Pictures from Fermilab

My solo exhibition "I live in a duplex." opened on March 10, 2010 at the Fermilab Art Gallery in Batavia. Here are some pictures from Fermilab before and during the reception. It was a great opening- thank you to everyone who came and saw the show! It will be up through May 4, 2010 so there are many opportunities to check it out.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the big day: the opening of my show at Fermilab Art Gallery. My parents are flying in to Chicago today from San Diego to enjoy some of the cooler weather and attend my talk and opening. I am really excited about my talk as I always love the opportunity to talk with people about my work. It's a great opportunity for me to hear how people are responding to the work and what it makes them think about. It's interesting and also helps me to understand how people look at what I'm doing. I think it will be mostly scientists from Fermilab that will be there so I'm sure they will have their own unique perspective that may be different from an artist's.

The details once again:

Wednesday March 10, 2010
Artist Talk: 11:30-12:30pm in the gallery
Reception: 5-7pm in the gallery,

Show runs March 10 - May 4, 2010.

Fermilab Art Gallery website here.

Hauling Art

Early Monday morning, I picked up my U-haul rental to load up my paintings and bring the to Fermilab. I had them all wrapped in plastic and blankets and ready to go out the door...and down the stairs....and around the turn in the stairs...down more stairs and then out to the truck. It's that middle part about the stairs that I always forget how difficult it is to maneuver eight foot paintings around.

Here's a shot of my work getting safely strapped down in the back of the truck. I know it doesn't look like a lot, but there were 21 paintings in the truck. Yes- it was cold.

Trib Article on Open Crit Program

A few months back I participated in the Hyde Park Art Center's Open Crit program (read about my experience here) and last Sunday an article came out in the Chicago Tribune written by Chicago art critic Lori Waxman about the program. I get mentioned in a couple of places and had a "movie moment" on Monday.

You know what I'm talking about- when you have an experience just like in a movie? I recently saw "Julie and Julia" and there's a scene where Julie, the young woman blogging her way through Julia Child's cookbook, gets an article written about her project. The day it comes out she's on the train and sees people reading the article about her on the train. Anyway, I was on the train heading to work on Monday and glanced up from my book at one point to see the man in front of me reading the article- with my name in it! I'm practically famous!

Tonight there is another Open Crit which I will be attending, but this time as part of the public critiquing the artists. I really enjoy the opportunity to critically discuss artwork, meet artists and to disagree with people. (The program is from 6-8pm at the Hyde Park Art Center and details can be found on their website)

I am continuing to prepare for my show at Fermilab. I bring the work out on Monday- I have to rent a U-haul to transport my large pieces. Orginally I thought I would only show portraits but at the time I had no idea how large the space is. Apparently it's huge so to fill it I'm bringing a lot of work. It will be really great to see so much of it up in one space.

TO DO:
Get email blast to forward
Mount "Can't Believe It"
business cards
mail out submission for Visual Narrative and gallery submission

PLAYLIST:
Massive Attack
The Kennedy's
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Nick Drake