Emvergeoning

September 9th, Ansen Seale: luminous flux Art show opening and reception for the artist: 5…:30 to 9:30pm Show will run through October 13.

www.bismarckstudios.com

“Art on the Hill” seems to get better and better! Two new venues have come aboard! We are excited about San Antonio College Visual Arts Center Gallery joining the 2nd Friday art walk on Sept 10th. SAC’s “On Stage Drama Club” will entertain patrons along the art walk route and the Music department will have a guitar ensemble at SAC and La Casa Rosa. We also want to welcome the newly renovated “Galeria Sant…os” on East Evergreen.

On your artwalk you will witness:

* “Trace Elements”-regional photographers document the interplay between nature and urban society at SAC VAC;
* The beauties of Mexico in a a photo exhibit at Serendipity ArtSpace;
* A very special collaboration of artist’s work on exhibit at High Wire;
* The hidden world of “Asylum”- photographs explore the duality of freedom of expression vs the loss of reason at La Casa Rosa Art Studio;
* The extraordinary wonders of the creative process in new bronze sculptues at La Casa Rosa;
* Original handcrafted ceramic works at Tycoon Flats.

See you on the 10th of September! Please make note that SAC VAC is open from 5pm to 8pm; whereas all other venues are open from 6pm to 10pm with entertainment and refreshments.

Sincerely,
Luis Lopez
Chair, Tobin Hill Arts Alliance
La Casa Rosa Art Studio
527 E Dewey Place

A two-part exhibition presented by FL!GHT and Blue Star Contemporary Art Center.

2 OPENINGS @ DIFFERENT SPACES
…
OPENING 7-10PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2010:

Bryan Duff (fired in 2008 from Blue Star Brewing Co.)

Derek Allen Brown (fired in 2003 from Baskin-Robbins)

FL!GHT/1906 S. FLORES/SATX/THROUGH SEPTEMBER 6

OPENING 5-9PM
F.B.B. PERFORMANCE 8:45PM SHARP
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2010:

Beto Gonzales (fired in 1994 from Starbucks)

Bryan De La Garza (fired in 2002 from Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital)

Daniel Saldaña (fired in 1979 from Broadway Garment Distribution)

Derek Allen Brown (fired in 2003 from Baskin-Robbins)

Franklin Bryson Brooks (fired in 1996 from Shoney’s)

Gabriela Santiago (sent home in 2009 from Suede Lounge)

Jake Zollie Harper (fired in 2000 from Starlight Gardens)

Jeremiah Teutsch (fired in 2007 from the GAP)

Joe De La Cruz (fired in 2000 from Michael’s)

Kerri Coar (fired in 2004 from Nomadic Notions)

Lisa Corradino (fired by Nancy Rubins in 1999)

Nicholas Hay (has never been fired)

W/ DJ RASTA MIKE (fired in 2009 from CD Exchange)
BLUE STAR LAB/118 BROADWAY/SATX/ THROUGH OCTOBER 2

CURATORS:
Ed Saavedra (fired in 2002 from San Antonio Current)
Justin Parr (fired in 2000 from H-E-B grocery company)

ALSO:

12:30PM
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010:
Black Box Lunch (informal discussion with artists)
BLUE STAR LAB

SPONSORED BY :
Urban Nest Realty http://urbannestrealty.net/

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“I’d rather get fired than quit.”
A two-part exhibition presented by FL!GHT and Blue Star Contemporary Art Center.

A few months ago, one of our favorite artists inquired if and how it would be possible for a person to abandon fine art altogether.

“You can keep your wine-and-cheese crowd,” he announced on Facebook, only a week or so before confirming his participation in this exhibition. Apparently exiting the “art game” isn’t as simple as renouncing your citizenship, but it must still be possible.

Are there twelve steps that include acknowledging a problem that also happens to be an INCURABLE affliction (tempered only by communal chain-smoking and “serenity” prayers)?

For most of us, the urge to make art is something primal like the drive to eat or fuck, so hypnosis or acupuncture would be a waste of time/money. Electroshock therapy seems too much of a scary, unethical relic, and graphic design too slippery of a slope.

