NEW EXHIBITION FOCUSES ON EARTH AS A MEDIUM
_____________________________________________________________________________ Earth: Language and Symbols
Curated by Darin M. White
January 20 – March 10, 2012
Opening: Friday, January 20, 2012, 6-9 pm
From the earth we emerge and we return to the earth.
We explore our world and grasp to adequately describe through language and
symbols who we are and why. Through sculpted clay, compressed burned trees
and dried pulp, minerals retrieved and many other ways we reach out to speak
about the space that we inhabit as we gaze into the heavens. While it may sound
mundane, in actuality there is life at it’s fullest to be explored, and held in our
open hands for however long we are given. This exhibition, featuring work by
Rex Hausmann and Jimmy Greenfield, attempts to dig deep into these notions
through material, action, thought and image.
Universal Language will exhibit a water painting performance, slide-show,
photographs, and drawings from a recent sojourn to Beijing and Hong Kong.
These elements explore an interaction the artist had with a calligraphy master
at the Temple of Heaven where he found that across many cultural barriers,
the two were able to bridge their varying cultural experiences by
communicating through brush and line. Additionally, Universal Language
will include an installation entitled Where There Is Land There Is War,
equating historical events that occurred at the Boston Common.
Calligraphy master with Rex Hausmann in Beijing,
China at the Temple of the Sun
We live in a visual world of signs that guide, dictate, and define social norms.
Many of these are culturally specific, but others are universally understood
and form the basis of a symbolic language readable the world over. The signs
depicted in this show are meant as warnings about the effects of unbridled
population growth that puts ever-increasing pressure on shrinking natural
resources, the wholesale and indiscriminate destruction of the environment,
and the inevitability of human conflict that will follow. Constructed on
desiccated earth, they are meant to inspire meditation about the future with
the hope that by doing so, humans will somehow rise above their differences
and recognize the extreme challenges ahead. This “evolution of human spirit
and cooperation” is the only process through which we will be able to ensure
and maintain the survival of the living planet.
Artists in Resonance selected for this exhibition are Gina Adams, TR Ericsson,
Matthew Farley, Jane Flanders, John Hachmeister, Elden Tefft, Maria Velasco,
Baruch Vergara, and Shannon White.
Gina Adams, Lace, Bead, Fabric Landscape .3,
Encaustic and oil on panel, 14″ x 20″, 2009
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Rex Hausmann works as a full-time artist in San Antonio, Texas, and
New York City. He currently works in his family’s warehouses, home to
Hausmann Millworks: A Creative Community. Hausmann received a
bachelor of fine arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design. In
Atlanta, Hausmann studied under international artists Sandy Skoglund
and Patrick Dougherty. Hausmann has worked on projects and lectured
both nationally and internationally. His work and large projects often
revolve around identities found in communal and domestic contexts,
tracing their connections to religion and history. Hausmann credits
brother and musician Erik Hausmann as a major influence.
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Since moving to NYC in the late 1970’s, Jimmy Greenfield has been
an avid sculptor, percussionist, environmentalist, and citizen activist
committed to community affairs. In the late 1990’s, his sculpture
became more politically charged dealing specifically with issues of the
environment and human conflict. To this end, in 2006, he created
Soapbox Gallery, a free street side public art venue in Brooklyn, NY
dedicated to inspiring and promoting uncensored socially relevant
work with a strong political narrative.
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ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Darin M. White is an artist and independent curator based in
Lawrence, Kansas. With his wife Shannon, a painter and arts advocate
they founded b.a.l.m. (beauty, art & life movement). Together they
promote creativity and action, and encouraging others in their art and
understanding. White continues to expand his artistic medium including:
sculpture, installation, printmaking, drawing, producing/ curating/
juroring exhibitions and writing art reviews and articles. His love and
awe of life and people are intertwined and explored in these various
avenues.
