Seaman, Airman

March 14, 2008

Woman files lawsuit against AMR because passenger next to her masturbated while she slept

A 21-year-old Harris County woman filed a $200,000 lawsuit against American Airlines alleging employees on a flight to Los Angeles from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport failed to protect her while she slept from another passenger who masturbated to her and ejaculated in her hair, according to a lawsuit she filed last week in Tarrant County.
The Harris County woman alleges employees knew of the risks associated with failing to “police the passengers to ensure that passengers do not hurt one another,” the suit states.
Airline officials did not return calls seeking comment. In a statement to a Houston television station last year, a spokesman said the company regretted the incident, but the flight crew took appropriate action.
The woman and her lawyer could not be reached for comment. The Star-Telegram does not identify victims of sexual crimes.
Destined for a Spring Break visit with family and friends March 19, the woman flew from Houston to DFW Airport and had settled into her seat for the last leg of flight 2074 to Los Angeles about 11 p.m., the suit states. The woman slept most of the flight, but awoke about 20 minutes before landing when the pilot announced the plane was on decent into Los Angeles. When the woman opened her eyes, she saw that an unknown man had moved into the seat next to her and was staring at her as he masturbated, the suit states.
The woman turned toward the window in embarrassment and in an act of nervousness began to run her fingers through her hair where she noticed “a substantial amount of an extremely sticky substance in her hair,” the suit states.
The woman began to cry and tried to get the attention of a flight attendant, but was unsuccessful, the suit states. Finally a passenger in the row in front of the woman comforted her and verified the semen in her hair, the suit states.
When the plane landed, employee called airport police and the man was arrested.
The suit alleges that the during the investigation, American Airlines employees told police they witnessed the man move from his assigned seat into the row where the woman was sleeping.
The woman is seeking punitive damages and a jury trial.

-- Melissa Vargas

http://startelegram.typepad.com/sky_talk/2008/03/woman-files-law.html

Reminder Tonight

Post-Tension
The Joanna Gallery
Opens Saturday, Mar. 15, 6-10 pm
Through April 1. 713-825-1976
Work by I Love You Baby, Mark Hesterlee, Jessica Ninci, and Shane Tolbert.


4014 graustark
houston, tx 77006

FOTOFEST: Sat and Sun

SATURDAY, MARCH 15

DOWNTOWN / NORTH MAIN / NOHO DISTRICTS

7-9PM FOTOFEST AT ERIE CITY IRONWORKS
1302 NANCE ST.


Discoveries of the Meeting Place
Seung Woo Back, Brian Berman, Vincent Delbrouck, Kyung Duk Kim, Katharina Mouratidi, Dan Nelken, Suk Kuhn Oh Jacob Aue Sobol, Vojtech Slama, and Michelle Sank
Public Reception for Artists

DOWNTOWN / CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

6–8:30PM MERIDIAN
1503 CHARTRES.
Bands & Fans, a Live Music Event – Creative Collaboration of Houston Photographers - Brian Anderson, Barry Ayres, Suzanne Banning, Lauren Cohen, Jim Olive, Ariel Pena, Caryn Rock and Chris “Satyr” White T


SECOND WARD

5–9PM GABRIELLA NISSEN PHOTOGRAPHY
2802 MORRISON STREET
TRANSFORMATION - Botanika Portraits - Gabriella Nissen; CHINA: Folded Views – Joan Sun T


RIVER OAKS

5:30–8PM ARCHWAY GALLERY
2013 WEST GRAY ST.
Breaking Down the Walls - Sue Burke Harrington T


GALLERY ROW / COLQUITT

6–8PM MKG ART MANAGEMENT
2825 COLQUITT
Life Will Never be the Same - Julie Blackmon

6–8PM MOODY GALLERY
2815 COLQUITT
Where the Swan Flies - Jay DeFeo T

6–8PM WATERMARK FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHS AND BOOKS
3503 LAKE ST. New Work - David Halliday and Michael Levin T


WEST UNIVERSITY / RICE VILLAGE

4–6PM HUNGRY’S GALLERY
2356 RICE BLVD. Farewell to the Gorges - Phyllis Uitti-Maslin


