Free One-year storage for several paintings

Want your work to hang in a neglected hallway in City Hall for 12 months? Read on!

Co-curators Max Boyd Harrison and Jim Prell are currently accepting submissions for two-dimensional artwork to be on display in the Houston City Hall Annex Building housing City Council, Homeland Security and Building Services among others. The 12-month exhibition will be installed in the hallways and conference rooms located on the lower floors of the Annex at 900 Bagby Street.

Artists who currently reside, work, teach, were born, or received their education in the Houston area are encouraged to submit up to two entries for consideration.

All submissions should be framed and ready to hang -- i.e. wall ready, no self leveling or saw-toothed hangers. The duration of the exhibition is 12-months beginning May 2009.


Entries will be accepted from now until May 8, 2009 at 6 pm. When submitting entries, please include name, contact info, title, year produced, dimensions and medium.


For additional information please contact Max Boyd Harrison at 713-861-6070 or Jim Prell at 917-523-1312

The Violinist of the Day

DanPancamo

Photographer's Description:

While on my way home from work I spotted this little 95+ year old spanish man just off the freeway feeder in Houston. He was definitely not your tipical begger as he had a hard time even walking.

He was happy as a teenager in love for the first time and was playing and singing his soul out to all the street cars passing by.

I pulled over and signaled to him to come my way and he slowly walked over singing even louder with a large smile for the camera.

He was more than happy to finish the day me, however after taking 50 pics I handed him a gift; he blew me a kiss and ended his time with a bow

Truly a man in love for the last time.

via Houstonist

Houston Palestinian Film Festival

click HERE for more info

Drink ConsciousLeigh

Drink ConsciousLeigh

Help Support Leigh Boone in her recovery


Monday, April 13, 2009
5:00pm - 2:00am

Poison Girl
1641 Westhiemer
Houston, TX



Info: bessieboone [at] gmail.com

Bessie sez:

Come out to Leigh's favorite drinking establishment to celebrate Leigh and raise money to help with her recovery. She is on the road to getting better but will need our support to make it happen. Bring your pocketbook, your friends, and your happy thoughts for Leigh.

Happy Hour ends at 8pm but we'll be there all night. $2 well drinks & $2.50 drafts.

The 11th Street Galleries last Saturday

Doug's Barbershop- best shave around



Jesus Galvan @ Nauhaus



ditto







Joe Barrington, Hold what you got



good shit
Delilah Montoya, Modern Democracy




Paul Kittleson's permanent installation keeps out the riff-raff




it's tough to get a pic of a giant balloon in the dark swaying in the wind (David Graeve)



indoor Graeve balloon at left



G Gallery



Jim Brown or Mais?



candy in the back at G- Whitney Riley



truckman behind Redbud



Jose Manuel Pellicer: Cultura Atlantica



kinda subtle, kinda banal photoshoppage



pterodactyl attack!



Sharon Kopriva's studio- always crazy stuff
(little pic is of Sharon at an early Art Car Parade, skeleton bicycle, internal organs bodysuit)

U of Screwston Thesis Exhibizition

Cheyanne Ramos


Blaffer Gallery
opens Friday, April 10, 6-8pm
only runs for two weeks

Kristen Cliburn


Norberto Gomez Jr. (monk)


Dennis Lee Harper (Tutankhamen)


Cody Ledvina (spunk)

Joey Bender (junk)

Michael Brims

Samantha Medellin

Emily Sloan (punk)

Noora Alsalman

Cheyanne Ramos (funk)

Richard Wall

Zack Zwicky (wonk)

Pics From Charlie Jean Sartwelle and Canal Street

Charlie Jean Sartwelle



red-dotted egrets



Cloister Gallery, Christ Church Cathedral- that place was huge!







Eric and Louise



then down Franklin to Canal...