An office job might have been an effective remedy many decades ago, but today anything/everything is an art material (e.g. break-room condensation). Maybe the only way out is “termination,” but we would strongly advise against playing in the street. You’ll risk being labeled a “performance artist” if VIA helps end your career.

I’d rather get fired than quit. is a two-part exploration of an artist’s options (or lack thereof) and the creative freedom unleashed when utter failure is an acceptable (or even a preferred) outcome.

Ed Saavedra Justin Parr
www.edsatx.com www.justinparr.com

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“First of all, don’t beat yourself up. As I said, getting fired can happen to the best of us. Don’t dwell on it. Instead, focus on what you are going to do next and how you are going to find another job. Keeping in mind that another hurdle – the stigma of being fired – has just been added to your job search. That said, there are ways you can address this issue and put it in at least a neutral, if not a positive, light.”

Alison Doyle, “You’re Fired: How to Handle a Termination”

“They call me ocioso. I’d rather get fired than quit.
I get unemployment, you work and we making the same shit.”

Immortal Technique, “Obnoxious” from Revolutionary, Vol. 2

“You’ve lived too long in New York, I told her. There are other worlds. Other kinds of dreams. Dreams in which failure is feasible. Honorable. Sometimes even worth striving for. Worlds in which recognition is not the only barometer of brilliance or human worth. There are plenty of warriors that I know and love, people far more valuable than myself, who go to war each day, knowing in advance that they will fail. True, they’re less successful in the most vulgar sense of the word, but by no means less fulfilled.

The only dream worth having, I told her, is to dream that you will live while you’re alive and die only when you’re dead.”

Arundhati Roy

“Firms that wish for an employee to exit of his or her own accord, but do not wish to pursue firing or forced resignation, may degrade the employee’s working conditions, hoping that he or she will leave ’voluntarily.’ The employee may be moved to a different geographical location, assigned to an undesirable shift, given too few hours if part time, demoted (or relegated to a menial task), or assigned to work in uncomfortable conditions. Other forms of manipulation may be used, such as being unfairly hostile to the employee, and punishing him or her for things that are deliberately overlooked with other employees.

Often, these tactics are done so that the employer won’t have to fill out termination papers in jurisdictions without at-will employment. In addition, with a few exceptions, employees who voluntarily leave generally cannot collect unemployment.”

Wikipedia.com, “Termination of employment”

“I’m freakin’ serious…I’m done sucking and all that crap, I’m just gonna quit…for good….I dunno, it’s just that my art’s bland and will never improve…So really, I dunno anymore…I’m gonna take off my stuff and everything tomorrow…”

Anonymous online artist

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

Thomas Edison

“Many artists face rejection, lack of interest in their art, ignorance of what ’hoops’ they must ’jump through’ in order to make it as an artist, and generally lots less interest in art than in sports. Given all this, the rate of artists dropping out and quitting art is high.”

The Urban Art Retreat’s homepage

“Just once it might be instructive to pretend you’re accepting an award for failure, just to see who you would thank.”

Robert Brault

“If you’ve ever worked at an office, it’s very odd when people get fired. You hear rumors. Speculation. Then the official explanation. Then you never see/mention them again. Back to work.”

Beto Gonzales

Hills will create this work in an open studio environment at Blue Star Contemporary Art Center throughout the month of September, with opening receptions, Thursday September 30 and First Friday, October 1, 2010, 6 – 9 pm.

…Fourth in a series of projects derived from his 1997 Song 44, Casual Observer will allow ample time for the lackadaisical viewer to convince themselves that something is happening. Visitors to the gallery might even chance upon the artist with guitar, singing a song or two, possibly with collaborators.

The project seems to ask, what flavor is your favorite neutrino? How heavy is it really, all this small talk?

Meanwhile, The Baguette Bomber continues to prove that the god machine just can’t catch a break. A bird dropping a piece of bread onto outdoor machinery has been blamed for a technical fault at the Large Hadron Collider which saw significant overheating in sections of the mighty particle-punisher’s subterranean 27-km super-cooled magnetic doughnut.

