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March is roaring in… Boom!

March is roaring in … Boom!

And just like that its March 1, 2020 – where did the first two months fly off to?  How fast will the next two months fly by?  Soon it will be the 4th of July and then Halloween… wait a minute… slow down sister.  Let’s not get too far ahead of yourself and let’s get back to talking about March.

This past week, I worked with the designer at Brassworks Gallery, Red Barn Muse to help design the “Post Digital Pop” Show that will be opening May 1st at Brassworks Gallery – this is such a fun show to curate, I love the 80’s pop images – I have 8 artists featured in this show – The show is a representation of the age of when Pop Art began to expose after the digital era.  This show is a retrospect of that ear in time with an influence of today’s current pop movement, thus creating Post Digital Pop!!  You will see this show in the next issue of Hi-Fructose Magazine.

Also, this past week, Artists Glenn Barr and Gregory Hergert completed their images for the “Concrete and Flesh” two-person show opening June 5th, 2020 at Brassworks Gallery – I was very pleased to have Glenn Barr design the magazine ad for this show which is advertised in both Hi-Fructose & Juxtapoz magazines. The Hi-Fructose issue will be out in April and the Juxtapoz issue out in June.

Here in Portland OR, Spring is in the air and it’s hard to sit inside and work all day when all I want to do is be outside and play in the yard and soak up some rays of sunshine.  Thankfully this weeks’ forecast is rain, rain and even more rain!  Guess that means no rest for the wicked…  and some days it just plain fun to be really wicked!  Spring fever is calling my name big time!!!

Ciao…

ur

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A Little Birdie Told Me…

Wow where did February go? A little birdie told me that this was going to be one busy year.

As March is just merely days away, I am sitting here writing and thinking where on earth did the first two months of 2020 go and how did they manage to go so darn fast!

I had so many things to accomplish these first two months relating to art, artists, shows and marketing and as I sit here working as I do every Saturday with Hilary and we are working diligently on our task list we created – it is apparent to both of us we are running a bit off these first two months.  It’s not a lot but enough to make us both go well… I think we better work a bit faster and maybe one more evening a week.

We both have full time day jobs, but are committed to our joint projects in the art world.  We have decided to publishing a minimum of 2 Art Books this year, she is the brains in the design, correct specs, type and layout and I am the creative pushy one who also loves marketing and creating ways to drive sales while making her nuts asking to add,  move or remove images and change colors.

We also committed to taking the full-time marketing, press features, website updates and digital management of a few artists.  Whew!   Then let’s add to it the shows I am curating and the non-stop search of new talent to invite to the shows.  In doing all this, the one thing I tend to neglect is my own social media marketing for undergroundrobin sigh, I guess I better add this to my daily task list and get my act together and get back on target.

Signing off for now on this quick little update blog and get back to work! 

Ciao …

ur

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2020 is looking mighty busy!

2020 has started off with a Bang! I can’t believe it is already February. For the month of February I am working on “My Twisted Valentine” opening at Brassworks Gallery, February 7th. I have such a great line up of talented of Artists for this show and it is going to be fun to see what a Twisted Valentine means to them.

March has me curating two different shows, one at Brassworks Gallery. The show is “2019 Brassworks Retrospective” this show will highlight the art that I have at the gallery from past shows of 2019. Some great art from all over the world and a great way to see some of the great works of art you may have missed last year but really wanted to see. This show opens Friday March 6th, which is also the SE Portland First Friday Art Walk.

My next show is curated at Chaos Gallery – “Urban Surrealism” The Book & The Art of Gregory Hergert. Opening Thursday, March 5th and up through April 30th in downtown Portland OR, which is also NW Portland First Thursday Art Walk.

This weekend, I met with book designer, Hilary Thompson, you will hear her name often, she worked with me in publishing the book Urban Surrealism. We mapped out our next 2 art books we are publishing by June 2020 – seems crazy enough to take on a new book after just completing one Oct of last year, let alone taking on 2. Watch for details, one will feature artist from all over the world for special show I am curating and publishing a book for on opening night. I am not sure what on earth I am thinking but you know, the only thing that stops you is the mental blocks we put in our own mind. So here’s to a no mental block 2020!

Ciao…. ur 

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