Join us for a milieu of dots, lines & spaces
spanned by luminosity!
Your participation will by vital to the event…
Fun & possibly enlightening for all ages!
Some inspirations are organic geometry,
biophosphorescence &interactive empowerment
of audience as everyday mapmakers…
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Press Release: For Immediate Release
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b.a.l.m.Maps the Kemper: Lines, Dots, and the Spaces In Between 4420 Warwick Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64111 Friday, October 26th, 2012, 7-9 pm
The lawns of the Kemper Museum will be a glow-in-the-dark
experience led by Lawrence’s artist cooperative
b.a.l.m. (beauty, art and life movement).
Activity stations will revolve around the themes of Refresh – Explore – Move.
Find your way to the Kemper Museum to help create an
open-air interactive environment!
We are always creating the map…routing and rerouting our existence with
our movements between resting points,forming beneficial connections
along the way. Streams of creativity and ways of thinking run fluidly parallel
to one another and occasionally converge to illuminate perspectives. In this
context, art makes our neural pathways visible and helps us navigate the
geography between spaces. Our grey cell matter and the dark matter of the
universe become illuminated. We are joining with artists in our network to
awaken the event guests to realize their cumulative role in creating the map
with an engaging experience with light on the lawn of the Kemper.
Maps can be defined as any network formed in nature or culture . At night it
appears as a series of basic phospho -geometric components of circles or
dots, lines & spaces between shapes.These structures, which represent
constellations, bio phosphorescent micellenia networks in the soil between
mushrooms which allow for forestation, cities viewed from space which form
a dimensional structure for life, gleaming waterways or neuro-electric currents
and pathways in our brain become conduits or established pathways that support
functional and desirable ways of life to be traveled and revisited, and can also be
solidified and altered. Memories and relationships are formed at each juncture
and while navigating the unknowns, the dark matter or spaces in between, which
causes the design of the map to be in flux.
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BREEZEWAY STATION – REFRESH:
Under the breezeway, artist Katherine Marie O’Hara’s crocheted
monofilament forms have a gift each guest is invited to take from
the suspended glow-in-the-dark elements.This lit wearable object
provides a visual map of your journey between the various stations
creating atrace of your steps and interactions and memory of
your involvement.
Sip a natural soda, kickback and listen to global and experimental
music by the Owl People, around glowing elements/sculptures by
artist Yuri Zupancic.
SOUTH LAWN – MOVEMENT:
Luminescent artist inside a clear sphere will interact with guests while
mapping the topographic space.
Fiber and performance artist Judah Wagner designed and produced a suit
that in various ways uses multiplecolors of light to map the body.
Event producers, and artists Shannon and Darin White constructed
a collaborative glowing spherical structures by transforming existing
objects.Guests are encouraged to manipulate and interact with
constructions and artists around the sunken lawn , creating a changing
map piece with the moving points.
NORTH LAWN STATION – EXPLORING:
Artists, Darin and Shannon White 10′ cube frame suspended & connected colored
glow-in-the-dark strings, neon , and glow elements, creating open air sculpture
environment.
Guests interact with the environment along with artists. Glow rope is provided to
use on the lawn as a drawing tool, creating lines, forms and shapes.
balm is a non profit organization working on 501-3C Status.
If you or an organization or business would like to donate funds, time or
other resources to further art and artists in Lawrence, KS and throughout
the country please send any correspondence to us or donate by clicking the
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DANNON ART project
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Lawrence Arts Center
940 New Hamshire
Lawrence, KS
Exhibition dates: January 23 – March 3, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, January 27, 2012, 5-9 pm
Closing Reception: Friday, February 24, 2012, 5-9 pm
Rex Hausmann will be creating a painting on the second floor at the Lawrence Arts
Center January 23 – 27. At the completion of his painting, this temporary studio
will handed over to a series of artists who will create new works, each leaving their
works on display. Over the course of five weeks this space transforms into a
melody of styles and mediums creating an exhibit that will only exist this one time.
Audiences are encouraged to visit the space beginning January 23 – March 3.
This project will be held in the North end, on the second floor of the Lawrence Arts
Center.