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The b.a.l.m. WHITE SHOW opening at Signs of Life Gallery was a great success
with a constant flow of art lovers and interested visitors. We are thankful through
our sponsors to be able to offer $2,000 in awards with juror Samuel W. Kho choice
of artists. Below is a list of the winning artists work and amount of the award.
Please be sure to thank our sponsors by supporting their goods or services. Thank
you again to Signs of Life Gallery for hosting this show in their beautiful space.
The show will run through January 16th, 2009. We will have one to three artists
talks per month tba.
ARTIST AWARDS:
Leah Busch HELLO, FITZGERALD $500
Evan Conley UNTITLED $400
Stephen Johnson WISH NO. 7 $250
Kristine Luber BLANCHE $100
Larry Cole WHAT IS PURE? $100
Sunny Belliston-Taylor FIREHOUSE WHITE $50
TR Erickson MEMORIAL DAY $50
K Hawkom Thomas STUDY IN VALUES $50
Jane Flanders NO 1, 2 & 3 BONE Gift Certificate ($25 Cottin’s Hardware)
Brian Horsch EXPLORERS Gift Certificate ($25 Cottin’s Hardware)
Betty Wright PARKER Gift Certificate ($25 Blick Studios)
Matthew Farley TAKO TSUBO Gift Certificate ($25 Cottin’s Hardware)
Betsy Timmer DRESS Gift Certificate ($25 Blick Studios)
Barry Osbourn WHITE CAULKING Gift Certificate ($25 Blick Studios)
Ben Ahlvers TIGHT Gift Certificate ($25 Cottin’s Hardware)
Lynn Hodgman JUSTLY FOLDED Gift Certificate ($25 Blick Studios)
SPONSORS:
DEMDACO, Blick Studio, Central National Bank, ColeCom,
Display Direct, Douglas County Bank, Hava Studios, Kring’s Interiors,
Lazer 105.9, Mass Street Music, White Art Studio
This juried show brings national and regional, established and emerging artists
together with the inspiration “What is White?” A b.a.l.m. collaboration with
Rex Hausmann, allowed us to produce an interactive performance piece for
the opting that illustrates the concept of digging beneath the surface of a piece
of art to reveal the pinata-like nature of art as it is experienced by people of
diverse agesand backgrounds in different ways. We hope this piece frees the
gallery viewer to experience art in a curious and engaging way.
Please see the video below of this interactive collaboration.
Please join us for the opening reception which will feature an interactive installation
of a 3-D painting by Rex Hausmann in collaboration with b.a.l.m., 49 artists from
19 States and Puerto Rico, including established artists such as TR Ericsson,
Stephen Johnson, David Parker to name a few, and many emerging as well as local
and regional artists. Also provided will be hors d’œuvres, live jazz, and the
presentation of the artists awards.
Show runs from October 23rd through January 16th, 2010. There will be 1-2 artist
talks at the gallery per month while the show is running. Stay tuned for artists,
topics and dates.
Click on the images below to enlarge.
For more information about the show or the artists contact us here, or 785.550.3856.
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balm announces the WHITE SHOW juror selection for 2009.