Chocolate or glazed? — the flavor question just won’t go away.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/biology_evolution/article6879293.ece

…· On-line through paypal at www.mswomenscenter.org

· Purchase tickets at the Center 1510. S. Hackberry in advance

· Or purchase at the Door on the day of the event

…An Application Workshop will be held Saturday October 2nd at Trinity University from 10am-1pm
http://www.artistfound.org/workshop.cfm

Trinity University
Digital Art Studio
Room 206, Dicke Art Building

…An Application Workshop will be held Saturday October 2nd at Trinity University from 10am-1pm
http://www.artistfound.org/workshop.cfm

Trinity University
Digital Art Studio
Room 206, Dicke Art Building

Rules & Eligibility

Individual, professional artists may apply for an award of $5,000 to help underwrite the costs of creating new works of exceptional quality. Awards are granted for the creation of new, original work. The Foundation makes awards for a specific project to originators/ creators of art and artistic production. The Foundation does not normally make awards to artists solely for performance (singer, dancer, musician, actor, etc.) unless it is in the context of an original project. This distinction should be carefully noted before undertaking the work entailed in applying for an award.

Who May Apply:

* Foundation awards are open to individual artists who create original work
* All artists must be United States citizens or Resident Aliens
* All applicants must be residents of Bexar County, Texas for:
o 12 consecutive months, as of the date of application
o and at least 18 yrs old
* Artists proposing a project must demonstrate one or more of the following characteristics:
o a potential for artistic growth
o a significant shift in their work
o or a challenging exploration with new materials, concepts or artistic practices
o only professional artists demonstrating high artistic quality should apply
* The Foundation will confirm applicant eligibility

Definition of Professional Artists

Individuals are considered to be professional artists if they:

* earn at least part of their annual income in their artistic disciplines
* consider their artistic endeavors as a career
* make a significant time investment in their artistic disciplines through practice, performance and production

Who May Not Apply:

* Applicants may not be, nor related to current panelists.
* Applicants who received a previous Foundation award are not eligible to apply for 5 years from the award date.
* Groups of artists are not eligible only individual artists may apply.
* You may not apply if you are a student:
o enrolled in an art or art-related college
o planning to attend an art or art-related college
* Awards may not be used to support academic research or to study toward an academic professional degree.
* Artist Foundation awards are not awarded to commercial artists or crafts-makers or any artist whose work primarily falls into commercial, advertising art, crafts and decorative art categories.
* Previous Foundation award recipients may not reapply for 5 years.

What is Not funded:

The Foundation does not make grants to pay for:

* past debts or legal fees
* the purchase of real estate
* moves to other cities
* the costs of installations, commissions or projects ordered by others

Normally, the Foundation will not support travel grants.

Robert L.B. Tobin Grand Prize for Artistic Excellence:

All winners from all categories will be considered for the Robert L.B. Tobin Grand Prize for Artistic Excellence in the amount of $7,500. The Foundation Board of Directors will select the recipient.

Artist Foundation of San Antonio Awards

In 2010, the Foundation will make its fifth cycle of awards to artists residing in Bexar County, Texas. Each award is for $5,000 and is made for the creation of new, original work. The awards are designed to recognize artistic achievement, dedication to an artistic discipline and the potential for further professional development. Awards are made for a proposed project, which may already be in progress but should be completed by the end of the grant period of one year. Prior to receiving award funds, artists must sign a contract with the Foundation that specifies certain responsibilities. These responsibilities are found in the application process documentation and are intended to ensure that the award funds will be used in a manner that satisfies the Foundation’s charitable purposes.

Applications are ONLY accepted via the online application here at artistfound.org.
No applications will be accepted via FAX, e-mail, courier, mail nor ANY other delivery methods.
E-mail info@artistfound.org if applying online is not possible for you.

The purpose of the Artist Foundation of San Antonio is to enrich our artistic and economic fabric by providing monetary awards to individual artists, across diverse disciplines, thereby advancing their creative enterprise and the arts in our community.

While there are many organizations that provide funding to arts organizations, the Foundation is the only organization in our area that distinguishes itself with the sole objective of giving to individual artists.

We believe that by granting awards and recognition to our artists the art market in San Antonio and Bexar County will grow, diversify and prosper. Artists are in fact small business owners and an important factor in economic development. Cities across this country have awakened to the fact that vibrant artistic communities draw not only tourists, but also employers and talented employees.