Shoebox Series: First Edition (2003)

Premiered as “an art collection in a shoebox” on the model Joseph Cornell’s “shadow boxes, Duchamps’ “Box in a Valise," and Warhol’s “time capsules,” the Shoebox series was first offered for sale as a Bridge benefit edition in 2003. The Bridge Shoebox was assembled in a museum-grade, archival storage box in the exact dimensions of a typical shoebox, and containing works by more than 40 contemporary artists. Each "shoebox" contained a variety of art works produced in an array of media including audio and video works as well as drawings, prints and artists’ multiples. Artists included in the 2003 edition included:

Rodney Carswell, Barry Anderson, Mike Bancroft, Marc LeBlanc, Michelle Beck & Jorge Calvo, Tom Burtonwood, Ben Chickadel, Jno Cook, Paul Davies/X Ray Lab, Emily Duke & Cooper Battersby, Melissa Ebbe, Brian Taylor, Jonathon Gitelson, Melissa Schubeck, Justin Goh, Brynn Hatton, Paul Nudd, Holly Holmes, Vaughnda Johnson, Jeremiah Ketner, Shana Lutker, Julia Marsh, Andrew McAllister, Alisoun Meehan, Adelheid Mers, Huong Ngo, Alain Douglas Park, Ruth Pringle, Katrina Pycha, Jennifer Ramsey, Beth Reitmeyer, Brandon Alvendia, Andrew Rigsby, Amanda Ross-Ho, Ralph Syverson, Mike Wolf, Michael Workman and Philip von Zweck.