tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22702440100893727872024-03-12T19:00:52.335-07:00LittleBird Gallerywww.littlebirdgallery.comLittleBird Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119648448548347087noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-68881841655607545762010-04-21T09:18:00.000-07:002010-04-21T09:21:03.276-07:00NEW AND IMPROVED BLOG OVER HERE<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://littlebirdgallery.tumblr.com/">LITTLEBIRD GALLERY</a></div><div><br /></div><div>stop looking here and <a href="http://littlebirdgallery.tumblr.com/">look there</a>! Get caught up on all our new i<a href="http://littlebirdgallery.tumblr.com/">nterviews,events,shows</a> and inspiration.</div><div><br /></div><div>cheers,</div><div><a href="www.littlebirdgallery.com">LBG</a></div>LittleBird Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119648448548347087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-46012823258604614772009-12-21T11:03:00.000-08:002009-12-21T11:05:53.311-08:00triple canopy<img src="http://canopycanopycanopy.com/static/files/commissions1.jpg"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.canopycanopycanopy.com">triple canopy </a>is a cool thing. in their words:<br /><br />"Triple Canopy works collectively with writers, artists, researchers and other collaborators on projects that deal critically with culture and politics, and the ways people engage them, both online and in the world at large. These investigations are realized in an online magazine as well as in public programs and print publications encompassing various fields and locales. We aim to present work and advance ideas informed by a multitude of disciplines and perspectives, and to disseminate them among a broad and diverse audience. Triple Canopy, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, was founded in late 2007; our first issue was published on March 17, 2008."<br /><br />they are taking proposals for their next issue. get more info <a href="http://canopycanopycanopy.com/commissions"> here </a>lisa solomonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11824254691379334918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-48379053831535814272009-12-18T14:02:00.000-08:002009-12-18T14:07:41.045-08:00!nd!v!duals<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-maXKdhiHSZWE3pUIClHUCxJ7XxNVrv7Hn17rbCbT4nmfrzKYvHFH4K_xcGkOzBlAPeL2hCkK2So_beNJHrQA33A63J5xWsD5vpNa1sCCQFgJkcNdME0wnGpvCgfso8xeXWqUbY15oTPp/s1600-h/01bison.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-maXKdhiHSZWE3pUIClHUCxJ7XxNVrv7Hn17rbCbT4nmfrzKYvHFH4K_xcGkOzBlAPeL2hCkK2So_beNJHrQA33A63J5xWsD5vpNa1sCCQFgJkcNdME0wnGpvCgfso8xeXWqUbY15oTPp/s320/01bison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416700686306195426" border="0" /></a><br />ok these <a href="http://individualsartcollective.blogspot.com/">guys</a> totally rock.<br />I love the roughness of the close-up pieces.<br /><br /><br />they have a show up at <a href="http://www.colemanburke.com/newyork/">Coleman Burke Gallery</a> in nyc until January 9th.<br />these creatures must rock in person.wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413371510121644840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-74503385644985275032009-12-07T11:30:00.000-08:002009-12-07T13:13:32.050-08:0015 Questions about Art :: Lisa Solomon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUNZn-uIPzrRFE2NYWSOzThiDom_XzJ6DvHftvSpkJPGAe5PrDYkxeoZHEoQhA9H5l7VD8nlBFG6T1E6NSOk6KK5_lGZnRnCyOGReFGdicU0y80zQh_ZNvjU6Lo6DFlec04DCPTh6rMQ/s1600-h/L_Solomon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUNZn-uIPzrRFE2NYWSOzThiDom_XzJ6DvHftvSpkJPGAe5PrDYkxeoZHEoQhA9H5l7VD8nlBFG6T1E6NSOk6KK5_lGZnRnCyOGReFGdicU0y80zQh_ZNvjU6Lo6DFlec04DCPTh6rMQ/s400/L_Solomon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412587526068737202" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.lisasolomon.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lisa Solomon</span></a> is an artist and educator best known for her body of work which questions and deconstructs the meaning of identity through the exploration of mediums traditionally associated with domestic crafts.<br /><br />Born in Tuscon, AZ to a Japanese mother and a Caucasian father, she now lives and works in Northern California with her husband, daughter, 2 dogs, 2 cats and many, many spools of thread.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">***<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What is your earliest art-related memory?</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >I was 2, in Japan with my mother for her mother’s funeral. We sat around the edges of a room while a Buddhist monk chanted in the middle. My mom wore a black kimono with her family crest on the lapel. </span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />It wasn't so much art related as it was my first really strong "seared into my brain" visual. That black fabric with the white crest and the whole experience is something that in some ways I think informs what I look at and how I look at things today. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMoayAT7wMfsr5GbLgQyjuJcAz7ziOWk5qFtgvJR8YnXg3sTDNMoa_2k4zAhpSmpK6Gj0sa8S6oEj-pNUDB9_zPPEYmywAI5kbD1g-GbmG7RRmmzTFq9xYXHD2_XyyIJnwE2cLYtj4SDM/s1600-h/LSbeds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMoayAT7wMfsr5GbLgQyjuJcAz7ziOWk5qFtgvJR8YnXg3sTDNMoa_2k4zAhpSmpK6Gj0sa8S6oEj-pNUDB9_zPPEYmywAI5kbD1g-GbmG7RRmmzTFq9xYXHD2_XyyIJnwE2cLYtj4SDM/s400/LSbeds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412586669588675714" border="0" /></a></span>bed drawing :: beds in poppyland, 2007<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Who has had the greatest influence on your work?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >It’s impossible to name one person.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What are the main tools of your craft?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Research, thread, needles, colored pencils, acrylic, ink, small brushes [very very small], felt, pins, crochet hooks, wood, found paper, duralar, fabric, embroidery hoops.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMfVoTfxpo1IgaE8gjmQZ6s_vqBE9mILy6uCsNoazV5t3MyyTHGKg96aqI1mWI2Q756Yss5Kijgv2GN_wwD86WBWA_tGLpgEo2ARMYcKyzs7p7ywt9oTQxXGxSX0q7SWY0Ou0m89CB2Q/s1600-h/LSlungs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMfVoTfxpo1IgaE8gjmQZ6s_vqBE9mILy6uCsNoazV5t3MyyTHGKg96aqI1mWI2Q756Yss5Kijgv2GN_wwD86WBWA_tGLpgEo2ARMYcKyzs7p7ywt9oTQxXGxSX0q7SWY0Ou0m89CB2Q/s400/LSlungs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412585936091298226" border="0" /></a></span>his + hers :: lung cancer, 2009<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Is a formal education important?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Only if it helps you. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What is the biggest misconception about art?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >That it’s all easy and fun. I always get irked when I hear people say “Oh you get to PLAY all day in the studio. Isn’t that fun?”</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />As much as I love being in the studio, it isn’t always fun. Some days it’s hard and some days it's uncontrollably heart wrenching. What art-making IS is rewarding and something that I feel like I “need” to do - not just a “hobby” or something I do in my spare time. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > </span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Which is more important in art - concept or execution?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Both, equally.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What theme or aesthetic are you most drawn too?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >I like so many things for so many reasons: Minimalism, pop art, dada, graffiti. I tend to like things with impeccable use of negative space, or interesting use of materials. I’m into hybridization.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br />It’s just got to hit you in the gut, or heart, or mind.... Then it’s working. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYvlemgwdiXZXeFUOVqFalF99mPCcLLF6mmTzTjwtfwMS4VtFg4hgFiQ5fC8Ohi2dOxj6KkmLwL_8cNeqpzlM7QmhyJKoAOl6VhOqKrgzs-bzAk9ulA_t8KoSMI9IUfl-2HcDNvmvi9Y/s1600-h/LStanks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYvlemgwdiXZXeFUOVqFalF99mPCcLLF6mmTzTjwtfwMS4VtFg4hgFiQ5fC8Ohi2dOxj6KkmLwL_8cNeqpzlM7QmhyJKoAOl6VhOqKrgzs-bzAk9ulA_t8KoSMI9IUfl-2HcDNvmvi9Y/s400/LStanks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412585487258736818" border="0" /></a></span>Detail of installation at the Koumimachi Museum, Japan :: synchronized tanks/argyle, 2007<br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What is your favorite piece of art in your home?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Changes daily. I love my katherine sherwoods, my aurora robsons, my kimberly austins, my amy karol, alyson fox, jay kelly, lynn beldner, jason escabedos, grace munakata, richard shaw, ron nagle, lisa congdon, gracia habby/louise jensen, camilla engman, wendy crabb, alison garnett, elizabeth soule, miya ando stanoff, aida gamez, jennifer garrido, mati mcdonough, heather smith jones, andy phares,... and I feel like I’m leaving someone out...<br /><br />I’m fortunate to have </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >lots of cool art in my house [mostly traded or gifted]. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >If you could collaborate with anyone, living or dead, who would it be?<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Eve Hesse or Ruth Asawa</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Which emerging artist do you think more people should know about?