friday

first Friday of March. i'll make the rounds tonight - can never miss Well Street, and Alaska House is back after it's winter hibernation and it will be good to see them. not too sure what the shows are this month, been kind of out of the loop lately. if i see you out there -cheese chunks and wine are on me.

also, next month's PDN is the 'emerging photographers to watch issue'. i was pleasantly surprised to see the upward trend in ages of photographers that PDN featured this year. some familiar names, and also some strangers, but good work from what i've viewed online so far. i know age is completely arbitrary in so many ways, but it's good to see that emerging doesn't necessarily mean young.

First Friday

well, it's the first Friday in February. i'll be out on the town tonight, seeing what kind of new art is being produced in my fair city. snacks and drinks will be consumed, much art will be pondered, no doubt laughs will be had, and i'll be in bed before midnight- the schedule of an old man.

in the name of First Fridays everywhere, I give you this....Christian Patterson makes me want to crawl into a hole. damn he's good.

listening to r.e.m.

first friday

i hit the usual first friday spots last night. the alaska house, well street, and pioneer park all ran good shows. the alaska house, once again, walked a nice line between native and contemporary art. well street and the park ran photo exhibits that i was more than a little impressed with.

barry mcwayne had a solo show at pioneer park of black and white images of smartly mundane subjects. snow covered cars, frost on grainy wood surfaces, mysterious shadows- just enough to leave you wanting more. the prints were absolutely flawless, and framed impeccable. a truly excellent display.

the show at well street was entitled 'march 20th' (the spring equinox). it was a group show of photos all taken on the same day by 20 or so different photographers. such a shame that i missed this opportunity. once i realized the theme of the show i felt a lump in my gut- if i were more involved in this community i would, most likely, have an image or two hanging on the wall. last night's networking was a start.

one image, in particular, struck me in a funny way. dea was moving through the images across the room when she doubled back to show me an image that she said looked like mine. it was a kick to see barry's submission for the 'march 20th' show- it did, in fact, resemble an image i had taken myself in march. there is a ghastly orange and yellow building downtown that we were both drawn too in different ways. his image was of the exact same window- his with a colorful car parked on the street in front of the building, mine is below. i got home last night to find this image was taken on march 21st.




all in all, a pleasing evening.

listening to josh ritter.