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Tribe Report October 18, 2007Martin de Vore  "It's My Life And I'll Do What I Want..."
Event Horizons October, my favorite month, is flying by. Way too fast. Today is Thursday, October 18. It is one week until St. Crispin's Day, a holiday I have celebrated for awhile. I could use a good celebration. I did not have the customary mead on Hastings Day since I was exhausted after work and just climbed on the sofa and went straight into the Realm of Morpheus. So, for St. Crispin's Day, I had better have the traditional leek soup. Maybe I should also obtain a longbow. I can think of a few targets. This section will be short this week since I really didn't travel much last week. I did manage to go visit Garden of the Dragonfly in Old Town Spring on Thursday. Picked up my cigar box to paint for the Day of the Living benefit. While visiting with owner Yvonne Denbina, I also got to meet artist Cherrie Vance from The Woodlands. And lo and behold, when I arrived, who else should I run into there but MaryAnn Lucas? Upon my return to Humble from Garden of the Dragonfly, I got a haircut, went to Starbucks, went to Kroger and then just started getting ready for work. Grudgingly. Let me tell you, it is hard to return to work after being on vacation for nine days. That's it. And this week will be even shorter since I didn't go anywhere at all on Wednesday or Thursday. Well, enough about my travels. Or lack of. Let's see what you all have got going on.... Apologies To Suzzanne Chapman and Richard Eastman: Sorry I didn't get your WASH or Eastman Gallery events in that are happening tonight, Thursday. I just started working on this today and haven't even looked at this computer until a little while ago. Next time. Picks Of The Week Share A Little Tea With Bridgett and Christie On Friday, October 19, at 6 p.m., join world class traveler and artist Bridgett Vallery and photography artist Christie Hellrung for an intimate artist reception at the Te’ House of Tea, located at 1927 Fairview Street, in Houston. At this contemporary neighborhood tea house, Vallery and Hellrung will exhibit their favorite artwork. Exotic teas and refreshments will be served at this event and admission is free. For more details, e-mail Bridgett at bridgettwash@excite.com or call (713) 522-8868. Beyond Lolita Thwarted in her heroic attempts to get to China by zeppelin or swimming the Pacific, Suzanne Banning has decided to go Beyond Lolita (as I have long suspected) on Saturday, October 20, from 6-8 p.m. This is Suzanne's next solo exhibition, and her second one at New Gallery - Thom Andriola. Inspired by the famous and controversial Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita, the show will run until November 24. To read Suzanne's statement about her show, go to http://www.suzannebanning.com/Lolita_Statement.htm . To preview some of the works, visit http://www.suzannebanning.com/gallery_2.htm . New Gallery is located at 2627 Colquitt Street in Houston. For more information about Beyond Lolita or future shows, call (713) 520-7053 or e-mail newgallery@sprynet.com. Or, you can check out the Web site at http://www.newgallery.net. WW-3 The Big One is coming this weekend. No, not WWII, but WW-3! Yes, WW-3. Woman times three. This Saturday, October 20, from 7-10 p.m., Gallery M2 will host a reception featuring the work of three of southeastern Texas' most acclaimed female artists -- Linda Peyton Huff, Ruth Grace Megnet and Joyce Durbin Harlow. On display through November 11, WW-3 continues the commitment of Gallery M2 owners Max Boyd Harrison and Michael Kubis to showing work from the finest local, national and international artists in Houston. An experimental artist with a passion for color, nature and symbolism, Meyerland resident Linda Peyton Huff is a familiar face to those who attend major Houston art exhibitions or seek self-impprovement at the Jung Center. Huff's work relates to psychology, mythology, cosmology, history and world events. "After years of studying representational art, I began working intuitively," Huff explains. "It was then that I discovered the power and universality of color. It is this pulsating, illuminating and transforming force that encompasses my world. At the very deepest levels of human experience, color relates to psychology, mysticism, cosmology and history. For me, it is not simply graphic but emotional, spiritual, and psychological. I work in an intuitive way. During the process forms change and color seems to dance across the paper or canvas. The work seems to take on a life of its own. Unexpected images and color combinations emerge. It's a way to leave a mark, a symbol, to share with others, to say I've been here." Visit Huff's Web site at http://www.lpeytonhuff.com/huff.htm for a detailed look at her art and background. Acclaimed Heights artist and resident Joyce Harlow considers herself an outsider intuitive artist. She did not know it was art she created at the age of four when she explored the junkyard on her grandfather's farm in Kentucky, bringing back rusty and broken discards to her imaginary playhouse where she created her own imaginary world. At that time and place, art as a career was discouraged so Harlow became a teacher of young children and earned a masters in education degree. Through