Upcoming Events

A lot has been going on recently, both professionally and personally. In April I finished up a class at Pratt called Sculpture in Motion. I worked in wood for the first time and made a piece that explores a variety of motions and in which the mechanism is part of the art. Though currently unfinished, it will be shown in the Pratt lobby with other works from the class in July 2011.

The Alley Art Project has mostly wrapped up. We installed the panels and sculpture in the alley last week and they are ready and waiting for our opening on Thursday, May 5th. Each of the interns will be displaying a work for the evening (or longer). It should be a fun party with music, food, and of course good company.

I was also recently contacted by Beyond Wonderland asking if I wanted to show Propolis for their event. Luckily I just obtained replacement circuit boards and have finished up soldering all the lights back together so we’re good to go. So, Propolis will be back up and running on May 14th for what looks like an amazing party.

This summer is shaping up to be completely insane. I’ll be traveling for much of it, going to Maker Faire for the first time as well as Burning Man (of course!), and also hopefully working with the Flaming Lotus Girls down in San Francisco.

Alley Art

So for the past few months I’ve been headed in a slightly different direction. After doing the lighting for Propolis with the help of some very talented friends I realized that I wanted to learn more about electronics. So while I’ve been fixing up Propolis’ lights (soldering, cleaning, organizing, etc.), I’ve also been teaching myself about electronics. Still a lot to learn, but it has been a lot of fun and will likely lead to lots of fun projects in the future.

Though I can never seem to get too far from metal work. I’ve got a new class coming up at Pratt, Sculpture in Motion, led by a friend of mind. Super excited to incorporate more interactivity into my art. I was also awarded an Alley Art Project Internship through Pratt. Over the next couple of months I get to work with a group of upcoming and established artists on a public art project down in Pioneer Square, Seattle. The grant money comes from Alley Art and the project is lead by an artist I greatly admire, Patrick Mahar. We meet this Friday for the first time and I’m excited to see the space as well as learn more about the project.