Pokeberry Anthotype Day One -Three

I began the anthotype exposure two days ago. Based upon what I have seen after two days and knowing how light is at a premium in back of the house, I expect the exposure to take about 3 weeks.

did someone say "Pokeberry Anthotype"?

It's pokeberry harvesting season and while I am a little fuzzy on how edible they are, the birds love them and they are the perfect organic material to create an anthotype.

For those of you reading this who don't know what an anthotype is, let me offer a little information. The anthotype is yet another process invented by Sir John Herschel around 1842. It is a direct postive process because the sun bleaches away unprotected areas of a substrate coated with organic dye. If I were to use a photographic negative, I would get a copy of that negative in anthotype. If use a postive print or transparency such as the image above, I would get a single color postive copy of the picture. Here's a link to an exhibtion of anthotypes that took place at Ryerson University. http://www.imagearts.ryerson.ca/topographica/Anthotype.html

Herschel used pigments from flowers such as the Iris for this process. Contemporary practitioners have used beets and berries for creating their images.

This will be my first anthotype and I plan on giving the exposure about 3 weeks in the late summer early autumn Ohio sun to have a really strong image. I'll post here once the exposure is started.

Let the grand experiment begin.

The Art of the PhotoArchive published

University Press Antwerp (UPA) has published The Art of the PhotoArchive: 170 Years of Photography and Heritage. The book represents a collaboration between Roger Kockaerts, founder of Atelier pH 7, and art historian Johan Swinnen and contains many of the photographs exhibited last year at the Free University of Brussels.

The Art of the PhotoArchive's main aim is to assist in identifying types of photographs and the illustrations range from 19th century to contemporary photographs.

Gingko Photogram Lab Coat may be seen on page 291.

roots with dirt clumps in 16 pieces

Here is the second of my large scale pieces, Roots with Dirt Clumps in 16 Pieces. The issue of justifying this scale is resolved for me since I now notice the clumps of soil that I didn't see while preparing the negative. I am optimistic I can create at least 3 more large scale pieces, including a light ground one, for the Sinclair Exhibit in October.

tree bark in fourteen pieces as my height

Here is the start of new work. It remains in Vandyke brown but the scale of the piece and construction hopefully draw (even) more attention to the physical nature of the print.

Tree Bark in Fourteen Pieces as My Height is composed of 14 pieces of 9x7 inch vandyke brown prints pieced together with map pins. It actually is the same height (give or take a half inch) as me.

This will be one of at least four new large scale pieces to be shown at Sinclair College's "Works on Paper" gallery starting in early October. In fact the scale of the pieces is specific to the new display space on the fourth floor of building 13.

lost in translation

I've been wanting to do this for some time, namely look at an image at its earliest stage and compare it to one nearing completion. The left represents the Vandyke Brown print of the scanned botanical sample on the right.

For me it answers a couple of questions. The first being "why go through all the labor of printing this out as a Vandyke Brown print on an unusual paper?" The second question is somewhat related to the first question, "what remains of the original subject?"

Gushy on Chincoteague Island

This week Bridgette and I escaped Dayton for a few days. Jill and Tim invited us to stay at their beach house on Chincoteague Island. I managed to get to the water on two days. It was a mini vacation even though I brought some art documentation work with me which ate up most of Wednesday which was the day the salt cowboys ran the swimming of the ponies.

I'll be uploading more images to Flickr this week.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/frangst/

In the meantime here is an image from the carousel in the Chincoteague carnival grounds. This image was taken with a 55mm Diana lens on a Canon digital rebel. Gushy!

ohio state fair fine arts exhibition 2010

The Ohio State Fair opened up today. Besides the butter sculptures that Bridgette and I love so much, one should mention the Fine Arts Exhibition. This year the Schanbogles are represented (both Bridgette and I have work in the professional divsion) and while we were not able to attend last night's reception we will eventually make it over there to see everyone's work.

In the meantime some record keeping. My accepted entries that I will never again be able to submit to the state fair are...

Hairy Cemetery Nut, left

Decaying Leaf (Apron), middle

Split Pod (Chaps), right

a piece of sky

one of the things I do on the side is document art work. For the last eight years I have had the opportunity to photograph objects and installations by Suzanne Silver.

