I remember being in art school and my favorite instructor of all times, Lynn Whitney, recommended a book for us to read called Bird by Bird by Annie Lamott. It was a witty and sentimental memoir about the awkwardness of life and about being a writer. Some of it was good, very poignant sincere look [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Libby Rowe and her work @ Moto Gallery till Jan 2nd
Posted in Essay, Photography, exhibitions on November 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Small Worlds, Strange Worlds @ Moto Gallery November 28th
Posted in Openings, exhibitions on November 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’m in a show opening this weekend. The exhibition, opening at the Moto Gallery in Lakewood, is a group show curated by wunderkind artist/curator Peter Jennings called Small Worlds, Strange Worlds. It looks to explore the gray area of reality and fantasy and the idea that in life as is in art, the depiction of [...]
Thoughts on art collections
Posted in Being an Artist on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I work at a corporation and last Friday I was walking out the warehouse door, I park in the back, and I saw one of my favorite pieces of art they own being wheeled on a large dolly by a maintenance man over to the door to one of the various vaults in the building. [...]
Duke University Archives on You Tube
Posted in Uncategorized on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stumbled on this gem of an archive on You Tube the other day. Hours of interviews with some of the best minds and creatives of the 20th century, there are close to a hundred <maybe> videos from a different series like Inside the New York Art world with Barbaralee Diamonstein, About [...]
Making a living as an artist: Charging Admission
Posted in Being an Artist, Essay on November 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Stoked by many late night defeatist musings and some recent blog posts and comments, I have come to question the goals of artists. It seems, overwhelmingly, that there is a pretty good chance someone who pursues art will gain very little in terms of monetary reward. I’ve read the ratio of working artists and gallery [...]
Erie Prom Revisited
Posted in Opening Night on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The very gracious Christopher Lynn, Director at Spaces sent me over the link to the shenanigans of Saturday night, thank you so much for doing that I can just here Endless Love playing. Looked like a great time and for all who were there, relive the moment here or for those who missed it, see [...]
Being an Artist: Sabotaged by sickness
Posted in Being an Artist on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I can’t believe it, on one of the coolest and important nights in Cleveland art. One that I was lucky enough to participate in, the Spaces Erie Prom fundraiser, an event packed with art lovers and art makers and party crashers and I go and get the flu on Friday night. I’m still sick now, [...]
SPACES GALLERY ERIE PROM: SATURDAY November 7th
Posted in Openings on November 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Okay art lovers and party people I’m about to sound like the NPR fundraisers here and let you know that if you haven’t bought your tickets to attend the annual Spaces Gallery Erie Prom benefit this Saturday November 7th than tonight at Midnight is your last chance to buy on-line. For just 14 cents a [...]
Polaroid Sx-70 Ad made by Charles and Rae Eames
Posted in Photography on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I admit I poached this video from Amy Steins photography blog a few weeks earlier but I was so taken by the message about photography in it that I had to re-post it. I was thinking that in a new Canon Powershot or whatever camera commercial today we see young 20 [...]