HEIGHTS

5–8PM OOLALA
833 STUDEWOOD.
Group Exhibition - Various Artist T


FAYETTEVILLE

2–5PM ART GUILD OF RURAL TEXAS
114 N. LIVE OAK ST., FAYETTEVILLE, 78940
Exposure - Jimmy Allen, Jeanette Brown, Art Stokes, Jerry D. Brown, Kathleen Kramr, Lynn Baldwin and Bonnie McConnell


SPECIAL EVENTS

9:30AM–3:30PM FOTOFEST INTERNATIONAL MEETING PLACE
DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN

1–5PM PHOTO-EYE BOOKSTORE - DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN.



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SUNDAY, MARCH 16

WEST END / MEMORIAL

7–9PM FOTOFEST AT NEW WORLD MUSEUM
5230 CENTER ST.


Current Perspectives, 1998–2008 CHINA – CANG Xin
Public Reception for Artist

SPECIAL EVENTS

8:30AM–5PM FOTOFEST WORKSHOP


PUBLISHING PHOTO BOOKS TODAY,
FROM TRADITIONAL PRESSES TO SELF-PUBLISHING
DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN
Registration $125 and $150
1–5PM PHOTO-EYE BOOKSTORE - DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN

Art League Houston Open Call for Proposals

For Immediate Release

Contact: Sarah Schellenberg

713-523-9530 or alh@artleaguehouston.org

Art League Houston is pleased to announce its 2009-2010 Open Call for Proposals. Individual artists and curators are encouraged to submit proposals for work consistent with the Art League Houston's mission and vision.

The deadline for submitted proposals is Friday April 25, 2008, 5 p.m.

VISIT: www.artleaguehouston.org for more info

In Bruges

So, alot of times I mean to do what I'm supposed to do for this blog, i.e. go to some of the art related things which I promote in order to put pictures up and stuff. I know that's what has made this blog popular in the past year, well that and Robyn O'Neil nearly showing her t*ts on Howard Stern, see HERE. Ok Ok.. so it's mostly because she nearly showed her boobs that this blog grew, that and the regular art geek haters of BS (still in the midst of a kidnapping).

Unfortunately, I am not nearly as eager to attend most art events, and I have an even harder time taking pictures of you while you're there. For instance today I expected to attend the UH PHOTO / DIGI show... and the BLAFFER Anniversary Celebration, especially because of the free beer, instead I went downtown with the lady ... ate too much for my already bloated stomach and then watched a really great film at the Angelika called IN BRUGES starring Colin Farrell and Ralph Feinnes.

Sometimes I'd rather talk about movies. Check out a synopsis here: FKDJFKDJF

I believe this is the first film where I can appreciate Farrell as an actor. In this film he isn't a cocky Brad Pitt wannabe, or a typical asshole character. I actually felt for his tortured, somewhat aloof persona, and Ralph Feinnes is absolutely insane! He reminds me of Ben Kingsley in SEXY BEAST, a total pathological madman:




However, to remain art-talky... There is some great focus on the flemish art... particularly the darker medieval material by Gerard David:




The_Judgment_of_Cambyses

Here is the WIKI on Gerard David.

Also FYI, the city of Bruges apparently has the most intact medieval architecture in Europe, and it is beautifully on view in this film.

And if you went to any art shows tonight, tell me how they were. :D

Post-TENSION!

This is gonna be a great show people. Houston's little darling the THE JOANNA tells us what it's like after the tension of post-abstraction...or something like that... post post post... Check out these up and coming young artists... and supposedly the only collaborative group allowed in Houston, I love you baby, (but I've chosen darkness) - sorry I had to throw in that Austin reference with SXSW coming up... anyway... These The Joanna shows are usually the place to be, energetic, fresh, retarded, and just lovely:




Post-Tension
The Joanna Gallery
Opens Saturday, Mar. 15, 6-10 pm
Through April 1. 713-825-1976
Work by I Love You Baby, Mark Hesterlee, Jessica Ninci, and Shane Tolbert.

