tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78181538505183605152024-02-06T19:26:31.849-08:00The Foster CollectiveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-83393436219686499642011-10-25T21:00:00.001-07:002011-11-15T17:53:45.149-08:00Have Substantial Student Loan Debt?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvnWJmuoetgUZQKIuj6syWL_-P4Vm9BMH3Y9RAwVatxwexU-KT-0vTvt_ZcgSurOSgGj8DKmT1TSescl8IDw4U60ZWzMn4sjewv6K42POUCCcmDSgjzsp_NyCjH1jcz7FEN6MTJuEp3Dz/s1600/poorhouse.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvnWJmuoetgUZQKIuj6syWL_-P4Vm9BMH3Y9RAwVatxwexU-KT-0vTvt_ZcgSurOSgGj8DKmT1TSescl8IDw4U60ZWzMn4sjewv6K42POUCCcmDSgjzsp_NyCjH1jcz7FEN6MTJuEp3Dz/s400/poorhouse.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667645928183332242" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Student Loan Debt Art Project by the Foster Collective's Lead Organizer, Angela Watters. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, serif;font-size:medium;">Call for Participation:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm looking for people with significant student loan debt from art related college or university programs to mail or email me the amount of debt along with their name, the program attended, what subject was studied and the degree (if any) obtained from the institution. Please don't send sensitive information like social security numbers or birth dates. This information will be collaged on to the outside of a dollhouse I bought for $5 at a flea market. The dollhouse will be exhibited and for sale for the amount of our collective student loan debt. The call for participation will continue for a year or until we reach the highest selling work by a living artist, which is (depending on who you believe) either Damien Hirst's </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For the Love of God </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">or Jasper Johns' </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">False Start</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. I will need your real name for administrative purposes, but if you wish to remain anonymous or use a pseudonym for the public viewing just let me know. Creativity is encouraged, but unnecessary. If you wish to contribute artwork to be shown with the project or write something about your crushing debt problem, please let me know. I've not yet decided on a name for the project, but am thinking The Poor House or The ? Million Dollar Home. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Address:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Angela Watters</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1809 West Main Street</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">#103</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Carbondale, IL 62901</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Email: </span></span><a href="mailto:info@angelawatters.com"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#0E4375;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">info (at) angelawatters.com</span></span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;font-size:16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-70985500518350643152011-10-22T06:54:00.000-07:002011-10-25T20:59:59.326-07:00Visual Response to the Gulf Oil Disaster at CUSN<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzDfsDI0-NoY4nfTzny2nuAn0wCWzj0Ti7cLwNI8vEBxGbkAGbjG4pyp6eTRJNPqX9aGtuf5wPNTa069j5Nm4MaED2O0JhxklASehm7I5OPQtfgsm4Ujq-mm8Xqtv_tw-tzE_U4TLjZLd/s1600/csun_pc.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzDfsDI0-NoY4nfTzny2nuAn0wCWzj0Ti7cLwNI8vEBxGbkAGbjG4pyp6eTRJNPqX9aGtuf5wPNTa069j5Nm4MaED2O0JhxklASehm7I5OPQtfgsm4Ujq-mm8Xqtv_tw-tzE_U4TLjZLd/s400/csun_pc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666314724771782226" /></a><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.5px Trebuchet MS"><span style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS"> </span><b><i>Visual Response to Gulf Oil Disaster – A Traveling Mail Art Exhibit </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 11.5px Trebuchet MS"><b>at California State University Northridge Manzanita Hall Gallery </b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Trebuchet MS">In July of 2010 Chicago’s Foster Collective posted an online <i>call for entries </i>challenging artists to create art work in response to the April 2010 oil spill that devastated the Gulf region. Responses poured in from across the United States. The traveling exhibit of art work that combines gas station paper towels with traditional and improvised art materials is on a multi-city tour with stops in Chicago and Huntsville Alabama and other cities. This fall <i>Visual Response to Gulf Oil Disaster </i>comes to Los Angeles hosted by the California State University Northridge Public Art Club. More than a year after the Gulf Oil Disaster, as people of the Gulf region struggle to restore their lives, CSUN students add their voices to a lively visual debate on the politics of oil and preserving the environment. The exhibit at the CSUN Art Gallery’s Manzanita Hall Annex Gallery runs from October 17 through December 31. An artist’s reception will be held on December 8, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. </p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-80774521128723014752011-07-10T15:18:00.000-07:002011-07-10T15:22:18.336-07:00Oil Disaster Response #72<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGI5VeQ5HGvz_FzOqLMxe5ilu5KDimCMT5bQ0oSktzjgK7-YYtnHtRRpwr6Kk01lWSYBqJlWhbWXGReT-ngOsHInfCDIw01e9onGhEYXW0f3KKLtbBV6HSwAzNQyT0mo6mNkkKuKDbZQ8/s1600/martinez_michele.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGI5VeQ5HGvz_FzOqLMxe5ilu5KDimCMT5bQ0oSktzjgK7-YYtnHtRRpwr6Kk01lWSYBqJlWhbWXGReT-ngOsHInfCDIw01e9onGhEYXW0f3KKLtbBV6HSwAzNQyT0mo6mNkkKuKDbZQ8/s400/martinez_michele.