Closing Reception April 30

My "Body of Work" Exhibit will be drawing to a close this week, but going out with a bang of a Closing Reception on Saturday night, from 6 to 11. Artwork, great people, refreshments, prizes, and maybe a few surprises! You can RSVP on Facebook or just stop by. If Saturday night isn't convenient, the show will be up during regular Gallerie hours, too.

Hope to see you there... tell a buddy, bring a friend, buy sell trade but don't you dare miss it!

My first solo exhibit: BODY OF WORK, Opening March 19

Saturday, March 19 at 7:00pm at Gallerie Zaum, Newport, KY 41071

BODY OF WORK: My first solo exhibit will feature over 30 of my artistic nude photographs on display, numerous smaller works, as well as a video presentation and more. I hope you'll all stop by for the opening night festivities, or make your way to the show during its run through April 23rd.

Gallerie Zaum is located in the heart of "Sin City" Newport, KY, just over the bridge from Cincinnati and a few blocks from the Newport Aquarium, The Levy, Hofbrauhaus, Southgate House, and other attractions. Street parking readily available.

Contact me for more information or visit my Facebook event for more details and to RSVP.

That's Ami Amnesia in the photo. Thanks to Adam Shelton for putting on the show, and special thanks to Esgee for his support!

Nude Nite Orlando

Also managed to neglect mentioning that I have two pieces in the annual Nude Nite Art Exposé in Orlando. The show opened Thursday, and runs tonight and tomorrow, so still a little time to check it out if you're in the area.

Happy to add that one piece sold the first night! Thanks to Kat for letting me know about the sale, and big thanks to Peyton for encouraging me to enter! (That's Peyton doing her meerkat impersonation.)

POSTPONED: People's Art FestivalNOT POSTPONED: Streetwise Gallery

NOTE: Due to weather concerns, the People's Art Festival has been postponed until Sunday, Sept 21. HOWEVER, THE STREETWISE GALLERY WILL BE OPEN THIS SATURDAY FROM 11AM TO 11PM as well as next Sunday during the Festival.

This Saturday it's time again for the People's Art Festival in Detroit... it's the largest arts festival in the area, with plenty of variety, plus food and live music. If it's anything like last year, most of the exhibitors are real "art" artists, not "crafts" people. Once again, the team from Streetwise Art will have gallery space there, and have been kind enough to invite me to take part, along with a number of other MWSEP artists. I'll have four framed pieces hanging, and a selection of "loose" pieces for sale. Stop on by!

STREETWISE GALLERY:
Saturday September 13, 2008
Sunday September 21, 2008
11:00 am to 11pm

Where : Russell Industrial Center
Building #2 (Indoors) First Floor
1600 Clay Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48211

The shot is Streetwise's own Lisolette at the Russell...

Urban Nights, May 16

At the last minute, I've been invited to display a few pieces at the "Artists of Front Street" space at 411A East Fifth Street in Dayton's Oregon District, next to Ned Pepper's. While the display is going to be part of this Friday's Urban Nights event, work from the various artists (including Dave Levingston) will be hanging in the space for several weeks. More information on other times the space will be open when I receive it, but for now, if you're in the area, make plans to attend the Urban Nights event this Friday and get a feel for the creativity happening right here in Dayton.

A work of art in her own right, here is Malinda...

ARTundressed

Another event that once seemed so far in the future is ready to happen... the ARTundressed weekend in Miami is May 2-4, and one of the main events will be the Erotic Signature Art Show, featuring artists selected for inclusion in Volumes I & II of "The World's Greatest Erotic Art of Today" compilation books. (I blogged about it a while back...) I'm planning to be there for the show opening Friday night, so if you're in the Miami area, do make a point of coming out for the big show. Tickets are available here.

It seems the hardcover of Volume I has already sold out, with some paperbacks still available. Volume II (which includes my shot "Cruel Shoes") is available for pre-order.

• Vol. II - Hardcover
  
• Vol. II - Softcover
  
• Vol. I - Softcover

It is an honor to be selected for the book, and it will be interesting to see the show, with my shot among the many other artists' work. As always, big thanks to Iris for striking the memorable pose and providing the memorable shoes. If I'm not mistaken, she may be down in Miami for the show, too.

See you there!

KC disappears...

Well, KC hasn't quite disappeared... I still hear a word from her in NYC now and again, but evidently she's let her premium OMP modeling portfolio lapse, so this image of mine (from about 2 years ago) has dropped off her portfolio. Consequently my "not important but still gratifying" count of model showcases drops to 48 after briefly hitting a high of 50. Oh well... guess that means I need to get busy editing an sending pictures out to models, although it seems fewer and fewer models I shoot seem to have OMP portfolios, favoring ModelMayhem, partly because members get 20 images for free, rather than 5, and it's possible for other members to leave public comments on individual images or "tags" on entire portfolios. ModelMayhem does have more of a "MySpace" feel to it rather than the more businesslike vibe of OMP, and that seems to appeal to younger folks as well. (Sometimes I have to remind myself that most of the models I work with are college age, more or less.) No grand observations here, other than to say if ModelMayhem can keep its servers operating properly more than 80% of the time, they may very well overtake OMP as the place for photographers and models to network.

Thanks KC for some great shoots... hope we can go again one of these days!