FOTOFEST: Thurs & Fri

THURSDAY, MARCH 13

DOWNTOWN – CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

6–9PM THE HISTORIC MAGNOLIA BREWERY BUILDING’S PETAL GALLERY
IN AFFLIATION WITH BERING & JAMES INC.
715 FRANKLIN
Transformed Permanence - Kelly Gale Amen and Sergio Santos T


RIVER OAKS

4–7PM MUSEUM OF PRINTING HISTORY
1324 W. CLAY STREET.
Altered Portraits of the Childhood Cancer Experience - Children with Cancer, their Siblings, and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer T

6–8PM SPACE 125 GALLERY OF HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE
3201 ALLEN PARKWAY #250
San Sebastiana: an installation by Delilah Montoya - Delilah Montoya; Dissonance: The University of Houston Photo/Digital Senior Exhibition – Diego Almazan, Nick Bontrager, Emily Brown, Crystal Monique Cooper, Kali Daniel, Stefanee Hicks, Larry Allen Horn, Jacqueline Jocson, Ratmany Kang, Paul S. Kim, Candy King, Shu Latif, Alex Nguyen, Rockey Perez, Rachel Rigby, Pita Rivas, Lindsey Sara Thompson and Jenny Westbury T


MUSEUM DISTRICT

6–9PM HARRIS GALLERY
1100 BISSONNET
George Krause – George Krause T

6–8PM HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON
5401 CAROLINE ST.
Darfur: Photojournalists Respond - Colin Finlay, Sven Torfinn, Pep Bonet, Ron Haviv, Lynsey Addario, Chris Steel-Perkins, Kadir van Lohuizen and Olivier Jobard

6:30–8:30PM THE MENIL COLLECTION
1515 SUL ROSS
Vivid Vernacular: William Christenberry, William Eggleston and Walker Evans - William Christenberry, William Eggleston and Walker Evans

6–9PM TALA, TEXAS ACCOUNTANTS AND LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS
1540 SUL ROSS
William Ropp, The Shadow’s Sculptor - William Ropp


WEST UNIVERSITY / RICE VILLAGE

5:30–7:30PM BEAUTIQUE DAY SPA & SALON
2507 TIMES BLVD
Photographic Society TPS 16: The National Competition–
Susan Bank, Laura Bennett , Eleanor M. Brown, Anastasia Cazabon, Polly A. Chandler, Carola Clift , Beau Comeaux, Charles R. Corda, Rachel Cox, Rachael Dunville, Jon Edwards, Jane Elmore, Robert L. Flavin, Susanna Frohman, Bob Gervais, Joy Goldkind, Charlie Grosso, Lawrence Gund, Aubrey E. Guthrie II, Christina Koci Hernandez, Kim Hood, Barbara Houghton, Linda Johnson, Stella Johnson, Jenny Jozwiak, Julieve Jubin, Sherry Justus, Siri Kaur, Amanda Keller-Konya, Michael Koerner, Adi Lavy, Leba Marquez, Rania Matar, Michael Matsil, Colleen Meacham, Brad Moore, Jeff Neill, Laura Noel, Jim O’Neill, Kotaro Okada, Teresa Ollila, Lydia Panas, Donna Pinckley, Heather Protz, Dorothy Richardson, Wilka Roig, Glynda Hatfi eld Rose, Christopher W. Sims, Bill Snypes, Oh Soon-Hwa,Todd A. Stewart,Sarah Sudhoff , Leo Theinert, Lupita Murillo Tinnen, Tom Urgo, Leonard Volk, Cara Lee Wade and Don Wolfe T

7–9PM GREMILLION & CO. FINE ART INC. ANNEX
2504 NOTTINGHAM
charity:water – Scott Harrison T


THE HEIGHTS

4–8PM UNION BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
2916 WEST TC JESTER, SUITE 200
Free Behind Fences - Nan Dickson T


SPECIAL EVENTS

9:30AM–3:30PM FOTOFEST INTERNATIONAL MEETING PLACE
DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN.