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > </span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Too many to list. See above for starters!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What has been your greatest achievement to date?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >That I’m still making art. And that I had a baby.<br /><br />But you are probably wondering about art achievement and I don't feel like it's up to me to discern that. I feel like someone else can decide.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What has been your biggest roadblock?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Balance. Trying to balance everything. Family, art, day job....</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >How do you define success?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Being able to do what you love, and sometimes loving what you do.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODuRr__Y_tRl0Mj84Cvc1lPR-pkqpLfcahaQ_BRJ-WZZrMBRBnKvrvtTrfeu2P6lYA_w8ux7hH6WRUspzDSjWxsmlZL4YUMAauhO1KVhLENDvGg4pnKrIwvrIl4ApR8cnRie41j4fxrM/s1600-h/LSdoily.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODuRr__Y_tRl0Mj84Cvc1lPR-pkqpLfcahaQ_BRJ-WZZrMBRBnKvrvtTrfeu2P6lYA_w8ux7hH6WRUspzDSjWxsmlZL4YUMAauhO1KVhLENDvGg4pnKrIwvrIl4ApR8cnRie41j4fxrM/s400/LSdoily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412584674829617746" border="0" /></a></span>Detail from bed drawing :: nocturna [we'll soon be three] 2009<br /><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > </span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What will be the name of your autobiography?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >I could never write one - I think people would think my life is boring. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Ok, that would be it: My Boring Life.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What is the best piece of (art-related) advice you’ve ever been given?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >If you are going to make a mistake, make a BIG one. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">***<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >15 Questions about Art</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> is an ongoing series in which we ask our collective favorite artists, writers, musicians, sleepy dreamers and object makers from across the creative spectrum to give us a glimpse into how they perceive art through a standard set of questions.<br /><br />Please click <a href="http://lbgsqueeks.blogspot.com/search/label/15%20Questions%20about%20Art">here</a> for the archives and check back next week for a fresh perspective.</span>Bri Anahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670168952844015631noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-5377706682209001292009-12-04T13:56:00.000-08:002009-12-04T15:25:37.061-08:00You Are What You Eat, A Diary<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6v4TfKD0WPw/SxmMsgE94PI/AAAAAAAAABk/P4qz3ja5XVc/s1600-h/YouAreWhatYouEat+Resize.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6v4TfKD0WPw/SxmMsgE94PI/AAAAAAAAABk/P4qz3ja5XVc/s200/YouAreWhatYouEat+Resize.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411511123415261426" /></a><a href="http://www.jschlue.com/"><br /><br /></a><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Schlue's</span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Holy Crap Crepes</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 13.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">with KGB Mushroom Sauce</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">This recipe is an attempt to emulate the Crepes you find at the <a href="http://www.sunsetjunction.org/farmersmarket.html">Silver Lake Farmer's Market </a>on Saturdays. I affectionately refer to the Mushroom Sauce as KGB sauce in regard to the gentleman that runs the crepe stand. He is without doubt the toughest/coolest looking Master Crepe Chef on the planet. His crepes are simply amazing!</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">*<i>Measurements are sometimes approximated, please use your best judgement.</i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Crepe Batter</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">(taken from the Betty Crocker cookbook)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1 Tbs sugar</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1/2 teaspoon baking powder</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1/2 teaspoon salt</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2 cups milk</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2 Tbs butter or margarine, melted</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1/2 teaspoon vanilla</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2 large eggs</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Butter, margarine or shortening</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Beat with hand beater until smooth.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Crepe Filling<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span style="text-decoration: underline"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Veggies of your choice ( I prefer the following)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Zucchini, sliced or chopped fairly small</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Onions (white, yellow or vidallia) chopped</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>tomato, de-seeded and chopped</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>avocado, sliced</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>mozzarella cheese, shredded</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Eggs, 1 for each crepe</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">*<i>Before adding veggies (minus the tomatoes) as filling, you will want to give them a quick toss in a saute pan with a little cooking spray.</i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="text-decoration: underline"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline">KGB Mushroom Sauce</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1 or 2 shallots, chopped finely</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1 Tbs butter</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1 Tbs olive oil</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1 cup of chopped mushrooms, whatever variety you prefer (and by all means up the measurement)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> ---------------------------------------------</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1/4 cup flour</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2 Tbs butter</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1 or 2 cups 1%(or higher) milk</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1 or 2 cups broth (either veggie or beef)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; ">1/4 cup red wine </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>salt</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pepper</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>garlic powder</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>onion powder</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Part 1</b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Over light to medium heat saute shallots and garlic with butter and olive oil (be mindful of your heat, you don't want to burn the garlic). Once shallots have started to become slightly translucent add mushrooms. Add a dash of salt. Continue cooking until mushrooms are cooked and looking good. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Remove from pan and set aside.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Part 2</b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">In same pan over low heat melt 2 Tbs butter. Gradually add flour, garlic powder (a little goes a long way), salt, and pepper. Whisk to create a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roux">roux</a>, adding more flour as needed to create semi-dry paste substance. Slightly brown roux. While whisking vigorously start to add milk. Continue adding milk slowly, by adding it slow you keep the thickening process going. Once you've added about 1-1 1/2 cups milk switch to adding the broth, following the same method, adding gradually. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Once you've created an amount you feel good about add the shallots and mushrooms from earlier.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Add approx. 1/4 to 1/2 cup red wine and mix in.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Taste--- this is where you can start to tweak the flavors as you please (more salt, pepper, garlic powder etc......)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Be sure that your sauce is loose enough, it should still pour easily from a spoon.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Turn Heat Off and cover with lid.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Cooking the Crepes</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">*<i>for each crepe you will be adding an additional egg. You will also want to have a small pan on a medium low heat where you can flash saute your veggies (minus tomatoes and avocado).</i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">In large flat pan, preferably a crepe pan if you own one, heat approx. 