Bittersweet Dream has a new artist on the site. The wonderfully talented William Menzo! Be sure to stop by and take a look at his work. He is currently studying at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.

Mindscape - Willaim Menzo

Bittersweet Dream has a new artist up on the site! Natalie Froumis is a very talented photographer from Rochester Hills. Please check out her work by clicking here...



Bittersweet Dream has caught a rumor from a little bird that there is going to be an event called the "Really Really Free Rochester". This excites us greatly. So we made a page on our site that gives a little information on a Really Really Free Market so you all can get some info and make it happen with the people of Rochester. We are thrilled about this event. Please contact me for further information. kyle@bittersweetdream.org

Next month I have to pay for Bittersweet Dream's internet services! A couple of people have been asking the easiest way to donate. On the main page of our site there is a paypal link to donate, or you can send me a check. We thank you greatly for your donations. Here also is a link to pay us via paypal. Thanks so much for your contributions... peace and love

AMC2007 "Breaking Silence, Building Movements"

Allied Media Conference
June 22-24, 2007
Detroit, Michigan

The Allied Media Conference brings together a phenomenal cross-section of media workers: daring filmmakers, ambitious radio producers, serious publishers, skilled web designers, and artists whose work makes revolution irresistible.

Now in its ninth year, the AMC continues to provide a critical space for us to strategize on the role of media in our communities and movements. In a time of escalating war, and the daily violence of neoliberal policies, we need media that amplifies the voices of those most affected by these crises. We need media that not only breaks silence, but mobilizes people to envision alternatives and to take action.
Be a part of it at www.amc2007.org.

Bittersweet Dream attended the AMC last year and it was a great time. We are so exited to see it being in Detroit this year. I hope everyone can make it. If you are interested go to the AMC web site and register yourself for this event! Hope to see you there!

As you might have noticed, the new Bittersweet Dream website is up and running. There are still many tasks I have to do for it to be more complete, but it was looking so much better than the last site I had to upload it. We are looking for more artists who are interested in posting work on our site, so don't hesitate to ask. There are just a few new things I have to mention...

*Rikki Fraley's work is now posted up on our site, so be sure to check it out! We are exited to finally have her portfolio available on Bittersweet Dream's site.

Rikki Fraley

* Speaking of new artists, Bryan Clifford is now showing on our website as well. He is an extremely talented artist working with 2D and 3D materials. Bryan and I have been doing collaborations for a while now and its about time his work is appeared on the site. We will be doing a show soon in BSD's name in Ann Arbor. Detail's on this will be coming soon. (hopefully)

Absrtract 3 Variation - Bryan Clifford

* If you happen to have handmade goods you wish to post, BSD now has an etsy site and are willing to put them up for you. We have a few artists pending right now who have work to go up on this site. Laura, Rikki, and Kara will hopefully be showing their handmade goods on this site soon. I'll be sure to let you know when this event takes place.

Bringing it Back

For those of you folks who have ever been interested in Bittersweet Dream, myself and Steven would like to apologize for the lack of updates and shows within the past 4-5 months. On the brighter side of things, now that we are back and working again, we have some great ideas and goals for the upcoming months...

*Bittersweet has only had 1 really gratifying product. Only 1 product that has been hand made by us and only 1 product that has sold with the name Bittersweet Dream on it. That would of coarse be our sketchbooks which we sold out of quickly. This product meant a lot to us because of its recycled/dumpstered material. This has given us the idea to publish short stories in the same fashion. Soon I will update pictures of an example we made just recently, and go into more detail of the recyled books. But in the mean time, if anybody is looking to publish work, please get a hold of us and we will do everything in our power to print up some books for you!

*Bittersweet has a new artist that will be put up on the site this week sometime. Rikki is a very talented artist in many different fields. Please check out the artists page within the week and keep an eye out for her.

Self 3 - Rikki Fraley

Blow Up Your Car - Rikki Fraley

*I personally plan on working with Bryan Clifford towards a show to promote Ourselves and Bittersweet Dream. There are no set dates because we need to do a ton more work... but so far so good! This painting below was done in 4 stages. We both worked on it twice with myself finishing it.

Compilation with Bryan 1

*As soon as the weather starts to turn and things start getting warmer, BSD is going to try and start some community building excercises in Rochester. Possibilities include, really really free market, critical mass, reclaim the streets, public workshops, festivals... etc. If anybody has any ideas, regarding something they would like to participate in, or teach, please drop us a line... kyle@bittersweetdream.org

Other than these few things, we are going to continue to brainstorm and get everything set up for the spring season. We are looking for art and writing! The future of Bittersweet Dream is to provide the resources to publish the work of our community. So with that in mind, if you have any ideas on things to compile into a book format let us know and we will all work together to publish such ideas.