Rex Hausemann lives and works as a full-time artist in San Antonio and New York
City. Hausmann earned a BFA in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and
Design. He has worked on projects both nationally and internationally and has
shown and lectured globally. His work and large projects often revolve around
identities found in communal and domestic contexts, tracing their connections
to religion and history.
Artist Note:
Dannon Art Supply/ Consulting/ Production/ Promotion/ Encouragement/
… heck,the story of a creative life in mid America! (With a Whole Lot of Friends)
COMMUNITY!
An installation/exhibition by a Creative Community, in motion.
The idea behind this project is simple: exposing an artistic community to an
audience for the audience to enjoy & participate. Much like Sol Lewitt had his
wall drawings, people instead of lines create a mesh of relationships,
metaphysically through e mails, phone calls. Eventually personal contact& a
physical object creates a totem of the persons visit. The process is open to
enterprising, yet simple boundaries exists: keep your voice within the specified
space of The Lawrence Arts Center. The small space will begin to look like a small
store, full of a verity of things for sale, with the space taking on the life of a studio
too. The space itself & individual voices will direct the exhibition itself. The
experience’s existence will changing every day. This a metaphor for the art of
creative community, the people we surround ourselves with, the people we as
human interact with on a daily basis & the trials & joys that come along with those
relationships.
balm is a non profit organization working on 501-3C Status.
If you or an organization or business would like to donate funds, time or
other resources to further art and artists in Lawrence, KS and throughout
the country please send any correspondence to us or donate by clicking the
link below.
balm is a non profit organization working on 501-3C Status.
If you or an organization or business would like to donate funds, time or
other resources to further art and artists in Lawrence, KS and throughout
the country please send any correspondence to the addresses in the
signature or donate by clicking the link below.
Update Aug 17: Deadline Extension, Included and Highlighted Artists and a few changes
Entries Due: 11:59 PM, August 29, 2011
Sweeping up the Mess is a juried exhibit of painting, sculpture, poetry, and other art forms inspired by, and which make use of, custodial supplies. The show, in partnership with Des Moines Social Club and Metro Arts Alliance, will be displayed from September 16 – December 16, 2011 in the White Carpet Gallery at Hillyard. The exhibit is open to all artists, 18 years and older. Entry Fee $5.00 (one art piece, or up to three poems). Discounts for multiple entries, and/or complete exhibit details, are available by contacting ccox@hillyard.com – email must reference: “Sweeping up the Mess – Art Exhibit”.
Exhibit Includes Artists:
Rex Hausmann
Exhibited both Nationally and Internationally, Hausmann has been included in the Venice Biennale, Smithsonian Museum of Art, and currently has a solo show at the Institute of Texan Cultures.
Above: The Brothers Hat Shop
Rex Hausmann, 2010
Acrylic on canvas
Deb Seeger
Ms. Seeger’s career spans 4 decades, and has shown National and Internationally. Her Longleaf Project, a knitted dress using plastic bags as yarn, combines social issues, community, and art.
Above: The Longleaf Project
Deb Seeger, 2008
Jason Barr
Trained as a printmaker, Barr uses bright colors and juvenile imagery to address larger world issues. He is currently working on a video/performance project in
conjunction with the University of Kansas Spencer Museum of Art
Above: Snowman the Barbarian
Jason Barrr, 2011
Katherine O’Hara
Katherine Marie O’Hara earned her BFA in interdisciplinary arts from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2010. Three months after graduation, she was awarded a residency with the Charlotte Street Foundation’s Urban Culture Project. In the past year, her multi-medium installation and sculptural works have been shown with Cara and Cabezas Contemporary, b.a.l.m 739 Flash Space, and Urban Culture Project. She has also curated at the Monarch gallery, contributed to Bread & Glitter Magazine, and taught for the Kansas City Art Institute Continuing Education Program.
Above: Con & De-struction I-VI
Katherine O’Hara, 2011
The Yarn Dawgz
The Yarn Dawgz are a knit graffiti collective founded by visual artists Dino Foxx and Billy Muñoz. Based in San Antonio, Texas, the Yarn Dawgz knit and crochet art for commissioned gallery shows and public art installations as well as guerrilla style graffiti pieces installed during their travels as professional performance artists. With over 15 years of experience as visual and performance artists, the Dawgz have displayed their fiber art in San Antonio, Austin, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Santa Fe, Albuquerque and most recently in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. Having just completed a large public art installation at the Culinary Institute of the America’s for International Yarn Bombing Day, the Yarn Dawgz are now at work completing their first full gallery show that will open at Jump-Start Art Gallery in July of 2012.