1 Tbs butter over medium heat. Once butter has melted ladle in enough batter to cover the bottom of the pan, be careful as to not add too much, crepes are supposed to be thin. Once you have ladled in your batter and given a good twirl around the pan, crack and add one egg. With your spatula begin to break-up egg and move it around, trying to spread/mix it evenly on the batter surface. Add a good amount of mozzarella,salt, and pepper--work the cheese into the eggs.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Once the underside of the crepe has good color and looks cooked flip crepe over. It may take a couple tries to get the mother of all flips right----</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Add your veggies, cheese, and a little sauce. Let crepe cook for a little bit and then fold over in half. Flip from one side to the other a few times, until you feel the cheese inside has started to melt and it looks as you want it.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Remove crepe from pan and slide onto plate. Add a healthy portion of KGB sauce and a few wedges of avocado---perhaps some Sriracha for some zing!</b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Eat that S.O.B.!!</b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Hopefully you will say "Holy Crap". </b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><br /></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p><p></p>Johnny Schluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06895703198070352759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-41652186525895903592009-12-02T20:49:00.000-08:002009-12-02T21:24:24.337-08:0015 Questions about Art :: Pi Ware<span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4LdPlxSePASJbxv_JfswFwTcvBlQz5Ez6nLiRyfeuemnOZwgb_msWMVUENuxqpb9_PwazH-75Ys3_NaqIdPtFNMBxoehCRBoUK4_sqn6FpbYWN-BkOZqBtfOonOjLqsQDoMA1xDNpmY/s1600-h/pi_with_plant_72dpi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4LdPlxSePASJbxv_JfswFwTcvBlQz5Ez6nLiRyfeuemnOZwgb_msWMVUENuxqpb9_PwazH-75Ys3_NaqIdPtFNMBxoehCRBoUK4_sqn6FpbYWN-BkOZqBtfOonOjLqsQDoMA1xDNpmY/s400/pi_with_plant_72dpi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410872908646723714" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pi Ware</span> is an award-winning filmmaker who began his career as a camera assistant in Madrid, Spain. An alumnus of The Sundance Institute and the prestigious Fox Searchlight Directors Lab, his films have appeared at over 75 film festivals around the world, including Sundance, Cannes, Gen Art and AFI Fest. Pi often works in collaboration with his beautiful wife and writing/directing partner, Susan Kraker. Their films together include the dark indie drama, <a href="http://www.solitudethemovie.com/index2">SOLITUDE</a>, the popular short film, <a href="http://www.theactmovie.com/">THE ACT,</a> and the webseries, <a href="http://www.flooredandlifted.com/">FLOORED & LIFTED</a>.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">As a non-fiction filmmaker, Pi has created over 20 documentary films for such clients as Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., the Independent Film Channel, USA, and Disney/ABC an</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">d has been twice-</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">nominated for an Emmy award for his lead editing position on the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award shows.<br /><br />He currently resides in Hollywood, CA in a house that originally belonged to Orson Wells.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">***</span><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">What is your earliest art-related memory?</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-style: italic;">My earliest memory is a dream I had when I was 2. Grimace, the purple, bell-shaped walking tastebud from McDonald's, carries me through a neighbor's kitchen, slowly kidnapping me. I see myself in a mirror in Grimace's arms and feel peace mixed with equal parts dull fear. I awaken.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Who has had the greatest influence on your work?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Coen Brothers.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What are the main tools of your craft?</span></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Image, sound, music mixed together as a poet mixes imagination and language.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqx8DZ0yr80XKWpsp3pcx_fvr5IAZgfF6cdR5IdswAR6_5xpDsOehCrUE-uDEJ93YvaYmnuMC2IrW3abeufs1RpKqW5TACMrP92ubW46DT9nc31qkV9JuJGVxXrf3KNa-UoTNE_KMMvWE/s1600-h/solitudeposter72dpi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqx8DZ0yr80XKWpsp3pcx_fvr5IAZgfF6cdR5IdswAR6_5xpDsOehCrUE-uDEJ93YvaYmnuMC2IrW3abeufs1RpKqW5TACMrP92ubW46DT9nc31qkV9JuJGVxXrf3KNa-UoTNE_KMMvWE/s400/solitudeposter72dpi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410873775217568162" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Is a formal education important?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">No. But a critical and supportive community is.</span></span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is the biggest misconception about art?</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">It lacks tedium.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Which is more important in art - concept or execution?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Execution. That's why the porn rip-off is never as good as the Hollywood film.</span></span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What theme or aesthetic are you most drawn too?</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Love despite brutality.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />What is your favorite piece of art in your home?</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimA7dqONqC7vlcNwH_mr1ygVmC83SEtKb6CgKubvPfpRZPVirCeE2j7pLe-iuyd0wOAJAkX0bMVoDE2Epao4hSBzB7A0HaDe6sgvzYnRkaCV0oMbvbvS4GVnts3mpgWbO2uNk2a78A51U/s1600-h/lamp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimA7dqONqC7vlcNwH_mr1ygVmC83SEtKb6CgKubvPfpRZPVirCeE2j7pLe-iuyd0wOAJAkX0bMVoDE2Epao4hSBzB7A0HaDe6sgvzYnRkaCV0oMbvbvS4GVnts3mpgWbO2uNk2a78A51U/s200/lamp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410870100576853378" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-style: italic;">This lamp.</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you could collaborate with anyone, living or dead, who would it be?</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Paddy Chayefsky</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Which emerging artist do you think more people should know about?</span><br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The whole of Downtown Los Angeles</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What has been your greatest achievement to date?</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Creating a feature film that became unforgettable in the minds and lives of many people.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What has been your biggest roadblock?</span></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Lack of deadlines.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYlqunu43-yzK_J4I2nw0dZDng71UyDLM0sbR3OIUJ4_yd8xJ38clB8_bzbr4aeuW6q4ipWfJkNErkNsKsHMQwooPzH3wnPxwQq5KtmIfnxNYPf06KbuQzKHPoIU0nIUkufqPtbk3jXw/s1600-h/proof_5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 377px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYlqunu43-yzK_J4I2nw0dZDng71UyDLM0sbR3OIUJ4_yd8xJ38clB8_bzbr4aeuW6q4ipWfJkNErkNsKsHMQwooPzH3wnPxwQq5KtmIfnxNYPf06KbuQzKHPoIU0nIUkufqPtbk3jXw/s400/proof_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410872251253105938" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >Production Stills from "The Act" (</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >Photo credit: Elizabeth Daniels)</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">How do you define success?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The ability to enjoy life while leaving the world better than when you found it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What will be the name of your autobiography?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Too presumptuous a question to even consider answering...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is the best piece of (art-related) advice you’ve ever been given?</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />"Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." - Winston Churchill </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Also: "Keep your overall tone consistent throughout the piece."</span><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">***</span><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">15 Questions about Art</span> is an ongoing series in which we ask our collective favorite artists, writers, musicians, sleepy dreamers and object makers from across the creative spectrum to give us a glimpse into how they perceive art through a standard set of questions.<br /><br />Please check back next week for a fresh perspective.</span></span>Bri Anahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670168952844015631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-18201889484000789242009-12-02T10:58:00.000-08:002009-12-02T10:58:36.085-08:00all sorts of holiday cheerthere is a lot going on in LA in the coming weeks... here are just a few art related events<br />
<a href="http://www.uniquelosangeles.com/about_theevent.html">unique LA</a><br />
arts and crafts<br />
this weekend dec 5 & 6<br />
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<a href="http://www.ghettogloss.com/events/">12 days of christmas at ghettogloss</a><br />