Today was one such day with the session spanning three rooms, lots of loose work on paper, warm (hot) humid temperatures and about seven hours including the jaunt over to west campus.

There was a parking ticket...grrrrrrrr...but I did park in a loading zone for four hours....grrrrr...but it was a hot, humid, sunny Sunday.

it's what hot, humid days are for

lumen prints, it's what the hot, humid days of summer are for.

continuing the found on a walk theme. These seeds are from about 3 houses south of our house. Might even be in front of the house David Esrati's parents are living in.

working title

Now I am a point where the title of the vandyke brown prints, Forces of Nature, seems to be a disservice.

In October I will be showing a different version of this work at Sinclair Community College's Works on Paper gallery. Three quarters will be new.

I was pondering this a couple of days ago. I was experimenting with:

from my walks; walking, wanting walking, walk

...mainly as a way to bring the viewer into the process of making these images, their selection, even their inception.

so the (working and hopefully final) title will be:


from walking

and medium:

Vandyke Brown Prints (Photography)

visiting with old friends

Talk about things that don't get talked about when one is talking with someone about art. On the list of many things about being an artist that isn't "fun". Imagine cleaning out your basement and visiting a therapist. Now mix the two and you have "revisiting old work" or in the case of the self-portraits, "visiting with old friends".

I was pulling stuff up from the basement to show Kay Koeninger for a future exhibit on portraits. Don't get me wrong. I love the work from my thesis exhibition. How could Narcissus not love his own reflection? I don't love how I've stored the work (it's big for how I work). There's old artist tape and velcro sticking to the velcro not meant to be in contact. I was an installation artist in 2002. Now, I think I'm a mat and frame artist.

So I will be spending some time this week with old friends, trying to figure out who will be going to the Riffe gallery in late January and how exactly an installation in 2002 will translate, in part, to a new space in 2010.

beardos five

Why did I pull the Fisher Price Fun Photo Maker off the shelf and start playing with it (again)? I have a love hate relationship with this camera and dread having to reload the pink cassettes with thermal fax (point of purchase receipt) paper once they run out. It only focuses well at arms length or closer so it is a natural for self-portraits.

What's changed since the mis-taken exhibition in 2002? I have a wisp of goatee that looks like it has been inspired by Tim Burton's A Nightmare Before Christmas.

So with that said, I present to you my fifth attempt to capture my beard with the Fun Photo Maker. Here is Beardos #5.

gingko leaf #13

I am expanding the grid of gingkos. Slowly.

Here is Gingko Leaf #13 which I will tentatively call Squashed Gingko M.

meet B.O.B., burnt out bulb or Bob for short

meet B.O.B., burnt out bulb or Bob for short.

One thing leads to another. Like a FIXX song from the 80's. I was finally over the proverbial hump printing a commision in palladium when ...

...the bulb burnt out. The burnt out bulb became a obstacle and a subject. The silver nitrate is running out. There's plenty of gum and potassium dichromate. My wife has contributed tubes of water color. Burnt out bulb. B.O.B.

Bob in eggplant.

Sorry for the speckles. The successful print is in DVAC. This one has a failure of size (PVA medium).

Tavis Lothar has finally exhibited a print.

this is a cigar

This is a cigar. This is a catnip cigar. The illustration is your cat smoking a catnip cigar.

My question: "Which Phillip Morris catnip executive dreamed up the catnip cigar?"

happy summer (solstice)

happy summer solstice, 2010!

Someday I would like to experience white nights and (in the winter) the northern lights.

Here is an image take 14 years ago on the first day of summer.

Sundial, Torrey Pines State Beach, 1996, silver gelatin print

Absurdly Behind the Times, Alejandro

I promised myself that the blog would be a way to keep track of work going out into the world even if it is not that far away.

In May, "One Night Absurd" happened and I delivered to pieces for the two nights of the event. See, only one night was absurd. The preview party the night before with the $100 ticket price was not absurd. The lighting was absurd but who am I to complain since I didn't help install.

Amanda Tirey Graham did much of the work and I never properly thanked her for buying some work a couple of years ago.

For the record of what I can never submit to an OAL juried show ever again...

"Split Pod (Like Chaps)" and "Hairy Cemetery Nut" were both in the ONA.

