pictures
mmm. i love long exposures. more salim/peter schmidt/chemistry set/andrea's surprize party pics from last night to flickr when i get some time later today.
Sunday, January 29, 2006 @ 12:48 PM
i can't mention the other thing i'm doing tonight.
for mother and yvonne:
in other news, thanks to a great reception last night for matt hawthorne (read sales) i can now afford to pay a babysitter to go out tonight with my sweet husband and check out the and/or gallery opening and go hear peter schmidt and salim nourallah at the doublewide. yee-haw.
Saturday, January 28, 2006 @ 04:26 PM proof that i'm a nerd
matt hawthorne : magnolia
black and white photography
shot with a toy Diana camera by
matt hawthorne
26 january through 8 march
reception, friday 27 january, 6:30 to 8:30
magnolia bar gallery
3699 mckinney @ lemmon in the fabu west village
mmhmm. it's a good show.
Thursday, January 26, 2006 @ 11:31 PM gallery events
bye bye birdie
well, it's here first, to quell any rumors or simply to keep stuff straight: i'm leaving pigeon-stone project. the official announcement was made at all of places, but a lecture at UTD nyddia and i were giving for the gallery management class tonight. the very one we audited last spring. how's that for ironic? my last show is over on march 12. and then i'm done.
i have such mixed emotions about this. there's mourning, to be sure, and i kinda feel like i'm giving my baby up for adoption. but the peace felt overrides and i know it's the right thing to do. the reasons are too mixed and varied to post them all here, but briefly, it's just time. it's just time for me to move on.
other ideas are brewing and other good stuff is in the works. it's happening. i'm not leaving dallas and not abandoning the art scene. i'm just changing forms for now. but the bird experiment is over for me.
oh, but i'm keeping the magnolia space. i'm no fool. :)
* * * * addendum * * * *
after sleeping on it, i should clarify that no one is getting abandoned. any and all artists with exhibits currently in the pike are getting taken care of and still having their shows. of course. phase out of satellite venues is going to occur over the next 2 months. nyddia will hold the continental space as the sole pigeon-stone project venue. ok. i feel clarified.
Thursday, January 26, 2006 @ 12:18 AM gallery events
kate nelson
i like this picture of kate and me. thanks to all who made it out to her exhibit. it's fairly amazing work. ok, and this sounds corny: one of her pieces in particular gives me the weirdest feeling, like i'll run into again sometime deep in the future. i'll be a little old lady, and i'll turn a corner and see it and chuckle that i once hung that piece in dallas when i was 30.
Sunday, January 22, 2006 @ 09:31 AM gallery events
kate nelson tonight at continental
"Amnesty" by Kate Nelson.
continental gallery.
3311 elm.
saturday, january 21.
7 to 10 PM.
www.pigeonstoneproject.com
Saturday, January 21, 2006 @ 08:58 AM gallery events
good gawd.
i'm utterly speechless. be sure to look at the pictures.
Thursday, January 19, 2006 @ 09:14 AM
west texas
Sunday, January 15, 2006 @ 01:33 PM
retreat
tomorrow i leave for the weekend to shoot a wedding in canyon, texas. i don't know anyone there but the bride, which is nice for a change. it's hard to be friends with everyone at the party and still shoot it seriously. the other cool thing is i'm spending the night. alone. i cannot say the last time i did that. then sunday: i detour to cadillac ranch on my way back to the amarillo airport. FUN. lotsa pictures, don't worry.
Friday, January 13, 2006 @ 10:22 PM
art talk
the art talk was fascinating. on a number of levels. thank you to patrick and jason for the insight.
Thursday, January 12, 2006 @ 10:03 PM gallery events
opportunity knocks
is dallas falling apart? check this out.
no more deep ellum.
no more artist residency.
so is dallas falling apart? nope.
i see opportunity.
Thursday, January 12, 2006 @ 12:32 PM
for those wanting to know
the art talk is thursday, january 12.
6:30 to gather.
7:00 is the art talk.
it's over when it's over. we're thinking 8:30.
complimentary wine.
continental gallery
3311 elm in the now-sadly defunct deep ellum.
jason roskey and patrick rhodes will both be in attendance to talk about their work. the conversation will revolve around living in an urban landscape and how that affects the city's residents and it's environment. and not in the obvious ways you may be thinking. it's good stuff.
oh yeah! nice little write-up in the observer. check it.
Monday, January 09, 2006 @ 11:42 PM press
girl scout cookie time
eva is in the girl scouts. we are selling cookies effective today through january 22. if you want some, email me. $3.50 per box. payable when they arrive in february.
see cookie options here.
see info about tejas council here.
email me at sarah@sarahjanesemrad.com with how many boxes you want and your contact info.
they freeze extremely well. hint. hint.
oh, and checks accepted.
yum.
Friday, January 06, 2006 @ 01:02 PM my family
seriously, this is proof i'm a nerd
of course the dreams were probably inspired by watching the yes men on sunday night and frontline wednesday night. the one about walmart : is it good for america? after vowing never to shop there again, with overwhelming guilt, andrea and i ended up at walmart last night.
our evening progressed until midnight and after coming home and collapsing into the fresh, clean sheets on my bed, i fell into a deep sleep. i can't wrap my head around the specifics, although i remember snipits. and i know my whole body hurts today.
if production of STUFF continues at current levels and profits continue to rise, enabling the need for more stuff, what happens to all the stuff? where does it go? i dreamed i visited the dump and after an awesome survey, was inspired to try these crazy experiments where i didn't throw anything away. i kept seeing the tofu tray and was trying to clean it properly and use it as some sort of drawer organizer. but then i couldn't figure out what to do with the lid. so oddly enough, i went shopping. it became a challenge to only buy things that i could re-use the packaging or that we could compost. we started eating only raw foods and i saw into the future when i was re-using the same dishsoap bottle over and over to meet the challenge of that weird experiment i set myself up on when i was 30.
i woke up exhausted and my whole body hurts even now. my throat. my chest. my gut. my brain. i know the silly factor is high, but this morning i'm left just feeling panic and fear, or something akin to it. blecht.
Friday, January 06, 2006 @ 10:03 AM proof that i'm a nerd
goals for oh-six
the invigoration factor is high in sarah-jane-land today (or maybe i've just had more caffeine than usual.) i finally sat down and made out my goals for 2006. and i think i can pull this off. i really do. i made a list of general areas of my life: personal, health, kids, husband, home, finances, art, promotions, etc etc etc. it's a go: look for interesting and ballsy things in oh-six.
and with that, i leave you with a cool kate nelson teaser:
Monday, January 02, 2006 @ 05:13 PM
who says nothing changes on new years day?
thank you 2005 for a bizarre and yet fulfilling year. life gave us a few lemons and so we made delicious lemon tortes. at the end of the day, (or year as it were) we are grateful and appreciative and have little to bitch about. lovely friends and events and kids. so blessed.
now, it's time to write out goals and take a serious look at what all we were able to pull off this year. what's worth repeating and what's not. what's worth starting anew. there's a few ideas brewing and if serendipity lends a hand, who knows what all will come to fruition.
thank you to all who i crossed paths with over the past year. thank you for lessons learned and lessons yet to be learned.