art and performance<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&ref=ts&gid=342297245334">Echo Park Shop Hop</a><br />
holiday parade and shopping<br />
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and just for fun, this thursday is bike night at the <a href="http://laist.com/2009/11/24/dwp_holiday_light_fest_kicks_off_wi.php">holiday light festival</a> in griffith park. bundle up and ride your bike under the lights.mearahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961240899186751574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-7304394137165570402009-11-23T11:06:00.000-08:002009-11-23T15:48:22.506-08:0015 Questions about Art :: Sophia Allison<span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCHSFRHvBdEv09g7qG3M5SweMybCLEeWJvAd71nrtaSrKg8lIgBoOECSBSdYR9ezv_QimFBV_2xv0JPj0Og3IsWPU4z7TRs1VWb8anMhzdDyr5UEO8t5tfJR8YJK-UXrj0f29i2g3BgY/s1600/Converse+shoe+mask5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCHSFRHvBdEv09g7qG3M5SweMybCLEeWJvAd71nrtaSrKg8lIgBoOECSBSdYR9ezv_QimFBV_2xv0JPj0Og3IsWPU4z7TRs1VWb8anMhzdDyr5UEO8t5tfJR8YJK-UXrj0f29i2g3BgY/s400/Converse+shoe+mask5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407378202901414786" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.sophiaallison.com">Sophia Allison</a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span>works in a variety of media including drawing, painting, sculpture and installation. Her work has been in multiple exhibitions within the U.S and abroad as well as in publications such as Make and the cover image for New American Paintings, Western Edition #42.<br /></span><o:p style="font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></o:p></span> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Currently, Sophia has a solo exhibition titled Home Home, Sweet Again at <a href="http://www.undergroundgallery.org/">Underground Gallery</a> through December 12. She lives and works in Los Angeles but still calls western North Carolina home.</span></p><p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">***</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is your earliest art-related memory? </span></span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Around age 4, trying to sell my scribble drawings to retirees staying in summer cottages my family was renting. I think I made 15 cents!</span></span><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Who has had the greatest influence on your work? </span><br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Too many folks to name but mostly my Dad when he told me to just do something I love.</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What are the main tools of your craft?</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span><br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">My hands and brain; my sewing machine and scissors.</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Is a formal education important? </span><br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Depends on what the person needs to grow as an artist. My grad school experience turned me inside out; I hated it and loved it, sometimes separately, sometimes simultaneously. Ultimately it was good for me, but a formal education is not for everyone.</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is the biggest misconception about art? </span><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">That in order to make art, a person has to have natural born talent; that artists don't have to work at it; that utilizing intelligence and constant decision-making don't factor into it.<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">That couldn't be further from the truth. </span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3XjORXK9IYZ1r1lLYCPBdKmxTJdEySat6en7zipYkuURNGWhZTvt1A5nNekRSyVINKh_pbTIciwFNaHh2B9PDdIpGLruT4X1m4nUt27lBQ8yToIb9YP3KwF35j_ONUzNr0JawTptcAs/s1600/Gatehouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3XjORXK9IYZ1r1lLYCPBdKmxTJdEySat6en7zipYkuURNGWhZTvt1A5nNekRSyVINKh_pbTIciwFNaHh2B9PDdIpGLruT4X1m4nUt27lBQ8yToIb9YP3KwF35j_ONUzNr0JawTptcAs/s400/Gatehouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407378053349104226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Which is more important in art - concept or execution? </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;" ><br /><br />There's always a bit of both that factor into art. One doesn't necessarily outweigh the other.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What theme or aesthetic are you most drawn too?<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >The handmade, the folky, the funky and the OCD-inspired with a twist of elegance.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><span style=""><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is your favorite piece of art in your home?</span></span><p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">A Sarajo Frieden piece - it has great embroidery in it.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you could collaborate with anyone, living or dead, who would it be?</span><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Tim Hawkinson, Andy Kaufman or Mick Foley</span></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Which emerging artist do you think more people should know about? </span></p><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://www.meesonpaeyang.com/">Meeson Pae Yang</a>. Her systems-inspired installations and sculptures are beautiful.</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtERq6c0TN-HIIvZg4MVq8Nkpm7f3ffrorGnViX2OIN7A_rAUbQVw5FPUD9K2D20wbDcC0Z3wvf9Ii-PY01VangkwtxA2PL__svxRn90cm1U5Z8GM84mAu8EHXS5DyUSHoaH2JpOSpRqc/s1600/02_pop+up.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtERq6c0TN-HIIvZg4MVq8Nkpm7f3ffrorGnViX2OIN7A_rAUbQVw5FPUD9K2D20wbDcC0Z3wvf9Ii-PY01VangkwtxA2PL__svxRn90cm1U5Z8GM84mAu8EHXS5DyUSHoaH2JpOSpRqc/s400/02_pop+up.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407377955894823858" border="0" /></a></span><p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">What has been your greatest achievement to date? </span> </p><p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Finding a wonderful studio space in L.A.</span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >What has been your biggest roadblock?</span></span> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Psyching myself out of things I haven't even tried yet. Dealing with my fear of talking to people about my work.</span></p> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ></span> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">How do you define success?</span></span> </p> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">When I leave the studio feeling that something was actually accomplished after a long work session.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">What will be the name of your autobiography?<br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Boo</span><span style=""><br /></span></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">What is the best piece of (art-related) advice you’ve ever been given? </span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">A painting professor once told me to get to that particular place in the creation of a work where I could enjoy what I was making, while I was making it.<br /></span></p><p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">And "Keep working" is another good piece of advice I've received over the years.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">***</span></span></div> <!--StartFragment--> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">15 Questions about Art</span> is an ongoing series in which we ask our collective favorite artists, writers, musicians, sleepy dreamers and object makers from across the creative spectrum to give us a glimpse into how they perceive art through a standard set of questions.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:130%;">Please check back next week for a fresh perspective.</span></p><p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(All images property of Sophia Allison)</span><br /></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p>Bri Anahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670168952844015631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-69607427817523487332009-11-21T14:29:00.001-08:002009-11-21T14:38:20.852-08:00Saul Bass, May The Force Be With You<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z25t-PQDn5A&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z25t-PQDn5A&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />Maybe you've seen this one a million times, but (for me at least) it never gets old. Someone in our galaxy with excellent taste decided to reinterpret the opening title sequence from Star Wars in the style of the late, great Saul Bass (with a Buddy Rich soundrack as an added bonus).<br /><br />Not familiar with Saul Bass? Check out a great round-up of some of his better known animations <a href="http://www.apartment304.com/blog/2008/02/27/saul-bass-retrospective/">here</a>.</span>Bri Anahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670168952844015631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-43643305689194667192009-11-18T14:38:00.000-08:002009-11-18T14:38:56.782-08:00what i am in love with right now<a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1258583565558"></span><span id="goog_1258583565559"></span>I just discovered these illustrations via my friend tracy's <a href="http://149sullivanstreet.blogspot.com/">blog</a> and have fallen in love<br />
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Stacey Rozich makes these wonderful illustrations that combine fantasy, figurative drawing, and fabulousness.<br />