10AM–4:30PM FOTOFEST2008 HP PRINT CENTER
PRINTING DEMONSTRATIONS - DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN
1–5PM PHOTO-EYE BOOKSTORE - DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN



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FRIDAY, MARCH 14

WASHINGTON ST. CORRIDOR

6–9PM DEBORAH COLTON GALLERY
2500 SUMMER ST. THIRD FLOOR
China Under Construction II: China’s Contemporary Art of the Everyday Comes of Age –
CANG Xin, CAO Fei, CUI Xiuwen, DAI Guangyu, GAO Brothers, HAN Bing, HEI Yue, JI Shengli, HONG Lei, HUANG Yan, JIAO Yingqi, MA Yongfeng, OU Ning, PENG Kailin, Qing Qing, QIU Zhijie, Rong Rong & inri, TAO Aimin, The Contractors, Wanli (Mari), WENG Peijun (WENG Fen), WU Gaozhong, XU Yong & YU Na, ZENG Yicheng, ZHAN Wang, ZHAO Liang, T C The Absence of the Subject - Michael Somoroff Bio-Blurbs: Digital Photography, 2004–2007 - Suzanne Anker T C

6–9PM THE ANNEX AT SUMMER STREET
2500 SUMMER ST. THIRD FLOOR
Tibetan Transformations - Joe Aker T C

6–9PM 2500 SUMMER STREET
2500 SUMMER ST. SECOND FLOOR
Transformations: The Fine Art of Texas Commercial Photographers - Members of the ASMP/Texas Chapters T


MUSEUM DISTRICT

6–9PM ANYA TISH GALLERY
4411 MONTROSE BLVD.
Les Femmes du Maroc - Lalla Essaydi T 6–8PM PEEL GALLERY
4411 MONTROSE BLVD.
Small Stories, Big Pictures - Rachel Hudgins T

6–8PM THE GLASSELL SCHOOL OF ART
THE NORMA R. ORY GALLERY OF THE JUNIOR SCHOOL
5100 MONTROSE BLVD.
Recent Work: Glassell Studio School Photographers - Recent work by the photographers from the studio school

6–8PM THE HAVENS CENTER
1827 W. ALABAMA
Shapemodes - Ryan Stoddart


HEIGHTS

6–8PM THE ARTFUL CORNER
423 WHITE OAK DR.
Cycle of Life - Gabriella Nissen and Stacy Johnson C T


WEST END / MEMORIAL

6–8PM DEFROG GALLERY
218 WESTCOTT ST.
CHINA: Travel Notes - John Bernhard C
6–9PM POISSANT GALLERY
5102 CENTER ST.
Hemianopia Agnosia - Christian Erroi; Photograph the Impossible – William Steen


WAREHOUSE DISTRICTS

6-9PM ATELIER JACQUINET
913 MCKEE ST.
The Other Shore - Six Chinese Documentary Photographers: Wang Zheng, Yu Deshui, Lin Yonghui, Fu Yu, Lu Wei, and Wu Qiang C

SPECIAL EVENTS

9:30AM–3:30PM FOTOFEST INTERNATIONAL MEETING PLACE -
SECOND SIX-DAY ARTIST PORTFOLIO REVIEW SESSION
DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN

1–5 PM PHOTO-EYE BOOKSTORE - DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN


7–9PM EVENING WITH THE ARTISTS
DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN
400 DALLAS ST.

FILM - CHINA

7PM Don’t Want To Sleep (Hei Yan Quan) – Directed by Tsai Ming-liang / (See Film Calendar)

UH Photo Kids Exhibit

What's with everything looking like Halloween right now?! Anyway, come check out and see if these kids are breathing life into Photo, which some of you think is D-E-A-D.

