Tomorrow, I will be dropping by Guerilla Arts (@ 1900 N. Haskell if you would like to join) to see some muffin tops. Actually, I’m talking about real muffins here. As her medium, Leah Foster uses food coloring, icing, and cake batter. From what I can tell (on the Facebook invite), the food coloring in her paintings have a deeply saturated pigment that you can’t get with oils or acrylics. The invite also points out that she showcased at the UTD studio. A fellow UTD student/alum, perhaps? Can’t wait to see it!

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I’ll be attending the closing reception at The Public Trust this Saturday. I took an art class with artist Brent Ozaeta about four years ago, so I’m excited to see what he’s been working on. Photos to follow. Anyone want to come with?

Ah, and if you haven’t noticed yet — I’ve been slowly (but surely) updating my past works. I’ve only got old stuff on there now. I’ll be scanning and photographing my newer stuff to add later this week. I’ll keep you updated.

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The New Texas Talent XVI exhibit is scheduled for July 31. This is an annual exhibit to expose new local artists and hopefully pave way to new opportunities and recognition.

The deadline for entries is May 28. Your submitted work will be reviewed by juror Thomas Feulmer, director of educational programming at The Rachofsky House. You may submit up to 3 images. Unfortunately, I don’t have a submit-ready piece this year. But there will be other opportunities later.

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Just the other day, I was sitting in the doctor’s office reading the April/May issue of Ready Made — the bible for any DIY project. The article “Texas Two-Step” featured an East Dallas couple, Jeff Barfoot and Shay Ometz, who operate the screen printing studio Bee Things. This is great if you’ve been looking for ways to screen print at home on a budget (costing around $320). You can download the entire 9-page PDF of detailed instructions from their online article. Very cool and a good resource.

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I missed it this weekend. It would’ve been a great Mother’s Day thing to do, you know, if your Mom’s into that kind of thing.  Anyways, if you went, I’m curious to hear about it. Let me know.

The reason I missed it: I was in Little Rock (beautifully pictured on the left) attending a show by Romallice, a band whom David plays bass for. They played at Cajun’s Wharf , a very cool place right off of the river. Most of the place was a wooden patio. Little Rock actually reminds me of a blend between the West End and Bishop Arts District, but with a river. … I took three whole photos with my phone while I was there. See them under “Gallery.”

Since I was but, I missed a couple of things — the CityArts Festival, for one. I also missed a gallery walk on Dragon Street, as well as some openings in Oak Cliff. But I still have time make up for them. If you’re in the same boat I’m in, you can still catch some of the art. Some of the things I plan on visiting:

• ‘World of Wonders’ – Jimmy and Dena Katz’s photography of the last classic traveling Side Show in America @ Photographs Do Not Bend
• ‘Malice in McDonaldland’ – new works by Joey Seeman @ The Soda Gallery
• work of Gisela-Heidi Strunck and Jürgen Strunck @ Haley-Henman Gallery (I learned about the couple from the latest issue of A+C)

If you’re looking for something (besides the above) to do this weekend, the 9th Annual 24-Hour Video Race will commence at the Angelika Film Center in Mockingbird Station @ 11:50 p.m. Friday. Teams have 24 hours to create a short film. These videos will be screened May 18-20 at the theater.

Alright, kids. Take care.

Categories: Art Events, Blog, Dragon Street, Inspiration, Local Artists, Local Galleries, Oak Cliff, Photography — Tags: Angelika, arkansas, crandall, david, Dena Katz, Gisela-Heidi Strunk, Jimmy Katz, Joey Seeman, Jurgen Strunck, little rock, Romallice, Video Race — Valerie @ 10:54 pm Comments (0)