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627851888145637474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Michele Martinez </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Biloxi, 2-20-2011" (With song lyric from "Biloxi," by Jessee Winchester, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Symbol, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">1970)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Symbol, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Alhambra, CA</span></span></div><!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-4246367606463762612011-07-10T15:14:00.000-07:002011-07-10T15:18:12.259-07:00Oil Disaster Response #71<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFKz-jqdHhB1ybpZA9RFOFVlxQAF3zHTLY2w3eI655Y793QrxaGFHGGJy9wEwDG-MGzYfe98sJNhxoIAA-44nJGmgzWFaKBO8ClIBNSbXgoW_QauLMSEptLQ1oLfyHx7T71OgfRqv5q20/s1600/treschule.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 332px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFKz-jqdHhB1ybpZA9RFOFVlxQAF3zHTLY2w3eI655Y793QrxaGFHGGJy9wEwDG-MGzYfe98sJNhxoIAA-44nJGmgzWFaKBO8ClIBNSbXgoW_QauLMSEptLQ1oLfyHx7T71OgfRqv5q20/s400/treschule.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627850777960411090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jeanne A. Treschule</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dumfries, VA</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-17357648149475892192011-07-10T15:10:00.000-07:002011-07-10T15:14:40.621-07:00Oil Disaster Response #70<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivt-j-Gh5Lnq0B2GP8KfzRSLciUXs_5KRIBcBkC6XBnaL196-QM2eEJzeF6O1Tj1mBGn7BmZDrF1uRx44m0VxS1mxcIJhE4rWQ2Uj18uM_3Bil3lyIfq2VWDVH3fOmuuztGItk7O1qQhD-/s1600/deschene.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 345px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivt-j-Gh5Lnq0B2GP8KfzRSLciUXs_5KRIBcBkC6XBnaL196-QM2eEJzeF6O1Tj1mBGn7BmZDrF1uRx44m0VxS1mxcIJhE4rWQ2Uj18uM_3Bil3lyIfq2VWDVH3fOmuuztGItk7O1qQhD-/s400/deschene.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627850565856292370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wendydeschene.com/">Wendy Deschene</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Waveryly, AL</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-62553659927253419522011-07-10T15:08:00.000-07:002011-07-10T15:10:12.744-07:00Oil Disaster Response #69<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oS2IKWuKqYtgkxUCgAjKgPeo60i9kW-eSgmk_-O6mUSWOR3cLhH4U__GVm1DfCzVf9FV3IaCvgnaHSXunkWoUdkCzil4G0QDwWemR9FiCHNT-68OfEzGh5mkOSa6USA8zuTajXpcIOBR/s1600/zanger.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oS2IKWuKqYtgkxUCgAjKgPeo60i9kW-eSgmk_-O6mUSWOR3cLhH4U__GVm1DfCzVf9FV3IaCvgnaHSXunkWoUdkCzil4G0QDwWemR9FiCHNT-68OfEzGh5mkOSa6USA8zuTajXpcIOBR/s400/zanger.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627849221949957042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ginnyzanger.com">Ginny Vogel Zanger</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Boston, MA</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-74193112582941385582011-07-10T15:06:00.001-07:002011-07-10T15:10:34.393-07:00Oil Disaster Response #68<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjFDEXoyYfC-1oAby7cXsmFueniCwLrIp8kW57nwERV7R0m49WCdexLOSxwaF_OlxOUjhKDVKq158Ab6ozteM5SOMPoCPxkbnN69xex-KK6dJ4llUTfjrlQ_ZGKod3YtZUDupp21AxSBe/s1600/lovestone.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 338px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjFDEXoyYfC-1oAby7cXsmFueniCwLrIp8kW57nwERV7R0m49WCdexLOSxwaF_OlxOUjhKDVKq158Ab6ozteM5SOMPoCPxkbnN69xex-KK6dJ4llUTfjrlQ_ZGKod3YtZUDupp21AxSBe/s400/lovestone.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627848741950082754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lovestoneart.blogspot.com/">Harlan Lovestone</a>, "Albatross"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Greenville, SC</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-25690126554198467032011-07-09T19:50:00.001-07:002011-07-09T20:39:13.378-07:00Gulf Oil Disaster Response #54 - 67<div>Wendy Deschene, a professor at Auburn University assigned the Visual Response to the Gulf Oil Spill call for entries to her Advanced Drawing students last semester. I hope you will be as impressed with the results as we are. Wendy writes, "Because so many of my students are from or have connections to the area effected by the oil spill. I made it a class project. Enclosed are the results of their efforts." </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1PdRpzIeq4ODZapU9UWhWq0LBpKE-C_Y4O6thtTzRigdjJOTUvz3vhOm3OVQljDvzBtY518l_rXvhEQqTgQhNJE5Q7kt0DtfarI1I6Wmj6Y0jCsI_P1a4Vmp64_DId-jLxA5gdMzw01g/s1600/Auburn_Wilson.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1PdRpzIeq4ODZapU9UWhWq0LBpKE-C_Y4O6thtTzRigdjJOTUvz3vhOm3OVQljDvzBtY518l_rXvhEQqTgQhNJE5Q7kt0DtfarI1I6Wmj6Y0jCsI_P1a4Vmp64_DId-jLxA5gdMzw01g/s400/Auburn_Wilson.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627562560567510866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Lindsey Wilson</b></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvnTNTF1GOljvytomGu0rOOcpHL7aysOFsiUupmgAMcf5pX2E0vvXvOX-Y-uLWSFDFKNdIsHIl9K2IrlmGjxMuoJUhvS3AlnHhuVA9PiPWRcd1iAWwDUkZawhAKmP69H2bL_tiy5Nt_le/s1600/Auburn_Walker.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvnTNTF1GOljvytomGu0rOOcpHL7aysOFsiUupmgAMcf5pX2E0vvXvOX-Y-uLWSFDFKNdIsHIl9K2IrlmGjxMuoJUhvS3AlnHhuVA9PiPWRcd1iAWwDUkZawhAKmP69H2bL_tiy5Nt_le/s400/Auburn_Walker.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627562287206797394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Cary Walker</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpe6sTnxxAWKyajSgXl4uFk62q95rYBsreqoJK9hHuwg70ipcpesk-X4604R69BsR8kblYMZeNJxnUBvp0pf6oeRA34qITOWe7wKUi_bXw0DIC9CQIzdcFNggUiku21FTFVLV-ZcUmqck/s1600/Auburn_unknown_faces.