Above: Yarn Dawgz in Action, 2011
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Sweeping up the Mess
Call for Entries:
Sweeping up the Mess is a juried exhibit of painting, sculpture, poetry, and other art forms inspired by, and which make use of, custodial supplies. The show, in partnership with Des Moines Social Club and Metro Arts Alliance, will be displayed from September 16 – 18, 2011 in a flash space provided by Terrus Real Estate Group (Location TBD) in the downtown region of Des Moines, Iowa. The exhibit is open to all artists, 18 years and older. Entry Fee $5.00 (one art piece, or up to three poems). Discounts for multiple entries, and/or complete exhibit details, are available by contacting ccox@hillyard.com – email must reference: “Sweeping up the Mess – Art Exhibit”.
Entries Due: 11:59 PM, August 15, 2011 Updated to 11:59 PM, August 29, 2011
Hillyard is excited to announce that Darin White, Lawrence, KS, has agreed to guest curate and jury the Sweeping up the Mess exhibit. White’s recent curatorial work includes: Anthropoi, White Show, Dry Bones, and TRANS•parent TRANS•lucent which was hailed by Review Mid-America’s Visual Arts Publication as being “mesmerizing, beautiful, puzzling, and disturbing, but what perhaps makes it successful overall is the effective curation. White has put together an exhibition that is direct and sensible; it creates an environment capable of producing dialogue between viewers.” In its review of Anthropoi, the publication states, “White’s curatorial and promotional skills are causing much murmur in Lawrence’s fairly tight-knit arts community.”
White graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in sculpture. He is also a founder of b.a.l.m. (beauty, art & life movement),a regional artists’ group and organization that welcomes artists of all disciplines. www.cargocollective.com/darinwhite.com
Submission Guidelines:
1. Email ccox@hillyard.com for Complete Submission Guidelines and Entry Form.
2. $5 Entry Fee must be paid before entry will be considered. Mail checks payable to Hillyard or process cash payments in person (see shipping address). Credit Card payments will be processed at 1-800-584-9237. All correspondence should reference “Sweeping up the Mess – Art Exhibit”.
Artwork –
· All work should be inspired by, and make use of, custodial supplies. (Example: paint with a toilet bowl brush, urinal block sculpture, string mop installation piece, etc.)
· There is no size or material requirements, however, the flash space ceilings are estimated to range between 11’ and 12’.
· All 2-D and 3-D mediums will be considered.
Poetry –
· All work should be inspired by custodial supplies. (Example theme: ode to the plunger)
· Selected poems will be displayed in unison with the exhibit as determined by the guest curator.
· All poetry styles will be considered.
· Three poems = One Entry. You may submit up to Three Entries, or Nine Poems.
Exhibit Sales/Awards:
Hillyard takes a 20% commission of all sales with 80% going to the artist. Three Artists and Three Poets, whom the jury considers deserving, will be awarded solo shows on display in the White Carpet Gallery at Hillyard. Total awards and display dates may vary at the sole discretion of Hillyard.
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balm is a non profit organization working on 501-3C Status.
If you or an organization or business would like to donate funds, time or
other resources to further art and artists in Lawrence, KS and throughout
the country please send any correspondence to the addresses in the
signature or donate by clicking the link below.
There was a great turn out for the September Final Friday event at the 739 Mass
Street Flash Space with an estimated 1,000-1,300 in attendance. Tom King from
Review Magazine did a brief review highlighting the b.a.l.m. anthropoi Exhibition
and curation. The show exhibited 18 artists including Ben Ahlvers, Rob Allen,
TR Ericsson, Jason T. Clark, Larry Graeber, Duane Hilburn, Akiko Jackson,
Lacey Lewis, Don Lisy, Jung Hee Mun, Dave Root, Nicolette Ross, Frank Shopen,
Betsy Timmer, Dave Van Hee, GF Sam Wagner, Jay Walker and Shannon White
and last minute addition Erok Johanssen.