Recently,Bridgette and I both found out that we got work into the Ohio State Fair Fine Arts exhibition. This led to a really wonderful prestigious opportunity which I might elaborate on soon once it becomes official so never, ever look at state fair art exhibit with a disdainful eye.

Alternative Photography Website

Malin Fabbri the editor at AlternativePhotography.com has provided me with a page to display my work.

Go to http://www.alternativephotography.com/gallery/v/francis_schanberger to see how it looks.

Four Color Gums by Christine Zuercher

Things are usually a little too quiet in a small city rusting away on the fringes of the rust belt. Thank goodness for students who thrive despite my very laissez faire way of teaching.

Here is a link to some four color gum work by Christine Zuercher (University of Dayton) who has been at work combining images of Lincoln and 19th century images of the moon. Her work is currently on display in the Regional Artist Gallery at the Dayton Art Institute along with three other students from colleges in the Cincinnati and Dayton region. Christine along with Sam Kelly (Wright State), Mary Ransdell and Amy Scarpello will have their work on view until September 19th. Each of them are recipients of the Yeck Fellowship at DAI.

http://christinezuercher.blogspot.com/2010/04/blog-post.html

francis schanberger

the black box

the black box
Originally uploaded by HillHop

The posting board for Overexposed and Underdeveloped (UD's photoclub) in the old photography lab at the University of Dayton. Photo by Hillary Hopkins.

chemicals, old UD photography darkroom

chemicals
Originally uploaded by HillHop

I was looking through Hillary Hopkins photostream and remembered all the images that she made of the old photography facilities in Mechanical Engineering (University of Dayton). Here's to nostalgia and the year anniversary since the move began.

I need to see if Amanda Baker has any images as well.

Inside Out at Dublin Arts Council

Last summer the Dayton Visual Arts Center's annual member exhibition was curated under the theme Inside Out". DVAC director Jane Black has been asked to curate a smaller version of the exhibition which will open next month. "Two Leaves (Secret Hiding Place)" will be one of the pieces included in this 16 artist exhibition.

There is a preview write up at http://www.americantowns.com/oh/dublin/news/dayton-visual-arts-center-inside-out-on-view-at-dublin-arts-council-290168

Participating artists are: Amy Kollar Anderson, Pat Antonick, Willis “Bing” Davis, Jon Barlow Hudson, Tom Keen, Edd McGatha, Teresa Olavarria, Migiwa Orimo, Christina Pereyma, Rebecca Rose Skydancer, Andy Snow, Diane Stemper, Don Williams, Jud Yalkut, Joanne Yeck and the artist formerly known as Dr. Frangst.

between the two galleries

What do you think transpires at night between Susan's work and my work?

Here's a peak at the two galleries looking towards the sculpture of Susan Byrnes.

rosewood gallery exhibit. A picture.

Here's an image from the exhibit. I'll post a few up until the day of the workshop.

No pictures but a review

No pictures but here is a link to the review of the Susan Byrnes / Francis Schanberger exhibit at Rosewood.

This article appeared in the Sunday edition of the Dayton Daily News.

http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dayton-daily-news/mi_8035/is_20100411/dayton-artists-exhibit-diverse-work/ai_n53154941/

video interview from La Verne

Thanks to Kevin Bowman and Gary Colby for installing and hosting the Forces of Nature exhibit this past January and February at the University of La Verne. Somehow in the process of participating in the Virtual Exhibit, they have created a video podcast of me that night. It's one of three available from iTunes in a series called Arts and Creativity. Thanks to Dr. Fred Yaffe for creating the video and podcast.

At iTunes search for "Forces of Nature (Carlson Gallery) / Arts and Creativity - videos". It's about 148 MB of space.

Here is a web link for the series but be warned, there is a scary video still composite featuring my head and some of the leaves (see picture above):

http://www.laverne.edu/academics/institutional-review-board/faculty-research-and%20-scholarship/arts-and-creativity.php

the clunky review from La Verne

Just for archiving, here is the review from a student paper, Campus Times, at the University of La Verne for the January / February exhibit of Forces of Nature.

http://laverne.edu/campus-times/2010/02/carlson-gallery-exhibit-showcases-natural-beauty/

Rosewood gallery exhibit is up!

April is here and not only is the tree pollen in full force but also the Forces of Nature exhibit at Rosewood Gallery in Kettering, Ohio.

