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Tribe Report Archives February 15, 2007Martin de Vore  An Echo of Tuesday I Hate Reruns As many of you are now aware, this is the second attempt at this week's Tribe Report. The first one, which I think was one of the best I have ever written, disappeared into Microsoft hell at about 10:35 p.m. on Tuesday. That left me totally disgusted and I wasn't even sure that I would attempt to redo it. Apparently, I did. It would have been easy not to -- and much less vexing -- but there are a few things that needed to be broadcast for this week. So, here is a reconstruction (of sorts) of that which has been done before.... Looking Into History Back During the past week, I didn't go anywhere. Literally. I have even been walking to work. My fuel situation is like that faced by those folks of the future in the Road Warrior movies. For a moment, I considered getting a half-Mohawk, a leather outfit, gas cans and commandeering a vehicle for one of you to drive down Hwy. 59, with me standing on the hood swinging a grappling hook in search of likely vehicles to obtain the juice from. But it was not to be. That's probably a good thing. Still, there was some tribal business I was able to conduct even though I was on empty. Laura Hodges came over on Wednesday and we watched TV and ate pizza and gelato. Lynn Michaels came over to discuss the April show. During the past week, I talked on the phone to Overlord Mitch Cohen, Charity Bass, Sorange Castillo, Aimi Dunn, Michael Dunn, Terrence Boggs, Mandy Tague, Jennifer Leahy, Ginger Jenkins and the previously-mentioned Lynn Michaels. Oh yeah, and ... I met someone last week (Hello Susan!). T Is For Terrence Terrence Boggs of Elder Street Gallery is in pain. Spasms. Angst. Why? Because he has only received a few responses to that question which has been troubling him. Specifically, he wants to know the difference between a co-op gallery, a vanity gallery and a regular or traditional gallery. Want to share your opinions on what these terms mean to you? He would appreciate it. E-mail Terrence at: terboggs@yahoo.com . Nuggets Those fry cooks are fired! No fresh Nuggets left to serve up. So I found a few on the floor (five-second rule) and offer these up to tide you over until next week: Now, enjoy: Caribbean Blue by Enya. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfTBmmU7Sh0 Thanks to YouTube. I think this video is definitely an art video. To me, it seems clearly influenced by Maxfield Parrish with some nods to Degas and Cezanne. I enjoy watching it. And listening to it. Daniel Follette wrote in and added that he sees the influence of "Maurice Sendak as well. Particularly in the isolated pieces and distorted sense of scale." Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7F2X3rSSCU Hmmmm.... No matter what you think the title of this song refers to, this video is a feast of color. From their movie Yellow Submarine, this looks like a case of Peter Max meets The Fauvists. Moulin Rouge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEvEYr_8PM&mode=related&search= I love this scene. Henri de Toulouse Lautrec (John Leguizamo) and his buddies (including Ewan McGregor) have just consumed absinthe and...well...see for yourself. I love Kylie Minouge as the absinthe green fairy. That's all for this visit. Do you know of any good art-realted Web sites that have NOT been consumed in a previous serving of Nuggets? If so, please e-mail me at: mldevore@gmail.com and let me know. I am especially interested in any Houston-area or Texas sites. In the meantime, look for more Nuggets in the next Tribe Report or in last week's Tribe Report in the Archives! Martin Notes
What's that sound...can it be...? Tribal Drums The tribal drums have indeed been beating. From Julie Zarate: Sorry I haven't been in touch. I've been quite busy myself. I have some work up at Eastman-Smith Gallery for the Human Form Show and also three pieces in Dallas at the Bath House Cultural Center in their El Corazon 2007 show. I donated a piece to an event in Ventura, California, to raise funds for Housing for Farmworkers. I also am working on an upcoming show in May at Bohemeo's with artist Mark Pinon and a solo show at Talento Bilingue de Houston is on the 2008 horizon! So, yeah, I have been quite quite busy! From Keith Hollingsworth: For The Love Of Art featuring work by Keith Hollingsworth, Brian Zievert, Bettie Donovan, Shizuka Laurent and Jeff Brailas will be on view from Feb. 17 - April 29 at the ArtCar Museum, located at 140 Heights Blvd. The opening reception will be on Saturday, Feb. 17, from 7-10 p.m. and will feature music by Garcia y Renya. For more information, call (713) 861-5526. From Rosie Phillips: Hello, please update your contact information as follows. We have secured .com addresses and our old .net addresses will expire in two weeks. So please update accordingly. E-mail us at: rosie@rayphillips.com or ray@rayphillips.com . Our Web site URL will be http://www.rayphillips.com . Also, Ray has his first solo show coming up. The opening reception will be on Saturday, March 3, from 7-10 p.m. Ray's artistic endeavors throughout his career are layered into his work and help the viewer become immersed in his paintings. The complexities and subtle nuances pull the individual around within the work and lead them on a journey of self-discovery. Ray's works are highly sought after and collectors around the country waitwith anticipation for new works to be released. The wait