A Night of Noir

Come to Gallery 5 this evening at 7:00 for a Night of Noir, brought to you by River City Reads and Chop Suey. I will be opening up the evening by talking about River City Reads, Richmond's First City Wide Book Club. Then there will be readings of the short stories from Richmond Noir, written and edited by Richmond Locals.

This reading is free and open to the public and will feature readings by Mina Beverly, Conrad Ashley Persons, Tom De Haven, David L. Robbins, and Meagan J. Saunders. Co-editors Andrew Blossom and Brian Castleberry and authors X.C. Atkins, Laura Browder, and Anne Thomas Soffee will also be on hand to discuss their work, answer questions, and sign books.

I hope to see you there.

1Gb for RVA

Hey Richmond, this could be really great. Check out the campaign to get Google to bring it's 1GB Fiber here. Look at 1Gb for RVA and see how easy it will be for you to help.

"What is Your Heart Made of?"

In the aftermath of the destruction in Haiti, the world is coming together to help Haiti rebuild. Advanced level jewelry/metal students from the VCU Craft/Material Studies department want to contribute in this effort by organizing a jewelry sale and donating the proceeds to the Red Cross.

Quirk Gallery will host the sale February 11th-13th. All jewelry pieces are affordably priced and made from a variety of materials that are both precious and mundane, yet all treated with the utmost care and love. Join the opening reception 6-8pm on February 11th to contribute in the complex effort of rebuilding Haiti.

Quirk Gallery is located at 311 W. Broad St.

Sale Dates and Times:
Feb. 11, 12-8pm
Feb. 12, 10-5pm
Feb. 13, 11-4pm
Opening Reception:
February 11th, 6-8pm

How Bizarre, How Bizarre....

Check out this year's Bizarre Market located in the upstairs gallery of Chop Suey Tuey in Carytown. It will be a great show with over 50 vendors and all hand made art and crafts, perfect for your holiday gift list. Of course Face Metal Design will be representing and many other local artists. So after you are done with the stuffing head out to Tuey for the first pick. Happy Thanksgiving.

Goulash and GallowLily's

For those of you that don't know, GallowLily's is the small gallery located upstairs in Gallery5 next to their main gallery. Team 8 is having an all members show and planning to set up their screen printing equipment to help passersby pull prints all night, so don't miss the opening. Friday November 6th. 7pm. I have an amazing new piece there that I made in collaboration with Team 8 member (and new Husband!) Spencer Hansen. It's very Carra and titled Bird sans Bicycle. Come and Check it out!

Think Small!

I know it's been a while but I do still have a pulse and new work even! I am proud to announce that I have work in Think Small 5 at Artspace and ART 6 on Broad Street. ( My work will actually be at ART 6.)

There are a lot of talented artists that are entering this year. A couple of my favorites are

Tere Hernandez-Bonet

and

Karen Mullins

check it out "ultimate cosmic power......itty bitty living space."

re-emergence

"All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else." - Buddha

I am slowly coming out of my "shell" so to speak. I have had one hell of a summer and I am looking forward to the quiet self reflection and self imposed down time that fall provides.

I will say that I am ending the summer on an up note both personally and in my work. Having just seen several of my pieces at the WORK show at the Visual Arts Center and now some pieces are moving on to visit the gallery at Capital One in the west end of Richmond. (More on this as I receive information.)