SAN SEBASTIANA: An Installation by Delilah Montoya (UH PHOTO PROF) & DISSONANCE: The University of Houston Photo / Digital Senior Exhibition



OPENING RECEPTION: Thurs. March 13th - 6 - 8 p m
On View: March 13 - April 17, 2008

@ SPACE 125 GALLERY
3201 Allen Parkway, 77019
Houston Arts Alliance in Conjunction with FOTOFEST

Wednesday Morning Cartoons

CODY LEDVINA:

Lucio Fulci in Tights

FRENETIC THEATER PRESENTS

Zomberina! May 16, 17, 23, 24, 31, June 1

"Our next production, "Zomberina!" marks FrenetiCore's debut into the genre of dark comedy. Here's the press release:

"Zomberina" is a comedy of necrotic oddities. A ballet company infected with a virus that transforms them into zombies finds themselves at a dance competition. Hilarity ensues as the zomberinas crash the stage, consume the performers (and a dance critic or two) and instinctively finish the performance. Including sophisticated special effects, aerial bungee dance, and site-specific film. Performed by FrenetiCore and guest dancers Marisol Sarabia, Reyie Delgado, Brittany Wallis, and Joe Modlin. Choreography by Rebekah French and Ashley Horn. Original film and music by Robert Thoth. "

This is not a picture of the dancers, but I thought it was totally sweet!

Negativeland

Thursday, March 13, 4:00-5:30pm
Adventures in Illegal Art: Creative Media Resistance and Negativland
Mark Hosler of Negativland in attendance!
Quintero Lab Theater, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center, University of Houston

A film/lecture/presentation/conversation with Mark Hosler of Negativland presented by the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.

Interested in media literacy? Want to know more about creative and humorous anti-corporate art/activism? Interested in challenging the roles of advertising and corporate power in our lives? Opinionated about intellectual property issues? Want to be involved in the evolution of art, law, and resistance in a media saturated world? Then...

Reserve your space now! 713-743-5749

ARTIST DEDUCTION BILL

"This artist deduction bill (S.548) would give artists the right to deduct the fair market value of their work when donating it to a charity. We artists are always asked to donate work to charitable causes for fundraising purposes but when our work is auctioned, the buyer gets the benefit of being allowed to deduct their contribution above the market value, whereas the contributing artists and artisans can only deduct the amount of the material costs of creating their work (the cost of paint, canvas, clay, paper...)

This bill is non-partisan and fair. Please click on this link and simply by typing in your zip code a letter of support will be sent to your particular senators and congressmen. Clicking on the image above will allow you to enter your zip code so a letter can be sent to your congress person."

http://capwiz.com/artsusa/issues/alert/?alertid=9521951

Red Bull Art of Can Call For Artists

"There is currently an open call for artists of all mediums to exhibit original work at the 2008 Red Bull Art of Can. This is a national juried exhibition that will take place in Houston in July of this year, with a submission deadline of April 6, 2008." Info: http://spacetaker.org/event/?event_id=8619


Someone quick, make something really dirty outta cans and post it here.. a penis monster or something

Prospect.1 Biennial Selects Eighty-One Artists

03.11.08 - Dan Cameron, director and curator of the Prospect.1 Biennial in New Orleans, has announced the names of the eighty-one artists selected to participate in the inaugural edition of Prospect.1, which is being billed as the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States, on view from November 1, 2008, through January 18, 2009. Prospect.1 had been conceived to help reinvigorate the city, a historic regional artistic center, and to redevelop it as a cultural destination following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Hailing from thirty-six countries and five continents, the artists selected include Allora and Calzadilla, Cao Fei, Isaac Julien, Cai Guo-Qiang, Wangechi Mutu, Amy Sillman, Pierre et Gilles, and Fred Tomaselli. Mark Bradford will create a wooden ark utilizing the shell of a destroyed house and other discarded scraps of wood from the Lower Ninth Ward. Navin Rawanchaikul will present his New Orleans I Love Taxi Project, in which he will interview taxi drivers and weave their tales into a comic-book story that he will produce and print, then distribute in city taxis during the biennial.

http://artforum.com/news/#news19650

CORRECTION

35th Anniversary Celebration
Thursday, March 13
7 p.m.

Blaffer's 35th Anniversary Celebration will take place on Thursday, March 13, at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Courtyard, University of Houston. There will be live music performed by the 11th Street Cleaners and complimentary food and drink from Armandos, Amy's Ice Cream, and St. Arnold Brewery. Admission is free. Stop by and say farewell to Terrie Sultan before she heads off to her new position at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, NY.