is over... From Sue Donaldson: The opening reception at the Eastman-Smith Gallery on Center Street was well attended which featured great art and libations. The Human Form Show's Evening with the Artists is this Friday, Feb. 16 from 6–10 p.m. The gallery is also open Tuesday–Saturday from noon–5 p.m. From Reese Hazel: Dear friends of Sarah Hazel, please join us at Earth Gallery's opening reception on Feb. 17. If you can't make it to the reception, the show will be up for awhile afterwards. For more information about Sarah's art, visit http://www.sarahhazel.com or http://sarahhazel.blogspot.com From Stäcy Smith: I will be teaching an Adult Drawing Class on Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. at Eastman-Smith Gallery. This class will run for six weeks consecutively, starting Feb. 21 and running through March 28. The cost for the class is $120.00 and all materials will be provided, except a drawing board, which you will need to provide for yourself. You may also bring a portable plein-air easel -- this is optional. The minimum to make the class is four participants, the maximum number is 12. In this four-week course, we will be exploring speed drawing of the figure with charcoal and Conté crayon. We'll start by drawing each other and then finish the course with a model. Call Stäcy now to reserve your spot. Anyone interested please contact Stäcy at Eastman-Smith Gallery at(713) 862-6969 or via e-mail at: EastmanGallery@aol.com From Lilibeth Andre: This is to remind you that this Saturday, the Colored Pencil Society of America Houston District Chapter 218 will be showing the 2006 national exhibition slide submissions. If you are a colored pencil artist or are curious about colored pencil, this is the meeting you want to attend. We will review the slides submitted to the national competition where more than $15,000 in awards was issued to the winners. You will see what the judges saw. And you will benefit from the savvy critique by our own member Susan Brooks, CPSA. Besides being an outstanding colored pencil artist and instructor, Susan is former president of the national organization. She also chaired the national competitions. We hope you can join us this Saturday, Feb. 17, from 1-3 p.m. at the Bayland Community Center, located at 6400 Bissonnet in Houston. Also, mark your calendars for next month's meeting where Bill Bonham will return with another interesting framing presentation and new products. That meeting will be on Saturday, March 17 (yes, St. Patrick's Day), from 1-3 p.m. at the same location previously listed.For more information, e-mail: houston-dc218@cpsa.org Tribal Drums To The Fourth Power These messages are definitely worth multiple hearings.... From Stäcy Smith: On Feb. 16, Eastman-Smith Art Gallery continues the Human Form Show. Artists participating in this show include: Kim Barber, Carmen Bascur, Nicole Bent, William P. Brukner, Lanette DeLoach, Sue Donaldson, Meredith Duggar, Aimi Dunn, Richard Eastman, Christine Gwen, Phyllis Hall, Betty Harris, Jake Hellbach Trish Klenow, Mike McCorkle, Rosemarie Moore, Lindsay Peyton, Erik Pijcke, Michael Rice, Micah Simmons, Stäcy Smith, David Weaver, Stacey Wilcox, David Wilhelm, Julie Zarate, and Yvonne Zepeda. Eastman-Smith Art Gallery is located at 4920 Center Street in Houston. For more information about this show or future events, call (832) 274-6810 or visit the Web site at http://www.eastmangallery.com . From Lilibeth Andre: This month, I am once again exhibiting artwork at the Houston Civic Arts Association (HCAA) Gallery at 5202 Bissonnet, Bellaire, Texas 77401. Come to the artists' reception on Sunday, Feb. 18, 'between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. I hope you enjoy this group showing of five HCAA artists: Jerrie Powell, Danny Ryan, Cindy Pierce, Lianchyn Lien and myself, Lilibeth Andre. From MaryAnn Lucas: My Continental Building Lobby Show has been extended to March 2. I have 46 paintings at the Continental Building, 1600 Smith, in downtown Houston. Building hours are 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Visit my Web site at http://www.malucasart.com for more information about me and my art. From Karen Rezai: Booker-Lowe Gallery, located at 4623 Feagan Street, is currently featuring Listening to the Land, a collection of abstract works on paper that portray the landscapes of Australia, as experienced by the artist Brendon Darby during his extensive travels. The exhibit, Listening to the Land, will continue through Friday, March 2. The exhibition will include paintings and drawings on paper, based on the artist’s current project Listening to Paintings - Australia. Made up of 10 massive paintings and 11 musical compositions, Listening to Paintings - Australia was recently revealed at the Nature Conservancy in New York, and then at the JP Morgan Chase Bank Building in downtown Houston. Brendon Darby is from Perth, Western Australia. Being both an artist and musician, he collaborates his talents to portray meaningful impressions, visually and melodiously. Listening to the Land, at Booker-Lowe Gallery, will be Brendon Darby’s first American solo exhibition. Brendon plays the trumpet and composes his own music. His vision for Listening to Paintings was born while he was giving an outdoor performance in Perth, during which he realized a connection between the country’s terrain and the music. It was nearly thirty years before Brendon began carrying out the project he had once envisioned, and now finally