I have finally, finally uploaded my photos from the opening/closing of 11 Spring street, which street artists made famous and then the Wooster Collective made even more famous by bringing together Street and Graffiti artists from all over the world to put up art all throughout the building and then the New York Times made even MORE famous by publishing a story on it, resulting in 3 hour lines. However, the wait was totaly worth it and I think it was one of the most memorable art days of my life. Many thanks to my co-worker S. who emailed me the story originally, insisted that I go and also gave me a crash course in Street Art when I needed to teach some students about the Swoon piece we have up at the Museum. You can see the complete slideshow by clicking on this photo or visiting http://www.flickr.com/photos/killerfemme
Typewriter
I brought this typewriter home from Astoria, Oregon, bought the day after Thanksgiving with J. when it was pouring rain and howling, windy fog. Bringing back on the airplane the security screeners all laughed when they saw this beautiful blue chunk of metal I was hauling 3,000 miles home.
Crafting Evidence
C.’s art bin…
Crafting Antlers
Last week I had my neighbors over for some impromtu crafting. It was really fun to spread out all our art supplies on the floor, remind each other how to knit, distract LJ from her studies, eat amazing homemade vegan gingerbread cookies and feel like actually our community here in Brooklyn is cozily small. The other cool thing is that C. comes from the town next over from mine, so it was fun to catch up about Maine and share memories from growing up there.
Magda’s Style Room II
I thought that for once the flash actualy made this photo look better. I like the combination of colors and shapes.
Magda’s Style Room
The other week a grouop of us went to see about a clothing sale called Magda’s Style Room in a SoHo loft. It sounded strange, but it was actualy really lovely, a really neat event where everything was $5 and I scored 2 pairs of shoes, a belt and a shirt. The other cool thing was that the unsold clothes go to charity and as opposed to being too cool for school the whole event felt really mellow. It was one of those so New York/not New York moments.
DJ Vintage’s Dancers at Brooklyn Museum First Saturday
I was really happy that some of my photos were deemed worthy to go on the Brooklyn Museum’s flickr account, including this one! You can find the Brooklyn Museum on flickr and see more photos from First Saturday, including a marriage proposal. It’s really nice to see evidence of this great community event we work so hard on every month going out to the wider world.
Maybe So
It might as well be said that this is my best friend of 11 years. He’s dumped me on the ground from a full gallop more times than I want to count, but also listened to my angst and shared my growing up process in his own horsey way. His “show name” is Maybe So, but he goes by Ben. He’s feisty and stubbon as hell and always wants his way to be right (which is a lot like his owner). He’s a 25 year old Morgan Quarterhorse cross and you get double points if you know what that means. But suffice it to say I love animals and this one will always be in my heart. If you come to Maine with me you can feed him a treat.
Sunset at the Docks
For Thanksgiving I went home to Maine and while I swore I wouldn’t travel again during the holidays, it always feels good to be there. I am always suprised by the silence of the town where my parents live and Portland is always smaller and colder than I remember. It’s hard to imagine I spent so much of my adolesnce hanging out there and feeling busy (and now I return to take pictures like this one of typically “Maine” things). But I’ve found I have a love for brick, cobblestone, wind in pine trees and the smell of salt water, all things which Maine and my many years there gave me. There’s a set on flickr, if you click on this photo you can get to it.
Nice pants
IP, a PDX and US expat now living in Halifax, NS, came down for the weekend for an art book fair and had the luck of catching the swap as well. She’s shown here modeling a very special hat and showing off some pants which were sadly the wrong size and season for many. IP also me a copy of her latest book project, called DIY in HFX (do-it-yourself in Halifax). I have started reading it and it is really inspiring to read about the ways in which this community interprets the ideas and ethics of DIY. It has a different feel from IP’s last book in this series “DIY in PDX” focusing on Portland, OR. That one seemed more indie rock and craft focused while this one feels like there’s more focus on the environment and economy. I think it’s interesting because of course it reflects the different cultures of the cities that it focuses on. I also felt more positive about the idea of DIY and realized that feeling inspired doesn’t mean I’m young or naive and what’s cool about feeling grumpy and hopeless anyways? I want to be open to and embrace inspiration to do, make and create more regularly and not feel like it’s comprimising my critical outlook.
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