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<a href="http://mysterymeats.blogspot.com/">source</a>mearahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961240899186751574noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-2036805498008525412009-11-16T11:37:00.000-08:002009-11-18T08:31:20.457-08:00lost & found<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAgxCNy8_SW0gzqkIdyv7Qs4gMc4y-E2LzYgDDeUWteAPnjoFXM2_zGSvC0k8H45V7WvKIPtcQ95j88LsydG7yYbY0pr8yqSWe2JsLibPDmqiRd6ajGJjZyOS0GANMFT57nzwejeKM6HF/s1600/lostscreen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAgxCNy8_SW0gzqkIdyv7Qs4gMc4y-E2LzYgDDeUWteAPnjoFXM2_zGSvC0k8H45V7WvKIPtcQ95j88LsydG7yYbY0pr8yqSWe2JsLibPDmqiRd6ajGJjZyOS0GANMFT57nzwejeKM6HF/s320/lostscreen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404791454867252818" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One of my favorite children's books - Lost and Found - was made into a short film by <a href="http://www.studioaka.co.uk/">StudioAKA</a>.<br />It looks soo amazing. I love how they stayed true to the original illustrations by <a href="http://www.oliverjeffers.com/">Oliver Jeffers</a>. I wish I could make it to this <a href="http://studioaka.squarespace.com/screenings/lost-and-found-is-screening-at.html">screening</a> tomorrow the 19th at the <a href="http://www.americancinematheque.com/indexegyptian.html">American Cinematheque</a>.<br />I also wish I had a pal dvd player, so I could just <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-and-Found/dp/B001CE0GAM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1231159878&sr=8-4">buy</a> it.wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413371510121644840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-30018284945000295222009-11-16T08:00:00.000-08:002009-11-16T11:15:03.808-08:0015 Questions about Art :: Sean U'Ren<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEt4QH7vZ3XPJ1ZhxwRvlpS6PvQQu2LE0yMHOK1QKk3xn0ujMqOPyMS2o7HDc9-wQQhhWw3kXaptOk52dPq60n9umOQjTufmE9QlBbMClFy-DxqMXer8oplGMRut9j_D3D_VhCxERr8k/s1600/Sean_LB+pic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEt4QH7vZ3XPJ1ZhxwRvlpS6PvQQu2LE0yMHOK1QKk3xn0ujMqOPyMS2o7HDc9-wQQhhWw3kXaptOk52dPq60n9umOQjTufmE9QlBbMClFy-DxqMXer8oplGMRut9j_D3D_VhCxERr8k/s400/Sean_LB+pic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404764902063474562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sean U'Ren</span> grew up in the town of Mineral Point, Wisconsin and has been variously employed by Pizza Hut, Hardees, a few coffeeshops, a watch sales company, a telemarketing company, a Mexican restaurant, a slew of post production houses and a large agricultural company that sends kids out into the cornfields for hours of torturous labor. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></o:p></span> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > He likes writing, reading, making and eating pizza, walking around on cold floors in bare feet, drinking coffee, traveling and all the usual crap. He has some survival skills but whomever heads toward him in a time of emergency expecting to buddy up should probably think twice. Don't try and stop him when he climbs trees, just let him go to it - he'll eventually fall and then that will be that.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >***</span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What is your earliest art-related memory?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Listening to De Doo Da Da with a babysitter. I may have been about</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > seven or eight but I really liked dancing around to the music.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Who has had the greatest influence on your work?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Whoever invented trees and sunlight.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></span> <!--[endif]--></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What are the main tools of your craft?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The words I have collected right up til this point in my life. Pictures that inspire me. Music that inspires me.<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Walking around is a</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > very important tool – if I can’t pace, I can’t write.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-weight: bold;"></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Is a formal education important?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Yes, absolutely. Later, though, you'll probably set it all on fire,</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > at least for a while. Better save some water.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What is the biggest misconception about art?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >That anything less than something that grabs you by the throat and</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > brings you in close is acceptable as ‘art’.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Which is more important in art - concept or execution?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >All art is execution. But concept makes for more interesting dinner</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > talk. Who wants to hear about the five hours I spent in my studio</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > today? Crickets…</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What is the overall theme or aesthetic are you most drawn too?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >In writing: Curiosity. A hero's quest for their parent's origins.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > Investigation. Lost pets. Found radiators. Vicissitudes.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What is your favorite piece of art in your home?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >A pen and ink drawing of Sam Winchester from Supernatural with a</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > smiling otter perched on his arm by Aiyana Udesen, a Bay area</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > illustrator.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >If you could collaborate with anyone, living or dead, who would it be?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Bruno Shulz or Arvo Part.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Which emerging artist do you think more people should know about?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.aiyanaville.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Aiyana Udesen</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What has been your greatest achievement to date?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Making a short film my father and mother really enjoyed.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What has been your biggest roadblock?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > A need for acceptance and validation.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >How do you define success?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Feeling happy at the end of the working day and having an ice cold</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > beer or two waiting in the fridge.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What will be the name of your autobiography?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >So Good</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What is the best piece of art advice you’ve ever been given?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >It doesn't matter how many steps it takes to finish what you've</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p style="font-style: italic;"></o:p></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > started, so long as you get there.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >***</span></p><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >15 Questions about Art</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> is an ongoing series in which we ask our collective favorite artists, writers, musicians, sleepy dreamers and object makers from across the creative spectrum to give us a glimpse into how they perceive art through a standard set of questions.