"Forces of Nature"

Vandyke Brown photography

&

Susan Byrnes, Recent Sculpture and Installation Work

April 5 - April 30, 2010

opening reception Sunday, April 11, 2 - 4 pm

There will be a vandyke brown workshop associated with the exhibition on April 24th from 8:30am – 5:30pm

Rosewood Gallery
2655 Olson Drive
Kettering, OH 45420
Phone: (937) 296-0294

I increased the size of the Gingko Grid to 12 images and there are an additional 23 framed works. Installation details will follow.

Ohio Art League 99th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition Review

Find the Christopher Yates review of the 99th annual Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition here:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2010/03/21/strong-showing.html?sid=101

how to float an image in a frame

I was asked for images of how I attach a print to a backing board when I want to float the image in a frame. I have uploaded images to flickr that show the steps I take to frame the small gingko prints in the gingko grid.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/frangst/4442848085/

I use the same type of paper that I made the print on to make the T's. I used to use gummed linen tape to attach them but have switched to self-adhesive linen hinging tape.

Ohio Art League 99th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition

Now that it is almost Spring and my allergies will soon respond to that TBA (think Arrested Development) tree pollen, the 99th Annual Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition continues at Fort Hayes Shot Tower gallery. This year's edition features the vandyke brown print "Twelve" from my Forces of Nature series. The exhibition was juried by Ron Pizzuti and will be on display from March 2 to April 27.


The Fort Hayes Shot Tower gallery is open MON-FRI 9am - 4pm but call ahead, 614-365-6681, to confirm. Find the Shot Tower gallery at 546 Jack Gibbs Boulevard Columbus, Ohio 43215.

Please note that Fort Hayes will be closed for spring break: April 2 - 11.

It's Nice to Get Published

Bridgette Bogle, Couch Pattern, 2010

Francis Schanberger, Ryan's Beets, 2007

thank you Roy G Biv for the bringing in Lori Waxman for her 60 word per minute art criticism and resulting publication installation.

http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2010/03/11/ca_ar_waxman-works.html

Virtual Reception at University of La Verne Exhibition "Forces of Nature"

With much trepidation I participated in a virtual reception on February 4th at the University of La Verne's Irene Carlson gallery. It wasn't so bad. That's my head on the lap top screen in the photograph. I think I'm ready for Chatroulette!

I have a link to the student paper which includes a clunky interview as well as an image taken by photographer Nicholas Mitzenmacher.

http://laverne.edu/campus-times/2010/02/carlson-gallery-exhibit-showcases-natural-beauty/

Christopher Yates Review of ImageOhio 10

Christopher Yates of the Columbus Dispatch reviewed Image Ohio 10 in the Sunday edition.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2010/01/31/2_IMAGE_OHIO.ART_ART_01-31-10_E6_FPGDLJD.html?sid=101

Also the pdf catalog for the exhibition may be found here:

http://www.fulcrumcreatives.com/client/roygbiv/imageohio10.pdf

Interior / Exterior

I forgot to post this on my blog. Bridgette Bogle and I were part of Dayton Visual Art Center's Juried Member Show Interior / Exterior juried by Pamela DeCoker. Jane Black has plans to expand / loan / alter this exhibition for the Dublin Arts Council's exhibition space in 2010.

The dates for the exhibtion were:
December 4, 2009-January 1, 2010

http://www.daytonvisualarts.org/exhibitions/09-10season.html

ImageOhio 10 2010

From a listing in the Columbus Dispatch, the artists exhibiting in ImageOhio 10 juried by Michael Stickrod are.....

...Ryan Agnew, Scott Aigner, Matthew Burke, Brianna Dance, Dennis Deane, Marcella Hackbardt, Yurika Hirata, Nicholas Hoffman, Satomi Jin, Tyler Joswick, Qian Li, Cosby Lindquist, Dominic Lippillo, Michelle Maguire, Krystle Merrow, Takeshi Moro, Jason Nein, David Politzer, Kate Rhoades, Francis Schanberger, Cameron Sharp, Like Snailham, Jeremy Stone, Joseph Vogt, Sarah Weinstock, Sheilah Wilson, and Erica Woodrum. January 18-February 19.

