Sally Grizell Larson's photo-realistic, chromogenic, digital assemblage prints are something quite extraordinary.  Recently I had a chance to speak with her while she was in the midst of screening one of her films in South America. 

Visit Art Digital Magazine to read the interview and see more work.

Ursuline College Students for Historic Preservation is a student association, which seeks community outreach to actively engage interested persons in Historic Preservation. Without active engagment in preservation past critiques of the discipline will ultimately be the reality... we need to expand the premise of historic preservation to address contemporary problems to benefit future communities.

See: http://www.oaea.org/convention.html

Julian Stanczak - "Continuous Line + Black" 2005 - Acrylic on board, 28 panels, 16x16 inches each

Happy 81st Birthday, Julian Stanczak... born November 5, 1928. Julian is an originator and continuing master of Op Art - one of the most important and renowned artists ever - and his work is stronger now than ever.

All that is seen without doubt in 116 remarkable paintings exhibited as compositions in Julian's amazing body of expansive, precise, cohesive "Recent Work", now showing at MoCA. Grouped as three colorful masterpieces, and a series of 10 individual black and white expressions, all these paintings stand together as one conclusive, vibrant statement, that life is an amazing experience, as only Julian may know.

Real NEO's favorite librarian, Laura McShane, recently posted on REALNEO "we can agree that aerosol art can be a thing of beauty", which made me think of the graffiti above, which inspired the first novel by Tony Vigorito, Just A Couple Of Days. 

From Wikipedia, "The title Just a Couple of Days comes from a piece of graffiti which appeared on both sides of an overpass just outside of Athens, Ohio on U.S. Route 33 and remained there for over two years. The open-ended tone of the declaration is related to the plot of the book, and the way the words can mean different things to each person who sees them."

Artists, Arts Adminstrators and Educators--please take note--see Playhouse Square venue.

Friday, November 6, 2009

SEE:

http://www.oac.state.oh.us/events/ViewPublicEvent.asp?ID=203

You MUST register electronically for this EVENT.  There is NO COST for this event.

I was sent two of these three by friends...

I am still marveling at them. (Not my friends, but what they sent).

These can all be found on here: http://www.thefuntheory.com/

"This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better."

Where is this $180,000 sculpture, who is the artist, why is it located here, how was it selected, who  paid for it, who will maintain it, what does it say, is it successful, does it represent serious problems in unreal NEO, and how may you get it to speak for you, in the future?

Widow With Shawl (A Portrait) Lyrics - Donovan Leitch

Best party in town for the price--and certainly the coolest. 

The Big Bash/Splash is on Saturday, November 7, 2009

SPACES
2220 Superior Viaduct
Cleveland OH 44113
216-621-2314

Condé Nast Publications announced yesterday that they would cease monthly publication of Gourmet Magazine.  Gourmet began in 1941, though Conde Nast only owned it since the 80s. A friend of mine called it the fall of the Western world a few years ago when he heard that University School planned to stop offering French -- for me, the death of Gourmet Magazine is a similarly bleak omen for America.

a Plum Academy Forum Tuesdays October 6, 13 & 20 6:30pm | SPACES Gallery | 2220 Superior Viaduct | Cleveland, OH 44113 | Phone: 2166212314 | Email: info [at] spacesgallery [dot] org

78th Street Studios Experience October 9-10, 2009

Location

don't celebrate me,

celebrate my work

for i could never be as beautiful or important

®press release - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Location

showing at Mastrioani Arts 2688 West 14th Street (Tremont)  

along with

Answers in Abstract  work by Ron Knight.

September 11 - November 7, 2009