Tribe Report Archives March 22, 2007

Martin de Vore

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Wednesday, I traveled to Jerry's Artarama to see whether their big annual canvas sale was going on. It is, but it ends on March 31. After leaving Jerry's, I then traveled to Montrose to visit Fatima to see her new place. After a way-too-short two-hour visit, I returned to Humble to begin assembling this week's Tribe Report. There you have it. Telephone conversations this week included your fellow tribe members Mitch Cohen, Sorange Castillo, Terrence Boggs, Aimi Dunn, Phillip Tague, Mandy Tague, Michelle Graczyk and Laura Hodges.

Martin Notes

• To Gus Kopriva: I need your considerable wisdom and advice on a foreign venture. I will call you soon.
• To Michelle Graczyk: Was it Wednesday or Thursday night?
• To Ray and Rosie Phillips: Lunch sometime on a Wednesday or Thursday before 3 p.m.?
• To Alex Wilhite: Alex, I need some metallic green flake acrylic paint. I haven't seen any at Texas Art Supply or Jerry's Artarama. Any suggestions on how to mix a custom batch?
• To Yuan Ji: I'll see you and the boy on Sunday afternoon.
• To Laura Hodges: 645 profile views.
• To Fatima: Enjoyed my visit. Don't lift anything heavy!
• To Amy Meyers: What are you doing these days?
• To Stäcy Smith, Aimi Dunn and Susan Goettsche: Jerry's Artarama is having their 50% Off Canvas Sale. Those big long canvases we talked about for a group painting are really pretty damned cheap. Hint, hint. Nudge, nudge!
• To Dune Patten: I need a 300-dpi photo of you in your Vampire Lestat outfit. Also, when is Movie Night?

A Few Thanks Are In Order

Hey. I just wanted to thank you all for the many kind comments about the Tribe Report over the past two years. I appreciate it and hope that it helps you all out. BUT, I think it is good to remember that a lot of folks are involved in helping get the word out about what we all are doing. Individual gallery owners, artists, friends ... all play a part in spreading the word. In particular though, I'd like you all to know that in addition to the little bit that I do, you also have people like Lorena Fernandez, Norma Comstive, Mike Rosen and the Overlord Mitch Cohen also sending out releases and calendar items to the media or to people on their own personal mailing lists. So, whenever you get the chance, I think you should also thank Lorena, Norma, Mike and Mitch. They are on your side!

Coming Up....

Motion Sensors Activated

On March 24, at 8 p.m.. the Dru Rey Ensemble Art in Motion will be at Gallery 19 serving up live improvisational music and painting for a suggested $5 donation. And, let's not forget 19th Street's version of the Battle of Chickamauga, the Gallery 19 Art Battle and live music every first Saturday from 3-7 p.m. If you are interested in playing a set, or battling, call Gallery 19 at (713) 426-2414 or e-mail at g19heights@sbcglobal.net. Gallery 19 is also currently looking for new artists. Log on to http://www.gallery19heights.org, send your info and Gallery 19 will call you to set up an appointment.

March Colors

March is the month for color. Terrence Boggs is a colorful person. The crape myrtles are starting to bloom and bluebonnets will soon be showing their colors. Artists are masters of using and displaying color and on Saturday, March 31, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m., the artists in Elder Street Gallery's March Colors show will be using color to please and intrigue. Participating artists include: Susan Goettsche, Aimi Dunn, Xsemaj Patterson, Sorange Castillo, Christian Perkins, Alissa Fereday, Tom Callins and Martin de Vore. Work will be on display until April 6. March Colors is part of the Inner Art Corridor's 2nd Annual Open Studios Tour 2007 event. Elder Street Gallery is located at 1101 Elder Street in the old Jefferson Davis Hospital building, just off Dart Street, near the intersection of Washington and Houston Ave. in the Inner Corridor. For more information on Elder Street Gallery or its upcoming events, visit the Web site at http://www.elderstreetartist.com/. To learn more about displaying work at Elder Street, contact Terrence Boggs at (281) 250-4889 or e-mail at terboggs@yahoo.com

Myriad Voices

On Saturday, March 31, from 6-9 p.m., nine Houston artists working with varied media and artistic concepts invite the Houston community to engage in a dialogue about topics relevant to today's concerns and experiences -- current social and political subject matter, our natural environment, and personal narratives. Featuring works by Anila Quayyum Agha, Andis Applewhite, Lucinda Cobley, Divya Murthy, Rame Hruska, Mari Omori, Emily Sloan, Katherine Venemen and Marie Weichman, the show opens at Intexture and features a musical performance by David Dove. Intexture is located at 1815 Southmore Blvd. in Houston. The show runs through April, by appointment.