her students, she vicariously experienced art and kept the breath alive. Visiting museums and experiencing indigenous cultures in London, Wales, Cairo, Paris, Peru and Bavaria also influenced her love of art. When time and space allowed, she studied in Texas at the Glassell School of Art, Jung Center and Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Finding herself at odds with someone else's vision, she eventually retreated to her own solitary exploration of junk assemblage. Returning to her roots, she combined clay with found objects of wood and iron and rediscovered her naive and authentic voice. Harlow has had solo exhibitions at Artists at Work in Texas, Megnet Gallery in Beaumont and Mossrock Gallery in The Woodlands. She has also been part of group exhibitions at the Glassell School of Art, Jung Center, ArtCar Museum, Gallery 101, Winter Street Gallery, Arts Alliance League of Clear Lake and Ggallery in Houston. Joyce won Honorable Mention for Body of Work at the juried Exhibition at The Arts Alliance League of Clear Lake. Visit her Web site at http://www.joyceharlow.com to learn more about Joyce Harlow and her work. Beaumont resident and Lamar University adjunct instructor Ruth Grace Megnet is originally from Switzerland. For 15 years she was stationed in England, Italy and Greece, working on behalf of the poor and suffering but for the last six years, she has been operating the Megnet Gallery in Old Town Beaumont, Texas. Megnet's first love is painting, and also teaching it to small children in her Art @ the Gallery program. Megnet loves the spontaneity and the energy of those very young artists. Megnet's work at Gallery M2 is part of her GeSchichten series, which was was inspired by the wisdom and poetry of Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. By her work she hopes to evoke a reflective "looking" that results in peace and joy. She is very aware of the fact that life is short; we might as well enjoy it, and celebrate it with kindness and laughter. Megnet's work is shown internationally. At present one of her series is on display in Klosters, Switzerland. For more information about the art of Ruth Grace Megnet or her current and upcoming projects, visit her Web site at http://www.gracemegnet.com. Gallery M2 is located at 325 W. 19th Street in The Heights in Houston. For more information about the WW-3 show or other events, contact Gallery M2 at (713) 861-6070 or e-mail m2-houston@sbcglobal.net. Coming Soon Blind Philosophy Ashes to ashes, dust to art. Thursday, October 25, is St. Crispin's Day but I don't think that you will find Wayne Gilbert involved in any historical re-enactments of the Battle of Agincourt. No, I think that you will find Wayne at The Art League of Houston for his show, Blind Philosophy. Curated by Gus Kopriva, this show features selected works of Wayne's dating from 2000 thru 2007. Blind Philosophy is a one-night exhibition of over 33 works Wayne has created using human ashes over the past seven years. A catalogue, with essays by Gus Kopriva, Catherine Anspon, and Susan Albert accompanies the exhibition.The festivities will take place from 6-8 p.m., with Wayne himself giving a talk at about 6:15. The Art League of Houston is located at 1953 Montrose Blvd in Houston. For more information about Blind Philosophy, visit the Web site at http://www.artleaguehouston.org or call (713) 523-9530 or e-mail alh@artleaguehouston.org. Artists Alive And Well: An Evening With The Artists What do you think that future Post-Diversionist artist Lynet McDonald will be doing on Friday, October 26? Well, I can tell you this, she won't be driving me around town but she will most likely be in Houston. Why? I will tell you why. Artists Alive and Well, Inc. and Eastman Gallery are sponsoring an Evening with the Artists on Friday, October 26, from 6-10 p.m. This open-bar reception is part of the inaugural show for Artists Alive and Well, Houston’s newest arts group. Showcasing the work of 55 area artists, the Artists Alive and Well show runs through November 26, and features fine art, mixed media, photography, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, and much more. Besides the previously mentioned Lynet McDonald, participants in the Artists Alive and Well show include Cindy Babbitt, Shawntil Bailey, Bonnie Blue, William Powell Brukner, Amanda De Rosario, Sandi Gardner, Margo I. Green, Phyllis Hall (Hi Phyllis!), Jake Hellbach, Renee James, Roberta Janes, Naz Kaya, Sharlene La Fleur, Rona Lesser, Marilyn Lowry, William Miller, Rosemarie Moore (Hi Rose!), Kim Overall, Henri Pijcke (Hi Erik!), Linda Summers Posey, Mark Roden, J.W. Sharp, Sheri Simpson, Sally Stubbs, Beatrix Thiele, John Turner, Donald Uran, Valerie Yaklin-Brown, and more. Artists Alive and Well, Inc. supports artists in sharing their work with passion and confidence. This nonprofit, Houston-based educational organization helps artists abandon the “starving artist” mindset and embrace an “abundant artist” state of mind. While developing the initial exhibit, participating artists received free coaching from a gallery owner, a marketing expert, and from personal and business coaches who shared strategies for showing their work. More than 100 artists have participated in Artists Alive and Well programs since its formation in July 2007. To