in alphabetical order by first name:
Adam Forrest (Columbus, KS) “Snow Angel”
Barbara Simcoe (Omaha, NE) “Two Ravens”, “Face”, “Holding”
Barry Osbourne (Lee Sumit, MO) “White Caulking” Baruch Vergara (Yauco, PR) “Nos Han Dado La Teivra”/”They have given us the earth”
Ben Ahlvers (Lawrence, KS) “Tight” Betsy Timmer (Lawrence, KS) “Rag Rug”, “Dress”
Betty Wright (Topeka, KS) “Parker” Blake Wilkinson (Lawrence, KS) “Tinman’s Laurels in White” Brian Horsch (Lecompton, KS) “Explorers”, “Frozen Grass” Cricket Brooks (Kansas City, MO) “Spine”, “View” Darin M. White (Lawrence, KS) “Quiver Full”, “F8”, “Tetramonobelos”, “Impressions”, “White Double Lumen Hickman” from Healing Series David Parker (Naperville, IL) “First White Hair” Dennis Brown (Grove, OK) “Hey Nineteen” Don Lisy (South Euclid, OH) “Talking Too” Dori Lewman (Lawrence, KS) “As White As” Evan Conley (Chicago, IL) “Color”, “Drawing”, “Gravity Expands”, “Jetty”, “Untitled” Gary Bradley (Raleigh, NC) “Slave Quarters”
GF Wagner (Overland Park, KS) “Discover and Enjoy”, “Geese”
Jada Schumacher (St. Paul, MN) “White Cloud, KS”, “Pearl, ID”, “Snowflake, AZ”, “Manila, AK”, “Cotton, GA”, “Frost, LA”
James Cook (Tuscon, AZ) “Young Florentine Man” Jane Flanders (Lawrence, KS) “No 1 Bone”, “No 2 Bone”, “No 3 Bone”
Jay Walker (Malver, PA) “That Day”
Jeanne Lyons Butler (Huntington, NY) “White 10:87” Jenni White (Lawrence, KS) “Receptivity” Jeromy Morris (Lawrence, KS) “Musicality” Jon Keith Swindell (Vinland, KS) “Turn, Turn, Turn” from Days of Future Passed Series
Josh Jalbert (Wooster, OH) “Trace” Josh Willis (Brooklyn, NY) “Amnesia III”, “Amnesia IX”, “Amnesia XII”
Justen Ladda (NY, NY) “White Mirror” KT Woodward (Reading, PA) “White Noise I”, “White Noise II” Keith Lemley(State College, PA) “Implied Volume 1” Kristin Morland (Lawrence, KS) “Second Skin” Kristine Luber (Topeka, KS) “Blanche” Lance Cheney (Albertson, NY) “White Brush 1” Larry Cole (Grove, OK) “What is Pure?”
Leah Busch (Cincinnati, OH) “Sad Plaid”, “Interface”, “Hello Fitzgerald”
Lynn Hodgman (Kansas City, MO) “Justly Folded” Matthew Farley (Lawrence, KS) “Tako-Tsubo”
Maura Schaffer (Lafayette, IN) “The Dominator” Meg Mitchell (Oldsmar, FL) “Lichens for Sarah”, “No Rocking This Time” Paul Nielsen (Grand Island, NE) “Two Funnels” Rebecca Degagne (Arcata, CA) “Nudibranch” Rex Hausmann (San Antonio, TX) “Objective Space” a b.a.l.m. collaborative piece
Romy Scheroder (Poultney, VT) “Cozy” A. Scott McCauley (Lawrence, KS) “Dandy Dandelion”
Shannon White (Lawrence, KS) “Hold”, “Gathering Glimmer”, “Fade”, “Ewe Can Fly”, “Synaptic Fibers” Stephen Johnson (Lawrence, KS) “Wish No 1”, “Wish No 5”, “Wish No 7″, Wish No 10” Sunny Belliston-Taylor (Provo, UT) “Vacancy”, “Firehouse White”, “Untitled (White Vertical)”
Susan Foley (Sebastopol, CA) “Tomboy”
TR Ericsson (NY, NY and Cleveland, OH) “Memorial Day”
Tomas K Hawkom(Hattiesburg, MS) “Emergence”, “Study in Values” Vincent Leandro (Ashland, OR) “Drift”
Congratulations to all of the above artists, and thank you to every artist for their submissions. We received entries from almost ninety artists and over two hundred pieces representing 20 States, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and Korea. Please remember that every artist is responsible for shipping or delivering their work to and from the gallery. All work should arrive at the SIGNS OF LIFE GALLERY by October 9th – 13th and be framed if applicable, ready to hang, place etc and have a copy of your application form either attached to if possible or with the work. Work not received by this time will not be included in the show. Accepted artists agree to allow the gallery and balm to reproduce their image for the purpose of promoting the show. The juror will determine cash award recipients, which will be announced at the show opening on October 23rd, 2009. Award recipients will be notified. The show will run from Oct. 23rd, 2009 to January 18th, 2010, all work must remain at the gallery during this time. We look forward to a great show, which would not be possible without you.
