The Adironack Experience

The Adirondack Experience is the new name for the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, NY.
I coerced my mom and Severo into joining me to meet up with Shelbee and her sons.

It took Shelbee a while to make her way south from Watertown (road construction) so we ambled around and took in some of the sights.

A little house on stumps.

Replication of an artist's studio cabin.

WARNING: TAXIDERMY FOLLOWS -- if stuffed animals upset you, stop now!

I'll give you some space...



...




OK, here goes:

Deer hoof coat rack in the cabin.

We found an exhibition dedicated to taxidermy in the gallery.

Deer hoof inkwell

Bird foot goblets

Flayed fish

Jackalope

Gambling squirrels

Boxing squirrels sans tails

Rabbits' Village School

Glass eyes

Did not take photos of the stuffed dogs and cats because, too sad (and creepy).

We finally rendezvoused with Shelbee, but Severo went missing in the process. (Bad cell reception, he didn't get my "Where are you?" texts). We frolicked in the main building a bit, but soon the boys got antsy and needed to run around outside, so we exited without seeing the entire thing. (I've been before, so not tragic).
Here's a funny moment:

Archie as a mad scientist

Linking with Shelbee's Spread the Kindness

FotoSensori Exhibition + Fundraiser, June 1

I'm in an art show tonight!
My parameters were: photography based, themed with the five senses.
Plus I was given about three weeks to complete the work.

MONKSPACE

4414 West 2nd Street Los Angeles, CA 90004

6:30 - midnight

additional info after the images

 

I'll let you guess which represents which sense

Fotosensori is a multi-dimensional photographic show that pushes the boundaries using the theme of the five senses: smell, touch, taste, sight and/or sound. In this collaborative art show, 11 photographers will present work for a one night event. The photographers come from diverse backgrounds and experience.

All proceeds from the show and sold art will fund "FREE ARTS for ABUSED CHILDREN” and art space rental. "FREE ARTS for ABUSED CHILDREN” is a non-profit organization that creates art programs for kids who come from poverty-stricken families with histories of violence, substance abuse, or neglect. The arts serve as a powerful healer for these kids. Funds raise will help create programs in expressive art forms like dance, drama, writing, music, and painting.

http://www.fotosensori.com/
http://www.freearts.org/

Suggested donation of $10-$15 at the door/or donate what you can. After 9pm $15.

WE TAKE CREDIT CARDS AT DOOR AND FOR ART PURCHASES.

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Su Pang // Maria Lowenstein // Robin Roemer // Erin Stone // Anne M Bray // Lauren Randolph // Lauren Devon // Liza Ryan // Kevin T Vu // Richard Chow // Madison Ann Parker

PERFORMERS:
Dark Furs // Lonely Trees // Farspeaker.

DEEJAYS:
Abundance and Sirsa will move your feet to electronic, new wave and 80s.

FOODIES:
Bling Bling dumplings // Jen's vegan cupcakes.

Custom "Commuter Quilt" Phone Case

I ordered my "Commuter Quilt" Society6 phone case last week and am quite pleased with the results:

(That's the original art piece in the background). I think I prefer the rich blacks of the print on the case!

Tomorrow I'll be hanging my show, "The Commute"
Check my Instagram @annembray for some "in process" snaps.

The reception will be in two weeks, April 6, 5-8pm.
TAG Gallery 
Bergamot Station,
2525 Michigan Ave, Bldg D3, Santa Monica, CA  90404

Note: I received the artist discount for the phone case. It retails for $35 + shipping.

Pennslyvania Roadscape in TAG Group Exhibition

"Pennsylvania Highway", 1995, pastel on paper, 29 x 37", $1500.00

TAG Group Exhibition

January 03, 2013 - January 26, 2013

Reception: Saturday, January 12, 5-8pm

TAG Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue, D-3, (Bergamot Station), Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 829-9556
11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday

My next show, "Commute Roadscapes" will be at TAG March 26, 2013 - April 20, 2013

"Commute Home", 2011, digital painting, 22 x 26", $400.00

2013 marks my 15th year with TAG!

Chain Letter Santa Monica: part 2 - Saturday night

After a relaxing sushi dinner at Sakura, Lani, Severo and I went up to Bergamot to check out the Chain Letter show. We parked in a secret spot and walked over - wasn't as crowded as I was expecting. (It was 8pm when we got there). 

I was thought the parking lot would be a wall of people like at a concert. Not so.