Below are some images from the opening courtesy of Ed White Photo Images.
See more of the show opening images here.
For more images of the artwork displayed or to purchase a piece of artwork, please
contact curator Darin M. White .
We would like to thank sponsors for this exhibition including: Downtown Lawrence Arts District, Lawrence Sign Up, Cottin’s Hardware, Ed White Photo Images and our friendly neighbors Signs of Life Gallery.
We would also like to thank the musical group Antiques and Collectibles for
setting the mood. In edition, we would like to thank the assistance received
by multiple volunteers including a whole family in painting the space and
getting ready for this show we couldn’t have done this with out you.
balm is a non profit organization working on 501-3C Status.
If you or an organization would like to donate funds, time or other resources
to further art and artists in Lawrence, KS and throughout the country please
send any correspondence to the addresses in the signature.
Coming off the inaugural event of Final Fridays there are great expectations
for this months opening. There was a fabulous turn out and response to this event
and we are hoping for sustained success in promoting art and artists and
introducing those who may not be aware of the variety and depth of
contemporary art to a little taste. b.a.l.m. produced the August show TRANS•parent TRANS•lucent which was able to bring some good reviews, publicity and awareness for the Final Friday events.
Opening in conjunction with the Lawrence, Kansas Final Fridays b.a.l.m. announces anthropoi – a group exhibit about how artist view people
curated by Darin M. White a beauty, art and life movement production.
Please join us this Friday September 24th, 2010 for the opening reception
at the 739 Mass Street Flash Space from 5-10pm. Join us at 5pm for a special
appearance and collective work, and we also are looking forward to hosting a
variety of art collectives in the first hour of the opening.
Show dates are from Sept. 24th- Oct. 22nd by appointment.
Artists exhibited in the show include:
Ben Ahlvers, Rob Allen, TR Ericsson, Jason T. Clark, Larry Graeber, Duane Hilburn,
Akiko Jackson, Lacey Lewis, Don Lisy, Jung Hee Mun, Dave Root, Nicolette Ross,
Frank Shopen, Betsy Timmer, Dave Van Hee, GF Sam Wagner, Jay Walker and
Shannon White.
Front Image: cropped examples of a variety of the artists works.
balm is a non profit organization working on 501-3C Status.
If you or an organization would like to donate funds, time or other resources
to further art and artists in Lawrence, KS and throughout the country please
send any correspondence to the addresses in the signature.
The b.a.l.m. WHITE SHOW at Hausmann Millworks was a little lighter on the trek
back to Kansas. Three additional art works sold while in San Antonio, Texas.
Congratulations artists!
We heard over and over how much people appreciated the level of quality that this
show has to offer. We would like to thank the people of San Antonio for their
appreciation, requests for extension, supporting this traveling art show both in
purchases as well as attendance and by word of mouth. Thank you to Rex
Hausmann and the Millworks for hosting and helping sponsor the exhibition.
The exhibition opened on March 6th, 2010 in conjunction with Contemporary Art Month (CAM) with a well attended reception with many curators,
directors and art buyers and of course art lovers. There was also a large closing
reception on March 27th, 2010, with art performances, bands etc and
because of numerous requests the exhibit was extended to May 5th, 2010.
with WHITE SHOW Juror Samuel W. Kho & Artists and Closing Reception
(A list of Artists attending to follow)
Date:
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Time:
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Location:
Signs of Life Gallery
Street:
722 Massachusetts Street
City/Town:
Lawrence, KS
You are cordially invited to hear balm WHITE SHOW juror Samuel W. Kho and a portion of the artists involved in the show discuss Art in a context of seeing. Mr. Kho will talk about the idea of how shows connecting us to food and its preparation can help us view art better and then discuss these concepts and more with the artists. Following the discussion, there will be a closing reception and time to connect with the Juror and Artists.
The last day to view the balm WHITE SHOW is January 16th, 2010 before it travels to Hausmann Millworks in San Antonio, TX February 19th – March 31st 2010. Thank you to all who have attended various events, artists who have been involved, patrons who have purchased art and sponsored events and to Signs of Life Gallery for hosting this show and events.
For more information on the show or to rsvp see the above invites or links below.
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.
° 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.
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