learn more about Artists Alive and Well, contact founder and president Linda Summers Posey at (713) 781-1030 or via e-mail at LSPosey@earthlink.net. You can also contact Sharlene La Fleur at (409) 728-5147 or via e-mail at lafleursv@yahoo.com. Eastman Gallery is located at 1110 North Post Oak Road, Suite 310, in Houston. For Eastman Gallery hours or to see the Artists Alive and Well exhibit by appointment, call (713) 688-6969 or (713) 724-4404. Hot Town, Cool City Want to stay warm on a November evening? Of course you do. Then head on over to the Miller Outdoor Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 9, for Hot Town, Cool City. Hot Town, Cool City is a film by Maureen McNamara. Thirteen stories come together to tell one larger story -- from an underground, insider’s perspective of the passionate people and places that make Houston a COOL city. Looking beyond the freeways, strip malls, stadiums, mega oil corporations, and NASA, Hot Town, Cool City will read between those lines to find the gems that make Houston one of the COOLest cities in the U.S. -- to live in or to visit. Any Houstonian who has friends or family from another COOL city is challenged with questions about WHY she/he would want to live in Houston. The national media often promotes a negative mythology about Houston and even many of the people who live in Houston don’t know about all the gems the city holds open for their delight and consumption. Houston is an adolescent, renegade COOL city wher things are a little more spread out. Houston is full of surprises and discoveries; it’s an interactive city. So jump off the freeway and get into the community at Miller Outdoor Theater on November 9. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you...the opening act features music. Local music. Specifically, Tody Castillo, The Mandy Smith Group, and Milton Hopkins & Texas Johnny Boy. In case the Mandy Smith Group seems familiar to those of you in the art community, maybe you know her better as Mandy Tague of Earth Gallery and Earth Center. One more item. Hot Town, Cool City is also a Web site. As a companion to the feature film, you can visit the interactive Web site http://www.hottowncoolcity.org to discover and share more local life with fellow Houstonians! Martin Notes
Tribal Drums The rhythm of the drums this week has picked up to that of a zombie cadence.... From Vera Schoepe: I am glad to inform you that my documentary project on the border has been very well received by the academic team here at the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie. I am currently scanning the images and treating the sound I started collecting in the El Paso and Ciudad Juarez region this summer. I am attaching the newly updated link to my photography Web site: http://www.enp-arles.com/etudiants.php . Then, click on 2e année. Then, Click on VERA SCHÖPE. Enjoy and please feel free to tell me what you think! E-mail me at veraschoepe@yahoo.com. From Lacey "Peg-Leg" Crawford: So many people have asked to see the photos from the Camp Marfa magical tour that my travel sidekick, Steve (also my co-worker in geek’itude), built for us a Flickr photo pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/493462@N25/pool/ .If anyone out there was in Marfa last weekend and would like to add to the photo group, please let me know and I’ll let you jump in the pool. Please forward this link to those you know, artists or art lovers, who visited Marfa last weekend -– I don’t have a lot of their e-mails and don’t know how to get in touch with them outside of two cans and a string. Oh, and the broken leg is healing nicely, thank you. I just can’t drive, so I can visit you anytime soon. Please enjoy immensely. From Suzanne Delorme: I am currently elaborating on a project of sending 10 sketch books around Montreal and elsewhere. I will place these sketchbooks in places that they can be picked up by strangers (with e-mail and Web site info so that they can send notes on their whereabouts). While hoping that they one day return back, allowing them to be shown in public and on the Net. (Information, about e-mail and posting addresses will be inscribed on the first and last pages of each sketchbooks). Take a look: http://travellingsketchbook.spaces.live.com/ or e-mail travellingsketchbookvoyageur@hotmail.com for more information. 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. Currently On View.... 3 Artists/3 Worlds The Trinity. The three rings of the elves. Triads. A triptych. The angles in a triangle. Lots of things come in threes. So do artists. In this case, a trinity of artists from Winter Street Studios -- Jerrie Glidden, Richard Varela and John Mercado -- are featured in 3 Artists/3 Worlds, a group exhibition of paintings at Limas Studio Salon through December 31. Works include pastel landscapes, some in a stylized reality; pastel birds of a feather in whimsical poses; and acrylic/mixed media abstract landscapes and compositions. Limas Studio Salon is located at 2410 Sunset Blvd., two blocks east of Kirby. The show will be accessible during normal salon business hours, Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, contact Richard Varela at richardlvarela@sbcglobal.net, Jerrie Glidden at jerglidden@earthlink.net or John Mercado at jcmercado@nyc.rr.com. I'm Fence To From his unique