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Open Concept Gallery

I am getting my work in the Open Concept Gallery for the SmartFestival. This is what I will be showing...

...Kinda stoked

Moving and Shaking

So I have been doing a lot of volunteer work at the DAAC. I am on the VAC (visual arts committee) and I think it's going really well. We had our first show, though I didn't put any work in, I helped curate. We had 35 Artists and 47 pieces total. The opening night was pretty awesome. We had 168 people attend! Jaime and I put together some food for it. We were up till four the night before taking care of stuff. I made my signature chai that a lot of people loved (it was even called a beveragegasim at one point in the night).
The next show I do intend on having a piece in. The show is called "Trimmings" it's all about art related to facial hair. I am thinking about making a mustache out of briers that I will have soaked so I can shape them a little better and then maybe mounted on a board.
Also we are heading up the Sunday Soup in Grand Rapids. If you dont know what sunday soup is you should.

http://www.incubate-chicago.org/sundaysoupfaq.html

Go there, find out, and get involved. We are featuring 3 different soups on the menu next sunday and I am very very excited for it all.
 I am doing a lot alongside thesis (which I will have updates for in due time) as well as some screenprinting work. I am trying to make things happen in my life and I think they are all starting to roll together pretty nicely, if I could only find some source of income for the next few months I would be set. But this is Michigan and shit is bleak. 

I was on the TV

http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=119136




http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/eightwest/Canstruction

I shot Canstruction for Kendall and got put on WOODtv8 and WZZM 13 apparently they used the pics for the hovering over the shoulder image as well. I am pleased.

the break

The break has been a lousy one but I have two rolls that need scanning and another two that need developing. I am trying to take the thesis and finalize it's direction. So far I have a lot of different things but nothing terribly significant to the issue of my mothers death, once things are developed I hope to change that and centralize a theme. Be patient, it's coming-

This new direction

I scrapped my old thesis... it was daunting so late in the game. But I stepped up my game. These go along with the previous post that look similar.
Again, it is a homage to the people and things filling the void in my heart since my mother died. The Holga and light leaks represent the unpredictability in life, in that you plan on getting one thing but the journey takes you somewhere completely different. Eventually you end up with something completely different that what you had intended, something completely unique, and beautiful in its own right.

A new direction