We would like to thank the juror Samuel Kho for all the time and work on making these difficult decisions and Signs of Life Gallery for their willingness
to host this show.
° UPDATE 9/19/09 – Because of extending the deadline one week and the overwhelming overall response of submission the jury is still out on the final decisions of artists chosen for the WHITE SHOW. We will have the artists names and which piece(s) that are accepted posted on this website by Wed., Sept. 23nd, 2009 at 12pm CST. This will still allow adequate time for the artist to get the work ready and shipped. In the meantime you can email us here with any questions you may have. Thank you for all of your submissions, the show is going to be amazing.
° UPDATE 9/3/09 – Deadline for WHITE SHOW has been extended one week toSaturday, Sept. 12th, 2009 or postmarked by Sept. 9th, 2009.
The PDF Application file is corrected, and the PayPal account is set up to check out see the bottom of this page. To answer some common questions – Filling out the form online constitutes your hand signed signature. If you email your images and application and mail in a check please include a copy of your application in the mail as well. If payment is not here before the juror looks at the work, your work will not be considered, so we recommend priority/ expedited mail or PayPal if you are running late submitting your entry fee. Payment can be made via PayPal or Check payable to balm. Applications can be submitted by (scroll over link to see info) mail, fax or email or hand delivered. If work is accepted delivery of the work will be allowed from Friday Oct. 9th, 2009- Tuesday Oct. 13th, 2009.
Hand Delivery or Shipment to gallery: Friday, October 9th – Tuesday
Sept. 13th 2009 during gallery hours (see address under hand delivered above)
Show Dates: October 23rd, 2009 – January 18th, 2010
Opening: Friday, October 23rd, 2009 – 7:00 p.m.
Pick Up Date: Tues. January 19th-Sat. January 23rd,
2010, 12:00pm – 4:00 p.m.
b.a.l.m. announces the “WHITE SHOW” call for entries, a juried art show.
On October 23rd, 2009 b.a.l.m. will open its art show at Signs of Life Gallery in downtown Lawrence, Kansas and will run till January 18th, 2010.
The show is open to all artists 18 years and older, and the entries are due °September 4th, 2009 before 11:59pm. There will be a minimum of 3 cash awards given at the judgment of the jury and committee. Awards and totals TBA at a later date. If you are interested in helping sponsor this event please
contact Darin.
We are happy to announce that Samuel W. Kho has agreed to guest jury the show.
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About Samuel W. Kho
Samuel W. Kho enjoys a diversity of roles in many an art world— most importantly, in organizing exhibitions with artists.
Kho currently serves as Curator at All Things Project, a gallery located in Greenwich Village, New York City.
Previously, Kho was co-director of Hayworth Gallery in Los Angeles and had his graduate studies in the Art Market (FIT-SUNY).
To Samuel Kho, art, like life, is like a cactus: it ought to be thorny just as it could be beautiful. His constant mission is to gather and
empower a dangerously prickly assortment of people, classes, and beliefs.
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All work should be a majority of white in color.
There is no size or material requirements, however the gallery ceilings are 11′ and 12′.
The jury and committee is open to all 2-D and 3-D mediums.
The jury committee has put together an inspiration that will encourage artists with some glimpses of the concept.
If you are interested in submitting work please see the files below, read them carefully and follow the instructions.
Bring visceral proof to any questions you think you may have answered in the form of a piece of artwork, or a query you are pursuing in your work,
to the Carnegie Cultural Center at 5th and Main (Hwy 59) in Ottawa,
Kansas from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday, October 25th.
Please bring a pumpkin to paint, and an autumn snack or drink
at the end of the evening, besides artistic converstations, you will have your own transformed gourd.
Lawrence carpool will be available to leave at 5:45 from the NE corner of the Southwind 12 parking lot.