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 341px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpe6sTnxxAWKyajSgXl4uFk62q95rYBsreqoJK9hHuwg70ipcpesk-X4604R69BsR8kblYMZeNJxnUBvp0pf6oeRA34qITOWe7wKUi_bXw0DIC9CQIzdcFNggUiku21FTFVLV-ZcUmqck/s400/Auburn_unknown_faces.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627562166116399778" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpiPol6HF5ssPccYx0jXs2KYdFPxafCwy-jSIpCycuzAzYOYTUyuk2rr9zeTrlWQy9oxXDNMF7SHwV4OiBZKBEMz_idGHE6nwuIWHtcYtLef1py-HWDAdcmTlAnF6BLxAB__FE88LeQN3o/s1600/Auburn_tolbert.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 340px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpiPol6HF5ssPccYx0jXs2KYdFPxafCwy-jSIpCycuzAzYOYTUyuk2rr9zeTrlWQy9oxXDNMF7SHwV4OiBZKBEMz_idGHE6nwuIWHtcYtLef1py-HWDAdcmTlAnF6BLxAB__FE88LeQN3o/s400/Auburn_tolbert.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627562022836740050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Pleas Tolbert</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eae9rS4dvARWgVlMzux7wLVBLN7NMOhRvDzswzR2ACkdePWRgkfVuuCZrnpM3r12A59yDruwe3y2-qH39uTOWuk46JkkCNw5TnLJ-9xEQt5JViQoqU2P1fs8HAT0dmZ7KpYtcSQn4FS5/s1600/Auburn_sweeney.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eae9rS4dvARWgVlMzux7wLVBLN7NMOhRvDzswzR2ACkdePWRgkfVuuCZrnpM3r12A59yDruwe3y2-qH39uTOWuk46JkkCNw5TnLJ-9xEQt5JViQoqU2P1fs8HAT0dmZ7KpYtcSQn4FS5/s400/Auburn_sweeney.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627561807879341218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Madeline Sweeney</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTNfgZB4a5sTmqH93XVIOofkLc2mSdw36xyEAz-DRUzgbF3roSW8nIssK8XQBCj0AucflqzCOI8qWyADa8Yt2fExLdiMwusVG84yJK3rkhkayqp0ZAjaStMKT_IKacRxglEwVKTioUnOt/s1600/Auburn_Stewart.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTNfgZB4a5sTmqH93XVIOofkLc2mSdw36xyEAz-DRUzgbF3roSW8nIssK8XQBCj0AucflqzCOI8qWyADa8Yt2fExLdiMwusVG84yJK3rkhkayqp0ZAjaStMKT_IKacRxglEwVKTioUnOt/s400/Auburn_Stewart.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627561672429719810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Meghan Stewart</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgYRmm40Y6SmUXoBJqgSWNvf5x1pb_td1HDUaffauTibJiI-JbYY9fICGucYF1qIlWofSmVl0ilOg2L7OoLgMV1fhwCcinAK2Fst5nLQl8kPN4kmH845_671_9i4qPhy_GG8OACoBrL56/s1600/Auburn_stephens.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgYRmm40Y6SmUXoBJqgSWNvf5x1pb_td1HDUaffauTibJiI-JbYY9fICGucYF1qIlWofSmVl0ilOg2L7OoLgMV1fhwCcinAK2Fst5nLQl8kPN4kmH845_671_9i4qPhy_GG8OACoBrL56/s400/Auburn_stephens.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627561485974406402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Ashley Stephens</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UyasoXB1aPnZjZa-n0OGUpCNCM3ecMIvDVfaAG2afu-m_vvvXzZRp4znvlcYV5kddBcBWFDdx2WqIJbscHIFnAqcY24ZiMK4Elbt2pKPmGfrrMNLveH0n2EemcTXq8a0XFAT2XIo9QJq/s1600/Auburn_payton.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UyasoXB1aPnZjZa-n0OGUpCNCM3ecMIvDVfaAG2afu-m_vvvXzZRp4znvlcYV5kddBcBWFDdx2WqIJbscHIFnAqcY24ZiMK4Elbt2pKPmGfrrMNLveH0n2EemcTXq8a0XFAT2XIo9QJq/s400/Auburn_payton.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627561345646383090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Terrica Payton</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCo5SBXFBYGX5MEp-RJFvZablA0kD6CdFbYMv1Mc0q4xgbGnTwMgnRx4kgM90XOzTYBfXzWXorV-mZdkdsN7eCcqXQn0Q7g_OO5v9ADi1Jdll8IzbEXFJVTFZicO5_1ZPdr9k8O9JJVeyj/s1600/Auburn_parkerson.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 344px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCo5SBXFBYGX5MEp-RJFvZablA0kD6CdFbYMv1Mc0q4xgbGnTwMgnRx4kgM90XOzTYBfXzWXorV-mZdkdsN7eCcqXQn0Q7g_OO5v9ADi1Jdll8IzbEXFJVTFZicO5_1ZPdr9k8O9JJVeyj/s400/Auburn_parkerson.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627554186665090530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Baily Parkerson</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlmdevHTpD_TmbxMCLR3dDiJWeh9XuBc1LgnmbTGUGJkc25WQK_XEow0j4GoORohlyFQYGSQsB6SaiPq4IiDhEFQClzCOFr5EKpGTtKtuTHYaYTrxHAGLTee5v-LboiFClUnKfU1ciEYJ/s1600/Auburn_mcconnell.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlmdevHTpD_TmbxMCLR3dDiJWeh9XuBc1LgnmbTGUGJkc25WQK_XEow0j4GoORohlyFQYGSQsB6SaiPq4IiDhEFQClzCOFr5EKpGTtKtuTHYaYTrxHAGLTee5v-LboiFClUnKfU1ciEYJ/s400/Auburn_mcconnell.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627553999731780226" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Tina McConnell</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfif-iAkgdVdxUpqra8YNTLyHF12tOl-nK0HGOs1rdJz5BnwGLtR2SBmwCw671ICanRJA-rGStHNfjyaG_wUm1QOyLa0Cztoud6V3LTGI85sz8Ln_6idGNAJxUTsPAh5jDZTyLoVOMtHM/s1600/Auburn_mccollough.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfif-iAkgdVdxUpqra8YNTLyHF12tOl-nK0HGOs1rdJz5BnwGLtR2SBmwCw671ICanRJA-rGStHNfjyaG_wUm1QOyLa0Cztoud6V3LTGI85sz8Ln_6idGNAJxUTsPAh5jDZTyLoVOMtHM/s400/Auburn_mccollough.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627553794979811074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>C. McCollough</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyggTyxY1Ap-7oM9p57rCzCP-KeOcjY7IZ4Z-qB_Hknfl6EZzF9A5-XorkScx72GfC0JtE7nT7vd1iBAHKoldJQl2r17km1EE64jGUs8_ovuFl7i2qX3BzSBGnEx_i6idmjAiEwnQ-1hBV/s1600/Auburn_field.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyggTyxY1Ap-7oM9p57rCzCP-KeOcjY7IZ4Z-qB_Hknfl6EZzF9A5-XorkScx72GfC0JtE7nT7vd1iBAHKoldJQl2r17km1EE64jGUs8_ovuFl7i2qX3BzSBGnEx_i6idmjAiEwnQ-1hBV/s400/Auburn_field.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627553458473658690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Kara Field</b></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlopzkdIUKLvw9vhNJuRN2X-Z4Ga4ooSRXoda9_Rttepb0VSyoVO40DmRy3YuMpf-vx4ciKyMMr7KU1c4-zixUqoiT9Ubs9zYuL-J4pxiPmIGd6Qbei2QG0HRWzW4O9Z4UeNQOXjgoMYo/s1600/Auburn_compomanes.