"Rapt Gifts: Serially" by Derick Wycherly

Join in a two-part performance and workshop of wrapping, talking, giving, receiving, and losing found objects in patterned paper designed and printed by the artist. Each session requires participation and builds in sequence, so registering for and attending both is highly encouraged! Bystanders and spectators are also welcome.

Derick Wycherly is an artist from Montana specializing in printmaking and currently an MFA candidate at UW-Madison.

Location and Time:

East Side.

After signing up, you will receive an email with the specific address.

Logistics and Accessibility:

Attendees will be asked to participate in wrapping and may come into contact with paper, tape, scissors, and non-toxic glue. Hand sanitizer will be provided and the location is outdoors so masks are optional. This performance involves discussion and resembles an art workshop so come ready to participate! Parking may be limited. Up to 12 participants can be accommodated each session.

In the event of bad weather, this outdoor performance will be rescheduled or rearranged.

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Other Info:

Event will be outdoors. In the event of bad weather, performance will be rescheduled or rearranged.

A Home Stretch Performance

Home Stretch is a “distributed festival” of small artistic acts taking place in Madison, WI between the summer solstice (21 June) and the autumn equinox (22 September). By appointment, local artists are offering intimate performances and other arts experiences throughout the summer.

In this time of transition between COVID lockdowns and eventual reopening, Home Stretch explores how forms of performance and other kinds of aesthetic sociality can help us re-learn how to be together.

The title Home Stretch refers less to the idea of the final part of a race, since the pandemic is far from over. Rather, it’s about artists stretching their homes into public space, and the public stretching out of lockdown bit by bit. These art experiences are a chance to stretch both social and artistic muscles.

All events are free to attend, though some performers may pass a hat or request donations to specific causes. Information and registration is at homestretch.art.

Home Stretch is a project of Spatula&Barcode, a Madison-based arts collaborative devoted to conviviality, criticality and commensality. More information about Spatula&Barcode can be found at https://spatulaandbarcode.net/ and you can follow @spatcode on Instagram (if you post about Home Stretch on social media, we encourage you to use #homestretch).

Home Stretch is funded in part by grants from the University of Wisconsin Division of the Arts and the Madison Arts Commission, with additional support from the Wisconsin Arts Board.