<o:p></o:p></span> </p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:130%;"> Please check back next week for a fresh perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >(Image by Jennifer L. Porter)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p><p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Bri Anahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670168952844015631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-53945720462997374932009-11-13T08:00:00.000-08:002009-11-13T10:01:36.571-08:00The Balcony Project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTdzuZlBdA7sv_AI2xPFTrTCbaHRV_gvnOVLc7pDuG_mVeB7GuWctToWsL4Ej3yP1lTx-OdYV8znLKM8q9SPfsUc2yktuA0J9lXDdEu5u5HU2Xk999h1usfHvMUyeQzgnX721Tmby7SY/s1600-h/balconyproject1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTdzuZlBdA7sv_AI2xPFTrTCbaHRV_gvnOVLc7pDuG_mVeB7GuWctToWsL4Ej3yP1lTx-OdYV8znLKM8q9SPfsUc2yktuA0J9lXDdEu5u5HU2Xk999h1usfHvMUyeQzgnX721Tmby7SY/s400/balconyproject1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403348672533193410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwowIwALwyw9hhsXvxG6QtTaaYpzy2RPiQhMbYU56yq0wqyqr8B2sn5dbPt5m9PJ8zKiHaNXr7Z1y57u611EquBvP42hfBXe9YFMwHImnfhTiY5CjO5t8BXNFPxTthY_waQq1-Vkwpycg/s1600-h/balconyproject2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwowIwALwyw9hhsXvxG6QtTaaYpzy2RPiQhMbYU56yq0wqyqr8B2sn5dbPt5m9PJ8zKiHaNXr7Z1y57u611EquBvP42hfBXe9YFMwHImnfhTiY5CjO5t8BXNFPxTthY_waQq1-Vkwpycg/s400/balconyproject2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403348593790345746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Bz2gZ7zQm17rHPqY1CFdD-Xc2INBt4jliVconUucd6FO2Q6hrUTMnKZJghxmYfi31r_3Pv2Mqu_OC8Eq3JtmpSn9dW0bsAdeWpiIU88tZDVj4Dzl5mCblyNi5ezhe8sk25C7SoOyfmQ/s1600-h/balconyproject3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Bz2gZ7zQm17rHPqY1CFdD-Xc2INBt4jliVconUucd6FO2Q6hrUTMnKZJghxmYfi31r_3Pv2Mqu_OC8Eq3JtmpSn9dW0bsAdeWpiIU88tZDVj4Dzl5mCblyNi5ezhe8sk25C7SoOyfmQ/s400/balconyproject3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403348465441885794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bbEXZV-lkCjRx-UaENDlLkfpQnZg5aNY_yM1O31uhiSGfrMT1meg2qnSfMNiuckxx2F5a3RxqB4pl5FyryDCSseEIoga9K7y8Nom0-w05L4DHoLErNNIsJgaBrs3vY4c1bRZcLcDUhE/s1600-h/balconyproject4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bbEXZV-lkCjRx-UaENDlLkfpQnZg5aNY_yM1O31uhiSGfrMT1meg2qnSfMNiuckxx2F5a3RxqB4pl5FyryDCSseEIoga9K7y8Nom0-w05L4DHoLErNNIsJgaBrs3vY4c1bRZcLcDUhE/s400/balconyproject4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403348297642852994" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />Yesterday’s <a href="http://lbgsqueeks.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-you-wanna-make-art-books.html">post</a> about DIY art book publishing reminded me of a project by artist and graphic designer Mari Sheibley.<br /><br />In November of 2008, Sheibley self-published a series of portraits taken of the visitors who shared conversations on her New York balcony over a 5 month period.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><o:p></o:p></span> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:130%;"> See selected images from the series <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariss007/sets/72157605636860737/">here.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" > Additional images and the option to buy it <a href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/436002">here.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Bri Anahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670168952844015631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-52139164671739041452009-11-12T08:54:00.000-08:002009-11-12T09:00:19.646-08:00So you wanna make art books?<a href="http://www.blurb.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.blurb.com/</span></span></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So I found this nice online publishing site that lets you be your own publishing mogul. You can download their software that lets you control the layout and then decide on a few variations of book types and styles. The nice part is that you can have 1 book or more depending on your budget and needs. I have always had a few book idea's running through my head but never had anyone bite for the publishing rights if you will, now I'm in control... and so can you!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hope this gets your creative juices flowing and FYI, I wouldn't mind a copy of your new book if this post is the first steps to your publishing success. Good Luck!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Antonio.</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-49167145059268260482009-11-02T14:11:00.000-08:002009-11-03T10:51:23.898-08:00Online Dives<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Hello,</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I wanted to share with you all a few links I use for inspiration that may also help you.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.wemakeitgood.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">http://wemakeitgood.com/</span></span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.dropular.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">http://dropular.net/</span></span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.qbn.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">http://www.qbn.com/</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Each one offers something uniques and interesting upon arrival. Have a look and let me know what you think.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Cheers, Antonio.</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-21452968017589627142009-11-02T13:21:00.000-08:002009-11-03T13:50:59.742-08:00An Interview with Dan Monick<span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEdIxQjx1QzHcAP2oPccRK7s4RHYCLGpreCTixFiXjcUmgmItEOXuC7a9Dvbf7IPJZ_XzutXbz_407_qEYk4IGlh97PAZYDLcGvz62LnVYeUHfv0jWxjKpLljLVwy46wRgnbBYidJdbM/s1600-h/dog.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEdIxQjx1QzHcAP2oPccRK7s4RHYCLGpreCTixFiXjcUmgmItEOXuC7a9Dvbf7IPJZ_XzutXbz_407_qEYk4IGlh97PAZYDLcGvz62LnVYeUHfv0jWxjKpLljLVwy46wRgnbBYidJdbM/s400/dog.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399622220796734994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />Dan Monick's capacity for love is immense.<br /><br />He loves his relationships - the good times and the trying ones, too. He loves inspiration, be it accidental or accidentally on purpose.<br /><br />He loves old signage, ominous skies and foreign advertisements stapled in a noisy jumble of symbol and language to telephone poles. He loves objects so far removed from context that the meaning becomes lost in translation and the viewer is left with more questions with answers. He loves spinning a good story and using a photograph to tell it even more.<br /><br />But looking at his most recent collection of work, it seems as if Dan Monick loves the quiet moments most of all - the ones that when strung together create the entire landscape of a life, but by themselves are fragile and fleeting. And all too often overlooked by the rest of us.<br /><br />Dan Monick sits down with LittleBird Gallery to talk about all these observations and how they came together to create the narrative for his upcoming show.<br /><br />***<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >LittleBird Gallery:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > Can you tell us about how the title for the show came about?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Dan Monick: </span><span style="font-size:130%;">My girlfriend [Catlin] and I were driving along and this Rod Stewart song came on - and funny enough, that’s where the title came from. But it seemed to have to do with everything going on… and then later when we were putting the images into sort of individual “chapters”, the theme pretty much showed up.<br /><br />The last show [with Little Bird Gallery] was called “You Know Only You Can Break Your Heart” and this was sort of the next logical step.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >LittleBird Gallery:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > When you are talk about chapters, do you see the exhibit as a whole telling a specific story?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Dan Monick:</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> There’s no question I’m trying to tell a story - both through this and “Only You Can Break Your Own Heart” and to tell you the honest truth, they’re both about my girlfriend and our relationship. The previous show was the narrative about this two year period where we had broken up and the journey I went through in the time.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >LittleBird Gallery:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > So this show is a continuation of that narrative?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Dan Monick:</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> Kind of. It’s about what came out of that period; what I’ve learned since. Most of the images were actually taken with her nearby so, yeah; our relationship is really present through out.<br /><br />Another part is that it’s a heavy nod to all the people in my life I have been influenced by. While I think everything is still shot very unconsciously, the trails and tribulations of the past few years put my brain into a spot where for the first time I could sort of consciously edit as I was going along.<br /><br />For instance, this piece [an image of a table top at the end of a meal] was inspired by Steven Shore. I’d didn’t set it up on purpose but we were sitting there and I looked down and I was reminded instantly of this image [from the cover of one of his books] and so this was my little nod to him.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0iuxdfpKZjkwCafTLyHv8QtRyH_v4e7VBvHsi8CatGVDjb8jBHVeE2mfTRZc3quloFKae9eEpGl0zir8BEYuz6wyKCNdB69WD8gA6Iy8yo5sxU_7z8LAXp8P6rjhlkbPHngV8unEL24/s1600-h/canters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0iuxdfpKZjkwCafTLyHv8QtRyH_v4e7VBvHsi8CatGVDjb8jBHVeE2mfTRZc3quloFKae9eEpGl0zir8BEYuz6wyKCNdB69WD8gA6Iy8yo5sxU_7z8LAXp8P6rjhlkbPHngV8unEL24/s400/canters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399620776295088834" border="0" /></a></span> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >LittleBird Gallery:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > Commercially, you are known for your portrait work and yet the subject matter in this exhibit focuses on images of everyday objects - often in a state of disorder or decay, and almost always out of context.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Dan Monick: </span><span style="font-size:130%;">The funny thing about portraits - because I have done portrait shows as well - is that people either identify with the images in a really hardcore way or not at all. So I very intentionally stayed away from portraits in this collection.