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 346px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlopzkdIUKLvw9vhNJuRN2X-Z4Ga4ooSRXoda9_Rttepb0VSyoVO40DmRy3YuMpf-vx4ciKyMMr7KU1c4-zixUqoiT9Ubs9zYuL-J4pxiPmIGd6Qbei2QG0HRWzW4O9Z4UeNQOXjgoMYo/s400/Auburn_compomanes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627552982842163682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Rebecca Campomanes</b></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVej894EV8V4saRUpRxfBHvT2e6BG-NQyb5aeckfHw0i619L8wBIjRe2N9GgcavkFQLHbsC_ikZ-A-b5RYKQSBOSrKs5gilABl6BfjXTgxmB6z4JS-USJTu5XP8cCvTPQSNMoMNrMtSYV/s1600/Auburn_anchors.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 338px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVej894EV8V4saRUpRxfBHvT2e6BG-NQyb5aeckfHw0i619L8wBIjRe2N9GgcavkFQLHbsC_ikZ-A-b5RYKQSBOSrKs5gilABl6BfjXTgxmB6z4JS-USJTu5XP8cCvTPQSNMoMNrMtSYV/s400/Auburn_anchors.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627550827196396242" /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Cory Anchors</span></b></div></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span><br /></div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-89832917064358151202011-03-25T15:00:00.000-07:002011-03-25T15:06:07.606-07:00New Venue for The Visual Response to the Gulf Oil Disaster<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">The Visual Response to the Gulf Oil Disaster Parts I and II is tentatively scheduled to be exhibited at California State University, Northridge at the Manzanita Hall Gallery, September (possibly through October) 2011. Thanks to Michele <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Martinez and Michelle Kim of the CSUN Public Art Club in Alhambra, CA for organizing. </span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-75167249109989643072011-03-20T09:56:00.000-07:002011-03-20T10:37:17.468-07:00Fukushima USA: Hell or High Water<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/fukushima-usa-hell-or-hig_b_836924.html">Richard (RJ) Eskow via Huffington Post</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-27194461736159615072011-02-20T21:39:00.000-08:002011-02-20T21:42:25.474-08:00Visual Response to Gulf Oil Disaster in Carbondale<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGKu4v3Q9YcrjuE3EDrACznkv7FLSuBfMFJ3LUtKKyQvw0J5m5hRclbSWxZaFAvdlY3vKVlM4mlMJ_UiZ_sWh2e3hPcOdbLqrl8eek1ovP0EyWhKpLW9rS0RbPB_rcvPDqmuhRZKihaUm/s1600/bmiccposterf.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGKu4v3Q9YcrjuE3EDrACznkv7FLSuBfMFJ3LUtKKyQvw0J5m5hRclbSWxZaFAvdlY3vKVlM4mlMJ_UiZ_sWh2e3hPcOdbLqrl8eek1ovP0EyWhKpLW9rS0RbPB_rcvPDqmuhRZKihaUm/s400/bmiccposterf.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576013937957939938" /></a><br />The opening is March 5th at the Big Muddy IMC from 5-8.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-39578206180828920202011-02-08T14:13:00.000-08:002011-02-08T14:28:29.149-08:00"Notes from the Submerged" Essay Series - #2, Coco Papy<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><i>I started this essay series out of frustration with only being exposed to the outliers or artists, who were traditionally successful in school. The reality for the majority of us is that it isn't easy making work, trying to pay the bills, and finding an audience. Bill Guy wrote <a href="http://fostercollective.blogspot.com/2010/11/being-creative-while-working-essay-by.html">the first essay in the series </a>and now Counter-Rejection Artist, Coco Papy, writes about her experiences. </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">As I sit here, forming the very beginnings of this essay, I’m thinking about what I could say that would be the most effective, the most honest, and the ever dreaded “ what will make me sound like I know what I’m talking about “. And while pondering about how I can articulate all the things that I think are important on working, living and being an artist, all I really want to do is cruise the internet for funny cat videos, semi-deadening myself to the fact that I just worked a fifty hour work week in a city, that like a spouse, I love, yet drives me insane sometimes. This is not a complaint, more a fact. As artists, the holy grail that validates us is the idea that we will strive and struggle and then one day, like magic, we will be able to give up our day jobs and make art in our studios, be rewarded with successful gallery shows and live in a loft in SOHO, just like all the“ real “ artists. While this seems to have set the precedent for the past few decades, I happily accept that there is a reality beyond this ideal.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">As artist, we have a lot on our plates. We worry if we will ever “make it“. I have personally not decided what this means to me, but I am excited that it does not always involve what has been typically presented. The basic foundation of our ideas on what it means to be successful, I find that you spend years unlearning. Sure there are truths in there – it would be glib to try and convince you or myself that I do not want some semblance of a traditional, successful artist career. But I do think that we have to start looking at the way things have been presented to us with a more disconcerting eye and realize that maybe not all the things we have had drilled into our psyches are right, wrong or even matter. And while I explain some of the things that day by day, I try and integrate into my life and my practice, they are in no way guarantees of success. All I can guarantee is that they may help you and serve you for building up strength that is needed for mapping out the long haul that is making art.