Art Education Exhibition

Check out this press release for the art education alumni show.  This has been my favorite show every year since I moved to Memphis and I'm really excited about being the juror this year.

The 4th Annual Juried Art Education Exhibition, held in collaboration with the University of Memphis' Department of Art and local K-12 teachers, runs March 5 through 27 at Jones Hall Gallery. The opening reception is on Thursday, March 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. Awards will be announced at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Juror for the 2009 exhibition is Chandler Pritchett, 2008 University of Memphis MFA graduate.

Demetrius Oliver

Demetrius Oliver gave a talk about his work tonight at Rhodes College .  I took some notes for those of you who were off having fun at CAA or doing critiques at UM or living on other continents or whatever.  There's a reception tomorrow from 6-8.

Here are my exciting notes.  They are exciting for four reasons:

1. I finally figured on how to autoflip photos from Photobooth.*
2.  Green Sharpie
3.  Comedic spelling errors
4.  Thumbnail sketches galore!

I think this is my favorite note of the group, but he didn't spend nearly enough time on the image.  He's wearing a bunch of briefs, maybe six pair and they're all stacked neatly like a really odd totem pole.  I don't think it's going to be in the show, but it's a really interesting image.

OK, so this is the answer to my question at the end of the talk.  I wanted to know what he was reading now, since a lot of the work makes reference to American Literature.  I was hoping he would say something fun like Barbara Kilarski's book "Keep Chickens."

Here are the answers to two other questions:

*lazy me, it just took two clicks!

Etsy shop

I just opened a shop on etsy.com.  Check back often--there is a lot of artwork to be added to the site!

HOLLAND COTTER article in the NYTimes

This article from the NYTimes seems pretty inspiring. What do you think?

Mobile Press Register

When things get quiet on the blog, you know they're getting crazy in real life. 

This week I've been preparing for a solo show at the ASMS gallery in Mobile, Alabama.

Thomas Harrison wrote an article about it in the Mobile Press-Register.

More later (as the dust settles).