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Jerome Caja, Miss Kitty & Arturo Galster

8/26/2015

 
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Barbara Liu McDowell -- "3 Queens who inspire me to make the most out of this life!"

Thank you Barbara for all the lovely gifts you have given to The Jerome Project. This fabulous picture is being documented and preserved in the Jerome Caja Digital catalogue raisonné. These three great queens are San Francisco drag legends. They made us laugh during dark times in the late 80's early 90's. I also want to thank you for donating Jerome's childhood orange baseball jersey that was in Arturo's possession before he passed. It is people like you, Barbara, that remind me why I am making a documentary on Jerome. You love irreverent drag culture as an art form and you have dedicated your life to art!

Check out Barbara's Facebook page -- it is inspiring and loaded with great pictures!

Facebook: Barbara Liu McDowell
LinkedIn: Barbara Liu McDowell


by Anthony Cianciolo

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Jerome Caja Triptych by Anna van der Meulen

8/25/2015

 
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Triptych from the "3304 St. Clair Series" - by Anna van der Meulen
laser ink-jet prints on aluminum with a high gloss finish
Spring 1988, 6in x 4in (each)

Thank You Christopher!

8/24/2015

 
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My Dear Friend of 25 Years Supports Jerome and the Arts

Two weeks ago, out of the blue, I received a generous financial donation to The Jerome Project from one of my oldest San Francisco friends, Christopher. We met in San Francisco during the summer of 1990. Christopher has been a constant supporter of my various art endeavors. He housed me in Washington DC when I went to the Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art to research Jerome's papers, he calls regularly to see if I am still above-water managing this huge project, he sent me his lovely picture of Jerome to add to the repository, and most recently, he came through with production funds I needed for the next stage of the project.

His timing was perfect!

Thanks to Christopher, I was able to buy several state-of-the-art hard-drives to get all of my digital video files off of the BAVC servers and on to my creative desk. Again, thank you!
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by Anthony Cianciolo
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BAVC's Preservation Blog on Jerome Caja

8/23/2015

 
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Lauren O'Connor's Thoughts on Preserving Jerome Caja

Check out this wonderful Jerome post by Lauren on Tumblr (Bay Area Video Coalition Preservation Department -- January 27, 2015). She is a great ambassador for The Jerome Project. Lauren tirelessly put in hundreds and hundreds of hours converting analog video of Jerome frame-by-frame to museum-quality digital format. She worked on Jerome video for over six months.

Lauren loves Jerome! Every time I'd stop by BAVC, she would greet me with a huge grin and tell me a new crazy story about Jerome. Needless to say, we had a lot of laughs during this process.

Thank you, Lauren, for all your hard work. The digital files you created are the meat & potatoes of my film!
Lauren's January 27, 2015 Blog Post
Do you ever pause for a moment to think about how much you enjoy eating Fritos?

BAVC's Preservation Department Tumblr Blog

Bay Area Video Coalition Preservation Department

BAVC's Website

Preservation Access Program
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by Anthony Cianciolo
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Jerome Caja Triptych in SF Cinematheque Art Auction

8/22/2015

 
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The Jerome Project Collaborates with the San Francisco Cinematheque

Jerome is going to be in a new group show! This is the fifth annual art auction and benefit celebrating San Francisco Cinematheque. The Jerome Project is donating Anna van der Meulen's fabulous photo triptych of him. This piece will be on sale and the proceeds will go to the SF Cinematheque and the new documentary film being made on Jerome.

Years ago Anna donated these film negatives to us, and we are producing new, signed, limited-edition runs of her work. The purchaser will also receive a special credit in the documentary film.

Lastly, thank you Noah Cowan (Executive Director of the San Francisco FIlm Society) for spreading the word about The Jerome Project and helping us get Jerome into this show!
The Fifth Annual Art Auction & Benefit celebrating San Francisco Cinematheque

"Please JOIN US at the Center for New Music for a special reception and silent art auction—including fabulous food, libations and music from DJ Wobbly with many artists and filmmakers in person—in celebration and support of San Francisco Cinematheque and our 55th year of exhibiting cutting-edge avant-garde film and video art. Over 50 international, national and regional artists have contributed artworks to this year’s stellar exhibition of photography, painting, collage, sculpture and multimedia installation."
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Starts at 7:00 pm

CENTER FOR NEW MUSIC
55 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

TICKET INFORMATION
$20 general admission
$15 for Cinematheque members
Advance tickets available here.
Join our Facebook event.
by Anthony Cianciolo
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Triptych from the "3304 St. Clair Series" - by Anna van der Meulen
laser ink-jet prints on aluminum with a high gloss finish
Spring 1988, 6in x 4in (each)

Ric Warren Captures Jerome Caja's Spirit

8/17/2015

 
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Photographing Beauty in San Francisco

Ric Warren has a fabulous collection of Jerome photographs that he kindly shared with all of us online at the Jerome Caja Shrine on FaceBook. The following photo series capture Jerome in broad daylight terrorizing and amusing the public. Ric and Jerome collaborated really well. The photos show Jerome in his signature clear plastic pants, in full regalia as a 50's housewife going about her day, and as a merry widow on her way to church.

