Well it seems sort of like a whirlwind! A friend of mine, Sunday Morning, used one of my paintings as the cover for his New project entitled "Mondays", which drops today! He also posted on his Facebook page a piece of mine he digitally reworked after acquiring it from me. This caught many eyes from this fb post. I was contacted by Collective Resonance, which is UK based site dedicated to Beat music. Collective Resonance really dug my work and gave me the opportunity to be interviewed about it!
It was a great feeling having someone not dwelling in the States digging what I do, plus one can never get enough exposure! Propers to Sunday Morning and Collective Resonance for spreading the love!
So on the July 11th, Izms of art, the collective I'm part of had its first group show in 2yrs! I know right, but hey we're crazy busy these days! The show as entitled" Life equals art" which was something our sister, friend and fellow artisan Carlleena Person used to say. We dedicated the show in her honor. The turnout for the opening as great especially being that in monsooned! We sold some work and had some enquiries. The show is being held at 701 Whaley St. Columbia, S.C. , it will run to the August 5th.
Some of you may know but for those who don't Izms of art received a grant for The Arts commission of S.C.. Governor Nikki Haley thought it needed to be no longer supported by the state so she vetoed its funding! This sort of left the Arts commission employees and grant recipients in limbo until representatives could return from their vacation to overturn her veto. Supporters of the arts and artists themselves rally together in protest of the governor's decision, which did get overturned thankfully! It's always a great thing to see artists working together in support of each other!
I've been busy huh, well I have a huge commission to do and two more shows coming up! Things are just getting started for the KID! So stay tuned for more of the life and antics of a big KID!..."dreamers NEVER sleep!" ...gettin UP ain't eaZY!