Currently On View....

New Works

At Redbud Gallery, Corpus Christi artist Jimmy Pena's New Works, exhibition of graphite on large scale wood panels, is on view through April 1. For more information please contact Gus Kopriva at GAKOPRIVA@aol.com or visit the Redbud Gallery Web site at http://www.redbudgallery.com

Tribal Drums

The skinbeaters have been pounding away. This week, there was so many beats that the cacaphony gave me a headache.

From Martin de Vore: I hope that you all can come to Elder Street Gallery on March 31 for the March Colors show. Besides myself, there are many artists that many of you know (and are friends with) such as Susan Goettsche, Aimi Dunn, Xsemaj Patterson, Sorange Castillo, Christian Perkins, Alissa Fereday and Tom Callins. I would also like you all to visit Winter Street. Many of our fellow tribe members are also showing there on March 31, including my friends (and yours) John Mercado, Solomon Kane, Richard Varela, Alex Wilhite, Van McFarland, Alix Dunn, David Brown and many others. Besides our two events that day, I also recommend that you visit Karen Rezai at Booker-Lowe Gallery and Coco Easterwood at Le CAG. All these events are part of the Inner Art Corridor's Open Studio Tour 2007. I hope you get the chance to visit everyone. There will be some nice art on view.

From Overlord Mitch Cohen: Regarding the current situation involving proposed vendors fees for participants in the Yale Street Arts Market, right now, I'm waiting for a meeting with Adrian Garcia, my councilman. And I have a letter to Mayor Bill White. The law is so ridiculous that I doubt seriously that the city council would enforce it. I will keep you all posted on any new developments.

From Ankah Hagakore: On Saturday, March 24, at 3 p.m., Space City Gamelan, a Houston ensemble devoted to preserving the Indonesian musical tradition of the gamelan, will perform outdoors near the Menil Collection's north entrance as part of the Menil/Da Camera Family Concert Series: Stop, Look and Listen. Co-sponsored by The Menil Collection and Da Camera of Houston, this is a free public event. The Menil Collection is located at 1515 Sul Ross in Houston. For more information, call (713) 525-9400.

From Jerrie Glidden: Hey, I'm off to Scotland and Amsterdam. I just sent off an e-mail to make an appointment to buy some more of my wonderful pastels in England. Maybe I can buy some pastels for John Mercado. I'll be back in two weeks.

From John Mercado: I just wanted to plug the Bayou City Art Festival this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. I'll be in booth #11, I will have all new work -- as in different. This will be my strongest show ever. Come and see if your schedule permits you to.