<br /><br />But I’ve always shot stuff like this - little narrative stories. When I’d started out I didn’t know much about Robert Frank who I later came to find out was known for this style that I’d [unknowingly] heavily borrowed from. And it was kind of weird that I’d always shot this way and really wild to find out that these guys were drawn to photographing the corer of the room too.<br /><br />As I did learn about guys, like [William] Eggleston and Steven Shore, I didn’t want to shoot like them so much as I saw they had these amazing characters and I wanted to live in there lives. So it wasn’t so much about documenting my life as it was about creating a fantasy world that I wanted to live in.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br />LittleBird Gallery:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > One of my favorite images of the show is the man in the ticket booth. It seems to comprise elements of all of the themes you have running through the exhibit.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Dan Monick: </span><span style="font-size:130%;">That was taken at the Minnesota State Fair… well, I wont ruin it by telling you the back-story, but there is this image that I love and when I saw this moment, I knew I could recreate it.<br /><br />So, it’s kind of like doing a cover song, you know? I have thought about this image through out my life and when I looked through the viewfinder and snapped the shot… Well, it’s not a copy - it’s not perfect - but you still get that feeling. It works.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4Ha51SG6MbgVX0-JueCjvFwwuG019AkxgtyBRgCRXg-dF7-5xao_n7u-OpPCEz9coGIVfJ9Fm1CiKT0LEBUPlN3nnAYrzNKaq4HGHOfg2VRR8anPCMXQrVwRs6MpHJXFlr0OlQeqlLI/s1600-h/state+fair.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4Ha51SG6MbgVX0-JueCjvFwwuG019AkxgtyBRgCRXg-dF7-5xao_n7u-OpPCEz9coGIVfJ9Fm1CiKT0LEBUPlN3nnAYrzNKaq4HGHOfg2VRR8anPCMXQrVwRs6MpHJXFlr0OlQeqlLI/s400/state+fair.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399619933061551026" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >LittleBird Gallery:</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > You leave a lot up to the viewer in your images - and I almost don’t want to hear the stories behind them in order to have my own experience.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Dan Monick:</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> Good! Along time ago I remember people would tell me that as an artist you have to do this and this and this in your work for the viewer to get it and my response was “fuck that”. That makes no sense to me.<br /><br />It’s funny because I’ve always got a camera in my hands and the idea with a camera is to capture the moment where something happens. But if it makes more sense to me to show the moments around the action because then your letting the viewer sort of fill in the blanks with their own story.<br /><br />And I think that’s kind of nice.<br /><br />***<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >“Dan Monick: My Love For You Is Immense” opens Saturday, November 7th from 7:00 to 10:00pm at Grain : 3135 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039 in back studio and continues until November 20 by appointment only.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Interview by Bri Ana Drennon</span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />Photo credits: All images by Dan Monick.</span>Bri Anahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670168952844015631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-67890224843507971492009-10-28T17:36:00.000-07:002009-11-03T10:51:51.519-08:00sweet love<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFgqfIxVrhL8qB6vRVNVjjf3-bcdCSZBCZxyaXj1eBuTqGbXQp95X_5AbY9o9Oq0HI8KLvih0IboZoXmIhAQPP4-VS0kff3RhiQDruU1bpQhIh_J4ZozeEEzblXDfgjHteYCzE1zeKsPi/s1600-h/SWTO+Cv3+final.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFgqfIxVrhL8qB6vRVNVjjf3-bcdCSZBCZxyaXj1eBuTqGbXQp95X_5AbY9o9Oq0HI8KLvih0IboZoXmIhAQPP4-VS0kff3RhiQDruU1bpQhIh_J4ZozeEEzblXDfgjHteYCzE1zeKsPi/s320/SWTO+Cv3+final.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397816045039519826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I know M already talked about </span></span><a href="http://jefflemire.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Jeff Lemire</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> on her blog - but I think he needs to be mentioned again. If you aren't reading </span></span><a href="http://sweettoothcomic.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sweet Tooth</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> go out and get the first two issues. {Issue #3 comes out next week on the 4th.} While you are at the comic store get Essex County. You will not be sorry. He's a little bit of magic.</span></span>wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413371510121644840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-34450037426506479792009-10-15T14:18:00.000-07:002009-11-02T12:19:32.844-08:00Krank Press at Theodore Payne<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Finally an excuse to post about my friend Elinor's amazing letterpress work. </span></span><a href="http://krankpress.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Krank Press</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> will be at </span></span><a href="http://www.theodorepayne.org/events/fallfestival.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Theodore Payne's Fall Festival</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> this Saturday October 17.<br /><br />You can pick up some awesome treats like her produce calendar:</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UJlHZCgFllMlIjL9ZG5_Tu_bhnp6GTbF91IfbJz8APZW3S4l5tt5xn9xpX1sTrWxSJFu1OqDd_zCmIBCdO_qz_n6VQ0t6a5B24GripmUya0lZYesUiibTfjQt8obMr5bmqiY4Uqd6i-U/s1600-h/_DSC0457.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img r="true" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UJlHZCgFllMlIjL9ZG5_Tu_bhnp6GTbF91IfbJz8APZW3S4l5tt5xn9xpX1sTrWxSJFu1OqDd_zCmIBCdO_qz_n6VQ0t6a5B24GripmUya0lZYesUiibTfjQt8obMr5bmqiY4Uqd6i-U/s200/_DSC0457.JPG" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoNaF6rgZX_sSf6U3UTED_Ld6xEMi41kLyzSxf3PFWD4sbgojeYnjn4wgmx51N_hCkHDJlD3bQZxvhS19MOJkB0A4ZuFp6blLd3cbUblT5kT6Z1VdrvoXUP3la7Tjr7Bx3jc1mLdNFevh/s1600-h/_DSC0458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img r="true" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoNaF6rgZX_sSf6U3UTED_Ld6xEMi41kLyzSxf3PFWD4sbgojeYnjn4wgmx51N_hCkHDJlD3bQZxvhS19MOJkB0A4ZuFp6blLd3cbUblT5kT6Z1VdrvoXUP3la7Tjr7Bx3jc1mLdNFevh/s200/_DSC0458.JPG" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />or her odd birds prints:</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhId6MQa_IfjqPUOadmq7gfX3n5b7HBAb7MFx7pIHM2SnNDeTkdi5SONlbvh5Wd4j2pPkr-sQqlEeeoBzVu8BYJSC4hyiBreDk1hLjMxhOGUsBSx_juui_kXaWqmCIJW0jDkGTErPE179No/s1600-h/_DSC0247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img r="true" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhId6MQa_IfjqPUOadmq7gfX3n5b7HBAb7MFx7pIHM2SnNDeTkdi5SONlbvh5Wd4j2pPkr-sQqlEeeoBzVu8BYJSC4hyiBreDk1hLjMxhOGUsBSx_juui_kXaWqmCIJW0jDkGTErPE179No/s320/_DSC0247.JPG" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br />if you can't make the sale you can always get her wares on </span></span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6249722"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">etsy</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">.</span></span>mearahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961240899186751574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-78446752391130041392009-10-14T13:30:00.000-07:002009-11-02T12:19:55.806-08:00This Thursday... Barn Salon #2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhWWoUSenhvAptAcd84OB6JG-M-eyjPY5SP8uJ1ZlaFmauGVOeCaG8MQExs_EU7Hkp3V3-dfP7zd69BCu4wj0GDPG9AjCKJOk20Q_NrBpWicYBR7Z2YphtJQtvcFeZ0YbV2H9Dw9jNtE/s1600-h/Barn+Salon+2B.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhWWoUSenhvAptAcd84OB6JG-M-eyjPY5SP8uJ1ZlaFmauGVOeCaG8MQExs_EU7Hkp3V3-dfP7zd69BCu4wj0GDPG9AjCKJOk20Q_NrBpWicYBR7Z2YphtJQtvcFeZ0YbV2H9Dw9jNtE/s400/Barn+Salon+2B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389220573467196722" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">If you weren't on the distribution list for the last one, here's your chance to get in on the good times...<br /><br />This Thursday in Silverlake, Barn Salon is hosting their second event. The upcoming installment promises an evening of short films curated by Cole Akers, plentiful amounts of beer and better people watching than a Wes Anderson Fan Club meeting.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This coming Thursday, October 15th at 7:30pm</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The Barn</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">748 Maltman Ave</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br />LA, CA 90026</span></span></span>Bri Anahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670168952844015631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-23088817053415765342009-10-12T16:52:00.000-07:002009-10-12T16:53:13.492-07:00event today - Sejima@UCLAKazuyo Sejima, co-principal of Tokyo-based SANAA, designer of the Glass Pavilion at the Toldeo Museum of Art, the New Museum in New York, and this year's Serpentine Pavilion, will be lecturing at UCLA tonight. She rarely lectures and this is a great opportunity to see their work. Live.<br />