Lani, me

on the line for the D2 space (annex #2)

view of the line from D2... party!

here is my piece in the back of D2
you saw this earlier in part 1

#762!

"dark" would be a good description of D2
we decided the show looked like an artsy rummage sale

cool pencil sculpture

Hey, I know that guy!

Some people came by chartered bus. Smart!

an artist bus

look! artists!

We opted out of waiting on line at the main gallery space.
Charlotte said "it moved as fast as a Galapagos tortoise"
I'll see it when I get back from my l-o-n-g vacation.

the line for Shoshana Wayne - where the early birds exhibited

art patrons enjoying something from one of the food trucks

We ambled over to F1 (annex #3) - the line wasn't too long. But it turned 9:00 before we got to the door so we were turned away. I felt sorry for the poor interns who had the task of doorkeeper.

At least one artist made money from this - these tees were sold in front of Shoshana Wayne. These guys said they were sold out but that he was taking orders! $10.

"I was in the Doug Harvey Chain Letter Show and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt"

See lots of links about the show in part 1. Too lazy to do them all again.

Chain Letter Santa Monica: part 1 - Friday

FB link

A crazy art event transpired this week at Bergamot.
It all started with a call for art on Facebook:

"Chain Letter" is a group show wherein 10 artists have been invited to participate. 
Those 10 then invite 10 artists whom they admire. 
Those 10 invite 10 more and so on. This cycle continues for 30 days. 
The result is an exponentially massive, artist-curated group show based entirely on admiration.

Organized by Christian Cummings & Doug Harvey

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 23, 6 - 8 pm
Installation for artists: Friday, July 22 
shoshanawayne.com

More than a thousand artists converged at Bergamot on Friday. I heard it was gridlock on Cloverfield and they had to call in the police. Those lucky enough to find parking queued up for hours for intake and installation.

photo by Steve Craig

I was lucky - Katherine Kean very kindly braved it all and got my piece in the 2nd annex in D2. She also took a piece that Lani Asher had mailed me from San Francisco. (I had to work).

there is my piece when Katherine installed it (photo by Katherine)

I saw much heated discussion on Facebook on Friday over how insane it all was. Sant Khalsa drove from San Bernardino (75 miles) only to turn around and drive home, unable to cope with the hubbub at Bergamot. Here is her Chain Letter piece that she faxed to Shoshana Wayne:
Sant Khalsa

Participation: From Here to There and Back
Inspired by the L.A. Art & Life Experience

Friday, July 22, 2011

Awoke early this morning with the best of intentions to deliver my mixed media photographic sculpture, Tree and a wonderful clay and rubber piece by my colleague and friend, Alison Petty Raguette to Shoshana Wayne Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica for the Chain Letter 2011 exhibition, a summer group show curated by Christian Cummings and Doug Harvey.

I felt it was important to participate because I wholeheartedly support the concept of the exhibition. I also wanted to acknowledge through participation, the inspiration I gain from so many of the artists I personally know and share ideas with in the L.A. art community as well as others I have never met.

I arrived at Bergamot Station at 9:30 am (thinking that was early – before 10 am) after an almost two hour, 75 mile drive from my home in San Bernardino. The I-10 freeway Cloverfield Ave exit off ramp was backed up with hundreds of cars carrying artists with their work. By the time I got through the gate of Bergamot, traffic was in a deadlock and a line of artists had formed around the property. Artworks were sprawled everywhere (some very large sized works transported in U-Haul trucks). I existed the parking lot and circled the surrounding neighborhood looking for parking as artists walked long distances carrying their artworks. Meanwhile, the line of cars from the freeway was rapidly getting longer and parking was nowhere to be found. After a phone conversation with Alison, I decided to head home and accept that our artworks would not be included in the massive heap of inspired creative debris that would cover the floor of the gallery.

Driving home, I thought about my experience and my disappointment. I also thought about how many of my conceptual ideas for artworks come while I am driving on the So Cal freeways and that the act of driving to Santa Monica from San Bernardino and back is my piece, my Participation in the Chain Letter.
Sant Khalsa

There was a big outcry when the gallery capped the artworks at 1700. A Salon des Refusés was created by Marino Pascal

Chain Letter Overflow show

That's BS. First there is no rules and then they cap it at 1700 people. WTF?
#1. Real artists are always late.
#2. Real artists don't wait in line.
I'm setting up a chain letter overflow exhibition at 6551 West Bl, Inglewood, CA, 90302.

Setup, opening and strike: 5-9pm Sat Jul 23, 2011