From Julia Sinelnikova: On Saturday, March 24, from 12 noon – 8 p.m. come check out FORMICIDE in the 300 block of Westheimer. In FORMICIDE, the Westheimer Block Party presents the work of at least two dozen artists from Houston's growing creative culture who are working towards an unsure tomorrow with an uninspiring present; instead of setting up like the Bayou City Art Festival with tents and signs, we invite you to take the time to stroll on a Saturday in March through a neighborhood of live oak and hibiscus and find the art for yourself. Including voices that echo the cosmopolitan and internationalist atmosphere of Houston, look for installations by Paula Anne Socco Anicete, B~Kay, Joey Bender, Sean Carroll, Rene Cruz, Matt Dupont, Maria Guzman, Cody Ledvina, Amye McCarther, Brian Moss, JoAnn Park, Derek Shumate, Matthew Sullivan, Keijiro Suzuki, David Ubias, FAILURE, YAR, Zeitgeist Collective, and Anonymous. Also featured are the paintings of Adrian Landon Brooks, Matt Messinger, and Timothy Tuxedo along with a reinterpretation of the oldest form of art -- adornment -- by ABC Bodyart. From the soft sculptures and knit monsters of Maria Guzman to the scrap metal sculpture of Joey Bender, there is no lack of different perspectives in Houston, simply a dearth of understanding for these objects. Adrian Landon Brooks, Matt Messinger, and Timothy Tuxedo continue the incessant repetition of postmodern painting with characters and motifs set mainly in world creation and internal relationships. Conceptual works by Keijiro Suzuki, Anonymous and Matt Dupont search our language and environment for direct connection with the viewer that will flow into the festival atmosphere of the Westheimer Block Party and bleed into the Montrose neighborhood with its reputation for quirky individualism. Street art has taken a page from the high art world with a contemporary explosion of mediums and metaphors, represented at the Block Party by B~Kay, Derek Shumate, FAILURE, YAR, and the Zeitgeist Collective (of which I am an organizer). Look for installation work by up and coming artists Paula Anne Socco Anicete, Rene Cruz, Amye McCarther, Brian Moss, JoAnn Park, Matthew Sullivan and David Ubias at the corner of Taft and Westheimer as well! Artistic interpretation of environment has been stifled on white walls, and we intend to bring our work out into the open air without being monumental about it. Maps of the neighborhood and its contents are available at 300 Westheimer this Saturday, March 24, from 12 noon until 8 p.m.

From Karen Rezai: Artists: Just a quick note to remind you that your artwork selected for the Houston City Hall Annex Art on Loan show is due this Saturday. The art delivery details are as follows:

• Please arrange to deliver your piece (wired and ready for hanging) to Redbud Gallery, 303 East 11th Street (in The Heights), Houston, Texas 77008 on Saturday, March 24, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• When delivering your artwork, you will be asked to sign a waiver releasing the City of Houston from any liability.
• You will also be asked to provide a value on the piece if it is for sale. In the event that an individual expresses interest in your piece, we will pass that inquiry on to you so that you may handle it directly. No commission will be taken; however, the piece must remain for the entire one-year duration of the show.
• Please be aware that once all of the selected works have been assembled at Redbud Gallery, they will be reviewed by members of the Houston Arts Alliance on Sunday, March 25, for final approval on content and suitability for the Houston City Hall Annex.
• All approved works will then be delivered to the Annex by the curators and installed in the Annex building on Wednesday, March 28.
• We are still waiting to hear from the city regarding the date/time of the official opening reception and tour which will occur in April.

We should have this information to share with you on Saturday. All participating artists will be encouraged to attend. Again, we thank you for your participation in the Houston City Hall Annex Art on Loan Show. Should you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

From Wayne Gilbert: Hi folks, Well it's time again to let everybody know what was and will be. For starters, check out the Ggallery Web site at http://www.ggalleryhouston.com. And, I want to thank everybody for the great turnout and successful Kenneth Parris III exhibition. It turned out to be quite an evening and we sold a lot of his work. There was also a smashing after party hosted by the famous Lester Marks and Penelope Gonzales. Great fun! And, don't forget to join us on March, 24, for BATCH by the University of Houston Intermedia Laboratory. The opening will be from 6-9 p.m. and the show runs through April 1. Then we have The Artworks of Jesse Lott opening on April 7. Another few tidbits for your viewing pleasure.... Ulterior Motifs # 10 opens at the Arlington Museum of Art on April 13 and features the following artists: Franklin Ackerley, Bale Creek Allen, Jo Harvey Allen, Terry Allen, Dan Mitchell Allison, Mel Chin, Michael Roque Collins, James Drake, Ryan Geiger, B.C. Gilbert, Wayne Gilbert, Art Guys, Bill Hailey, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Ann Harithas, Linda Hofheinz, Luis Jimenez, Daniel Johnson, Sharon Kopriva, Ken Little, Yang Jin Long, David McGee, Patrick Medrano, Angelbert Metoyer, Neva Mikulicz, James Porter, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Robert Rauschenberg, Peter Saul, Hills Snyder, Al Souza, Julie Speed, James Surls, Bonnie Young, Bryan Wheeler, Jeffrey Wheeler, and Ed Wilson. Then, check out http://www.gpgallerydallas.com for information on a corresponding exhibition on April 20. And if that isn't enough, Ulterior Motifs # 10 will the travel to the Wichita Falls Museum of Art after its successful Arlington showing. Curtains close. Thanks and contact me at Ggallery or via e-mail at wayne@digimag.com if you have any questions.

