A Night on the Hill for the Arts

From the director of Tobin Hill Arts Alliance

--La Casa Rosa Art Studio is hosting "A Night on the Hill for the Arts" to
benefit the Tobin Hill Arts Alliance on November 21 from 6:30pm to 10pm at
527 E Dewey Place. A silent auction will be conducted from 6:30pm to 8pm
and is made possible by the the generosity of 55 artists and the support
of the "Friends of the Arts". We need to raise funds to continue our
efforts to bring art to the community.

The Tobin Hill Arts Alliance, through its own efforts, has brought
excitement and art to the historic Tobin Hill neighborhood. In only 6
months we have been incredibly successful and we need to continue with
your generosity and support by participating in this event. Be ready for
a night of excitement and celebration for the arts. Music on the patio by
GQ Velasquez. Throughout the night, we will have several raffles.

We hope to see you at "A Night on the Hill for the Arts" and meet the
artists.
Remember "A gift of art lasts forever!"--

Luis Lopez
Founder and Chair, Tobin Hill Arts Alliance

Facey Spacey

This has been a blog that has been simmering in the back of my cerebellum for some time.

As many people who know me know, I refuse to open a Facebook acct. I have my reasons.

I recall back in 2005 my friend's younger sister was talking about Facebook w/ her friends. I asked 'is that like Myspace?'

She replied rather snidely, 'yea but you have to be in college. It's like Myspace but for students'

And then FB opened up to the masses.

I know many say Myspace is a sinking ship, but really for music and artists, it's far more creative. I have been able to peruse FB b/c most bands accounts are open, and I have seen my friends accounts on FB when they come over and want to check their accounts....

I have too many accounts as is: I am on various message boards/ forums, I have 3 blogs (MS, Xanga and Blogger), a lastfm, a youtube and not to mention my own website...why on earth do I want another way to waste time? I can only juggle so much LOL

I am one to keep in contact w/ people. It's been one of my gifts...heck I still send cards/notes/snail mail GASP...what is this you speak of, you ask?

I really think (and here comes the inner conspirasist in me) that all these social networks are not only a way for us to be distracted and not pay attention to what is really going on, but a way for us to be kept track of.....I hear the black helicopters now....

OK OK OK I know it's a little sinister of me, but to bring it back to the lighter side, to me Facebook is the suburbs/PTA of the social networking world, and Myspace is downtown. I'll stay downtown thankyou... and don't get me started on Twitter

A buddy of mine and I joked just yesterday that we were gonna take the best of all the social netorks and start our own.... ya never know the way I master juggle.

::cue circus music::

and with that I will let you get back to your regular slacking schedule. HA

Holiday Twist

ROBOT ART GALLERY

Holiday Twist: Not Your Grandma's Christmas WreathFriday, November 6th
7 pm - 9 pm
1114 S. Saint Mary's, #200

http://www.robotartgallery.com

Exhibit of Doom

I will have 3 pcs in this exhibition...
stuff from the 'black and blue' period
::nudge nudge wink wink::

No Intention of Giving Up II

This Saturday, October 16th, at Gallery Ortiz is another fundraiser/exhibition for Katie. This time it will include art be other artists as well as Katie's...and I too am donating a piece to the event.

See flyer below

Chalk It Up 6.0

Once again I will be particpating in ArtPace's CHALK IT UP! chalk festival as an invited featured artist.

Here's some info from ArtPace's website:

Saturday, October 10, 200910:00am-5:00pm- HOUSTON STREET
Chalk It Up 2009Watch your step on October 10, 10-5pm for a street-level gallery of chalk masterpieces! Chalk It Up is a free, family-friendly event where San Antonio's premier artists transform city sidewalks into colorful works of art. Help complete a super-sized street mural or roll up your sleeves and make a work of your own at the Freestyle Section. Don't forget Kidzones-spaces designed to let creative spirits soar!

This annual community event is an opportunity for locals and tourists alike to appreciate and participate in our city's creative resources.

It's safe to say my design will have stars and squares as part of the compostion. It's become a tradition since 2004.

Hope you can stop by and say hi.

And after Chalk It Up, pop on down to S Flores for the 3rd annual SMART FAIR.

Link below has more info about the event.

http://smartsa.org/projects/2009_smart_fair

MIYLOLOGY PHASE 2 FINISHED!!!-

On August 19, 2004 while at IAH (..Houston.. ..Intercontinental.. ..Airport..) on a layover between ..San Antonio.. and ....Palm Beach...., I was looking for a book on Greek mythology. Yes the E terminal has shops, I am not THAT delusional. I thought I need to get back into my drawings and the illuminated manuscript stuff I was doing when I veered to the photography path at my ‘fork in the road’. I checked the Museum Store (by the way it is no longer there) and to the mini Borders that is in terminal E. While in the children’s section, it came to me. Create your own mythology.

Now some people have asked over the course of the 5 years that it has taken me to complete this series, why I created my own mythology when the 1st commandment of my faith is:Thou shall not have any other gods before Me? The answer is simple, my artist statement. It still holds true…..things are not as they seem… I have left it up to you the viewer/audience to contemplate and come to your own conclusions as you view the work that is based on illuminated manuscripts from the Northern Renaissance.

I wrote the following in Sept 2007:

Project narrative:

I have created my own mythology. Granted many of us have our own 'mythology', however I took it a step further and created 13 gods and 13 goddesses. Now they are not being created in an illustrative way in which the characters are like comic book characters or creations. I am doing it in a more design way. Each 'character' has a typeface related to their character. For example 'Plastikon' is the god of credit card debt, and the typeface related to his character is a stencil. I'm doing the series in 'phases'. Phase 1 is a name introduction. Where each 'character' has an initial letter done up very illuminated manuscriptish and the rest of the name is in the typeface. I am hoping to do 'Phase 2' as giant illuminated manuscript pages (16”x20”) built up by pattern and layers of colour from the various typefaces thus creating elegant bright patterns of decoration, which one will think are just pure bliss, and then upon reading what they stand for, hopefully will get a chuckle or perhaps make some ponder as illuminated manuscripts were the vehicle used to promote religious stories or what some might call propaganda are now being used as a way of introducing new 'characters' into the vernacular. And finally I would like 'Phase 3'to be an overall societal assault with tshirts, bumper stickers etc.
I have surrendered Phase 3 because now that this series is finally complete, lo and behold I am going through a new change artistically… again.


You can buy prints, cards, stickers etc of the series here:

RedBubble

And if you just wanna see the god and goddess drawings, you can find them here:

https://cabanaboyproductions.blogspot.com/2019/09/56-miylology-update.html