South By So What and so forth and so on

Spring Break is coming, so that means millions of music geeks, freaks, elitist pricks, and others in 'the know' will unite from all over the world in Austin, TEJAS for SOUTH BY SOUTH WEST... I cannnnnot stand City Worship... But SXSW is certainly a kick butt event... Are you going? If you are... send me some great photos and I'll post them here!

I am not attending, but if I were I'd check out:

OLD TIME RELIJUN
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW
HEARTS OF ANIMALS (houston)
OCTOPUS PROJECT
PATTERN IS MOVEMENT
But most importantly:

AIRLINE: A GARY NUMAN TRIBUTE BAND!

Why the fuck can't they get the real Gary Numan there? I have no clue... But even his old skool songs are better than most new material being made by today's bands(i'm talking pre-goth '90s - 2000s Numan).

Here he is in all his glory circa Living Ornaments tour of 1980 (i believe):



Some people consider him a one hit wonder... Pshshhhh... try Four Hit Album Genius. From The Tubeway Army (1978), Replicas (79), the brilliant Pleasure Principle (79), and Telekon (80) he paved the way for alot of contemporary synth pop, electronica, dance, and industrial rock. He partly made me who I am today.... one slick mother fu...

Oh yeah, for more SXSW news visit: http://sxsw.com/

but check out this sweet Numan video:

Chickenshits

Anonymous cowards unite! If this happens, how will you get the courage to post?!?!


Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal

By Kellie Wilson

Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal.

The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.

Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted.

If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that.

Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying. He says that has especially been a problem in his Eastern Kentucky district.

Action News 36 asked people what they thought about the bill.

Some said they felt it was a violation of First Amendment rights. Others say it is a good tool toward eliminating online harassment.

Represntative Couch says enforcing this bill if it became law would be a challenge.

via: http://www.wtvq.com/content/midatlantic/tvq/video.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2008-03-05-0011.html

FOTOFEST: Tues and Wed

TUESDAY, MARCH 11

FOTOFEST FINE PRINT AUCTION AND FUNDRAISER
DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN
5:30pm–10:00pm / 5:30pm Cocktails and Auction Preview
6:30pm Dinner, 7:30pm Live Auction
Reservation required for Dinner and Table Seating $200
General Admission $50

SPECIAL EVENTS

10AM–5PM PREVIEW EXHIBITION OF FOTOFEST AUCTION

8:30AM–4:30PM FOTOFEST WORKSHOP


Career Builders And Art Makers
Registration $125 and $150
1–5PM PHOTO-EYE BOOKSTORE - DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN



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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12

DOWNTOWN – CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

4–6PM FOTOFEST AT ONE ALLEN CENTER 500 DALLAS ST.


The Northern Front, The Anti-Japanese War 1937–1946 CHINA –
Sha Fei
Public Reception for Artist
4–6PM TWO ALLEN CENTER
1200 SMITH


The Cultural Revolution, 1965-1975 – CHINA
– WENG Naiqiang, XIAO Zhuang and WANG Shilong;
Curators – Chen Gaungjun and Xu Weiying, 798 Gallery, Beijing
Public Reception for Artists

MONTROSE

7–9PM MIND PUDDLES
2305 DUNLAVY
Alchemy – 4W - Debra Boylan, Farrah Braniff, Jerome Crowder, James Dilger, Jr., Linda Gilbert, Geraldine Gill, Ruth Heikkila, Charlotte Randolph, Royce Ann Sline, Linda Walsh, David Williams and Dorothy Lam Wong; Transformations - June Russell; Twenty Years Since Daddy Left - Theresa DiMenno


SPECIAL EVENTS

9:30AM–3:30PM FOTOFEST INTERNATIONAL MEETING PLACE
SECOND FOUR-DAY ARTIST PORTFOLIO REVIEW SESSION

1–5PM PHOTO-EYE BOOKSTORE - DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN

7PM–8:30PM BROWN AUDITORIUM. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON
1001 BISSONNET ST


FotoFest Symposium - Chinese Photography in the 20th Century
Speakers: GU Zheng, Fudan University, Shanghai, CAI Tao, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
FREE ADMISSION

This Week in Houston Motherflipping Tejas

Blaffer 35th Anniversary
Celebration
Thursday, March 13
7 p.m.


