Archive for September, 2009
Annual 12×12 Exhibit Saturday 2009.09.26
Self Portrait with Deep Background, aka What About Pickles? Acrylic on canvas, 2009. Click image to view source.
12×12 Art Show & Sale 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009, 7pm
Fred Jones Industries Building
900 W. Main, downtown OKC (map link)
Featuring 150 of Oklahoma’s finest artists, delectable food from 26 area restaurants, panoramic views of the OKC skyline, live music and cash bar.
The 12×12 Art Show & Sale is the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’s only fundraiser, with proceeds benefiting the organization’s many programs to support visual artists in the state of Oklahoma.
Music from The Stringents, a rock string quartet, and the Millwood Drum Line.
A preview of artwork is online now and images will be added weekly. You can also view some of the artwork during a preview exhibition in the Lobby of Leadership Square, 211 N Robinson in OKC, September 1-20.
Click here to read more about this fabulous event and purchase tickets.
My friend and colleague romy owens will be bringing her Photobooth to this event. It’s not to be missed!
Worldwide Sketch Crawl Day, 2009.09.19
This is what happened today, mixed media on paper, 2009. Click image to view source.
Get your sketchbooks out, tomorrow is Worldwide Sketch Crawl Day # 24.
Sketch Crawl is an excuse to draw whatever’s in front of you or inside your head for a whole day. (It’s like a pub crawl, but a lot more productive.) Challenge yourself, and don’t forget to stretch first. Click here to read more about participating.
I am at the end of my summer sketchbook, an upcycled beauty made by Lindsey Zodrow at Collected Thread here in OKC. I’m transitioning over to another upcycled sketchbook by Sparrowtracks, and I may dip into some Moleskine kraft-cover books.
Looking for some ideas? Have a look at the sketchbooks of Doug Chayka and Debby Kaspari. Or, download one of two pocket guides created by artist Michael Nobbs, 75 Ways to Draw More and Start to Draw Your Life. Go!
Project Idea: Object Sketchbook
Are you looking for a way to jump-start your creativity? Get a small sketchbook and devote it entirely to studies of a single object. Draw (or represent) your object as many ways as you can think of, using as many media as your book will hold. Here are some ideas, with links to examples, mostly of my work, some from other artists:
Mary, figure session 2, ink on paper, July 2009 by Sarah Atlee. Click image to view source.
STYLES AND TECHNIQUES gestural, blind contour, continuous line, sketchy, graphic or hard-edge, fat lines, thin lines, no line, busy, calm, realistic, abstract, cartoony, calligraphic, using your non-dominant hand, local color, non-local color, cross-hatching, rectilinear, curvilinear, verbal description, typographical illustration, dark, light
Two sketchbook heads, acrylic on paper, June 2009 by Sarah Atlee. Click image to view source.
MEDIA AND TOOLS pencil, pen, marker, colored pencil, conte crayon, crayola crayon, charcoal, digital, photograph, collage, frottage, xerox, watercolor, pastel, ink wash, fabric, thread or stitches
Valuables in here and Non-tweets, ink on paper, July 2009 by Sarah Atlee. Click image to view source.
POINT OF VIEW close up, far away, all positive space, all negative space, static, dynamic, alone, with other objects, from above, from underneath, in profile, on edge, repeated or in a pattern
That should keep us busy for awhile, yes?
Last week to see Back to Normal
Normal, OK: Wayne Payne, acrylic and ink on canvas, 2009 by Sarah Atlee. Click image to view source.
This is the last week to see my current solo show, Back to Normal: Normal, OK Revisited at the Gaylord-Pickens Museum in Oklahoma City (map link). The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday. Click here for hours and admission.
My sincere thanks to everyone who attended the reception last week! It was great to see my friends and meet new people.
Artist Proposal Writing Workshop – Art 365 & Momentum Spotlight Tonight
Brick Snow, acrylic on canvas, 2008. Click image to view source.
This painting was part of my Art 365 series, Normal, OK.
Artist Proposal Writing Workshop – Art 365 & Momentum Spotlight
Tuesday, September 15, 6-8pm
IAO Gallery, 706 W Sheridan Ave, Oklahoma City (map link)
See this event on Facebook.
Learn the basics of writing a project proposal. Proposal deadlines are approaching for the $60,000 in Art 365 awards & exhibition and the $5,250 in Momentum Spotlight awards. For each, the same elements are required: description of project, images, artist statement, and resume.
Past Art 365 artist Liz Roth will present, offering tips about what makes a successful proposal. An OVAC representative will answer questions about the specific opportunities of Art 365 and Momentum Spotlight.
Workshops are open to all artists interested in improving their proposal writing techniques.
Cost: $10 ($5 for OVAC Members). Click here to register.
As an added bonus, the OVAC blog has published examples of successful proposals by myself and Liz Roth, as well as examples of unsuccessful proposals.
Reception for Back to Normal 2009.09.10
Normal, OK: Orienta Gay. Mixed media, 2008.
Please join me for a reception at the Gaylord-Pickens Museum (here’s a map) in Oklahoma City to celebrate my solo show Back to Normal: Normal, OK Revisted. The reception is this Thursday evening from 5 to 7 pm. Wine and refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.
Back to Normal will be on display at the Gaylord-Pickens Museum through September 21, 2009.
Click here to learn more about Normal, OK.