ARTWORKS at Gallery 916

ARTWORKS Members' First Annual Juried Exhibition
The Gallery at 916
February 11 - 29th
Closing Reception: February 29, 2008 , 5-8 p.m.

ARTWORKS is non-profit visual art coalition founded in 2007. ARTWORKS is an organization of visual artists, patrons and supporters who are dedicated to creating a sustainable art community by increasing visibility, vitality, and economic growth for the visual arts. ARTWORKS is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes.


www.thegalleryat916.com
www.artworksinc.com

Self-Evident: Contemporary American Self-Portaiture

Claypool-Young Art Gallery
at Morehead State University presents
Self-Evident: Contemporary Exploration of Self-Portaiture features this self-portrait, on loan from a private collector in St Louis. It was created with individual alphabet rubber stamps and ink.

Art On The Block on You Tube

The documentary Art On The Block is now online. This acclaimed short film captures the process of the H&R Block Art Project. The film shows ten commissioned artists at work, from the beginning of each concept, to the complications of installation, to the grand opening. I am one of the ten featured artists. It's 20 minutes long. On you tube it is separated on four segments...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfVCuRKzyt8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aqqQ49f87Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGyaujo-OiI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OczqloVsHzQ

UMKC Hospital Benefit Show

University of Kansas Hospital Cancer Show –
All proceeds benefit the new University of Kansas Cancer Center.

The show opens with a reception from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday October 3 at Leopold Gallery, 324 W. 63rd St. in Brookside, Kansas City. I wish I could be there in person to support this benefit exhibition. I made the piece pictured, "Hope," for this show.
The thirty works will stay on display through October.

National Drawing Annual now available

Manifest National Drawing Annual 2006 Exhibition-in-Print

I am one of the 33 artists featured in this publication. The annual is now available purchase. There is an excellent online supplement featuring pictures and information for each artist.

Craft Alliance Faculty Biennial

Craft Alliance Exhibition Gallery
Biennial Faculty Exhibiton
July 13 - August 26 , 2007

Every two years, Craft Alliance presents the creative work of its talented Faculty. I have a new painting in this show.

Gallery Hours
Monday—closed
Tuesday-Thursday—10am-5pm
Friday-Saturday—10am-6pm
Sunday—11am-5pm

6640 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63130
Gallery Front Desk: 314-725-1177, ext. 322

Fresco Trip

The summer Fresco Trip has begun. We are posting pictures and information about Frescoes on the blog linked above.

ART ON THE BLOCK

H&R Block, UMKC, Leopold Gallery and the KC Rep are pleased to announce the world premiere screening of ART ON THE BLOCK. Art on the Block documents the ambitious collaboration between H&R Block and the ten regional artists creating site-specific art for Block’s new headquarters. I am honored to be one of the ten featured artists in this documentary.

Monday, May 21, 6-8p.m.
Copaken Stage, One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO.

Program starts at 6:00p.m. – reception to follow.
RSVP by May 14, 2007 816/854-5678 or artprogram@hrblock.com.

To purchase a DVD copy send $15 tax-deductible donation to:
UMKC Comm Studies,
5100 Rockhill Rd, Haag 202
Kansas City MO 64110
attn: AOTB
All proceeds go to the Student Filmmaker Grant Program in the Communication Studies Dept. at the University Missouri Kansas City. For more info contact Daven Gee, 816/305-4738 or geed@umkc.edu.

Our Lady of Lourdes School Visit

I had a lovely visit with Mrs Joann Schell's 7th and 8th graders at Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary. They were incredibly attentive and asked very intellegent questions. These pictures show their artist experiments using rubber stamps to make self portraits.

New Pieces

It is spring time, which is a great time to start new work. This is the first drawing of a new body of work using my friends as models. It is a sketch of Isabel using the word puzzle.