"Blaffer's 35th Anniversary Celebration will take place on Thursday, March 13, at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Courtyard, University of Houston. There will be live music performed by the 11th Street Cleaners and complimentary food and drink from Armandos, Amy's Ice Cream, and St. Arnold Brewery. Admission is free. Stop by and say farewell to Terrie Sultan before she heads off to her new position at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, NY."

Goodbye Terrie Sultan, and hello I'm-gonna-support-the-students-at-the-school-of-art-since-i-realize-the-blaffer-is-physically-a-part-of-the-school-and-is-therefore-in-a-symbiotic-relationship Person to take her place!

CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM HOUSTON PRESENTS CLASS PICTURES: PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAWOUD BEY



HOUSTON, Texas (Thursday, February 21, 2008) – From March 14 to May 11, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston will present the 160th installment in its Perspectives series, Class Pictures: Photographs by Dawoud Bey. Organized by the Aperture Foundation, a not-for-profit organization devoted to photography and the visual arts, Class Pictures is comprised of large-scale portraits of American teenagers that refute false stereotypes and reveal the individual strengths of this age group.

“The powerful images of Dawoud Bey display the personalities of young adults that could not be more different from the depictions of teenagers we’re accustomed to seeing in the media,” said Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Curator Valerie Cassel Oliver. “These photographs reveal the depth of character and vulnerability that exist in real-life teenagers from our own families and communities.”

Annnnd more MFAH stuff this week:


Lectures in Brown Auditorium Theater, Law Building:

Thursday, March 13, 6:30 p.m.: Sufis, Shi’ites, and Shahs: The Great Shrines of Iran, 1500-1600, presented by Dr. Sheila Canby.

Friday, March 14, 1:30 p.m., and Saturday, March 15, 4 p.m.: Classical Harmonies: The New Greek and Roman Galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art presented by Dr. Carlos A. Picón, mastermind of the 15-year project

I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone – 7 p.m. Friday, March 14
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
The director’s moody valentine to his home country of Malaysia. With this seventh feature, Tsai limns a portrait of a society choking on its anxieties.

Jewish Film Festival

Sixty Six – 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15 and 3 p.m., Sunday, March 16
Directed by Paul Weiland
This riotous coming-of-age comedy stars Helena Bonham Carter and features Stephen Rea.

Making Trouble – 1 p.m., Sunday, March 16
Directed by Rachel Talbot
This film examines the achievements of six pioneering female comics of the 20th century.

Jellyfish – 5 p.m., Sunday, March 16
Directed by Shira Geffen and Etgar Keret
A poignant, witty, and exceedingly cinematic story of three Tel Aviv women whose intersect ting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life.

A Love to Hide – 7 p.m., Sunday, March 16
Directed by Christian Faure
When her parents and sister are murdered while trying to escape the Nazis, Sara flees to England and is rescued by childhood friend Jean.


Farewell to the Gorges
work by Washington artist Phyllis Uitti-Maslin
and
Postcards from China: Outside / In
a slideshow screening and postcard sale

Saturday, March 15, 2008
4 - 7 p.m.
Phyllis Uitti-Maslin will comment on her work at 5:30 p.m.

Farewell to the Gorges will be on view from March 15 - April 15, 2008
Postcards from China will be on display & for sale until March 28, 2008

We hope to see you there!

Hungry's Gallery
2356 Rice Blvd. / Houston, Texas 77005
www.hungrysgallery.com

Scott Harrison - charity: water
Gremillion & Co. Fine Art
Opens Thursday, Mar. 13, 6-9 pm
Through March 27. 713-522-2701
Scott Harrison's photographs highlight the global water crisis, in particular the struggle to get clean water to impoverished people around the world.



