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Hey guys…. so after forever I’m finally publishing my website.  I’d like to include links to you guys’ sites… so if you wanna leave your website address in the comment section I’ll put it on my page.  I know some of you guys’ addresses but I’d like to include as many as I can.   Site should be up in the next few days…I’ll be posting shots and work I’m doing in France the next few months.

I’ve been following Make magazine online lately. They have some really cool/fun/interesting/useful projects and how-tos. Plus a lot of robots.

Today they posted a link to a pdf on how to turn your flatbed scanner into a camera. There’s also a video “weekend project” how-to going over the camera construction. If you get to building this before I do, I wanna see it!

Bridge Art Fair Miami 2008 Jurors

myartspace, the premier online venue for contemporary art, is pleased to announce the jurors for the Bridge Art Fair/Miami Beach 2008 Competition it is sponsoring. They will be:

- Elisabeth Sussman, Senior Curator, The Whitney Museum
- Janet Bishop, Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- JoAnne Northrup, Senior Curator, San Jose Museum of Art
- Michael Workman, Founder, Bridge Art Fair

myartspace, the premier online venue for contemporary art, is sponsoring a juried competition. Fifty finalists will be chosen and three winners will have their work represented by myartspace at  the Bridge Art Fair Miami Beach, taking place concurrent with the spectacular Art Basel Miami Beach, December 4-7, 2008.  A snapshot of details are below.

Competition Snapshot:

- Deadline for registration and submission is November 15, 2008.
- Competition is open to myartspace members. Membership is free.
- Registration fee is $50, but for early registration by October 15, 2008 the fee is $25.
- Prestigious and world-class jury panel to review and judge submissions.
- Fifty finalists will be selected by the jury panel and announced in November.
- Three winners will have their art represented at the Bridge Art Fair Miami.
- Winners to be announced on November 25, 2008.

I saw more art and interviewed more people on Friday. Drove up to Milwaukee with some new-found friends, and had a great time.

Okay, so you all know that I don’t have a mic and my camera battery was dying, so I tried… hehe, enjoy the video of Peter!

So I spent the last few days admiring this artist as he transformed our gallery space into another world- and I spent all day today helping him create a forest out of tumbleweed on a wall 30 feet high.  Peter Von Tiesenhausen is from Alberta Canada and though he is a painter at heart, he is an installation artist.  His work is really ‘awesome’ and worth looking at.  He gave a lecture the other night that was inspiring and was one of the best artist lectures i’ve ever been to… (and we all know that we’ve been to alot of lectures!).  So here’s his website, check it out and I will post all the photos from today and a video from the opening on Friday night asap.  http://www.tiesenhausen.net/

Also, here’s a link to our homepage with a sneak preview of the show!

Hello. Look at what we did.

Come live here next.

AXE PROXIMITY PRESENTS – UNSCENE ATLANTA
SEPTEMBER 17TH AT THE W ATLANTA MIDTOWN
UnScene Photography Tour Looking for Atlanta’s Emerging Artists
The UnScene Photography Tour and AXE Proximity present UnScene Atlanta, a one-night gallery event showcasing the work of Atlanta’s emerging photographers at the W Atlanta - Midtown.  Budding artists can get involved by participating in two different contests, each providing a vehicle for exposure.
ASSIGNMENT: 1.)  Using the city of Atlanta for inspiration, local artists can submit their portfolio (up to 20 photos)  for a chance to be “seen” at the Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery in 2009–an honor for any emerging artist. The winner will be chosen from five local finalists. The artists’ work will be on sale and proceeds will benefit a local Atlanta charity.
Submissions are now being accepted at www.unscenetour.com.
Deadline is September 9th. There is a $25 submission fee.
2.) Proximity, new body fragrances by AXE, is putting local artists on assignment by asking them to visually capture the new scents through photography. Atlanta participants can submit up to 20 photos that bring to life the essence of one selected fragrance, Vetyver, which is sensual, exotic and woodsy.
Five finalists will be chosen to display their best shot at the Atlanta event. One Atlanta finalist from this contest will be honored with a trip to Los Angeles to display their winning “shot” at the celeb-studded Los Angeles gallery show, “Behind the UnScene” in October.
Submissions are now being accepted at www.unscenetour.com.
Deadline is September 9th. There is no submission fee.
WHEN: September 17th
6-8 p.m.
For event information, please visit www.whappenings.com.
WHERE: W Atlanta Midtown
188 14th Street, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30361
ABOUT THE UNSCENE
In its third year, the UnScene Tour was created to help expose emerging artists and offer photographers a vehicle to launch their careers. The UnScene has discovered more than 90 photographers and helped to place artists at leading galleries and museums in major cities like New York, Dallas, San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans and more. The UnScene travels city-to-city producing special one-night gallery events showcasing the work of five finalists and their “unscene” images. For additional information, please visit www.unscenetour.com