a day at the gallery
we didn't have much of a portfolio review today. what else is monday for?
Saturday, April 30, 2005 @ 05:43 PM | comments > 668
i'm faint.
people, armageddon may be upon us. i bought a Nikon D-70 today.
i may disappear for a week.
Friday, April 29, 2005 @ 05:35 PM proof that i'm a nerd | comments > 678
i'm getting excited!
Thursday, April 28, 2005 @ 11:21 AM gallery events | comments > 32636
thievery.
is it wrong to be a bit weird about folks stealing my images for their live journal or other some such sites as background or their main image, acting like they shot the pic or something? i guess not. yuck though. i just like getting the credit. i suppose there are other things in life to be upset about... this happens all the time. alas.
a comical case in point.
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 @ 03:51 PM | comments > 661
many many things
1. saw downfall last night. it left me with far more questions than answers, if anything. it's disjointing to watch, much in the way many war movies with lots of gunfire and sirens and subtitles are. nonetheless, it's a movie worth checking out.
2. i spoke today at ud to an art seminar class with nyddia at the invitation of one of the students, mirka. i think i might like speaking in front of loads of people. i wasn't nervous at all and didn't have anything written down to go from. we talked about pigeon-stone project and what/how/why we're doing it. the class seemed to 'get it' and asked many questions. i think we were sucessful in communicating we are about an emergent street-level group of artists.
3. i finally feel rested from the last month. the psp-launch party and zach's opening at IR coupled with the mustache party about did me in.... only to hang a show with 15 artists for a show that happend last friday and two other PSP receptions at some of our other venues. i'm going to be better about putting information about those shows here too.
4. last, a couple of short clips from the live performance of american blackbelt academy ripped straight from my friend kevin's website. enjoy! here's one. here's another.
Monday, April 25, 2005 @ 03:52 PM | comments > 182
mighty 1190
all beatles. all the time. AM radio! yay!
Thursday, April 21, 2005 @ 03:09 PM proof that i'm a nerd | comments > 31180
weekend images
the continental show went great. about 150 came by throughout the evening for the launch party of pigeon-stone project. the tah-dahs performed an amazing set, as did the lasso fiascos.
after zachary's IR Gallery reception, a few of us gallery-hopped and went to check out the OH6 show at the coffin factory.
and then a unicorn party.
finally, sunday night, a mustache party at my house. american black belt academy played and it was loud.
nicole had the winning mustache.
and then mine.
Monday, April 18, 2005 @ 10:21 PM | comments > 130
IR Gallery : 4.16.05 : Zach Broadhurst
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tonight. New Fine Art by Zachary Broadhurst. 7-9 PM at IR Gallery. His work deals with typeface and the illusion of protection and vulnerability. it's cool.
Saturday, April 16, 2005 @ 05:39 PM gallery events | comments > 1347
continental page updated!
the show is finally online. please let me know what you think. the party is tonight. come one, come all. also, here's the artist statement schpiel:
"An undercurrent is moving beneath the Dallas art scene, a parallel universe to what the common perception is. There are amazing, undiscovered artists living and working among us—hosting a subtle collaboration. These photographs provide a narrative, yet still participate in the conversation."
Featured artists and conspirators include Nicholas Mathis, Austin Turley, Zachary Broadhurst, John Kim, Luke Harnden, Patrick Rhodes, Nyddia Hannah and Daniel Miller. Due to the limited amount of prints, many amazing artists were left off the shoot-list for this show, such as Grant Guilliams, Nan Martin, Jason Roskey and Joey Seeman.
Sarah Jane's photographic output choice is lith printing, which is an alternative developing process with mid-tones in the pink to russet range. It's a delicate balance of chemicals, paper choice, temperature, selenium toner and exposure that makes up each print. Uncontrollable variables in the printing process cause each photograph to be completely unique. Few photographers utilize this technique due to problems with reproducibility.
Sarah Jane is co-director of IR Gallery in Expo Park and co-founder of Pigeon-Stone Project. She is an active member of numerous artist organizations and participates in solo and group exhibitions throughout the year. Sarah Jane is self-taught in photography, but holds a degree in chemistry from the University of Dallas.
Friday, April 15, 2005 @ 11:09 AM | comments > 248
April 15 : Continetnal : uh, me
from the studios of Mathis, Rhodes, & Harnden.
4.15.05 from 7-10 PM. It's the official Pigeon-Stone Project launch party featuring photographs I've taken over the last several months of some of the artists Nyddia and I have been working with. The Tah-Dahs are playing and the event is catered by Peter James Catering. We'll have some really cool PSP t-shirts for sale too. Undeniable Records, the Tah-Dahs and Happy Bullets record label will be there too!
I think I might just attend this one. Sounds like a good time to me.