Olympian vantage point overseeing the Houston art scene, Gus Kopriva sees many artists come and go. He sees them as they emerge from the primordial ooze of the artistic multitudes to meteorically ascend to lofty international exhibitions. He also sees many artists rise, get impressed with themselves, sit upon their laurels and then plummet to earth like Icarus. And he also sees those consumate professionals who labor long and hard to develop their artistic talents, vision and style and thus wind up being among the best of the best -- like our own Nathaniel Donnett. Nathaniel's work is currently featured at Gus Kopriva's Redbud Gallery in a solo exhibition -- I'm Fence To. Nathaniel says this show is an exploration and journey into (and to express) personal and observational transitions, and travels that are juxtaposed with contemporary and historical context, and dichotomies. Redbud Gallery is located at 303 E. 11th Street in The Heights. Gallery hours are from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday or by appointment. For more information, please call Gus Kopriva at (713) 862-2532 or e-mail him at gakopriva@aol.com. TCA Takes The Stage In the TCA Annex, soon to be known as Red Square, Daniel Sandoval Contemporary Art is featuring paintings, photographs, prints and collaborations by South African activist Samson Mnisi and New York photographer Cannon Hersey. For more information, contact Danny Sandoval at (347) 601-8355. This exhibition will run through October 30. Aimi Dunn, Queen Of Portraits Known for their extraordinary exhibitions featuring work from the finest local, national and international artists, Gallery M2 owners Max "Maximilian Maximus" Boyd Harrison and Michael Kubis continue their commitment to artistic integrity and quality, often going against the vox populi to present the finest art available. Such is the case when Gallery M2 presents Through Many Eyes: A Study in Extrospective Portraiture. The exhibition, which runs through Oct. 28, features a new series of work by renowned Houston artist Aimi Dunn. Recognized by many of her Houston painting colleagues as the "Queen of Portraits," Aimi Dunn's work dazzles the viewer with its innovative use of texture, color, composition and contrast. In the past, Dunn's work has been shown at Gallery M2, Earth Gallery, Gallery 19, Eastman Gallery, Yale Street Arts Market, Houston Art Crawl, Elder Street Gallery, City of Houston's City Hall Annex and at various charity fundraising events throughout the Houston area.. For more information about Aimi Dunn, her work, commissions or upcoming appearances, e-mail her at Aimi.Dunn@gmail.com or visit her Web site at http://www.dunnart.net. Gallery M2 is located at 325 W. 19th Street in The Heights in Houston. For more information about the Through Many Eyes: A Study in Extrospective Portraiture show or other events, contact Gallery M2 at (713) 861-6070 or e-mail m2-houston@sbcglobal.net. Booker-Lowe Gallery presents Uncrated IV: From Deserts and Shores The Booker-Lowe Gallery folks have done it again. From now through October 30, Uncrated IV: From Deserts and Shores: New Works from Recent Visits with Australian Aboriginal Artists is on view. Come see Australian Aboriginal art . . . the contemporary art with centuries of tradition behind it! Aboriginal art is one of the "hottest" art movements in the international arena, with masterpieces fetching record-setting auction prices this summer. The good news is that Aboriginal art is still considered one of the best investment values in the art market because superb examples are available from a few hundred dollars to under $10,000. Come see why at Uncrated IV, our annual show of works by leading and emerging artists, hand-picked during our 2007 trip to 22 remote Aboriginal communities! Then, On November 1, Booker-Lowe Gallery welcomes Queensland's internationally acclaimed Lockhart River Art Gang back to Houston with a collection of new paintings. AND, for all you ceramic lovers out there, the gallery has received a shipment of five stunning porcelain vessels from Pippin Drysdale. The gallery, located at 4623 Feagan Street (two blocks north of Memorial Drive, one block east of North Shepherd), is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and by appointment for the duration of the show. For additional information, please call (713) 858-9305, e-mail bookerlowegallery@houston.rr.com or visit the Web site at http://www.bookerlowegallery.com. Distant Horizons Wayne's World A cottage industry unto himself, Wayne Gilbert will be a busy man in the months ahead. For more information about Wayne's projects, causes, plans, shows, or world itinerary, check out the Ggallery Web site at: http://www.ggalleryhouston.com for upcoming events. In the meantime, here's these items from Wayne himself:
Tribal Drums To The 31st Power These messages are definitely worth multiple hearings....
Coda Remember, I am not The Oracle at Delphi and I gave my crystal ball to Sorange Castillo so if you have a show or event coming up that you want me to mention, you have to let me know about it! Send your information 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 he considers himself fortunate to know and show with so many fine artists throughout the year. |
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