complete; his message is being received with open arms. For more information, contact Karen Rezai at (713) 880-1541 or via e-mail at: art@bookerlowegallery.com. Do you have something you'd like to send along? If so, get out those digital drums and e-mail me at: mldevore@gmail.com . Approaching Rapidly.... Passion Refaite Passion Refaite (which Terrence Boggs says means Passion Revisited) is two days away as I write this. It looks to be another good show and those people out there who appreciate good art should come see for themselves on Saturday, Feb. 17, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Elder Street Gallery, Suite 109 and also in Suite 305. Participating artists include: Alissa Fereday, Julian Palacios, Christian Perkins, Iskra Ivanova, Ludmila Ivanova, Susan Goettsche, Julia Sinelnikova, Mehak Bagai, Lolet Boutté and Victoria Lewelling. Music will be provided by Duke Jones. For more information on Elder Street Gallery or its upcoming events, visit the Web site at http://www.elderstreetartist.com/ , contact Terrence Boggs at (281)250-4889 or e-mail terboggs@yahoo.com. Sacred Spaces and Beauty of the Everyday What are Sacred Spaces to you? To me, it's Krystal, Half-Price Books, 1009 N. Houston or Star Pizza. But that's just me. And, in a related vein, where can you see the Beauty of the Everyday? I'd say just look around you. But if that isn't your cup of tea, come to Earth Gallery and check out their February Group Show on Saturday, Feb. 17, from 6-9 p.m. Phillip Tague and Mandy Tague describe it this way: ''When we can appreciate and see beauty in the everyday, we are making the most of the possibilities around us. When we create sacred spaces, we are healing and nurturing ... making the most of ourselves. This shows artist motivation and works are about Sacred Spaces and the Beauty of Everyday Life.'' Featuring the work of Sarah Hazel, Shirley Bianchi, Leslie Entsminger, Monique Weston and critically acclaimed Russian artist, Yaver Sultanov, the festivities coincide with the new moon and eve of the Chinese New Year! Earth Gallery is located at 365 W. 19th Street in The Heights. For more information about "Sacred Spaces and Beauty of the Everyday" visit the Web site at http://www.earthgalleryonline.com or call (713) 880-2121. David Serves up a Mean Stinger It could happen. Right, David? See for yourself at Winter Street Sudios, located at 2101 Winter Street in the Inner Corridor. On Feb. 21, at 7 p.m., to be precise. Every third Wednesday of the month, Winter Street Studios, Spacetaker and Buffalo Bayou Art Park will host The Artist Saloon, an evening of artist interaction and libation where three artists will present, in an informal atmosphere, creative dialogues/talks/presentations about their work followed by a question and answer period where the audience can glean further insight into the artist, the artist’s aesthetic and creative process. Designed to introduce local area artists to one another, I don't know whether David Brown will be mixing and serving tasty libations but I do know that The Artist Saloon will be led by two to three artists working in differing artistic arenas (performing, visual, literary, etc…) in order to foster conversation/cross-disciplinary pollination between artists and their chosen media. The salon and the saloon meet at the Winter Street Studios Gallery. Artists and art afficionados gather for drinks and an informal conversation about art. For the inaugural Artist Saloon, dancer/choreographer Amy Ell and ceramicist Shane Tidmore will present and give a short talk about their work. After the artist talk there will be the opportunity to ask questions/begin a dialogue with the artists. Amy Ell has been dancing professionally for nearly 20 years and choreographing for over 13 years. Her latest works include Arthropodic Animal Insecta Continuum. Shane Tidmore is the director of ceramics at the Glassell School of Art. As he states of his work, “As a clay artist my interest is providing unique, interesting, and usable objects to elevate the daily rituals of life. The majority of my work is functional ceramics to be used in the preparation and service of food and drink. This would include cups, bowls, tea sets, baking dishes, etc. The remainder of my work deals with sculpture. These pieces often include or start with found objects such as old wood, metal, or rocks. The sculpture is experimental in terms of texture, size, color, materials, procedures and firing techniques. I enjoy the challenges and results of alternative firing techniques such as soda, wood, or raku along with the more common gas firing. I see my work as dealing with gesture, asymmetrical balance, line, color, function, content, mood, volume, ritual. These thought-provoking objects are personable and useable, both on a daily basis or on special occasions.” For more information on The Artist Saloon, contact Spacetaker by phone at (713) 416-2633, by e-mail at: info@spacetaker.org . Coda Remember, I am not Miss Cleo, so if you have a show or event coming up that you want me to mention you have to send it to me at: mldevore@gmail.com That's it for now. Until then, keep creating art, viewing art, buying art and supporting your fellow artists of all tribes. Martin L. de Vore is an artist and journalist once again living in Humble. Martin is a member of the Artists At Large and Post-Diversionist tribes and is currently learning much about international relations. |
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