First Friday

September! At last!

We've got a new show at Great and Terrible that I'll be babysitting tomorrow night (you should stop by. It's beautiful.) But, before I go over there, I'll be stopping by a few other shows.

First stop, of course, is 11th and Wood Street for Vox Populi, Tiger Strikes Asteroid and, I'm sure, miscellaneous surprises.

Vox was closed for August (thank God.) and reopens with Jamie Dillon, David Kontra, Jonathan Prull (who I'm hoping to meet, as he shares my fixation with one Mr. Clint Eastwood), a curated show by Roxana Perez-Mendez, and Sarah J. Christman in the Video Lounge. (In the interest of full disclosure -- happy now, artblahg? -- I'll be starting an internship at Vox later today.)

Tiger Strikes Asteroid's website makes the claim that we'll be able to view Adam Blumberg's Punctum, which, according to the ICA blog is about midwestern men -- a tasty corollary to Prull's drawings of Eastwood?

Next, I'm going to Projects Gallery for their emerging artists show because my friends Michelle Clements and Kelly A. Kozma are showing in it. (While many of us that qualify as emerging artists are unhappy with what appears to be Projects' new policy that 'It's Who You Know', I'm happy for Kelly and Michelle, who genuinely make excellent work. Also, genuinely excited to see the show, even though there was no open call. Inflammatory post coming soon? We'll see. Oh, and Kelly's showing at Great and Terrible, too...)

Last stop is Little Berlin since they're our neighbors on Montgomery Ave. This month, they've curated some Tyler grad students from the crafts department. I'm, as of now, ambivalent, but may yet be pleasantly surprised.

Oh, and by the way, here's the info you wanted about Great and Terrible --

The Great and Terrible Collective is pleased to bring you Meriviglia, a group show featuring the work of

Alyssa Hamilton
Josh Coombs
Kelly Kozma
Lisa Haskell
Megan Uhaze

Open first friday from 6:30-10:00, but wait! We're having a HUGE POTLUCK BBQ AND CONCERT to celebrate on Saturday, so come on by with a dish and a lawnchair from 5-11! We've got The Snowcaps playing around 8 and special surprises throughout the evening. We're at 172 W. Montgomery Ave.

First Friday Listings

me: are you going to vox tonight?

Diedra: maybe? are you? going to show somethign???

me: i have a new video

Diedra: maybe i'll bring baudrillard vid?

me: so i guess i'll bring that

Diedra: oh

how long is it?

me: three minutes, haha

no huge project, just a lil' guy

Diedra: mine too, that's perfect for that kind of thing. anything over 7 is probably WAY too long

me: yeah.

do you think it's one of those deals where you have to show up early?

Diedra: not sure.... if you go i guess i'll go too. would be fun. i just had these ideas about being super productive wknd. meanwhile i'll go out fri, sat, sun haha

me: I have like a million stops to make tonight. I'm putting a video in the first friday show at bookspace, and my friend has a painting show up

so I was thinking of going to vox around seven

Diedra: where?

7pm ok i'll be there then

me: i don't know what gallery, but i have the address 149 N 3rd Street

Diedra: old city

i might try to get to little berlin too finally

me: oh yeah, I guess I'll go there too since they're our neighbors.

and I was thinking of going to vwvoffka too

Diedra: i think they are closed to go to vox event tonight

me: really?

they have a listing...

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=142438359118442&index=1

Diedra: oh shit and i know jesse, he's meeting me to get led batteries. i'll go there and then http://eexxttrraa.com/

will you be on bike?

me: no, I'll be in my car since i have to deliver that tv and transport my associates

Diedra: i see

i'm hoping to bike, seems ambitious. but maybe we'll get lucky to show early at vox if we're on time. what a fun art evening. thanks!

me: Ambitious for sure!!

maybe i'll blog about it

haha

Diedra: do it