DROP OFF YOUR FINAL...GALLERY READY...WORK TO THE CORNISH GALLERY...THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH BETWEEN 12-3PM

gallery-ready...what does it mean...???

Having your work gallery ready for your final projects is essential.
Here are some tips...so you can hone your skills as a professional artist.
Many of these concerns will be addressed in your exhibition agreement form...take a moment to consider your needs.
As a gallery and museum preparator...I can help you with any special installation needs...JUST ASK!

A-TEAM (yes, please)


1. your painting is DRY
2. your wall mounted work is matted/framed/has D-rings/french cleat/linen tape tabs/something! (refer to images and videos below)
3. arrow on back showing "UP"direction is always helpful...never assume it's obvious.
4. multi-piece sculpture and/or wall work is CLEARLY marked with numbers as to arrangement of pieces and orientation (i.e.,a series of photos labeled on back 1,2,and 3 with accompanying drawing showing they are a vertical stack with 1 on top, 2 in middle, 3 on bottom...etc.)
5. If you must hang from ceiling...provide hanging material in correct footage. Please discuss ahead of time to be sure it is sufficient.
6. Don't forget to put your name somewhere on your work (each piece)...use blue tape if you need to.
7. Have a title.
8. Drop off ON TIME...we are on a tight schedule.
9. Have faith. We are professionals...and will make your work look the best it can in the context of a group show.


VS.

B-TEAM (just don't do it)


1. your painting is WET...I'm not going to say more about this.
2. your wall mounted work has a sawtooth hanger...boo. (see image below)
3. you did not measure your D-rings to the same spot on either side of your work (i.e., left ring at 4" and right ring at 6") This make leveling difficult.
4. no labels, no name, no up arrow, no instructions...if you don't care...why should we?
5. You're late...sorry but it's a no go.

DEADLINE:noun
1.the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
2.a line or limit that must not be passed.
3.(formerly) a boundary around a military prison beyond which a prisoner could not venture without risk of being shot by the guards.


If you need help/advice...ask...please.





You can purchase aluminum cleats from the hardware store if you don't want to make one.



















you may need to hit the link for this video if you can't see all of it...

Using a French Cleat

sawtooth hangers = BAD...totally B-TEAM








D-rings = good. measure to place them the same on both sides of your work.Don't forget the wire.



See...???
You're a pro.

GOOD STUFF...

thread installation by Anne Lindberg




document your process...!

and check out the other artist's work in the exhibition...
HERE at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art

Stuff to hear during break...

some good stuff happening at the Hedreen Gallery...
check it out.

Saturday March 10th at 7pm
PageBoy Magazine Release Party

PageBoy Magazine is celebrating the release of its fourth issue. Come hear Sierra Nelson, Jeff Encke, Stacey Levine, Alex Bleecker, Jeremy Springsteed, John Wesley Horton, and Nico Vassilakis read poetry and prose. Come watch short animated films by Drew Christie. Come hear Probable Musical Antics. Come buy a copy of the new issue, with work from the above as well as Ed Skoog, Amalio Madueño, and Mary Ellen McAuley Stewart.

Thursday March 15th at 7pm
Seattle Book Party for CAConrad’s A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics

Come join Philadelphia poet CAConrad to celebrate his new book from Wave Books, A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog/112-a-beautiful-marsupial-afternoon

CAConrad is the author of A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics (Wave Books, 2012), The Book of Frank (Wave Books, 2010), Advanced Elvis Course (Soft Skull Press, 2009), Deviant Propulsion (Soft Skull Press, 2006), and a collaboration with poet Frank Sherlock titled The City Real & Imagined (Factory School, 2010). He is a 2011 Pew Fellow, and a 2012 Ucross Fellow. He is the editor of the online video poetry journals JUPITER 88 and Paranormal Poetics. Visit him online at http://CAConrad.blogspot.com/.

Wednesday March 28th at 8pm
Matthew Simmons Jello Horse

An evening of music and multimedia, with a reading from Seattle’s own Matthew Simmons. Musical performers include Levi Fuller and more. Part of the APRIL (Author Publishers and Readers of Independent Literature ) Festival: http://aprilfestival.wordpress.com/calendar/.

Matthew Simmons is the author of A Jello Horse (Publishing Genius, 2009) and The Moon Tonight Feels My Revenge (Keyhole Press, 2011). He is editor of interviews at Hobart Literary Journal and is a regular contributor to HTMLGiant.

THURSDAY NIGHT'S CLASS 3/8/12

the Capital Hill Blitz Art Walk...
info HERE

LAB SWITCH UP

lab hours for the weekend of Feb.18th and 19th are:
Sat. NO LAB
Sun. 1-6 with JB

Cinematic Space...just do it.

