talkPOPc
Building Thought Through Conversations

Tax-Deductible Artworks

These artworks are legally a part of the nonprofit talkPOPc, Inc.

Buying one of these is a tax-deductible gift, and will further the mission of talkPOPc.

This mission now includes art events at the MDC (Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, New York), wherein inmates are taught drawing and philosophy, and given some of the pleasures of a talkPOPc experience.

For more information on prices, please contact us at talkpopc@gmail.com.

These artworks are legally a part of the nonprofit talkPOPc, Inc. Therefore, buying one of these is a tax-deductible gift, and will further the mission of talkPOPc.

As a product, these “Converse Thoughts” are not just artworks (or decorative baubles that go on the wall or as an asset in a portfolio). They are not mere paintings. Rather, the painting surfaces, which encourage contemplation beyond simple pictorial recognition, serve as a portal into another world: The world of thought.

“Thought” is bundled into the product itself in the form of a separate text (which is sometimes spoken on video by our puppet mascot, Popsey). Upon purchase, private access is provided to the corresponding textual component of the “Converse Thought”.

In addition, talkPOPc supporters become members of the larger conversation that is singularly talkPOPc. It is a membership constituted by those who have gathered to think about, discuss, and come to consensus on a particular topic. It is BuildingThought .

Funds from these purchases go to support several different talkPOPc causes. These causes include talkPOPc events at local (e.g., NYC region) venues as well as international (e.g., European) exhibition venues. (See associated archive here.) In addition, purchases also fund talkPOPc’s prison project. This mission now includes classes and events at the MDC (Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, New York), wherein inmates are taught both drawing and philosophy, and given some of the pleasures of a talkPOPc experience.

We need your support! To contribute to these important activities, please contact us for more information on prices (or request a private viewing) at talkpopc@gmail.com.

All purchases are tax deductible.

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  1. Dena Shottenkirk
    Generality, Beauty, 2007
    Pastel and graphite on paper
    22 x 30 inches

  2. Dena Shottenkirk
    Perception, c. 1989
    Oil and gold leaf on two canvases
    15 x 72 and 72 x 36 inches

  3. Dena Shottenkirk
    Epistemological Rigor Mortis, 2006
    pastel and graphite on paper
    22 x 30 inches

  4. Dena Shottenkirk
    Icons Ideas    , 1999
    Paper, wood, Xerox
    12 x 6 x 6 inches

  5. Dena Schottenkirk
    For All the Nazis, 1987
    Gold leaf and oil on two canvases
    72 x 72 inches and 6 x 72 inches

  6. Dena Schottenkirk
    Time in Metropolitan Detention Center, 2024
    graphite on paper
    17 x 11 inches