Engaged Art Worksheet: TIME/SCALE/MONEY Agreements

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Socially Engaged Art Worksheet: When someone says art, what comes to mind?

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Ten Leaps: A Lexicon for Art Education (DRAFT)

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The Banking Model of Art (2010)

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The Minute Hand of Social Engagement

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Ways of Being: Introduction

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(October 2017)

Ways of Being: Spaces of Learning

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(March 2014) by Caroline Woolard

ABOUT

Short Bio

Caroline Woolard is a founding co-organizer of Art.coop and Head of Strategy at Minima.nyc. She is the co-author of two major reports: Solidarity Not Charity (Grantmakers in the Arts, 2021) and Spirits and Logistics (Center for Cultural Innovation, 2022) and three books: Making and Being (Pioneer Works, 2019), a book for educators about interdisciplinary collaboration, co-authored with Susan Jahoda; Art, Engagement, Economy (onomatopee, 2020) a book about managing socially-engaged and public art projects; and TRADE SCHOOL: 2009-2019, a book about peer learning that Woolard catalyzed in thirty cities internationally over a decade. Woolard’s artwork has been featured twice on New York Close Up (2014, 2016), a digital film series produced by Art21 and broadcast on PBS. https://carolinewoolard.com/

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Additional Bio

Caroline Woolard's work has been commissioned by and exhibited in major national and international museums including MoMA, the Whitney Museum, and Creative Time. Woolard’s work has been featured twice on New York Close Up (2014, 2016), a digital film series produced by Art21 and broadcast on PBS. She was the 2023-2024 W. W. Corcoran Professor of Community Engagement, the 2018–20 inaugural Walentas Fellow at Moore College of Art and Design and the inaugural 2019–20 Artist in Residence for INDEX at the Rose Museum, and a 2020-2021 Fellow at the Center for Cultural Innovation. 

Her work has been commissioned by and exhibited in major national and international museums, including MoMA, the Whitney Museum, and Creative Time. Recent scholarly writing on her work has been published in The Brooklyn Rail (2018); Artforum (2016); Art in America (2016); The New York Times (2016); and South Atlantic Quarterly (2015). Woolard co-founded barter networks OurGoods.org and TradeSchool.coop (2008-2015), the Study Center for Group Work (since 2016), BFAMFAPhD.com (since 2014), and the NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative (since 2016). Recent commissions include The Meeting, with a rolling premiere at The New School, Brandeis University, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA (2019); WOUND, Cooper Union, New York, NY (2016); and Capitoline Wolves, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2016), and Exchange Café, MoMA, New York, NY (2014). 

She is the recipient of a number of awards and fellowships including at Moore College of Art and Design (2019), Pilchuck (2018), the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (2016), the Queens Museum (2014), Eyebeam (2013), Rockefeller Cultural Innovation Fund (2010), Watermill (2011), and the MacDowell Colony (2009). She is member of the Guild of Future Architects and was an AmbitioUS Fellow (2021-2022). 

 

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Woolard's upcoming eventsfull bioprojectsinstitutionswriting, and past talks are below. Download a PDF of critical writing about her work here. You can find my CV here and you can email me at: Caroline Woolard [at] gmail [dot] com.