Mon-Fri, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Opening reception: Jan. 21, 6-8 p.m.

January Exhibitions

Two opportunities to see the vandyke brown prints from forces of nature in January 2010.

I will have several pieces in the tenth incarnation of Roy G Biv's Tenth Annual Image Ohio. Roy G Biv doesn't have the exhibition dates on their website but once the holidays are over I am sure you will be able to find them listed on http://www.roygbivgallery.org

Opening January 18th and running until February 18th I will be having a solo exhibition of forces of nature in the Irene Carlson Gallery of Photography at the University of La Verne 38 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

image from Marysville

Here is an early version of the typology grid of gingko leaves I have been working on. The white ground is the major difficulty with this project. I hope to expand this to at least 16 by the time I install at the Rosewood Art Center gallery in April.

The order of this set was expertly deduced by my wife Bridgette Bogle and is currently on view at the Marysville Library. Chasper Paw (Gingko I) and Gingko B are also at Link gallery in Dayton, Ohio.

Marysville Public Library debut of FON

With much help from the Ohio Arts Council and Montgomery County's Culture Works, not to mention the love and support from my wife Bridgette Bogle, I have reached a point of finally exhibiting the body of work known as Forces of Nature.

Marysville Public Library will be the debut of a series of images that will travel to Kettering, Ohio's Rosewood Art Center in April and to Sinclair Community College in October of 2010.

There will be about 25 framed images and a grid of 9 Gingko leave Vandyke Browns. I hope you can make it to one of these three venues in the next eleven months. The exhibition at Marysvile opens Dec. 1st and will continue during the month of December.

Christopher James juried exhibit still traveling

The Texas Photographic Society's Alternative Processes exhibition continues to travel through Texas and is currently up at the Watson Studio Gallery in Johnson City. The exhibit will be up through November 21st. WSG can be reached at 512.944.8585. Images from Tracey Longley-Cook, Christina Anderson and myself can be seen there or in the online catalog. Go to: http://texasphoto.org//images_Temp/AltProcessForWeb/index.html

Plates-to-Pixels, Body Pulses and OOVAR

Some quick notes of goings-on:

The Gingko Photogram Coat is part of Plate-to-Pixels' Body Pulses online exhibition. Their website for this is: http://www.platestopixels.com/bodypulses.htm.

I retrieved the work from Berea and was glad I got a chance to walk through the "Photo-Alternative: The Past as Future""exhibition. I got to meet a couple of the artists, one of who was Mary Rezny who did the lumen print on the Berea Arts Council's website, as well as Rene M Hales the exhibit sponsor.

OOVAR, the Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry, is actually having their 4th annual exhibition at the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Suki Kwon and I work in the exhibition.

170 years photography: the art of the photo archive

News from across the ocean came in the form of an email:

Exhibit 170 years photography: the art of the photo archive

Historic overview of photographic techniques and processes from the daguerreotype to ink jet printing with original historic objects and contemporary alternative works by renown international artists from the collection Atelier pH7, plus a personal exhibit of the artistic work of half a century of Roger Kockaerts, Belgian artist and visual media restorer.

From 5 to 27 November 2009 at Vrije Universiteit Brussel GalerY, Pleinlaan2, 1050 Brussels. (Free University of Belgium).

Contemporary works by: Christina ANDERSON (USA), 3-color gum over cyanotype; Gary AUERBACH (USA), platinum-palladium; Louis-François BACOU (FR), silver gelatin, platinum-palladium ; Philippe Berger (BE), carbon; Sabrina BIANCUZZI (FR), silver gelatin; Diana BLOOMFIELD (USA), platinum-palladium; Pascal BONNEAU (FR), platinum-palladium ; Jean DAUBAS (FR), Van Dyke Brown ; Jack FULTON (USA), Ink Jet; Eve GONDRY (BE), Polaroid transfer; Roger KOCKAERTS (BE), silver gelatin, cyanotype, platinum-palladium; Chia LÖFQVIST (SE), 3-color gum ; Pierre-Louis MARTIN (FR), mordançage ; Jeffrey MATHIAS (USA), platinum-palladium ; Philippe MEDARD (FR), Van Dyke Brown ; Michel MEDINGER (LU), cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown ; Christian NZE (FR), platinum-palladium ; Rinus ORTELEE (NL), daguerreotype ; Francis SCHANBERGER (USA), cyanotype ; René SMETS (BE), daguerreotype, salted paper, ambrotype, silver gelatin,cyanotype, oilprint, carbon, platinum, heliogravure, gum, bromoil, Sury powder process; Hamish STEWART (GB), 3-color gum ; Johan SWINNEN (BE), silver gelatin; Martin VAN KAMPEN (NL), Van Dyke Brown; Karel VAN GERVEN (BE), salted paper; Bruo VERMEERSCH (BE), oilprint; Carl WEESE (USA), platinum-palladium; Sam WANG (USA), platinum-palladium.