Please call d or s at 785.550.3856 with questions.
p.s. – Don’t forget to visit Jane’s studio at 1023 New Jersey St for the Lawrence Artwalk between 10-6 on Saturday or 12-6 on Sunday.
You are invited to a two person art show opening entitled “Soil & Seed – Paintings & Prints by Shannon White” and “Material” Sculptures and Prints by Darin M. White. The show opening reception Friday, October 17th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Carnegie Art & Cultural Center will include music, food and a gallery talk with the artists. In addition to claiming the title of artist, they are also married and are each dealing in different ways with issues related to the sickness and healing of their son from neuroblastoma cancer along with other aspects that they address in their work. Come and view both artists’ work and enjoy an early evening in the quaint town of Ottawa, Kansas just 30 minutes South of Lawrence on Hwy 59 (Main St.). Turn left (East) on 5th to park. We hope to see many of you!
Detail Painting Two of Triptych Copyright 2008 Shannon White
“Foundation: Tools: Balance” Copyright Darin M. White 2008
Also, we would like to help promote a movie “And What Remains” by one b.a.l.m.’s own, Marc Havener. Marc owns Resonate Pictures andrecently was accepted into the Heartland Film Festival and will be shown on the 18th, 22nd and 23rd of October in Indianapolis, Indiana. The film was just recently in the Temecula International Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA with stellar reviews, and will be in the TallGrass Film Festival in Wichita, Kansas from the 26-28 of October. Please help him promote his movie at Heartland FF by simply clicking on this link. Please resit the urge to click on others, as the number of hits is the way that the films are rated on public interest. Also clicking multiple times doesn’t work either. We tried. Thank you for supporting an independent film artist.
Join us for some vegetable inspired food, music and creative conversations at our weekly SUNDAY BRUNCH tomorrow August 24th, 2008. We are making an egg fritata with fresh herbs and fresh vegetables with dips (and coffee). Bring something else to the mix to share and let us know if you are coming! We thought that you might like to see an interesting use of vegetables as a musical instrument in this amazing concert of the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra. Feel free to bring a musical instrument. We are going to try and make a carrot recorder.
“Hope Carrot” Shannon White 2007
Cloud recap
Last night we had a great time at the percolator for the “clouds are easy to love” opening reception. We jammed to Karl Ramberg’s unique music which I would consider a blend between experimental keyboard, electronic sounds of chaos, and off tempo/ miss-beats, with a little bit of ambient thrown in for good measure. I absolutely loved the sound. It takes an artist to keep a good sound going while doing so much. Karl happens to be an excellent stone carver as well. He has helped with Myles Mountain stone carve on numerous occasions. We unfortunately missed the poetry last night, but were glad to see some interesting and thought provoking cloud inspired artwork. One piece that stuck out as interesting (at least to a three dimensional artists) was an installation by Anne Bruce. It’s materials was cloth, gold fishing hooks, sugar and flour. The material was hung with fishing hooks on the end of fishing line suspending the varying heights of expanded cloth, SIFTING loads of flour and sugar. Some of the flour and sugar drifted below the fabric on the ground. Another piece that engaged everyone with interest and laughter was the paper mache cloud, on which a childlike face was painted, and below a group of simple paper cutout flowers that were attached to a crank that when turned made the flowers dance up and down. We enjoyed seeing many artists including Spencer Art Museum Director Sara Lynn Reece Hardy. Our kids while disappointed not to find the cloud themed inspired smores that they were looking forward to, enjoyed producing more cloud art for the ceiling of the art space. Add to this some cloud themed snacks, and other drinks, with a fanciful hop-scotch-esque spray painting on the concrete in front of the gallery by David Lowenstien to top off the cooler than normal artistic evening.