Glen Lyles' cowboy











kinda hilarious



Leandra Di'Buelna Jr's Miro inspired stuff in the back

Word From the Weird

Brandon Powell Smith

Should you take an article released on April Fool's Day seriously? Probably not. Anyway, J. Antonio Farfan is giving a lecture on his theories about Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper Thursday, April 9th at 6 pm at Bering and James Gallery. Monterrey, Mexico native Farfan has researched the Last Supper since its restoration in the 1990s and believes that numbers are hidden in the image that have been left uninterpreted. Here's a clip from the press release:

"Farfan is the author of "Cerca Trova: The Last Words of Leonardo da Vinci" published in 2006. The book outlines arcane clues Farfan detected as he studied the ancient portrait, Mona Lisa. In the book, he provides an answer to one of the most mysterious questions in art history: Who is the Mona Lisa and what does she represent?

Farfan’s answer was new to the art world. He said the woman with the enigmatic smile is Deborah, a little-known prophet and military leader described in the Old Testament.

“The theory about the ‘Last Supper,’" said Farfan, "builds on my findings about the Mona Lisa, where I point out the significance of the Roman numerals hidden within the Mona Lisa’s hands. My newest theory strengthens the previous one by placing a clear link between the literature in Leonardo’s library and the Fathers of the Church. The web-based method of research used by Farfan mimics the similarities between this technology-based era and that of the renewal of literary investigation in the Renaissance."

Pics from Human Nature at the Houston Center for Photography

Robert Voit



Human Nature High School Collaboration







Lucas Foglia



Lucas Foglia



Jay Tyrell, Martian Supreme Commander, 2007




cameracouple!



Pablo Lopez



Lou Vest is one of 90 pilots currently working in the Houston Ship Channel. Made from the bridges of these ships, Mr. Vest´s photographs document the petrochemical and fuel refining industries that create a hellish landscape of fire and brimstone that would scare the pants off Americans from outside Houston.




HCP's Human Nature is open through May 10, 2009

News on Leigh Boone from caringbridge.org

pic via chron

Visit CaringBridge to leave your good thoughts for Leigh Boone, assistant Houston Center for Photography, who was caught in the middle of two fire trucks racing to beat each other to a call.

Firefighter Warren Ducote was cited for running the red light- the lights on Westheimer automatically change to green whenever an emergency vehicle approaches them and Ducote STILL ran it.


Here's yesterday's note on CaringBridge about Boone's recovery:

Hello everyone and thank you so much for all your support.

To get up to date I will just say that yesterday (Friday) went well though she was and still is in critical condition. The swelling in the head has subsided to safe levels and now we are facing a new array of problems. Leigh is in a coma and this morning the doctor told Linda that it is still very early and what we are dealing with is the likelihood of some type of disability. I believe that is good news and we all know Leigh will put up the good fight. She is so strong.

So folks please know we are running a marathon. Meaning in addition to the support everyone is giving Leigh she is also in need of your patience.

Once again keep the prayers, kind thoughts and good vibes coming, please.

The Booby Prize

Mindy Kober, Sacred Eyes Mandala (aka The Oilers See You)

Well, I came in second place at Sunday SOUP. Check out my proposal HERE.

Mindy Kober won, and now she can buy the dirt and plants to build a garden.

Kudos, Kober! I'll beat you next time!

Jandek at Rudz Today

Jandek
Special 4:00PM Matinee show
Doors 2:30PM
$4. 00
Sunday, 05 April 2009
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Jandek

"Calling Jandek a "cult hero" would be about as much of an understatement as calling him "prolific." Since 1978, the eccentric Houston singer-songwriter savant has released more than 50 albums on his own Corwood Industries label, which is accessible only via P.O. Box.

Jandek's music is rich with imagery steeped in religion, geography and numerology, and played in a style (in tunings of his own devising) that straddles the line between avant-garde art songs and ancient East Texas country-blues.

Jandek has had a profound influence on minimalist musicians such as Smog's Bill Callahan, the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle and Minnesota trio Low. Paul Friedrichs's 2004 documentary Jandek on Corwood must have shaken something loose in the reclusive artist — up until then, he had never performed live, but now does a handful of shows every year in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Sunday's matinee at Rudyard's, though, is Jandek's first-ever public performance in his hometown; his only other appearance was a walk-on with improvisational duo Loren Conners and Alan Licht in 2006. Come early. " - Houston Press