Thursday, April 14, 2005 @ 10:08 PM gallery events | comments > 1727
sara(h) smile.
paul's birthday was yesterday! happy b-day, belated. (don't worry people, he got a nice dinner and a cake... :)
in other news, nyddia and i spent the better part of today painting the Continental Gallery space. my show is framed and in the order they'll be hung in. RELIEF!!! she's going to hang my show tonight and i'm hanging broadhurst's work tonight. (who, incidentally, got a super bad-ass write up in the observer.
and last, my hall and oates obsession continues.... other than they spelled 'sara' wrong, what's with this song?:
sara smile
Baby hair with a woman’s eyes
I can feel you watching in the night
All alone with me and we’re waiting for the sunlight
When I feel cold you warm me
When I feel I can’t go on you come and hold me
It’s you... and me forever
Sara smile
Won’t you smile a while for me
If you feel like leaving you know you can go
But why don’t you stay until tomorrow?
And if you want to be free, all you have to do is say so
When you feel cold, I’ll warm you
And when you feel you can’t go on, I’ll come and hold you
It’s you... and me forever
Sara smile
Won’t you smile a while for me
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 @ 05:39 PM proof that i'm a nerd | comments > 480
future memories.
when i'm a crotchedy-old-mean-lady, i will look back on these days fondly. frames stacked 20 deep in my living room, frantically trying to get prints together. the kids being little. music and parties and art.
"everytime i see you walkin' i can tell you're talkin' to yourself"
chad and paul playing in the living room.
nyddia on the computer in the back.
moving on..... but more on that later.
Monday, April 11, 2005 @ 11:17 PM proof that i'm a nerd | comments > 219
fun event tonight
tonight. southside on lamar. 7-10PM. live music. beer. all for a $5.00 donation. go to www.halsamples.com/blog for details. yay! i'm going to try to swing by at some point after dinner with the in-laws, whom i like very much, incidentally. :)
Sunday, April 10, 2005 @ 03:53 PM | comments > 694
cd release. happy bullets. tah-dahs.
the cd release party last night was F.U.N.
www.happybullets.com
www.tahdahs.com
the tah-dahs, incidentally are playing next friday night (4.15) at the pigeon-stone project launch party. the artist series i have been working on will be featured in the form of lith prints. ack. i've never printed so much in my life. this might be my tipping point into going digital for a while. but then, i really don't know.
Saturday, April 09, 2005 @ 04:35 PM | comments > 1254
Pigeon-Stone Project at Magnolia : Jason Roskey
jason and i hung the show today and it's so beautiful. i really love his work. the reception at the magnolia is friday, april 8 from 6:30-8:30 at 3699 mckinney in the west village. $2 margaritas. lots of people will be a given. these events keep getting bigger and bigger. i love it.
then afters..... the happy bullets cd release at sons of hermann hall! yay! this, i cannot wait for. i have listened to the damn cd about 10 million times now. plus i get to hang out with my dear friend from LA, barry.
Thursday, April 07, 2005 @ 07:49 PM gallery events | comments > 712
let's hear it for depth of field people!
shot mike graff tonight. loving some of these images. i think we'll have something to work with.
f1.4. yeah!
Sunday, April 03, 2005 @ 11:19 PM proof that i'm a nerd | comments > 8534
kinda' boring pope commentary
when i lived in rome in 1995, going to school, partying too hard, etc etc, i had an opportunity to go to loreto, italy and attend a youth-rally-thing with the pope. mostly all the catholic kids went, for obvious reasons, but i went because i knew nothing about catholicism and wanted to see what the big deal was.
i had the best time. i tuned my walkman into the english translation of what the pope was saying and later took this picture of the pope as he wheeled by in his pope mobile:
there was so much life and connection and a seemingly endless love that sortof trailed around all of us that night. i might have even cried, i was so happy.
the whole pope thing still kindof eludes me. but he really was a magically generous and inspirational guy. i'm kinda sad he's gone.
Sunday, April 03, 2005 @ 01:55 AM | comments > 541
happy bullets
I cannot get enough of the 'vice and virtue ministry' album by the happy bullets. it's on permanent rotation in the semrad house until further notice.
several events coming up of note: the happy bullets have an in store appearance tomorrow, april 2 at good records at 7pm. i cannot attend because i'll be at the stephen lapthisophon show at conduit. drats! but not all is lost! next friday night, april 8, they have their mucho grande cd release party at sons of hermann hall with the tah-dahs and theatre fire. yay! i'll be there for sure, just as soon as i get out of the jason roskey opening at the magnolia, that is.
speaking of the tah-dah's.... they're playing at the april 15 pigeon-stone project launch party. read more about them and the happy bullets in this week's observer.
wrawk and/or roll.