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">* <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Try not to resent your job or the fact that you have one. This I think is the most complicated one. Having a day job seems to correlate with somehow not being successful or serious as an artist, which to be very frank is absolute horsecrap. Having a day job, like death and taxes, is going to be a very normal part of an artist’s life. And this can be hard because you do have diminished time in your actual studio or maybe you are not making the money you would like and can’t buy supplies or perhaps there are aspects to your job that make you feel like you are dying on the inside. Your role as an artist is to try as hard as possible to find something that works well for you and bring yourself to a positive headspace. I say this with interpretation, as we are in one of the worst economic times and we can’t always be picky. Bad jobs, annoying coworkers and mundane details will happen. But while these things will change for either the better or the worst, you will always be in the equation. Changing your own perception about having a day job will help immensely. Try and find something you like doing and realizing the potential at your job. Day jobs are not a sign of failure, no matter what Holland Cotter or your professors have said.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">* <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Work your ass off. Get in your studio now. Send out applications now. Put your work out there. I do not care if you’re tired. I am tired too. We are all tired. But you cannot move from where you are now unless you put one foot in front of the other.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">* <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Relax. Funny to get to this point from that point. I recently had a bout of what I call T.A.E.S (total artist exhaustion syndrome). I didn’t want to make art, work on the business end of it, write about it- nothing. I think there is a certain amount of guilt we ascribe to not working all the time, but it is incredibly important to realize that we need to recharge our batteries, to break out of our artist mindsets and know that there is life beyond the importance of what we are doing in our studios. I see no way to continue to think abstractly and critically- to passionately work the second job that is being an artist without giving yourself a break and realizing that you are human. You will do everything you can and that is good.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">* <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Reach out to the artistic community. Being an artist can be incredibly isolating. We stay in our studios, we work, and we are often an asocial bunch. But being in a vacuum isn’t going to ever really help you out. Reach out to artists, whether it is the ones you are in a show with or someone you just really admire. They might respond, they might not, but the idea is to realize there are other people out there with a similar struggle and love. This is how we learn and how we eventually, if we are lucky enough, form incredible relationships with people who understand where we are coming from and why we keep going. It also gives you all the gossip on who isn’t doing right to artists.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family: Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">* <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Rejection will happen. It’s okay to grieve, but then pick up and keep going. Often its not about your work, it's a culmination of many random things. This was never clear to me until I experienced what goes in on picking people’s art. When I worked at a gallery, we only picked artist that the artist we were showing knew. When I have had the chance to help curate shows, it became not about whether the artist’s work was “ good or not “, but “ will this fit into the narrow scope of interest we are trying to represent “. In talking with artist peers who are often ten to twelve years my senior, you hear about how long they had to work before they even were noticed to prove that art is what they were dedicated to and that they had built up enough experience in making and showing work. When you are exposed to things like this, you realize there is so much more going on behind the scenes. Try to never take it personal, but as I type this, it’s like asking every artist to give birth to a baby, nurture it and then ride it to the bank only to be told no thanks. Of course we will take it personally, our work is an extension of ourselves. But as hard as it is sometimes, especially when the entire world just seems to be saying no, do not stop. Being an artist is being comfortable with the word no.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family: Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">* <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Don't worry about the hype. Be aware of it, it helps, but just do your own thing.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">* <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Be business savvy. Seriously, take a class on taxes for artists, get a website, learn how to put together a real artist packet, learn to negotiate. You are your business. I know this takes a lot of the great stuff about being an artist away, but it’s also a very realistic view of what an artist is going to be doing the majority of their time. Especially as emerging artist, as we are set free from the forgiving and nurturing environment that is art school and let loose on the beast that is reality. Sometimes, we have such an insatiable hunger for success, we don't realize the things that can hurt us as artist.