From Philip and Mandy Tague: We wish to invite you to celebrate as we move Earth Gallery online! We will be featuring our international art collection via the Internet, through private appointments and shows. The collection is varied and eclectic featuring items from Chinese silk scrolls and Japanese woodblock prints to antique European lithographs. Art collection and vintage store items include: chinese silk scrolls, Japanese woodblock prints, European antique lithographs, eclectic art pieces prints, Chinese silk prints, Jane Louden botanicals, Henry Moses urns, Cesar Daly architectural 4-part silk panels, anime, rock and roll memorabilia, advertising memoribilia, large book collection, world and road map collection, animal print collection and unique eclectic items from our vintage store collection.We are continuing to remain active in the art community and will be featuring our own works in both art and music. We’ll be doing a lot of new and fun shows around town, so stay in tune and we’ll be in touch on all events. Earth Gallery contact information will remain the same. Thank you for the overwhelming support, kind wishes and friendship, we look forward to traveling our continued journey with you. In celebration, we'll be having a 50-90% off sale this weekend and next weekend. Starting on Saturday, March 24, from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sunday, March 25, from 12 noon - 5 p.m. Our final sale day will be Saturday, March 31, from 10 a.m. until the last person leaves. For more information about our art items and future projects, call (713) 880-2121, visit http://www.earthgalleryonline.com or e-mail: earthgallery@sbcglobal.net or manfred1@peoplepc.com. For more information about our musical activities, check out http://www.myspace.com/mustanglightning or http://www.myspace.com/mandysmithgroup

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 .

Tribal Drums To The Ninth Power

These messages are definitely worth multiple hearings....

• From Karen Rezai: Booker-Lowe Gallery has extended the show “Listening to the Land” featuring the works of Australian Brendon Darby. Brendon’s collection of abstract oil on acrylic on paper paintings and his charcoal drawings portray the landscapes of Australia, as experienced by the artist during his extensive travels. Booker-Lowe Gallery is also pleased to be a sponsor for the upcoming Inner Art Corridor Open Studio Tour on March 31 (http://www.innerartcorridor.com). Booker-Lowe Gallery will be open from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. that afternoon and will highlight Aboriginal works from the central desert of Australia.

• From Overlord Mitch Cohen: For April, JetBlue is bringing a '40 foot RV to the Yale Street Arts Market to show folks what's like to fly on their airlines. Should be fun! And....look to your left, I've started a new page for art classes. Fill it up! Instructions are there. Cheers!

• From Marie Weichman: On Saturday, March 31, Myriad Voices, at Intexture on Southmore. Group show curated by Anila Agha. 6-9 p.m. This is a show I'm excited to be part of. Coming soon, Friday, May 4, at 6 p.m., I'm having a Huge Pottery Blow Out Sale! And finally, I'm collecting small things that we overlook in any given day.... dead insects, plants, bones, round things, sharp things, red things, soft things, etc.... I need 24 of each and each thing must be able to fit inside a 3" x 4" zip lock bag. If anyone has something like this to give me, I'll take it!

• From David A. Brown: Hi folks -- I need your help! I was nominated for a community service award from the Houston Grand Opera. There is SMS or text voting that opened today. Please text the phrase "everafterhim" to 66937 then select "a" for me. Thanks!

• From MaryAnn Lucas: I have landscape and nature paintings -- framed originals and matted prints -- on sale through April at Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Mercer Arboretum is located at 22306 Aldine-Westfield Rd. in Humble (but actually much much closer to Old Town Spring than it is to Humble), 1 mile north of FM 1960. Mercer is open daily from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

• From Julie Zarate: I 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!

• From Keith Hollingsworth: For The Love Of Art featuring work by Keith Hollingsworth, Brian Zievert, Bettie Donovan, Shizuka Laurent and Jeff Brailas is currently on view through April 29 at the ArtCar Museum, located at 140 Heights Blvd. For more information, call (713) 861-5526.

Coda

Remember, I am not the Dust Witch, 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 engaged in several international crises.

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