Delilah Montoya
Space 125 Gallery at Houston Arts Alliance
Opens Thursday, Mar. 13, 6-8 pm
Through April 17. 713-527-9330
This exhibit combines Montoya's installation, "San Sebastiana," with the work of her photography students from the University of Houston.



Lalla Essaydi: Les Femmes du Maroc
Anya Tish Gallery
Opens Friday, Mar. 14, 6-8:30 pm
Through April 5. 713-524-2299
New work by Moroccan–born and New York-based artist, Lalla Essaydi, continuing her exploration of the social and political difficulties faced by contemporary Islamic women.



William Steen and Christian Erroi
Poissant Gallery
Opens Friday, Mar. 14, 6-9 pm
Through April 14. 713-868-9337

Core Spring Lecture Series

Thursday, March 13, 20087:00 p.m.

Laura Hoptman, senior curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, will discuss "Unmonumentality"


"Laura Hoptman is senior curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in
New York. Previously, she was the curator of Contemporary Art at Carnegie Museum of Art where she organized the 54th Carnegie International exhibition (2004-05). From 1995-2001, she was a curator of drawing at The Museum of Modern Art, organizing numerous exhibitions and projects by contemporary artists including Rirkrit Tiravanija, Elizabeth Peyton, Luc Tuymans and John Currin, John Bock, and Maurizio Cattelan. While at MoMA she co-curated Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama (1998) with Lynn Zelevansky, which traveled to the LA County Museum, The Walker Art Center, and the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, as well as Drawing Now: Eight Propositions (2002) an exhibition of drawings by 23 international artists. Most recently, she organized a retrospective of the work of comic artist Robert Crumb at the Museum Boijmans von Beuningen in Rotterdam and the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London. In 2006 she organized Strange Powers, a group exhibition of contemporary art under the auspices of Creative Time in
New York City.

In addition to catalogs accompanying the 54th Carnegie International, Drawing Now, and Love Forever, Hoptman is the author of Yayoi Kusama (Phaidon Press, 2000) and the co-editor of Primary Documents, an anthology of writing about contemporary art in East and Central Europe from the 1950s to the present. She has written frequently for magazines including Parkett, and Frieze."

MFAH

Fotofest Sunday

SUNDAY, MARCH 9

MUSEUM DISTRICT

6–9PM THE JUNG CENTER
5200 MONTROSE BLVD
MI Pueblo: Pozos Children’s Projects - Thirty-six children who live in the town of Mineral de Pozos, Mexico


SPECIAL EVENTS

9:30AM–3:30PM FOTOFEST INTERNATIONAL MEETING PLACE
DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN.

1–5 PM PHOTO-EYE BOOKSTORE - DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN

8PM ARTIST TALK FOTOFEST COLLABORATION
DIVERSEWORKS ARTSPACE
1117 EAST FREEWAY / 713 223 8246


Curating Photography, From Kurdistan to China – Susan Meiselas
Limited Seating. Reservations Required. Reservations can be made at Houston Center For Photography WWW.HCPONLINE.ORG

FILM - CHINA

7 PM Exiled (Fong Fuk) - Directed by Johnnie To / (See Film Calendar)

POLL RESULTS

A week ago I asked what you thought of B.S.'s handling of the Houston Art Scene on this here blog. Here are the final results:

Who? 14 (31%)

BS! Buffalo Sean, the creator of this online circle jerk of the Houston aRt ScEne. This tells me, perhaps he needs to be more assertive, and or speak in Third Person. Here's a photo of him, currently kidnapped:

Great, he says it like it is. 12 (26%)



I wish he were more critical. 7 (15%)

Prick. 7 (15%)

One time he talked shit about my stuff, I can't stand him. 5 (11%)

These last three equal a combined 41%, and basically tell me BS is doing something right, and needs to be more of a prick. Being a prick in reference to the Houston Art Scene, as a critic, or whatever is certainly a healthy thing. For the whiners who WERE critiqued, step it up you wussies. Most likely your stuff really is shitty, and you need to get over the marshmellowey skin stuff or whatever. :-o

M.D. Anderson Library @ University of Houston

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