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">*<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You do not have to live in New York. New York is an amazing place that I love living and working in. But it is not the end all, be all apex of the art world. Sure there are many things that it offers, but it also has its drawbacks. It’s expensive as all hell, the art scene is difficult to penetrate, space is lacking and everyone and their mom wants the same success as you. Use the tools and the community that you have to grow and decide what type of career you want. If you want to move to New York, come on down. If you want to stay in Chicago, Atlanta, Berlin – etc. then do. Be where you are and make what you love making- then utilize every resource available to you. Often, I am more attracted to artist from outside New York because the work isn’t similar to the work that's being made here. Being able to bring different perceptions to the conversation is a huge strength. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family: Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I realize that life is much more complicated and nuanced than just following this advice and it becoming better. We all have been sort of dropped down in a forest with no map and expected to come out on the other side. Figuring out how to map a career that has no real rules, much less map out our day-to-day existence, our finances and our other relationships can seem overwhelming. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And if you are curious, I struggle with the very same things listed not even two paragraphs above. There are days where the very nature of what I am creating, the career I am hoping to carve out and my own self , are so bogged down with doubt and fear that it seems so much easier to give up making art and quietly settle into something that can give me stability and retirement money.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">But I know its not so black and white and as time goes on, the shades of grey get larger and larger, and the idea of a “ career “ and a “life “ and what really being an artist is, become intertwined with all the other things that we will be dealing with. Fear does subside and it will rear its ugly head again and again. There will be times that being an artist seems like the worst possible choice you have ever made. Money will be tight and then it might flow, you might be the next Dana Schutz and then maybe not. It’s unpredictable and all you can do is prepare yourself for what might come by being well adjusted and hard working. Well adjusted means being okay with going to that day job week after week, or being broke or being told no. These aren’t things we should glamorize, just know that they are going to happen – play the hand your dealt.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I have a quote on my desk at work from a commencement speech by one of my favorite writers David Foster Wallace, who I wish had half the writing chops of. It deals with perception and how we often forget about what we have as opposed to what we don’t. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It goes <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">“ These two young fish are swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says "Morning, boys. How's the water?" And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes "What the hell is water? " <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Take a deep breath and keep making your work. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p>Coco's<a href="http://wethecreatures.blogspot.com/"> blog</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="http://cocopapy.com/home.html"> </a> and <a href="http://cocopapy.com/home.html">website</a></span></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-87563424075190190752011-01-18T11:12:00.000-08:002011-01-18T11:15:39.642-08:00Visual Response to Gulf Oil Disaster to be shown in Carbondale, ILThe Visual Response to the Gulf Oil Disaster will be exhibited at the <a href="http://bigmuddyimc.org/">Big Muddy IMC </a>in Carbondale, IL in March.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-1347668288536953672010-12-16T11:39:00.000-08:002010-12-16T11:47:35.018-08:00Art/Life: Novak's Response to the Human Organ Themed Living Room<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGsU3dGb3XgrL85Hr33G9_iuUFgBirczt68MZY8W9GAITgYCb0BRAzIW6krNSrRUiBOqllMqthJWaWW7ITnqnmpit4eQzNP1K4VB-zWh1isVNbPBoLrm2gLLdYL-2BpN3QBImXkPCyQpRP/s1600/novakdet.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGsU3dGb3XgrL85Hr33G9_iuUFgBirczt68MZY8W9GAITgYCb0BRAzIW6krNSrRUiBOqllMqthJWaWW7ITnqnmpit4eQzNP1K4VB-zWh1isVNbPBoLrm2gLLdYL-2BpN3QBImXkPCyQpRP/s400/novakdet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551369117695926178" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQJE1RBgQq4kX5UjQK3QSe79bbU8ORMxOe3laQ44xYmKErUqzx0nMyh3bHNuqt3M-dhoRespKJ8pqXcnOF9NMiUoDAuLgG-W_Sqb7MN0AuL3zG71jdfNkQt9NmrWfZlmxFfwwslhQuPhl/s1600/novak.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQJE1RBgQq4kX5UjQK3QSe79bbU8ORMxOe3laQ44xYmKErUqzx0nMyh3bHNuqt3M-dhoRespKJ8pqXcnOF9NMiUoDAuLgG-W_Sqb7MN0AuL3zG71jdfNkQt9NmrWfZlmxFfwwslhQuPhl/s400/novak.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551367344732034354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Kelly Marie Novak, <i>Lungs</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-4114998438354695242010-12-16T11:38:00.001-08:002010-12-16T11:39:40.388-08:00Art/Life: Duckmann responds to the Pink Room<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4_k6gWOyzV7cbeiqy2-T90EyukuzkqjXndf5BB-pD_WS5WA_SiSsLZvsa4QITVDi7pR43WYWXHX16EfSEg68YhuWS9jIlH2HU_1Uzk2-fC5Bfxh3pWUGuUO2njZoeYxQHxwVtlZ03Aee/s1600/duckmann.