2011

art foundations WASH - SHSU, original blog

Mitch Michelle Rana Kayliegh George Araceli Keyton Justine Erika Caitlyn Cullen0

APPLES + ORANGES and my own green GRASS.

13 Sep 2011

i think vs i am, are not similar at all.

“i think i should…” do something is significantly different than saying, “i am…” doing something. these are extremely different. night and day. open and closed. when talking with someone, one is a definitive, the other leaves room for the other....

set at least 2 of the 3 or 4 balls down for the weekend

11 Sep 2011

art, artist residency, darke gallery, exhibition, hermitage, microforest, mundane ramblings, process

three nights in a row in one bed! amen. haven't done that since thinktank in early June and not for months on end even before that…maybe not since summer 2010 i-park residency. my brain and everything else within me needed...

strolling my hermitage hood

11 Sep 2011

art, artist residency, darke gallery, exhibition, hermitage, microforest, mundane ramblings, process

awe-some!0

I learn a lot from others insight!
well and any art review is ego nice.

Douglas Britt (Houston Chronicle blog) September 10, 2011 To provide a platform for more experimental work than usually finds eager buyers at a commercial gallery, Darke Gallery recently invited Houston sculptor and writer Kathryn Kelley for a summer artist residency....

Lecture #3 handout

10 Sep 2011

Writing assignment #3 (handout pdf | word doc) KK’s crazy creativity elmo notes Here are some sample WASH studio projects from last semester that emerged directly and indirectly from autobiographical (self reflective) list making. Ryan Sarah Shelby Jeremy’s resume...

happy truck at the hermitage embedded

10 Sep 2011

art, artist residency, darke gallery, exhibition, hermitage, microforest, mundane ramblings, process

in the microforest. happy truck.0

one end of my block

03 Sep 2011

art foundations, hermitage, microforest, process, SHSU Art, teaching, WASH foundations

art foundations WASH - SHSU, hermitage

I live at the edge of the paved world, if you bump past my drive you will arrive here. the microforest opens up at the end with a field, home to about five young colts freshly hatched late spring along...

thank you Douglas Britt and the H-Chronicle

02 Sep 2011

art, artist residency, exhibition

Galleries debuting dynamic exhibits Art-viewing options, always plentiful in Houston, are about to explode. Soon museums and other nonprofits will roll out their fall exhibits, and two art fairs – one in mid-September, the other in late October –...

last piece
i think i am ready for
the edge of my unreadiness

01 Sep 2011

art, artist residency, exhibition, mundane ramblings, process

Opening reception Friday, Sept 2, 6-9 pm, Darke Gallery 320B Detering, Houston 77007 (valet parking available) (also tonight is last Thursday night as open studio 4-7, meaning it may still be a little messy) smallest piece ever and last one...

mw handouts for week 2 available on blog

01 Sep 2011

hermitage, mundane ramblings, poems which aren't really poems just thinkings

the glancing blows that strike deep

31 Aug 2011

i speak of my hermitage for months on end he speaks of himself as hermit right why would either brave the waters let alone seek any form of tribe right as usual in that stark painful way perhaps to glance...

family, mundane ramblings

Monsters in the attic

30 Aug 2011

I noticed this before but especially the last three years as I watch people construct monsters in their mental attics. Why do most of us do this? Actually I haven’t met anyone who does not do this to some degree....

she promises to cleanup for friday, SEPT 2 (labor day weekend) opening at Darke gallery, 6-9

28 Aug 2011

art, artist residency, exhibition, process

but on Thursday you'll see here as is and enjoy some pizza (4-7 pm). she does clean up pretty well but wears her tire skid marks beautifully. but for now, today, she is done and time to review prep again...

The insanity of it
photos by art slave Dean Liscum

27 Aug 2011

art, artist residency, darke gallery, process

Freshly dragged to Darke Gallery. They look fabulous on Linda’s corner! Exhibition opening Friday, August 2, 6-9 pm Darke Gallery 320 B Detering @ Feagan, Houston, TX 77007 Regular gallery hours: Wed – Fri | noon to 5 PM |...

art foundations, mundane ramblings, teaching, WASH foundations

my insane teaching philosophy that I absolutely believe and that truly represents part of my core.

27 Aug 2011

art foundations WASH - SHSU, original blog

Mania of making, mania of the mind, both are worth harvesting, directing and releasing. As artist and educator it is my goal to facilitate explorations, both in my own work and that of the students as makers, as thinkers—to learn...

This weeks studio handouts.

26 Aug 2011

Hey WASHer studio crew, your studio handouts are accessible online to read or download from our blog. They will be accessible from sections titled HANDOUTS. First week surface + space studio handouts and such: surface [p1] dot surface [p1] gestalt...

a work in progress:: open studio tonight at Darke Gallery, Jouston, TX

25 Aug 2011

art, artist residency, darke gallery, exhibition, process

in preparation for exhibition, the edge of my unreadiness, come and see works in progress as part of artist's residency each Thursday in August from 4-7pm. show opens Friday, Sept 2, 6-9 at Darke Gallery. early phase of current work...