Thank you Ric for sharing these priceless Jerome treasures. They are rare daytime images of him in drag.
Jerome Caja Slide Show by Ric Warren 



© 2015 Ric Warren
by Anthony Cianciolo

16 Terabytes of Jerome Caja Video

8/7/2015

 
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The Beginnings of my Documentary Film on Jerome

Big thanks to the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) for awarding The Jerome Project the Preservation Access Program grant! Thank you Scott England, Matt Flynn, Stevyn Polk, David Faulk, Michael Johnstone, Chuck Mobly, Adam Klein, and The Jerome Caja Estate for entrusting me with your video. BAVC you rock! You kickstarted my production by digitizing 100+ hours of video (16 terabytes of data). I also want to give a very special shout out to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for funding this grant.

Lastly, if anybody out there has any video on Jerome Caja, please contact us and let's talk about digitizing it.

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by Anthony Cianciolo

West Hollywood Group Exhibition with Jerome Caja

8/6/2015

 
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"Art/AIDS/America" directed & co-curated by Dr. Jonathan D. Katz

"Art/AIDS/America examines 30 years of artistic production made in response to the AIDS epidemic in the United States." -- This show is presented in two parts at the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum and the West Hollywood Library. This is just a taste of what is to come. Twenty percent of the collection is now on display until September 6th. Then the entire show will be exhibited at the Tacoma Art Museum, and it will eventually travel to other cities in the US.

If you are in Los Angeles before September 6th, don't miss this chance to see two significant Jerome pieces (Little Yellow Angels & The Shroud of Curad). Lastly, Jonathan is one of our art advisors on The Jerome Project, and we are really grateful to have a veteran queer academic on our board. Thank you Jonathan!

Art AIDS America
June 6 – September 6, 2015
Website: Art AIDS America

ONE Archives Gallery & Museum
626 North Robertson Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

West Hollywood Library
625 North San Vicente Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: West Hollywood Library

Wikipidia: Dr. Jonathan David Katz

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by Anthony Cianciolo
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Jerome Caja:  Shroud of Curad
(nail polish, white out, & blood on a bandage)
Courtesy of Jeff Parker
7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in., 1988

Making an Art-Driven Film on Jerome Caja

8/4/2015

 
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Visual Storytelling by Bruce Block

A big thanks to veteran filmmaker Bruce Block for his three-day "Visual Storytelling" class at Lucas Film in the Presidio. It was insightful and helpful for mapping out the layers of art direction in my film on Jerome. Hands-down this was the best continuing education class the San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) has offered. Bruce gave me the vocabulary needed to communicate my artistic ideas effectively to my crew. His graphs and charts for creating design roadmaps are golden. I also love how he can boil down a film to its one basic “Rule.”

Because Jerome has been so marginalized, we (the audience) need to see the bigger picture. Bruce confirmed my idea that using a wide-screen format for my film will give a broader perspective on Jerome and pull him out of the periphery.

I highly recommend Bruce's book "The Visual Story" too. It will enhance how you use the visual elements of your film to tell your story. If you ever get a chance to see him speak in person, treat yourself. He is entertaining and informative, and he will give you key storyboard techniques that are essential to crafting a beautiful film.

Website: www.bruceblock.com

by Anthony Cianciolo

Thank You Daniel Nicoletta!

8/3/2015

 
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Piecing Together Jerome Caja's Life Story

I just want to give a huge thanks to Daniel Nicoletta for all his help this past year putting me in contact with key people in Jerome's life. Daniel has been instrumental in locating privately held pieces of Jerome's artwork that have not been seen publicly in more than 20 years.

I also want to thank him for donating some fabulous Jerome treasures (photos, a postcard flyer, and a CD of Jerome-inspired art by friends) to The Jerome Project repository. I have always loved this B&W photograph of Jerome on the toilet. I have seen this in several friend’s collections but did not have one for the repository until now.

Remember Jerome

Michael Johnstone took this photograph of Jerome and used it on all the promotional material for the Bucheon Gallery group art show, “Remember Jerome” that he also helped curate.
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