This event is organized at the occasion of the publication (in dutch) of ‘The art of the photo archive’ by Roger Kockaerts and Prof. dr. Johan Swinnen - ‘De kunst van het foto-archief’ – 480 p., ISBN 979 90 5487 540 6 by VUB press, Brussels.

The last 10 years, Atelier pH7 has organized more than 60 exhibits. Most of the artists represented in the present exhibit showed their work at Atelier pH7, situated in Brussels, the capital of united Europe.

Photo-Alternative: The Past as Future

Less than two weeks left to visit the Berea Arts Council gallery and see some amazing alternative process photography. A partial list of artists included in the exhibition are: Heather Leavitt, Donna Moore, Meg Wilson, Mary S Rezny, Mary Carothers, Pag Fredi, Marydorsey Wanless, R Kirk Williams, Jyl Kelley, Gregg Kemp, Kelsey Wurtz, David Cory, PK Koduri, Candace Law, and myself, the artist formerly known as Dr. Frangst. Why doesn't BAC post the complete list on the exhibition page of their website????

to lumen or not to lumen?

Lumen print made as a demo for the Visual Art Photography 330 class (alternative photo) using gingko leaves collected outside the new Studio 238 facility at College Park Center.

I like the look of this. Maybe make an inkjet negative and combine with vandyke?

two plus hours south of dayton

Two and three quarter hours south of here one finds the town of Berea. On Friday, the Berea Arts Council will open an exhibition of alternative process photography. The juror for the exhibition Photo Alternative: The Past as Future, Kurt Godhe, will be on hand to discuss the selected work. "Five (Sweetgum)" and " Broken (Gingko Leaf)" are among the work on display.

You know what it all means...Lexington is two and one quarter hours south of here!

http://www.bereaartscouncil.org/exhibits/exhib_current.htm

It's time for the state fair fine arts exhibition

The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition opens Tuesday evening, July 28 from 6-8 pm. I have two of the vandyke brown prints on the wall at the Cox Fine Arts Center. The exhibition runs the entire duration of the fair and suffers greatly from the competition with the butter sculptures in the Dairy Expo. Regardless, the exhibition is open to the public from July 29th - August 9th.

It's really a messy CV or artist bio.

Let me apologize. This blog isn't meant to an intellectual or cultural magnet. I update it mainly to list upcoming exhibitions, news, publicity, reviews, etc.

It's really a messy CV or artist bio.

Bridgette Bogle and I have work in the Dayton Visual Arts Center's annual member show juried by Sara Pierce. My photograph "Twelve" got an honorable mention. Look for it near the window of the DVAC gallery on Jefferson street.

I don't have a jpeg of the piece but once I photograph it I will upload it to this blog.

"Green", the members show at Dayton Visual Art Center, runs through August 20th.

Pulp II Columbus Dispatch Review

Christopher Yates reviewed Pulp II:Works on Paper in last Sunday's Columbus Dispatch. The link appears below.

This exhibition features the work of Ryan Agnew, Bridgette Bogle, Jason Amantangelo, and Laura Alexander. At the left is Moet Takeuchi's Organic Form which if I remember correctly is a salted paper print.





http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2009/06/14/2_YATES14_ART_06-14-09_E6_QUE49O8.html?sid=101

2008 Alternative Processes Exhibition still traveling

Alternative Processes, 2008: A Traveling Exhibition at River City Silver. 5103 McCullough Avenue San Antonio, TX 78212 [800] 938.2788 [210] 734.2020 Mo-Fr 8:30a-6p, thru June 15. To view a catalogue of accepted entries. To go to the River City Silver website.