AND
Andrea Dezso has a LOAD of good stuff on her site
animations...installations...books...etc.

Happy Winter!!!

Great job on the Runway folks...
I've heard many rave reviews of your work!
See you in 2012...
JB

performance O de Sagazan

enjoy this...compliments of Dave Nelson...

garment/prothesis inspiration

Ruthie has a bunch of fantastic links on her class site to check out...
as well as some videos...
you will probably just need to sign in with your compass account.

Ruthie's links

AND...

Matthew Barney has created some characters for his Cremaster Cycle...and there is also a book in our library with fantastic images...Red N 6537 B223 A4 2004...as well as the 30 minute clip from Cremaster 3: The Order.

in the art of fashion realm...check out
Alexander McQueen
I also have the catalog from his recent show at the Met in New York if you want to take a look.

do a google image search for Maison Martin Margiela...his site is great too

and a bit in the "other" category...
people working with body modifications...(just to spark ideas...)

Stelarc...
a guy who believes the body is obsolete...he incorporates technology and robotics into his work...which is usually his body.
Yes...he has an ear on his arm.

Orlan is an artist who became known for doing performances while she underwent plastic surgery...she chose features from "ideal" women in artworks...such as the Mona Lisa...and had them implemented on herself to create a new identity.
Here is an interview.

and just because...
try looking up Cindy Jackson...known as the living Barbie doll...I think she's up to something like 61 surgeries now in order to look like her favorite doll...
here's an article about how Barbie has influenced our gender roles...

More later...

Jim Jarmusch gets it...

Happy Halloween!

Cluster 3: design strategies

Richard Deacon
sculptures...drawings...writings

Ernesto Neto
installations

Joep Van Lieshout of Atelier Van Lieshout
art...design...architecture

Ahmed Alsoudani
paintings

Berlinde De Bruyckere
sculpture...(a personal fave...)


Romare Bearden
collage...print...painting...photomontage...

Sarah Sze
sculptutre...installation
go see her work in the Seattle Center...in the lobby of the ballet/opera house.

Susan Collis
sculpture...installation

Jules De Balincourt
paintings


Tony Oursler
multimedia...installation
see his work at the Seattle Central library.


Pipilotti Rist
multimedia...video...audio...etc. etc. etc.
awesome!

see corresponding video here

















Jenny Robinson
printmaker (large scale...read her "about my work")

Jenny Schmid
printmaker...(Minneapolis!!!)

Nan Goldin
photography

Catherine Opie
photography...

Jenny Saville
paintings...

Merry Alpern
photography...
Dirty Windows is in our library...TR 676 A47...check it out.

Duane Michals
photography...

Jo Babcock
pinhole photography...

Books...

I know each of you have different directives for your book projects...so while some of these examples may not directly apply to your assignments...
thought it might be good for inspiration...there is a large variety of techniques and materials that may just get that hamster wheel in your head turning...

Andrea Dezso not only does amazing book and journal work...check out her embroidery, video and sculpture too.

Lizzie Thomas

Mike Stilkey...does "book sculptures" and installations

a BLOG about art and language

book WORK by various artists from a past exhibition at Minneapolis' Walker Art Center (which is AWESOME and you should visit)

Ed Ruscha did a number of artists books...many a sort of visual catalog approach like his Twentysix Gasoline Stations and Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass

and of course...Cornish's own Dan Schafer

WELCOME!!!

Hello all you new 2011 students...
this is the blog I (Jessica Bender) keep for inspiring...hopefully...and assisting you all in your first year studies...
stay tuned for links to artists...images...articles...and other odds and ends throughout each CORE concepts cluster.

Summer at Cornish

soft I-Pod by Samantha J. Smith

Soft-sculpture...
soooooo many good examples here

and do google image searches for these artists...
Claes Oldenburg-soft sculptures
Louise Bourgeois
Yayoi Kusama


assemblage...

Max Ernst "Two Children are threatened by a Nightengale" 1924

picasso sculptures

and these artists...

Salvador Dali-found object sculptures
Joseph Cornell-boxes
Marcel Duchamp
Robert Rauschenberg "Combines"
Lee Bontecou
Merit Oppenheim "Object"
Ed Kienholz
Louise Nevelson
Sarah Sze
Jessica Stockholder
Dario Robleto

It's your party...

need inspiration...???
check out all the great artist links on this blog...
there's a little of everything.

rube goldberg's

CHANCE!

try this site from MIT to get a random exhibition title for your next show...
the lazy curator

Need color inspiration???

THIS link is courtesy of Kristin Tollefson...
click on any of the colors to see more about it's history, time period and pigment qualities.