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4_k6gWOyzV7cbeiqy2-T90EyukuzkqjXndf5BB-pD_WS5WA_SiSsLZvsa4QITVDi7pR43WYWXHX16EfSEg68YhuWS9jIlH2HU_1Uzk2-fC5Bfxh3pWUGuUO2njZoeYxQHxwVtlZ03Aee/s400/duckmann.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551366953516129202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">By Christine Duckmann (Acrylic on Board)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-18254290446160709562010-12-16T11:29:00.000-08:002011-05-10T17:08:08.355-07:00Art/Life: Watters Responds to Panda Bless's Apartment<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHoEOdL3qo5gLb15xOoFTcvZBCuoIwUWX4SPyff7mBYkzGZS73a3aXMIo3X7k4sLHR0zu-J-jDVRqOkagMsV9VszSrEqiwaBdW4bjybSFx8aZALAFvzlbk-GySiiSd8gICbRHVB9qyGaJ/s1600/watters_livingroom.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHoEOdL3qo5gLb15xOoFTcvZBCuoIwUWX4SPyff7mBYkzGZS73a3aXMIo3X7k4sLHR0zu-J-jDVRqOkagMsV9VszSrEqiwaBdW4bjybSFx8aZALAFvzlbk-GySiiSd8gICbRHVB9qyGaJ/s400/watters_livingroom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551364787768300210" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-7022831131258240232010-12-16T11:23:00.000-08:002011-05-10T17:07:46.940-07:00Art/Life: Renovate My Dollhouse (Before)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3emFk-2bzcaD8pzASTWgyMME1Q0bMHdbPidibY-Kg914ZxigrFgVQt0UEvn8v7ee6bR48PVjAMzJuNNu-PsRoYhz-VhZZhYrgQSuMClwfviqv8vh7yEK-VfBXKb6jQI4vndXvvE5tTnn/s1600/beforedoll.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3emFk-2bzcaD8pzASTWgyMME1Q0bMHdbPidibY-Kg914ZxigrFgVQt0UEvn8v7ee6bR48PVjAMzJuNNu-PsRoYhz-VhZZhYrgQSuMClwfviqv8vh7yEK-VfBXKb6jQI4vndXvvE5tTnn/s400/beforedoll.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551363293031647394" /></a>At the Art/Life event we displayed the dollhouse that Angela Watters is asking Panda Bless, Margaret Wright, Bill Guy, Annie Crumbaugh and others to help renovate.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-8454390860176222142010-12-16T11:08:00.000-08:002010-12-16T11:22:53.540-08:00Art/Life: Bless & Watters,"Portal to the Other Bathroom."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ekb5fcvns4UIemcXAPB0UnF8LnybGKJ9hdjH8BZ8ZNZzWMOqoqiNK7NDouiI10SpTRtbr7YUlB7_Ah0U5CG8S7nlj5VvqJUxpg7iIyucNi4dvoB9Tf7YhIeLoX4gmyJZylTFRiz3XHNS/s1600/hellokitty1web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ekb5fcvns4UIemcXAPB0UnF8LnybGKJ9hdjH8BZ8ZNZzWMOqoqiNK7NDouiI10SpTRtbr7YUlB7_Ah0U5CG8S7nlj5VvqJUxpg7iIyucNi4dvoB9Tf7YhIeLoX4gmyJZylTFRiz3XHNS/s400/hellokitty1web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551362342764587794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRKLg4A287mM0LVU1RUAzzuX0X3VWWmN61cFR1oeyKPYCvbCAOSqw2ATFMP2ID0dtDAPTP05lVhaOBJuPGNPG2B8mrlELDQm1pJeDwJ0qgGgwTQMdC5TD0yclwFm-JoOoOA_B5AyMg8Dm/s1600/hellokitty2web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRKLg4A287mM0LVU1RUAzzuX0X3VWWmN61cFR1oeyKPYCvbCAOSqw2ATFMP2ID0dtDAPTP05lVhaOBJuPGNPG2B8mrlELDQm1pJeDwJ0qgGgwTQMdC5TD0yclwFm-JoOoOA_B5AyMg8Dm/s400/hellokitty2web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551362259036519426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bless & Watters, <i>Portal to the Halloween Bathroom</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPy9uGxQjMogdDPKO5gM9T2v9kiCukGwSmyjqjBcNZu-cV4NQ4lKEHrVcH2WqoXp96cQzoAUlgequ4o-TodCVby8VvBzcVlWp0mcFN23CkxqL0tEnprrDX6ZsgKfO1p-QMtiqi7napOQbm/s1600/halloween1web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPy9uGxQjMogdDPKO5gM9T2v9kiCukGwSmyjqjBcNZu-cV4NQ4lKEHrVcH2WqoXp96cQzoAUlgequ4o-TodCVby8VvBzcVlWp0mcFN23CkxqL0tEnprrDX6ZsgKfO1p-QMtiqi7napOQbm/s400/halloween1web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551362163071044946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkNjdcjv1RxyksZ5aSYo41oqMCwtlaoY9yZ0ICjnZMkVBKD-0Pad0Mf1hH51i1k02cL1tjU-voZ84vU-ytCKgWGZCVYEYL7X0yHCG5_hLuFof7DxJr4_WUiLTRv4alOEi9La-wQoGeOlr/s1600/halloween2web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkNjdcjv1RxyksZ5aSYo41oqMCwtlaoY9yZ0ICjnZMkVBKD-0Pad0Mf1hH51i1k02cL1tjU-voZ84vU-ytCKgWGZCVYEYL7X0yHCG5_hLuFof7DxJr4_WUiLTRv4alOEi9La-wQoGeOlr/s400/halloween2web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551362089132807730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bless & Watters, <i>Portal to the Hello Kitty Bathroom.</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-21281499968713383582010-12-12T21:52:00.000-08:002010-12-12T22:35:01.374-08:00Art/Life Exhibition: Watters's Response to the Barbies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHL4A21H11rWzuBWnzSp7dOb3N29jbItIvSxPyEXiupVtLTuFm5XZ8XqFuyG8-dMtoYwZFyjKh0bnq93GLa92vupAPhqQEwQXXGs6QIEFWT-ogvXl2OsecKaRX-k1Ge5Ufkxm2EPM5aj4/s1600/wattersbarbie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHL4A21H11rWzuBWnzSp7dOb3N29jbItIvSxPyEXiupVtLTuFm5XZ8XqFuyG8-dMtoYwZFyjKh0bnq93GLa92vupAPhqQEwQXXGs6QIEFWT-ogvXl2OsecKaRX-k1Ge5Ufkxm2EPM5aj4/s400/wattersbarbie.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550051162051454226" /></a>Angela Watters responds to Panda Bless's Barbie doll collection. Left: Portrait of Midnight Tuxedo Barbie and Right: Me as Avon Representative Barbie in front of the collection.