It's been a busy week everybody. I took an adventuresome trip to North
Carolina last Thursday and while I usually focus on the artists, I think
I'll share a little of my experience. Highlights included an intimate
presentation to 15 MFA students at Chapel Hill about HubBub's residency
(everyone was very impressed), a free ticket to Cirque de Soleil in
Greensboro (where the man seated next to me becamse very friendly...he
put his arm around me at one point and kept offering me popcorn), and
finally a 3 hour tour of an amazing artist-in-residence program in Greensboro
called "Elsewhere". Elsewhere is the craziest place I've ever
been (see photo). Basically, artists come and live in this space for
a month and create site specific installations out of all the junk that
has been housed in this: ex-furniture-store-turned-army-surplus-store-turned-thrift-shop-turned-house-of-pact-rat
for the last 50 years. You wouldn't believe it. Learn more at www.elsewhereelsewhere.org
Tuesday I drove down to Savannah to give a presentation at SCAD. Tune
in next week for an update on that.
And now for an update on the
artists because...well...they've been busy too.
Potluck and Fun was a big hit
again this past Saturday. There was plenty of Bollywood and Indian food
for all. Sorry I missed it - good job Derya for putting these great
nights together. Rachel and Nicholas headed out to Jazz on Main to spread
the word about Hub-Bub. Look for Arielle and Derya this upcoming Friday
at Jazz on Main before you head over to The Showroom for the Wiyos.
As far as projects go: Nicholas and Derya are talking installations,
Arielle is painting on glass and getting geared up to help out at the
Deaf and Blind School, Rachel's doing Poetry Outloud, Nicholas is making
kid-friendly art or the Cannon's Show which goes up on Monday at Cannon's
Elementary. Come see what they've been working on as they'll all be
exhibiting there. The show will be hung on Monday and you can check
it out for the next month anytime after that.
That's about it. Come hang
out tonight for the film "We are Traffic" and stop by tomrrow
night for the Wiyos.
Alix
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