Two plus months worth of news

Decaying Leaf (Digits), vandyke brown print, 2009, 13" x 13"

During the month of May I took part in the Link gallery members show. If the work is still up there are two pieces on the wall, "Two Seed Pods" and "Birch Pollen". Kaye Carlile should have the "Five (Sweet Gum)" in the back room.

Decaying Leaf (Flying Bird) was part of the Dayton Visual Arts Auction during April and "Second Heart" was purchased by a faculty member of Stivers at their annual fund raiser, also in April.

Some new images in the FON section of the website. In the near future I will be posting information regarding some solo exhibitions in 2009 and 2010.

Shows Coming Down, Shows Going Up

The works on paper show at the Rosewood Art Center is ending. Bridgette Bogle's painting installation at DVAC is also closing on March 26th. At the risk of sounding like a promoter which I am, Dayton will not see an installation of Bridgette's work like this for a very long time. Go get immersed in the painting room while it is still up!

...and Bridgette's funny and a little inaccurate review in the Dayton City Paper. If I can track down the URL I will link to it. Corrections: Both Jeana Eve Klein and Bridgette got MFA degrees from their respective institutions (http://artslide.fa.asu.edu/mfaslide/klein/index_klein.htm) and Bridgette doesn't use her painting as a respite from teaching. She is a teaching artist...she has two jobs that she does well, maintaining a studio practice and immersing others in the media of painting and drawing.

Some exhibitions in the works for me. Marysville Public Library in December 2009 and Sinclair Community College, the Zone VI gallery, in January 2010.

Works on Paper at Rosewood Art Center again

The works on paper exhibition is up and running. The Dayton Daily News reviewed it and listed the award winners.

Go to http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/entertainment/2009/03/06/ddn030609goRosewood_1.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=40 to read the review.

Both the University of Dayton and Sinclair had a strong showing. Erin Holzer Almazan and myself had work on the walls. For Sinclair, Pat McClelland and Bridgette Bogle won awards and the reviewer describe Pat's winning entry.

Also two of Bridgette's students are mentioned in the write-up as having work "worth viewing." They are Katelin Reeser and Joshua Shouse.

Bridgette Bogle at DVAC

Bridgette Bogle, my wife, will be having a solo exhibition at the Dayton Visual Art Center.

New Exhibition Opens
The eye-popping color of Bridgette Bogle’s painting installation will be unveiled at 5 p.m. All 135 paintings are arranged on three walls in grids of 45.

Showing concurrently with Bridgette are the quilts of Jeana Eve Klein, part of the REACH Across Dayton exhibition.

Both exhibitions will run from Feb. 26th until March 26th. First Friday, March 6th at 5pm is the scheduled opening reception for both exhibitions. Both artists will give a talk beginning at 6:15pm.

Works on Paper at Rosewood Art Center

Bridgette Bogle and myself both have work in the city of Kettering's Rosewood Art Center gallery as part of the 2009 works on paper exhibition.

In fact both Bridgette and I have received honorable mentions for our work. A married couple getting our work acknowledged, a first for the Rosewood Art Center? Bridgette's piece is one of the Anthropology Murder Mystery paintings. Gingko Leaf (broken) and Dunce were my accepted entries. The juror for this exhibition is Laine Bachman. In all, 127 individual artists submitted a total of 263 pieces. From these Laine Bachman selected 55 pieces, representing 44 artists, for the exhibition. The opening reception for the exhibition is on Sunday, March 1, from 2 - 4 pm at the Rosewood Gallery. Awards will be presented at 3:00 pm.

The exhibition dates are March 2 – March 27, 2009.

Gallery Hours:

Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

The Rosewood Art Center's upcoming schedule can be found at:

http://www.ketteringoh.org/newweb/departments/cultural_arts/cularts_rg_schedule.php

ImageOhio 9 reviewed in the Columbus Dispatch

I strongly favorable review of the ImageOhio 9 exhibition appeared in yesterday's (Sunday) Columbus Dispatch. Thank you Diana for posting this to Facebook. I believe it marks the first time that I have been mentioned in a review of a group exhibition. Does this go into my publication section of my CV?

Here's the link:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2009/02/01/2_YATES01.ART_ART_02-01-09_E6_AECLLSS.html