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-29884782057717771342010-12-12T20:41:00.000-08:002010-12-12T20:45:18.148-08:00Art/Life Exhibition: Bill Guy's Response<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrq5WSR1KTA1EHLJr8OTHOboyrsd_deUnZXFGhHG_Wegu-sjIgUfOujOpjnodBBJwbH6ofIUmF0KrtIPNrv9dY8_SQ5XCwXZz_5UsgEMCUxyvZYPjK1KceU6fgHB1ByHQLE26mmjqolUVW/s1600/guy3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrq5WSR1KTA1EHLJr8OTHOboyrsd_deUnZXFGhHG_Wegu-sjIgUfOujOpjnodBBJwbH6ofIUmF0KrtIPNrv9dY8_SQ5XCwXZz_5UsgEMCUxyvZYPjK1KceU6fgHB1ByHQLE26mmjqolUVW/s400/guy3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550022773885555458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2sPfx21ITZD0anqoaludhGDenSfeOEuqWgvWkvVeW_vO6mRo7ENivqhwa0WY2RumuAmd5RUro6Y27IIyIXQIYC5Kj1kx6x9snPQ0WHuOhXOXUet6_bek-f7dsO4WJ1K9X_aJYitQw-Zp/s1600/guy1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2sPfx21ITZD0anqoaludhGDenSfeOEuqWgvWkvVeW_vO6mRo7ENivqhwa0WY2RumuAmd5RUro6Y27IIyIXQIYC5Kj1kx6x9snPQ0WHuOhXOXUet6_bek-f7dsO4WJ1K9X_aJYitQw-Zp/s400/guy1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550022767101039890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71GS4d0hJ9V-PgyzYOeU5VYiHgXVCUAFd05XlY4BUoaj8ulwNF5do0RrfnqFs9QzeLwvym_Kh3uGqdrYcko74r4jf3Ml51mla7qLlE9NBidqKK71QQQu2CwngcJJTzeSDwjrfpa5Ulobi/s1600/guy2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71GS4d0hJ9V-PgyzYOeU5VYiHgXVCUAFd05XlY4BUoaj8ulwNF5do0RrfnqFs9QzeLwvym_Kh3uGqdrYcko74r4jf3Ml51mla7qLlE9NBidqKK71QQQu2CwngcJJTzeSDwjrfpa5Ulobi/s400/guy2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550022759592392274" /></a>Bill Guy responded to Panda Bless's apartment by showing images from his <a href="http://billjguy.tumblr.com/">My Apartment </a>tumblr project.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-50543792390469945402010-12-12T16:20:00.000-08:002010-12-12T21:12:16.201-08:00Art/Life Exhibition: Panda Bless's Sculpture<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXU4BSo9SjFbPGbnvp8qQRXLd3eAUZdmJJuQJ5xoeM6diq7lrZAx-M4Q7cOOP8iVJgIbdWcbUhLELQmE73QjGis7diS3JwUGe1sxeWKu7lZ94F13nR5vuaJqUGzcMlysKM58TuQfZ_Ci3/s1600/bless2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXU4BSo9SjFbPGbnvp8qQRXLd3eAUZdmJJuQJ5xoeM6diq7lrZAx-M4Q7cOOP8iVJgIbdWcbUhLELQmE73QjGis7diS3JwUGe1sxeWKu7lZ94F13nR5vuaJqUGzcMlysKM58TuQfZ_Ci3/s400/bless2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550030273624020354" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-80974269329426767962010-12-12T16:16:00.000-08:002010-12-12T16:19:44.085-08:00Art/Life Exhibition: Loren Kmp's Response<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69ocvevoQKMgjxziQK9DtdoTlV-oc3oJt1LslKCSSp4YRrpI5QYvkcboltMFKzzKhvPWARZoqITzmMelCZ1UY_aBi-7jQPnYHpeCgxGzNh8l_SyW41_sDbBGXnGcLvo2yrcYdV4_BHSy4/s1600/kmp1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69ocvevoQKMgjxziQK9DtdoTlV-oc3oJt1LslKCSSp4YRrpI5QYvkcboltMFKzzKhvPWARZoqITzmMelCZ1UY_aBi-7jQPnYHpeCgxGzNh8l_SyW41_sDbBGXnGcLvo2yrcYdV4_BHSy4/s400/kmp1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549954604931067858" /></a>Loren Kmp's photograph, <i>Girls Night Out</i>, was created in response to Panda Bless's dressing room.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-71671744762543941662010-12-12T15:59:00.001-08:002010-12-12T16:01:37.888-08:00Art/Life Exhibition: Organic Mechanic's Response<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6PrYG_y9pUgochzamc9UMQAyNezToz6sEed96bxXMa4XTXqIAapBZNR6lMlGZCUA5Ej_kkNbnWyoROj5Os6cXp9l6QM2PQ3caW4DBdDQa76NwYy88L7AFJ7ELDFdHRi7p4p1GgrLeKVe/s1600/om1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6PrYG_y9pUgochzamc9UMQAyNezToz6sEed96bxXMa4XTXqIAapBZNR6lMlGZCUA5Ej_kkNbnWyoROj5Os6cXp9l6QM2PQ3caW4DBdDQa76NwYy88L7AFJ7ELDFdHRi7p4p1GgrLeKVe/s400/om1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549949940050446882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRun-PRqquRx7VucthqzSyTQDcUEdol4zdlYonkW37femrHAM1ljp5lZaAJ8LUN9zf94e2arEL6SbRZCgistk93iRA5Alps9wbPZHsl8z-86Cw_RrDHL9ERJXU0gC2vfJZi2K8i17uSa5/s1600/om2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRun-PRqquRx7VucthqzSyTQDcUEdol4zdlYonkW37femrHAM1ljp5lZaAJ8LUN9zf94e2arEL6SbRZCgistk93iRA5Alps9wbPZHsl8z-86Cw_RrDHL9ERJXU0gC2vfJZi2K8i17uSa5/s400/om2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549949936057535106" /></a>The collaborative duo, Organic Mechanic, created this painting inspired by the bunny mask on Panda Bless's dressform.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-76831022165655572662010-12-12T15:47:00.000-08:002010-12-12T15:51:54.712-08:00Art/Life Exhibition: Margaret Wright's Response<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxrRNmAzVghzqywSoD8i1opztSAUOd3YoAF-2SZ7Adx7jAlcJ48B6kl3keg9ZQr0IY5ltnWzb2AtCTUwFpMB2wU-Nus2fFQEuR8ENzga7WOoT0GafRClhhLerDiN79oJ3TcgDdHGba9zr/s1600/wrightinst.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxrRNmAzVghzqywSoD8i1opztSAUOd3YoAF-2SZ7Adx7jAlcJ48B6kl3keg9ZQr0IY5ltnWzb2AtCTUwFpMB2wU-Nus2fFQEuR8ENzga7WOoT0GafRClhhLerDiN79oJ3TcgDdHGba9zr/s400/wrightinst.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549947457436774690" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZUDYF_hT7N25f5QE6IHJuR3hOHs4HHkESGC6Z6JcusEftq234cFhtzwc_zqBxr8Uf_VmrNRK8hMtXUvDHG9IOMQ1mMBT9F7rPNAxSCpv5JLV31W5uhJyzhyfMg9KMnBHm6U7FV3_iNfs/s1600/wrightdet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZUDYF_hT7N25f5QE6IHJuR3hOHs4HHkESGC6Z6JcusEftq234cFhtzwc_zqBxr8Uf_VmrNRK8hMtXUvDHG9IOMQ1mMBT9F7rPNAxSCpv5JLV31W5uhJyzhyfMg9KMnBHm6U7FV3_iNfs/s400/wrightdet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549947454133123026" /></a><a href="http://www.margaretwright.org">Click to view more of Margaret Wright's artwork. </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818153850518360515.post-89876469481624717402010-12-02T15:50:00.000-08:002010-12-02T15:53:31.258-08:00Art/Life: A Visual Response to the Apartment of Artist, Panda Bless<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TbQozPlJvBmPOfJgN5D5YIOak7RWUMkgyRvu303H-OLBL8U7T3rTmfhyo1rftClwJ-oucCVRX0_geb7CYN54YQkUmFCHq7kpXdxhITcEiEt34LEsfs48MS1sAAoJG_ubwaH5Ww774ASa/s1600/flyeramandasWEB2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TbQozPlJvBmPOfJgN5D5YIOak7RWUMkgyRvu303H-OLBL8U7T3rTmfhyo1rftClwJ-oucCVRX0_geb7CYN54YQkUmFCHq7kpXdxhITcEiEt34LEsfs48MS1sAAoJG_ubwaH5Ww774ASa/s400/flyeramandasWEB2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546236811468698450" /></a>Please stop by our latest exhibition, Art/Life: A Visual Response to the Apartment of Artist, Panda Bless.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0