Dot Dot Dot ArtSpace Opening “Overcoming the Fears that Overcome Us”
Join us tonight at Dot Dot Dot ArtSpace (a Fresh Produce Collective Event) for a Show Opening called “Overcoming the Fears that Overcome Us” with artist Whit Bone. According to artist Ostaf Heller, this is Whit’s first solo show. Dot Dot Dot ArtSpace is located at 1910 Haskell, Lawrence, KS in a new gallery that was converted from a liquor stores back stock room. The space is simplistic and unassuming, but the art is as the name of the founding group suggests “fresh”. Here is hoping for some “fresh” art and creative characters tonight at the ArtSpace.
A few people involved in b.a.l.m.are going to have work shown on the ceiling at the Alley Gallery a Percolator Project during the new show, “clouds are easy to love”.
Opening Friday, August 22
7 to 10 p.m.
poetry by Peter Wright
music by Karl Ramberg
& more
food & drinks, art inside and out
The exhibition features work by
Charlene Boehne
Anne Bruce
Christa Dalien
Natalie Anne Dye
Lisa Grossman
Chantel Guidry & Laurie L. G. Troyani
Andrew Hadle & Amanda Schwegler
Christina Hoxie
Dave Loewenstein
Justin Marable
Molly Murphy
John Reeves
Ailecia Ruscin
Samuel Smith
Beatrice vonHolten
KT Walsh
Bernadette Rose Zacharias
Related cloud events:
August 28 @ 7:30pm
A presentation by Channel 6 meteorologist Jennifer Schack on the science of clouds.
September 18 @ 7pm
Artist talk
And a cloud watching fieldtrip, date tbd.
Exhibition will be on view through October 4 Saturdays & Sundays 12-6pm.
Location:
Look for the green awnings in the alley between the Lawrence Art Center and Ninth Street.
Artist’s like to share their work with people, but sharing can take on multiple meanings in the day to day life and space an artist inhabits. Does your garage double as your studio and share space with bicycles, cars, and household necessities like mine does? I organize a garage sale each year to militantly protect my precious territory from ever encroaching outgrown children’s equipment that threatens my art space. My husband has graciously offered to make me movable walls for my studio to make my space seem separate and serene. May they expand and not contract. My former studio, which is now inhabited by my son now doubles as a guestroom complete with bunkbeds and CARS comforters. Guests must love children. I have also enjoyed participating in an open studio painting class at the Lawrence Arts Center from Louis Copt to stay connected with other artists while motivating myself toward deadlines. I must function in multiple working capacities to maintain my artistic life, but I am not willing to “let it go”. Give it up for the right reason or for a short time, maybe, but not just let it go… This creative life is something worth keeping and sharing. Sharing in a variety of ways, as mentioned above.
MAHATMA CADEN leftover tempera on construction paper by Shannon White 2007
Last year my son was in the hospital for a third of the year, so I had to be satisfied with sketching in my sketchbook, using his leftover tempera paint on construction paper to paint his portrait off of his palette during hospital craft time, scavenging and drawing on the backs of slightly used disposable hospital gowns, and finally letting Henri Matisse’s and Peter Callesen’s paper cuts inspire me to make my first small scale installation work out of construction paper. The theme and title for this installation was SIMPLE MEDIUM, and it already had its first showing. I am still transferring the year’s small sketches into large paintings and bodies of work, into finished drawings, multiple completed series, and finally beginning to show them. These challenges have inspired me to innovate, to expand my visual vocabulary to reflect recent experiences, to keep creating, expressing and sharing. I have three group shows in the next few months (KS, CO & Bleeker Street, NY), work in an Oklahoma gallery, a portrait I am finishing and am hoping to have some solo shows, soon. The past year was worth its weight in paint and relationships, shared time and space. In tight spaces and seemingly hopeless places, vision can thrive. The intensity of emotion, the condensation of concept, the urgency of expression can increase in these pressurized environments. Capsules of life emerge. Records of personal culture, inner turmoil, everyday life, the hope we hold onto surface and vitrify to be kept and read like cuneiform tablets preserved through fires. This very difficult process is how we determine what is truly worth keeping and sharing. May you all keep creating, living and sharing from whatever environment is available to us at the time.
FOUR FIGURES IN THE FIRE papercuts by Shannon White 2008
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