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image via <a href="http://www.bustler.net/">http://www.bustler.net/</a>mearahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961240899186751574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-29349578196334816822009-10-05T15:15:00.000-07:002009-11-03T10:52:11.124-08:00Art/Space: Diana Fayt's Studio<span style="font-style: italic;">Sunday, October 4th at 3pm.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.dianafayt.com/">Diana Fayt's</a> Studio</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">San Francisco, California<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3508/3985411970_b1f10a7a76.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3508/3985411970_b1f10a7a76.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/3985410988_b3875f3ccd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/3985410988_b3875f3ccd.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3481/3985409794_5c5fb1f7e8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 281px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3481/3985409794_5c5fb1f7e8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2601/3985410522_d472e79cc0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 281px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2601/3985410522_d472e79cc0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3512/3985411576_e659e4c63f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3512/3985411576_e659e4c63f.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/3984653129_432488784c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 281px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/3984653129_432488784c.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2513/3984651927_30a7bc7875.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2513/3984651927_30a7bc7875.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Bri Anahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670168952844015631noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-54860571616231491502009-10-01T14:12:00.000-07:002009-11-02T12:18:23.475-08:00a BIG disclaimer<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Already on blog post #3 we start to wonder if a blog was a bad idea?</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">We want to take this time to say a few things before this blog really gets going.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The people who write this or contribute to it are not "professionals".</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">They are a bunch of artists that M. suckered. A small group of people:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">who think to much</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">speak to fast</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">drink to much coffee</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">on occasion drink to much at Happy Hour</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">make doodles,prints, paintings</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">think short films are the way of the future </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">are heavily influenced by:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">music,books, films,people, art,pianos,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">accordions,tap dancing,bad jokes</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">puppets</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">gadgets,computers</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">designs, bikes, trains, walking</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">laughing,food, friends,family</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">life and are</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">way to opinionated.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Forgive us.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">There will be times when the writings on this blog will be a chaotic mess</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">with bad grammar and spelling. Other times it will be like Salinger and Dylan formed a love child and that child is writing you a love poem. Most times though it will be a few lines and links of things we like and thing you will too.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">xox</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div>LittleBird Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119648448548347087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-22993244492762872832009-09-29T23:05:00.000-07:002009-11-02T12:20:38.846-08:00We Want You!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbA53bKltlS4sF2OHVLmhfYDp0e5M-plwMMTNOXPUE59heyytwSsxCp5m4BJ2AyMoWZbv_QV7bg_Z7wcYApitU2EOy_jkksdtYp24mJ9LcgHFRz0r6KH1_pI3z_9ko4QHopv-24Wol0U/s1600-h/art-crawl-logo.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 114px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbA53bKltlS4sF2OHVLmhfYDp0e5M-plwMMTNOXPUE59heyytwSsxCp5m4BJ2AyMoWZbv_QV7bg_Z7wcYApitU2EOy_jkksdtYp24mJ9LcgHFRz0r6KH1_pI3z_9ko4QHopv-24Wol0U/s400/art-crawl-logo.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387139401664369346" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br />The 12th annual </span></span><a href="http://www.silverlakeartcrawl.com/sys/galleries/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">SilverLake Art Crawl</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> will take place Nov 7-8th.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">LBgallery will once again be participating.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">We are looking for people who would like to participate in our</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Sunday Reading Event. So if you have a new book,short story,funny jokes,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">whatever,let us know. Email us with your thoughts,proposal or ideas.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">info@littlebirdgallery.com</span></span></div>LittleBird Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119648448548347087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270244010089372787.post-86255892700153056812009-09-29T22:58:00.000-07:002009-11-02T12:20:56.899-08:00Hello October<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYBv-CfNyWCwwD4yw5_uC5Sn4gZvOGrrpM-nrBnxgne7wK5BIwqxIehwt70SXjsZvl42Pn2MjLP1MY1usHYYcBQngfHcUGfDUrHnBeH9eLkhv_9cUcCgQuKpIFDup0Bz06PqLu7vbGUo/s1600-h/bird-solo-pola.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 329px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYBv-CfNyWCwwD4yw5_uC5Sn4gZvOGrrpM-nrBnxgne7wK5BIwqxIehwt70SXjsZvl42Pn2MjLP1MY1usHYYcBQngfHcUGfDUrHnBeH9eLkhv_9cUcCgQuKpIFDup0Bz06PqLu7vbGUo/s400/bird-solo-pola.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387137460463089874" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">We’re back! In case you hadn’t noticed we’ve been on an extended summer break. Tough economic times had us making hard decisions about the longevity of the gallery and our place in the LA art scene. After some restructuring and re-focusing we found our way back to the original goal for starting LBgallery. To promote emerging and under recognized artists. We had always wanted to have more of a creative collaboration with our artists rather then just the run of the mill exhibition every month. It became more clear to us in these tough times that this is where we needed to focus our attention. Hence the start of LittleBird Limiteds. A series of art related projects. We’ve been hard at work gathering talented artists to take part in these projects and we thank all of them for their willingness to support us and our ideas.Now we ask that you support them! Have a look at our LB Limiteds page to read all about the exciting new projects going on and coming up.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Don’t worry, we haven’t abondoned our exhibitions all together. Instead of having one a month,we’ve decided to cut our show schedule to five a year and curate these shows offsite. This allows us greater opportunities to work closer with artists. As well as team up with other galleries and foundations to produce shows that are more thought provoking and relevant to the future of art. Our first show of Fall will be Los Angeles Photographer, Dan Monick.This is Dan’s second solo show with us.We look forward to exhibiting and working with one him. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">We’ve revamped our </span></span><a href="http://www.littlebirdgallery.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">website</span></span></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.littlebirdgallery.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">to reflect the new direction we are growing. A new inventory page where you can inquire about available works and prints.The LB Limiteds page will give you all the details about our new projects. Each month we will be featuring a new artist in our Print Lab and our new Quarterly Art Subscription will soon be available to purchase.This is a limited subscription and sales out fast. Our Bird Books will also be premiering this year. So check back and make sure you have joined our mailing list for updates! Also we’ve finally caved and joined FB, started a blog and are on twitter. So as you can see LBgallery is going strong and we thank all of you for support and we can not wait to see you all again in November for our opening with photographer </span></span><a href="http://www.dmonick.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Dan Monick.</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->LittleBird Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119648448548347087noreply@blogger.com0